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Frustrated to tears
Have had Asthma for decades, bad knees for decades, and now high blood pressure. On meds for that, and been working with a personal trainer through work since January, have dropped 14 lbs or so. I have had so many firsts in that time. Was able to do a 100 situps, did 600 squats in one day, walking stairs. Monday I was…
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Protein powder
My personal trainer has told me I need to increase my protein intake, and has suggested protein powder. Unfortunately, the one he got for me is so overpowering, it overrides the taste of my strawberry smoothie in the AM, I MIGHT be able to drink it if I dumped chocolate syrup in it(it's vanilla bean), but that kinda…
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twenty eight months ago
is there such thing as too many peas in your fried rice? Nah, not in my book. . . Twenty eight months ago, I MIGHT'VE walked 3 miles a day, sitting on my butt during lunches and breaks and reading and stuffing my face, maybe breaking 20 miles a week, last week I walked 42 miles, and where 28 months ago, my knees would be…
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taking a rest
Since I can't run due to fubared knees, and gym's /stationary equipment bore me to death(and I can quit), I tend to power walk,(Cuz you can't quit, cuz you still have to walk back LOL), I power walk my lunch, both my breaks, etc, averaging over 40 miles a week of walking according to my fitbit(and that's having a sit on my…
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heel spur pain
Why do I find as I try and do more exercise, I seem to hurt more?? I am looking for casual dressy shoes(clogs preferrably, slip on shoes) for work, something that would look ok with capris of various colour, I'm not a shoe *kitten*, so hate to have a million types of shoes, that's good for a heel spur. . help? I hate…
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two screwed up knees, what can I do?
18 months ago, I blew out my right knee showing my old dog, MRI showed a ruptured baker cyst and a sprain(I can't remember exactly what sprained), I rehabbed it, slowly, and found MFP 4 months later, and started slowly exercising. I actually got back into showing, and in fact, have shown a full weekend once a month just…
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Fitbit frustration
So, back story I have a sedate life throughout the week. . 8 hrs at a desk, I try and walk at lunch, and walk/bike either in the AM/PM, depending on time of year. On the weekends, I tend to hike/walk various trails here in MD during the winter weather permitting, or if i have a dog event, I can walk 10-24 miles a weekend.…
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Sodium in soup
Not feeling well today, so thinking of making it a soup day. . I love Lipton Soup Secrets on days like this, but they're rather high in sodium. . Is there a way to cut out some of the sodium? And no, making my own soup doesn't work, a) not a homemaker like that and b) at work, no stove. I'm wondering if decanting quite a…
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why oh why does the beginning of the week always kick my but
Here I am, it's Wed, I am sitting at 700 free calories for the rest of the day. . .I don't have the munchies quite so bad. . while Monday? Monday at this time, I'd eaten over 1300 calories, because monday is always so darn hard munchie wise. . I don't feel stressed, but can't come up with a clue otherwise why i'm hit with…
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fitbit question
I am looking at the fitbit, and am trying to figure out what the difference is between this https://mystore.24hourfitness.com/product_details.php?item=898628002007&pf_id=898628002007 and http://mystore.24hourfitness.com/product_details.php?item=898628002014&pf_id=898628002014 other than price? I've tried googling in this…
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confusion with using my HRM
OK, so I bought the HRM (polar ft 4), but still am so confused My life, Monday-Friday, involves spending most of my waking hours inf ront of a computer with a few hours in front of the TV. .a very sedentary life. . Weekends are often another story. . I am usually up at 4-5, on the road by 5-6, to be at various dog events…
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lose weight to win money competition!
Back in Feb, I joined a "Biggest Loser" competition. . we went from 20 down to 2 right now, and we're still battling it out week by week. Everyone put in X amt of money, and each week, you have to post a photo of your scale with your weight with the word of the week on Monday, and you have to maintain or lose weight in…
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Want an added incentive to lose weight?
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/293186-lose-weight-to-win-money-competition Join our weight loss challenge! Come on! Everyone can use extra money and an added incentive to either maintain or lose weight :)
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last Loser Standing ~ Week 25
Word is SNOW!! Cuz i'm really wishing for some after the horrid weekend we've had this week!
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HRM question
OK, I got a sigma PC9, that I'm pretty much happy with, except that i can't turn off the darn beep that notifies you when you change HR zones. . it doesn't normally bother me, but I'd wanted to wear it to a dog show THursday, but the beeping may've annoyed the judge or my competitors, so I had to 'guess', how much I worked…
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Summer Bigger Loser, who's in?
I've been part of a biggest loser group that's gone since Feb, we're down to two people, so thought I'd see if anybody'd be interested in joining a new group? We each put in a set amt(we did $5, but maybe if the stakes were bigger we wouldn't lose so many people? but it's up to the group), and weigh in every Monday with a…
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exercising at night
the weather here in MD is looking to be nasty this week. . .5:30 AM it was already disgusting. . I'm wondering if it's bad to go to bed early, set my alarm for like 2 am, get up, do my exercises, and go to bed(and get to sleep in), to utlize the cooler hours of the night? No central AC, have no desire to go to a gym, so…
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last Loser Standing ~ Week 23
Word is RUN!! Cuz I started doing that yesterday, well, a slow jog, downhill, but still did about .75 yesterday and about 1 mile today LOL
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last Loser Standing ~ Week 22
Word is safe: Have a safe weekend(Says the person in pain cuz her damn dog took her out yesterday)
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last Loser Standing ~ Week 21
Word is time, as I just dno't seem to have enough of it in a weekend!
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last loser standing week 19
SUCCESS!!! Cuz we are having a lot of that :) I hope you don't mind that I keep stepping in, I like having the wrod bedside in the AM so I don't forget to weigh in before I head out for the day. . .and I'm an early to bed person :) Good luck!
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HRM Woes: Only me
So, my HRM has been bouncing around (one second reads 65, next 140) and losing signal, so after cleaning it and not fixing the problem, I opened it up, grabbed the battery and headed to get a new one. And now I can't find the backing Only me. .::SIGH::
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last loser standing week 18
word of the week: Relaxation!
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last loser standing week 17
One of my dogs is lost, so I know if I don't write the word for the AM I will forget in the stress of going to look for her, so forgive me for jumping in again: word is STRESS
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conversion help
One of the complaints I saw on the thread the mods created about why you'd create a dup entry in the database was conversion problems, here's a great sight to help out with that ;) http://www.heirloom-knitting.co.uk/weight_cal.html doesnt' cover everything, but it covers a lot. .I created a conversion HTML sheet for lbs to…
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countdown to "Onederland!"
I was hoping to hit this point middle of last month, but a month of horrid stress slowed it down, but I am sooo damn tickled to be on the countdown to "Onederland". . .scale read 219.8 this AM. . It's read under 220 now for two mornings, so it's REAL!!! :) .unfortunately, the heat/humidity is going to throw a huge stick…
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TOPIC: Last Loser Standing ~ Week 16
Word of the week: WINNING!!! :)
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exercising safely in the summer
OK, I can tell already this morning that summer is finally coming. . I was dripping sweat after 36 mins on the bike, yeah, I pushed myself, but the humidity is up and it's supposed to get to 90 in Bmore today. . . I always make sure to have a bottle of water(2 cups), have a fan on the bike, but am wondering if I should…
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silly silly brag
Soo, went away this weekend, knew it was going to be warm, so packed shorts, two pairs of last years and one new pair for this year. Unfortunately, I tore a huge hole in the rear of the new pair the first night at the hotel getting in and out of the cargo van taking care of my dogs. . .so tossed them out. Even more…
