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For Those of Us Injury Challenged and Not Young.....LOL
Injuries and the Gym.......OR Not I'm making an observation here regarding injuries and how to overcome them. Is it better to really rest the injured muscles/tendons or work through them with low weights and stretching and keep forcing ourselves to show up at the gym? I've had a lot of injuries since I started back at the…
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68 and Still Going Strong!!
I've gone from about 220 to 150 but it seriously took about 3 years and now I'm hanging on by a thread maintainting..............ugggghhh I’ve been thinking about a few things lately regarding my fitness and general health. On September 18th it will be 5 years since I turned my health around by joining MFP. My personal…
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Age Discrimination?
I don't rant very often but here goes..............I was browsing through bodybuilders.com awhile ago after following a link there about exercise for seniors. Their recommendation for over 65 year olds was a couple days of circuit training with light weights and a few days of walking. It sort of pissed me off because most…
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70 lbs down, 67 years old, weight lifter and gym rat! (Lots of pics)
Next month on Sept. 17th I will have been here for 4 years. I reached my maintenance weight a couple of weeks ago. I started here at the recommendation of my doctor because I'd been either sick or essentially disabled for about 5 years between a terrible back injury and a year long intestinal illness that first caused me…
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Surviving
I'm not really sure why or how I want to share this, but I feel compelled to just in case anyone here has some advice for me, or might learn from something I'm sharing I guess. Some of you know my husband of 38 years is suddenly having health issues at 68 years old. We promised each other a 50 year marriage so I'm a little…
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This is so true!
I read this on Facebook (my bad) this morning and had to take the trip down memory lane and share it with this crowd! Of course as one of the older ones here, some of you may not remember all of these, but I do! Not sure who wrote it........sorry about that. Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the…
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Happy Thanksgiving
to all you wonderful people! Today is my 800th consecutive day of logging on MFP, and so in addition to my lovely family and friends here at home, I'm thankful for all the friends I've made here and everything I've learned in the last 800 days! Have a great day filled with laughter and love.....and enjoy the food a little…
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Aging With an Attitude!
That's me..............I'm trying so hard to stay positive and deal with the little aches and pains (I know sometimes they're not that small), the diet issues such as low salt, low fat, less red meat, or whatever our doctors recommend, arthritis, bad feet, bad back.........etc. I know others my age, and even younger, have…
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Believe In Yourself
Bill asked me when I joined your group today if I’d be interested in telling my story and if I had any tips to share with the rest of you. I’m not sure how interesting my story is and you may already be doing the exact same things I’ve done to get where you are but here goes….just in case it helps someone out a little.…
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How Low Should I Go????
I have a question that is potentially off the wall for most of you, primarily because I'm probably the oldest person actively commenting here. :D I'll be 65 in April, and for my age I'm relatively strong and fairly muscular. I spent the better part of about 7 years dealing with a serious back injury and then a deadly…
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Losing Patience
Not with EM2WL, it's working, but the slowness of it all. If I didn't have a trainer monitoring my exercise, my calories and how quickly or slowly I'm losing weight, I really think I'd be tempted to just deficit down and lose the last 12 lbs quickly. I know it's a bad idea but it's really tempting. Except for a few diet…
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Need Advice on Hunger
I followed the EM2WL formula and it's working out really well for me. Thanks for the help btw. I have my TDEE figured out (somewhere between 2000 and 2100) and right now I'm trying to eat about a 15% to 18% deficit or 1650-1700 average per day. I'm a 5'7", 64 year old female, trying to reach a goal weight of 160 lbs…
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New Question Regarding Macros/Nutrition
I got some help here about a month ago working out my TDEE and understanding EM2WL and now have a new question. I worked my way up to maintenance, about 2000/2100 day with 5 days exercise and moderately active then dropped back down again to 1600/1700. As a reminder I'm 64, 5'7" and about 176 lbs and I've lost about 55 lbs…
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Need a Second Opinion Please
I have a new trainer since Sept 1st and he's an EM2WL advocate (also a former Marine....yikes). I was generally eating in the 1400 calorie range with an occasional 1500 day and seemed to have stalled out after losing about 48 lbs in a year, most of it in the first 8 months. He looked at my food diary and I gave him copies…
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Looking for Some Help Here Regarding Soreness (DOMS)
You two (Sarah and Sidesteel) have helped me before when I believed I was stuck in a plateau and now I'm looking for some help with soreness, in particular my left hip flexor, after working out. I took a diet break in July and August and maintained my weight and also managed to get to the gym about three days a week. I was…
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Looking for Recommendations
Thank-you in advance for any suggestions...............I'm game to try. You two are terrific btw. I believe I need to make some changes but I’m not sure if it should be in food or exercise. I started this last September and believe I have been fairly successful and have worked hard to get to where I eventually want to be…
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Best HR monitor under $100?
I'm finally getting around to purchasing a HR monitor. I've been swimming since last summer and pretty much know how many calories I burn the 4 to 5 days a week I swim and have a good estimate of my HR while swimming. What I want is a monitor so I can see my HR during my Circuit Training. My trainer has been adding in more…
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Best Plant Based Protein Powder?
My trainer challenged me to give up dairy for the next three weeks. I don't eat a lot of dairy but use cottage cheese, greek yogurt and a small amount of cheese to help build up my protein levels. I need to know what plant based protein is good. I'm really picky about aftertaste and texture. Any suggestions?
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Almost 64 yr. old - halfway point in 5 months
By way of encouragement to those of you (especially women) who seem to think it's next to impossible to lose weight after 50, here's my success so far. 35 pounds gone in five months. I exercise 5 days a week, swimming (minimum half mile) and a 30 to 60 minute circuit the same days. My circuit is trainer directed and…
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Maybe this will be valuable to someone?
I had my check in with my trainer this morning. Adding protein really helped with my numbers I think, and she agrees. I lost 6 lbs since 11/20 but 8 lbs of body fat. I lost another 3.7 inches overall and my lean mass went up a little and fat mass went down by that 8 lbs. My BF% went down by almost 3%…
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Rest or work through it?
My left hamstring is sore from some work I did Tuesday night in a circuit class with a trainer. Last night we reworked some of the same muscles and it was still sore and I could barely lift the small weight I was doing. Should I lay off of it today or work through it? I was thinking of just stretching my hamstrings and…
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Weight In Week of 11/11/13
Happy Veteran's Day! We were on the road all weekend so my eating habits were challenged. I logged in every day, exercised at least 30 minutes and stayed under on my calories so I did pretty well. I was over on sodium two days and over on fat yesterday. Oh well, today's a new day and the start of a new week. I weighed…
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Need Help With Protein and Macros
I'm thrilled with my weight loss so far but don't believe I'm getting enough protein for the workouts I'm doing. My doctor gave me 6 months from September to bring my cholesterol levels down so I'm trying to be fairly low fat.. I'm old......................63 LOL, 5'7", SW 231, CW 213, GW 165. I swim five days a week, 3…
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Weigh In Week of 11/04/13
Good morning everyone! So this begins week 3 of this challenge. A few of us are already visiting the 10 and 20 pounds lost pages.....................great job. I'm primarily using the challenge as a tool to track my weight loss since we began this challenge, so I won't be at the 10 lb. loss mark for at least two or three…
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Weigh In Week 10/28
I thought we might as well do a weigh in every week to track our progress for those of us who want to. Weigh in whichever day you want. I'll try to remember to put a new post up every Monday for those of us who are interested. I already checked in this week and lost a couple more pounds............so yay. I've now lost…
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It's the Weekend
I love Fridays because my week is almost over and we generally don't work too hard on Fridays, if we can get away with it. We own our own business so the only thing keeping us from doing the lazy Friday routine would be our customers............lol. I'm curious what the rest of you do on the weekends for food and exercise.…
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Weigh In
So I like to weigh myself every Wednesday. Occasionally, I weigh myself in between just to make sure I'm not screwing up in some way, but generally all I see is a number that reflects a normal fluctuation and so I'm usually disappointed, even though I know better. But on Wed, I've been to the gym three days in a row, eaten…
