Posts by djwalsh88

I'm not social about my excercise either.

Burpees, planks, pushups, crunches, jump rope (honestly? took it from my kids), $20 stability ball....

No need to buy into the gleaming rooms with rows of machines unless you want to.

I have had discomfort in the back of my knees as well.  Sometimes it's felt like a pulled muscle but with inflammation and soreness...I guess not pain?  It's usually happened from hyperextension or a shock.  Sometimes it has followed a more kind of normal knee injury for me as well.  Not sure if that's the same as what you're talking about.  Usually leaving it alone and not re-slamming it around for a few days works for me.  Sometimes I use a muscle rub on it and give it a vigorous rub down.  Feels good while you do it, then hurts when you stop, and the next day it always seems better.

I'm not a jogger, never really liked running, so I don't know what to tell you on that front.  It seems like running would have to be hard on the joints but I guess it depends on what you're running on.  You're young...and warming up a bit before you go....if it continues to happen, I'd consider seeing a sports doctor.

I usually get this after having played sports, messing around with my kids, or some other mis-hap in my manly household duties :-0

This is great.... I thought it was only men that played the 'ugly-hot' game!  I like reading what the ladies are saying.  Fun stuff!

Lots of veggies, fruits....I'm pretty sure that things that have a low GI and are harder to digest leave you feeling fuller longer.  Grapefruit and broccoli are two great ones.  If you eat 1/2-3/4 cup of oatmeal (yep good old fashioned oat meal or oat bran...and not the instant stuff, the real thing) and a banana in the morning it will keep you feeling full.I also like protein powder with skim milk. I think that having smaller meals more often, as suggested, is very helpful.  Good luck.

First off, for honesty sake, I am not Canadian.  I bought a very good monitor at a sports store.  It was $50 US.  If you can't find what you want in the store, I'd suggest that you Google shop or Amazon (or whatever your favorite is) and look at all your options there.  It's a lot easier.  Read the customer reviews, they're helpful.  Technology is so cheap, I don't really think you can go wrong...

Best of luck.

I love this.  Dbackerfan nice start to another discussion.  I thoroughly enjoyed the pink dumbell one as well!

What I see here is that people just have a different order of priorities for what they want to achieve from their exercise.  Burn calories, burn fat, lose weight, adjust the mood, enjoy the outdoors, train for ironman, minimize time spent, maintain cv health, etc.  It all depends on what you want to achieve.

I just did a whole bunch of poking around on this (unfortunately, consumer reports hasn't rated these devices). 

My take:

1)  Calipers - hard to use - varied accuracy unless you have help and get the exact right spots each time

2)  Handheld - I've seen one by Omron, none others.  I couldn't find alot of info on this as to accuracy.

3)  Scales - a) one that you just stand on and b) one that you stand on and also has a handheld device - really a combination of 2 and 3(a).  The scale with the handheld together claims higher accuracy based on the fact that it is taking measurements from 4 places (i.e. 2 feet and 2 hands) simultaneously.

I've also seen that it's important to have an 'athlete' setting(s) available to get good readings if you're more lean.

This is one article that may help you get started: http://walking.about.com/od/prbodyfat/bb/body fatmonitor.htm

For the record, I just bought a mid-range one using some credit card points.  They didn't have what I wanted so I just got a basic scale with the body fat/athlete features.  I am looking for directional information to see if my fuel/workout routines are changing my ratios (besides visual confirmation).

Brands that seem to have good reputations and also comments from users at sites like Amazon are:  Tanita, Homedics, Omron.

Good luck!