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| Health & Support | Am I to old to lose weight? | Mar 21 2008 15:47 (UTC) |
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Check my profile for more details, but in a nutshell I'm 53 and just lost 100 lbs. So I think that you can probably get in shape at any age. 36 is FOR SURE not too old! Good luck with your weight loss - and remember to WALK. If you do nothing else, just walk. At first it might be hard - don't push it. Take it easy and slowly increase the time and distance. After a while (perhaps a couple of weeks to a month) you will find yourself increasing the distance and you'll start to feel better, and the pounds will start to come off. YOU CAN DO IT!!! |
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| Fitness | At-Home Exercisers: What Does Your Gym Look Like? | Mar 21 2008 15:14 (UTC) |
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Stationary bike, elliptical machine, treadmill, dumbbell bench & dumbbells, and an el-cheapo weight machine that I only use for Lat Pulldowns. |
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| Weight Loss | im going to go to my room and cry..... 3 LBS!!!!!!!!! | Mar 21 2008 13:09 (UTC) |
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If you step on and off a digital scale 3 or 4 times you may see that your weight changes by as much as 2 pounds. I always take the lowest number - it sounds like cheating, but I've always taken the lowest number from day one, so I think it all averages out. If the batteries are getting low in the scales, the fluctuation may be greater. If you're really obsessive about weighing yourself every day (like I still am) then get on and off the scale a few times and see if the number changes. I've found that moving the scale to a different position on the floor can make the reading change. The botom line here is that day to day changes in weight are not something to panic over. Look at the long term changes. Your weight loss graph has that green Trend Line on it which averages out the minor changes. |
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| Fitness | suggestions to strengthen legs so I can keep my original knees? | Mar 16 2008 23:34 (UTC) |
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If you are overweight and have arthritis in the knees, the very best thing you can do is lose weight. My heriditary arthritis in the knees is exactly what prompted my weight loss. When I was at my heaviest weight (255 lbs) I could barely walk. After losing weight I can now walk for hours, and I'm on a training program to begin running again. In my case I did a lot of low impact cardio exercise in the beginning to get the weight loss started. After one year, and 100 lbs of weight loss, I am only now beginning to work on lunges and squats - and I'm being very careful not to injure myself. Hope this helps. |
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| Weight Loss | Is CC compatible with Atkins? | Mar 10 2008 12:56 (UTC) |
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I did the Atkins diet more than once, and it always worked well for a while. Eventually I would be unable to stick with it, start eating exactly like before, and gain back all the weight I had lost plus a little more. I probably went through that cycle 3 or 4 times. I have recently lost a lot of weight by following the CC plan. When I look at my food analysis, I am typically consuming 50% of my calories in the form of carbs. I think the CC plan is healthier and sustainable. Just my 2 cents worth.
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| Motivation | Wahoo, I hit a 100 pound milestone!! | Mar 10 2008 12:47 (UTC) |
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Congratulations! This is something to be proud of for the rest of your life. (Your much improved, happier and longer life!) |
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| Maintaining | how to burn fat while growing muscle? | Mar 10 2008 01:51 (UTC) |
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| OK, I like that. Never thought of increasing for a while, then decreasing and so on. Sounds good. I checked out your pics - you look great, and your arms are really defined. I'm going to add you as a friend so I can find you quickly and check out your journal from time to time. Thanks! | |||
| Weight Loss | Reached my goal: 100 lbs lost | Mar 09 2008 20:30 (UTC) |
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| Hey, you too huh? That's so great. I checked out your pictures, and you look terrific! You know what's funny? I sent one of my pictures to my mother last night, and she was so upset. She called me up and she was almost crying! She said I looked terrible, too skinny and so on. She said I looked anorexic, and the weight loss made me look older... She was begging me to go eat something - go to McDonald's she said. A couple of people at work tell me the same thing, but I think the weight loss is the best thing to ever happen to me. Anyhow, I have no plans to go back. | |||
| Weight Loss | Reached my goal: 100 lbs lost | Mar 08 2008 18:29 (UTC) |
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Go to this site: http://www.myvirtualmodel.com/ I see a lot of people on here have generated pictures on that site. It's fun! |
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| Weight Loss | Reached my goal: 100 lbs lost | Mar 08 2008 15:00 (UTC) |
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My weight loss method was fairly simple: I ate approx 1500 calories per day, and did enough exercise to burn 2500 calories. With a 1000 calorie deficit I lost about 2 pounds a week. When I got closer to my goal I increased the food a little, and also cut back somewhat on he exercise in order to slow the rate of weight loss. I don't think I've really done everything perfect - most of my exercise has been walking, elliptical machine, and cycling. I do think I should have done a LOT more weight lifting, and I plan to get started on this "any day now". A lot of people tell me my arms and legs are too skinny now, but I'm not too worried about this because that's how I looked as a teenager. I still have some belly fat left, so I guess I need to build some muscle and burn the remaining fat.
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| Motivation | Slow and Steady wins the race? | Feb 29 2008 22:52 (UTC) |
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| I think as you get closer to your goal the weight loss does slow down. In my case I'm getting very close to my goal, and I have to work much harder to lose any weight. I'm increasing the amount of exercise I do, but also increasing the calories slightly. I think it's OK for the weight loss to gradually taper off. Good luck reaching your goal - it sounds like you're almost there! | |||
| Fitness | What Exercise Have You Done Today? | Feb 24 2008 23:46 (UTC) |
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| Three hour walk. Any Toronto folks will know the route: from World's Biggest Bookstore at Yonge & Dundas to the Finch subway station. Roughly 15 Km. | |||
| The Lounge | looking for a telescope... | Feb 06 2008 22:25 (UTC) |
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Unfortunately you cannot buy a good telescope for $100 - department sore telescopes are junk. For $100 your best bet is binoculars, which are a terrific way to get started by the way. For a little under $300 you can buy a good beginners telescope that will last for quite a while. Something like this goes for $270: http://www.telescope.com/control/product/~cat egory_id=dobsonians/~pcategory=telescopes/~pr oduct_id=09185
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| Weight Loss | more than 5 stone to lose/people that have lost this | Feb 04 2008 13:04 (UTC) |
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Original Post by wendywoo123: Thanks. In my younger days I was a "stoner" :-) |
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| Weight Loss | Does this look like 75 lb weight loss to you? | Feb 02 2008 20:36 (UTC) |
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| Wow! More than 75 lbs I'd say. Congratulations, you look like a completely different person! You must feel great, and you should be proud of yourself. | |||
| Motivation | I'm so proud of myself & no one noticed! | Feb 02 2008 15:53 (UTC) |
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I started out with 100 lbs to lose. When I had lost 40 lbs nobody made any comments. If I talked about my weight loss people would look at me a little strange, as if they didn't really believe me. I guess it really didn't show. When I hit 60 lbs of weight loss the comments started. A lot of people would ask "what's your secret?" I heard comments about my weight every day. Now that I've lost 96 lbs the comments have pretty much stopped. I guess people are now used to the "new" me, and the rate of change has slowed down. Congratulations on your weight loss - I know how hard it is. When you want to be noticed, show up for work wearing new clothes in your new smaller size. That's when people will comment.
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| Weight Loss | more than 5 stone to lose/people that have lost this | Feb 02 2008 15:32 (UTC) |
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| I like the sounds of that "snog" business, although I'm not really sure what it means. BTW - I've lost 6.785714286 Stones, and have .285714286 Stones to go. This stone thing is soooo convenient! :-) | |||
| The Lounge | Ontario (Canada) Members? | Feb 01 2008 19:25 (UTC) |
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| Somehow posted twice - how can I delete this? | |||
| The Lounge | Ontario (Canada) Members? | Feb 01 2008 19:23 (UTC) |
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| Toronto (Well, Brampton actually...) | |||
| Fitness | treadmill or eliptical? | Jan 26 2008 01:03 (UTC) |
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| I'm doing both. I like the elliptical because it does seem to get my heart rate up quicker, and I think I burn more calories in a given amount of time. I have also started doing a walk-run-walk program on the treadmill, because I want to work my way up to running 5K and 10K runs this spring. If I had to choose only one machine, I guess I would choose the elliptical, and work on running outside. | |||
| Weight Loss | How often should one weigh? | Jan 26 2008 00:32 (UTC) |
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| I weigh myself everyday because I don't want to lose focus. If I start to slip a little and gain back a couple of lbs, I want to know right away so I can make adjustments - basically in the form of increasing the exercise level for a day or so. While this works well for me, I can see how others might find it a little obsessive. I'm not sure how long I will keep this up as I'm now approaching the maintenance level. I hope I can begin to relax a little bit soon... | |||
| The Lounge | I just got a call that Hilary's taking South Carolina! | Jan 18 2008 16:56 (UTC) |
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Original Post by hkellick: I'm in Canada, and I gotta say I disagree. It can sometimes take a while to see a Doctor over something trivial, but under life-threatening conditions? Not as far as I've heard. Sure never happened to me. I can see a Doctor whenever I want, and I walk out without paying a dime. (Yes I know it comes from my taxes.) It's not a "State" Doctor I see, but my family Doctor of 30 years. He runs a private medical practice, and makes a GOOD living. No system is perfect, but if I wind up in hospital for a month it will cost me nothing. Zero. What would that cost in the US? |
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| The Lounge | I'm in Michigan and I voted for Hilary | Jan 16 2008 13:32 (UTC) |
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Have you seen the movie Sicko? The role of the Private medical insurance industry is to DENY you health care. If they can deny your medical insurance claims, that means more profit for the insurance company. A universal health care system, however botched up by the usual government screw-ups, will at least have the goal of delivering health care, not denying it. Would you like to see Police and Fire Departments run by private industry, with contracts going to the lowest bidder? (Disclaimer: I'm a Canadian, and should not be commenting on US politics, so I'll shut up now. )
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| Motivation | What was your weight loss epiphany? | Jan 09 2008 20:44 (UTC) |
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| The bathroom scales read 255 lbs on April 1st. I was certain my wife had somehow rigged the scales, but it turned out that was the real number... Yikes! | |||
| Motivation | I lost 95 pounds! | Jan 08 2008 21:12 (UTC) |
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| Fantastic! Great job, that;s really terrific. | |||
| Weight Loss | Hit goal weight | Jan 02 2008 03:56 (UTC) |
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| AWRIGHT!!! Great news, congratulations! | |||
| Weight Loss | How is everyone doing with holiday gain? | Dec 29 2007 15:29 (UTC) |
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| I lost two pounds since mid-December. I've been sick with a cold for days and not eating well. | |||
| Weight Loss | Finally under 200 lbs! (But I still have a problem.) | Dec 11 2007 19:05 (UTC) |
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| Great news! Keep up the good work! | |||
| Motivation | losing motivation | Dec 10 2007 20:54 (UTC) |
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I bought myself a good elliptical machine. It wasn't cheap, but it was well worth it. I find the elliptical gets my heart rate up the quickest, and I burn more calories in a shorter period of time than on the stationary bike or treadmill. Joining a gym makes far better sense from a financial point of view, but I could never get myself to go. With the equipment downstairs in my basement there is no excuse.
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| Weight Loss | Anyone read this book | Dec 10 2007 13:31 (UTC) |
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| What a dummy I am... The book is "Burn the Fat" by Tom Venutos. Website is here: http://www.burnthefat.com/ ; Note: this is NOT an ad - I'm just wondering if what this guy is promoting is for real. | |||
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