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RE: Random Thoughts
September 28, 2023 at 5:07 pm
(September 28, 2023 at 5:02 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: I started walking, on my doctor's advice. He told me 15 minutes/day, 3 MPH. I'm now doing two, 2-mile trips each day at better than 4 mph, with 15 minutes of cooldown after each. Getting diagnosed pre-diabetic, coupled with kicking the cigarette addiction some years back, has been the best thing to happen to me in at least a decade. I've lost nearly seventy pounds, got my wind back, and I haven't felt this good since my early thirties, back when my kids were keeping me active. Best of all, I'm no longer even pre-diabetic.
If it wasn't 90+ degrees here - still - I would walk too. I don't need to lose weight though, I am actually drinking high protein/high calorie drinks to try to gain. I do need to build muscle mass though. With this device, the weather can't be my excuse not to do it.
Good on ya for getting healthier.
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September 28, 2023 at 5:07 pm
Now that my health is still on the mend, I'm debating starting to run again and start training for the half-marathons I ran years ago.
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RE: Random Thoughts
September 28, 2023 at 5:10 pm
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(September 28, 2023 at 5:07 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Now that my health is still on the mend, I'm debating starting to run again and start training for the half-marathons I ran years ago.
Good on you! I gave it up because it was playing hell with my knees. I’d still do it if I could.
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September 28, 2023 at 5:12 pm
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I never tried jogging again after I ruined my ankle. It is healed as I no longer feel any pain there, but I have become too accustomed to the laziness of not jogging to pursue it again.
Besides, I am old as F now.
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September 28, 2023 at 5:25 pm
(September 28, 2023 at 5:12 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: I never tried jogging again after I ruined my ankle. It is healed as I no longer feel any pain there, but I have become too accustomed to the laziness of not jogging to pursue it again.
Besides, I am old as F now. (my bold)
Meh. I'm 54 and if I decide I want to cut time off my 2-miles or go farther in 30 minutes, I'm going to have to start jogging. A decade ago the idea of me jogging was preposterous. Now, not so much...
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September 28, 2023 at 5:34 pm
(September 28, 2023 at 5:12 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: I never tried jogging again after I ruined my ankle. It is healed as I no longer feel any pain there, but I have become too accustomed to the laziness of not jogging to pursue it again.
Besides, I am old as F now.
Pffft! I am 66...don't talk to me about old. 
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RE: Random Thoughts
September 28, 2023 at 6:49 pm
Is your birthstone magma?
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September 28, 2023 at 7:57 pm
(September 28, 2023 at 6:49 pm)no one Wrote: Is your birthstone magma?
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September 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm
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Sometimes, I'm like a little kid. Hehehe
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RE: Random Thoughts
September 28, 2023 at 8:52 pm
(September 28, 2023 at 5:10 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (September 28, 2023 at 5:07 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: Now that my health is still on the mend, I'm debating starting to run again and start training for the half-marathons I ran years ago.
Good on you! I gave it up because it was playing hell with my knees. I’d still do it if I could.
Boru
I used to run for miles. Even zone out occasionally when I ran.
I miss that feeling.
Still work out on the treadmill, but it's not the same.
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