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fckkkk pulled my back out yesterday, it hurts so bad. And being that im on the road for work its not going to be able to recover properly till i get home, cuz lugging the suitcases around is part of the job. I would use it as an excuse why i cant exercise, but i don't do anything yet anyway lol

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Went to a cookout last night. It was torture skipping out on the desserts that were out there. It would have been nothing at all for me to have eaten a cupcake or two, 3-4 cookies, and a piece of apple pie that was there, but I stood firm and only ate 2 burgers w/ mayo and a couple pieces of broccoli (note to self-it's MUCH better cooked with butter and cheese).

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I did pretty well out at my friends lake cottage. Just got back and jumped on the scale, 222.6. Don't know how that happened, although I did get a 2.5mil walk/run in this morning. I"m guessing all the playing in the water burned a few calories. Now back to the regime.

Congrats Scott on breaking the 200 barrier. Gotta be one of the greatest feelings.

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Thanks, Bob. :)
I was down to 185 last year, but got mostly immobile because of my health and I ballooned to 223 again. I weighed 250 when I started.
I learned a LOT through that whole episode. The greatest thing was the change of mindset from "live to eat" to "eat to live". It's been very easy to get back on track.
Add to that that so many foods exasperate my neural sh1t, and eating has really gone from fun to pain in the ass. I have to look up everything I eat, and if I get too much potassium by mistake, I suffer immense body-wide pain 18 hours later. I suppose food is kinda my anabuse.
I see my doc in a couple weeks and I'll likely be set up with a dietician so I can develop a potassium-free crappy diet. That'll make not eating all that much easier. ;)

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on the road in ontario this week, just ate hotel breakfast and made the mistake of asking to see the packages AFTER i ate them, the "western omelette" and packaged sausages had 10-11 carbs in what i ate, so gotta be careful the rest of the day. Sticking to real breakfast from restaurants from now oN!

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So my first vacation since losing weight...also my first time drinking beer too! LOL

I ran the first day(well did my best for 30 minutes with the ridiculous amount of grades and such by the house) also that same day did some 1063 stairs to the bottom of a gorge. Legs were burning so bad i was sore for the rest of the trip. Did lots of walking but no real cardio after that. Didnt go crazy on eating bad but I definitely wasnt a good boy! LOL Never had more than 2 beers in a night either.

Now I'm scared to check the scale. My pants are still falling off of me pretty bad so I dont feel to bad.

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Gained a couple of lbs over the holiday. A post-workout weigh-in shows me back down below my Sunday weight. A few more days and I should crack 250 in the right direction.
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only gained 1.5lb...man that makes me feel good! Had a 3 mile run at the gym today in 30 minutes...my personal best! Totally lifted my spirits.

I love this forum...cigars and exercise accountability! w000t

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195.4 this morning. That leaves me about 10 pounds away from the 185 I was shooting for. :tu

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Unofficial weigh-in this morning had me at 221.0. Guess all that yard work yesterday burned some calories. 1 more lb and "I'm free-falling".

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Day 5 of Power 90, cardio and abs. Even just after a few times, the routine is starting to get easier, so I"m increasing the pace a bit. Still behind the DVD, but catching up. Plus I made it through ~65 of the 100 different ab crunches. Shirt was soaked again when I finished up. It really does work up a good sweat.

Tomorrow should be a good day for weights, as my new utility bench arrives. Time to start sculpting the chest with different fly's and presses.

Halfway through the book I"m reading about overeating. Interesting facts from food industry insiders. Like how most processed food today is formulated to take on average ten chews to finish a bite, whereas 30+ years ago the average human took 25 chews to finish a bite of food. All of this in an effort to make you eat faster and eat more. Just another reason to shy away from processed foods and eat whole foods.

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weighed in this after noon after a meal and a workout(and plenty of water) and I came in at 211...a half pound lower than my previous low. I am so confused lol.

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Were you holding a bunch of helium filled balloons? :D

Just kidding. Could be the metabolism is running higher, converting what you eat into energy to fuel the fires at a quicker pace.

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Wow! Another on-the-run night at work, and I'm down to 251 this morning. I drank almost 2 qts of water on my breaks, and had fruit for lunch. :tu
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Nice job Jeff. Keep it up. Seems like good news all around lately. That's very motivating.

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197.0 today. I haven't been taking time to eat, so I had spaghetti and cake last night at around midnight when I couldn't sleep. :D

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Looks like a lot of good news all around, especially Scott breaking the 200 barrier. Congrats to all! I did like a few others in here and gained some weight over the holiday. I'm back up to 243, but I'm not sure that's an accurate weight b/c of the long drive home the day before. 12 hour drives cause me to swell up a bit and retain water, so I'm not recording it this week. Vacation is officially over, so it's back on track 100% this week.

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Got the new workout bench in today. Easy setup, maybe 30 minutes and part of that time was fumbling around for a decent wrench. Very sturdy bench, will help with the weigh training. Since I'm still technically starting out, I didn't push too much and only did a few extra sets after my normal program.

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Yes! 249.8 this morning! :wo
Now to maintain on my night off...
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Nice! :tu

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down 4 this week. I'm at my lowest weight since 2005 when I was 313.5. Hopefully by next week I'll be below that, and I've only really been keeping track since 2005, so God only knows what kinda record I'll set when I get below that. Below 300 will be a fantastic thing, right now goal is 250- might just make it by next annual physical in April. But, getting ahead of myself. Happy to be going onwards and downwards!

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Congratulations, Hugh!!! :tu

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Good job, Hugh!

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I guess the drive home had some other disaster thrown upon me. I have had some serious lower back pain yesterday and today. Kinda worried about doing exercise right now. Guess I'll get in some WiiFit that is low impact.

Stretching: help or hurt right now?

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Sometimes rest is the best medecine. It really depends on how badly you're hurt, maybe rest up for three- five days. Don't want to aggravate an injury so you'll be down a month or more!

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I've pretty much done nothing the past two days, Hugh. It's started to subside a bit the past hour or two, but last night was hell trying to get some sleep.:td


I did a couple of leg lifts about two hours ago, cradling my knees in toward my chest. Pain started to subside a bit after that.

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I was bad today. I'm at kings island and couldn't resist the blueberry ice cream. It's a tradition for whenever I'm here. Back to induction day 1 again. LOL

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Is it possible that it's back spasms?

I'd recommend no impact activities and light stretching to keep things from tightening up. Might try a heating pad or ice pack and see how it responds to that.

Congrats, Hugh! :tu
Some light yoga stretches like the sun salutation or spine extension might help. Instead of doing them on the board, just watch the demo and do them at your own pace. Standing knee might help too, if you have decent balance. I forget whether that one's under yoga or strength...
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I might give 'em a try, Jeff.:tu

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Do a search online for lower back stretches. When I had my back issues I was doing ALL the wrong stretches for long term help.

I feel your pain though. After my longest run a couple days ago I have seemed to develop plantar fasciitis. I need my excersize otherwise I feel like I am gonna slide backwards....sucks. I could barely walk the last couple days. Today it is SLIGHTLY better but still killing me. :sh

I've read a few articles that blame modern running shoes for this and other injuries. All of the padding encourages running on the heels, which is very jarring.
Once I drop a bit more weight, I'd like to get back into running, and maybe biking. Years ago, I was running about 4 miles a day. Nothing like the feeling of finishing up a good run.
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Plantar fasciitis takes a long time to recover from. I battled a severe case for 3 years that I picked up walking on concrete floors of a factory all day long. I did physical therapy with stretching exercises, ultrasound, you name it. The most effective relief was a cortisone shot. I recommend seeing a GOOD doctor to do it. The first shots I had done was just some podiatrist down the road and it didn't even last 2 days. I bad a 2nd round from one of the doctors used by the colts and it worked for awhile. Pain was excruciating for the shots, but mine was so bad I was walking on the outside edges of my foot rather than my soles.

Stretching-sit on a chair and roll a tennis ball/baseball under your heel a couple of times a day for 10 minutes or so. You can do calf stretches that will also stretch the same area where you're getting pain. Fill some daisy cups with water and freeze and apply daily to reduce inflammation along with taking aleve. Avoid any activity other than walking as increased pressure will make it worse. LMK if you need any more advice.

This was a major ***** in my life and a big reason why it's necessary to diet today. I weighed 182 # and worked out a lot until I got plantar fasciitis. I laid around, felt sorry for myself, and turned to food to try to cope. I've just been on a roller coaster the past 5 years trying to take it back off.

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Gained a pound on my night off (rewarded myself with soda and beef jerky for cracking 250). I burned it right back off with an hour workout, so I'm down to 248.
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after a week on the road im back down to my lowest, very happy about this. Interestingly on the road i ate a lot less than what i had been eating at home. Breakfast may have been bacon and eggs and for lunch id just snack on some turkey meat and cheese i kept in a portable cooler, then dinner meat and veg. I feel like i ate a lot less on the road anyway, but im not sure. INTERESTING. Started at 339 april 27th, down to 316.1 now, want to get to 300 by sept-oct

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Andy, if your back is in spasm, heat usally helps. If you slipped something and it's caused inflammation, then the inflammation has caused spasm, ice and nsaids like motrin (I use 4x200mg 4 x's a day) will take out the swelling.
My personal opinion from my personal experience is that if I lay down and let the problem simmer, I'll have a major problem in no time. It just snowballs and gets so tight it makes you sick to the stomach.

If it's spam, the heating pad should iron that out in a day. If it hasn't gotten markedly better, I'd suggest you make a bunch of gallon bags of crushed ice wrapped in towels, strap them suckers on, let your back get cooled off, make sure you took your motrin, and get moving around. Your support structure will get your backbone back where it was with a minimal amount of discomfort (read: it'll probably hurt like hell, but it'll hurt a lot worse if you lay around on it).

So on the stretching, not just yet. Do that other stuff first and see if you can get fixed up. :tu

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Official weigh-in this morning. 222.4, down 2.2 from last week. Gotta quit those mid week jumps on the scale. That 221 earlier in the week had me really pumped. Still can't complain, it's going in the right direction and i'm getting some muscle definition. Who knew there was more than one muscle in the calf?

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not me!

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My weigh-in this morning was really disappointing. I was up 0.4 and I blame it all on the ice cream last night. ;).

Induction day 1 all over again.

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ice cream! you bad /drool

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Awesome info man. I really appreciate it. Gonna have my wife freeze up some cups tonight so when I get home from work in the am they'll be ready to go!

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248.5 this morning. My workout knocked off another 2 lbs, but I keep my pre-workout number as my "official" stats.
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Looking good, Jeff!!! :tu

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Nice job Jeff.

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Lets get a running total of weight lost by all that have been posting here. Doesn't matter if it's 1 or 100, any weight lost is a good thing. I'm just curious since it seems like a lot of us are trying to drop weight. Just post your loss and update the total. I'll get it started.

78lbs
Total CA Weight Lost: 78lbs

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Another documentary on Netflix I would recommend: Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead.
Awesome doc on the benefits of a juicer. Narrator lost 82 pounds in two months from an all juice diet. Another guy lost 200lbs (around that) in a year by juicing.
Just a 10 day juice detox they say will work wonders for your health. Sounds pretty cool, but don't think I could hold out for that long.

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Chainsaw13 - 78lbs
starscream - 38lbs

Total CA Weight Lost: 116lbs


Did I do that right, Bob?

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:tu Andy

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Just read this interesting online article on Harvard's website.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio...ory/index.html

I was doing a search on the correlation between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol, which turns out to be not much for most people.

Chainsaw13 - 78lbs
starscream - 38lbs
Kreth - 26lbs
Total CA Weight Lost: 142lbs
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