EK–friend of mine had those shots and it helped her tremendously. She couldn’t even walk before she had the shots. She’s getting around so much better now and is even going to swim.
Took a day off. Renting our summer place for three weeks (starting next week) and spent the day packing some boxes and moving them into a storage space.
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<p>Good to know in case I need that stuff someday.</p>
<p>5 mile hike. 1400 feet elevation gain. Steep going up – glad I had my trekking poles, but well worth it. Beautiful views, wildflowers and butterflies.</p>
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<p>Having neither an iPhone nor an iPad, i have no idea how this integrates into the computer version!</p>
<p>emerald:</p>
<p>You’ll find some stuff that gets you huffing and puffin even with the bad knees. My brother is in the same boat. No cartilege left. He got a handicap sticker for his car, so he doesn’t have to walk far to the soccer field! Just a matter of time before the knee replacement.</p>
<p>I would give serious consideration to core and resistance strength training. Make lemons out of lemonaide. Plus the absolute best thing you can do for your knees is to get strong and mobile in the hips.</p>
<p>The comments at the iTunes App store indicate that there are a fair number of problems with the iPad and iPhone versions.</p>
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<p>Ooooh. We need pictures, even if they are flickr photos somebody else took! I’m guessing your legs aren’t are sore as mine were. That’s where all of your high-rep stuff probably pays off.</p>
<p>I’ve been busy trying to figure out how to get outfitted a little better for this hiking stuff in terms of backpacks, water, etc. I took a bookbag type backpack on Sunday (no waist belt, etc.) which was less that ideal, especially since I came home minus my Nalgene bottle as the water bottle holder didn’t apparently hold very well! At least I have some sense of size after stuffing the essentials into that one.</p>
<p>Agree with strengthening the hips as well as the muscles around the knees. </p>
<p>Went to my exercise class this morning and discovered the teacher was on vacation but she left a CD of the music she uses and all the directions & exhortations she gives for the whole class! So we played the CD and did our usual routine…worked out perfectly! We are all such creatures of habit. :)</p>
Wildflowers and butterflies. Sounds like a good day, CJane. 
<p>Looks like I’m the team captain this year. Our numbers are way down on participation from previous years. People getting older, running longer distance, other races or doing other things (like biking).</p>
<p>Officially lost 10% of the weight, getting the BMI down from 35 to 30, in 8 weeks. Still a looooooooong way to go. </p>
<p>It is acutally very simple - eat less and move more. </p>
<p>Relatively, I did not reduce too much my intakes but shift most of them to first 1/2 of the day. Like eating a lot before 10 Am and almost nothing after 7 PM. </p>
<p>Also, drink a lot of water - like really a lot. Cut the beer by teh case completely.</p>
<p>We do a 30 minutes walk after lunch every day at work - try to run/walk about 45 minutes in the evening. The total is 20,000 steps registered a day, on average.</p>
<p>That’s pretty fast for a 14% drop in weight - it looks like your approach is working for you and it doesn’t sound anywhere as risky as the stuff that some of us do. I hope that you’re saving pictures along the way.</p>
<p>So have been feeling generally yuck for several weeks, attributing it to seasonal allergies. Trouble with stairs, let alone workouts. Went to my doc yesterday. He listened to my chest, sent me straight to CAT scan. And guess what? Blood clot in my lung. My gynecologist started me on a birth control pill to regulate my cycles. And I’m one of the 1 percent who got the blood clot. No exercise for six weeks. Blood thinner. Sort of in a state of shock.</p>
<p>Dad II- Good job. I’ve heard of men having huge success just by limiting or eliminating beer! Keep up the good work. We like pictures. :)</p>
<p>sewhappy- That is SO scary! I’m glad you went to the doc. 6 weeks will go fast.</p>
<p>Woke up this morning to 70 degree light rain. I almost didn’t go run, since I’m not big on rain, but that would have been stupid after all the heat we have had. It was barely noticable until I was back at the house. 5 miles and done for the day.</p>
<p>Glad to hear you went to the doc and they caught it, Sewhappy. Well then, a few weeks to pursue another project. A little knitting, sewing, or weaving, or maybe experiment with some new shades of paint en plein air. Possibility anyway?</p>
<p>Wow that’s the second case of CC catching blood clots due to birth control pills! Sooo glad we all nagged you! Feel better soon.</p>
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<p>Fantastic! Cutting out beer will definitely tilt the scales in favor of a new thinner you! They’ve now figured out that alcohol and sugar are essentially the same thing as far as the liver metabolism is concerned and chronic consumption of either leads to “fatty liver” which appears to be the leading cause of insulin resistance which makes us far more likely to store fat. So cutting sugar or beer/alcohol has a double benefit. Fewer calories, more favorable fat burning metabolism.</p>
<p>sewhappy:</p>
<p>Wow. I’m so glad they found the problem and have you on the road to getting alll fixed up.</p>
<p>Wow, sewhappy. In this case, being a one percenter is not a good thing! I’m so glad it was caught early. Kudos to your doctor for being so thorough!</p>
<p>Dad II - congrats! I betcha the improved economy and job stability mean fewer liquid calories for you. Good job!</p>
<p>I ran 3.5 miles on Tue and then 4.7 miles yesterday in unbearable heat (80 degrees coupled with our humidity). By the end of my yesterday’s run I was sweating so badly I felt like a water-soaked paper towel, but I managed to maintain my 8:30 pace. It is getting pretty hot again, so I’m thinking about taking a day off from running today.</p>
<p>Speaking of liquid calories… I got a bottle of de-alcoholized wine to serve with dinner for a firend who does not like alcohol and was very impressed with the calorie content per big glass - only 45-60! Wow. I tried some and surprisingly liked the taste.</p>