Tom,

>>Tom,
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>>>>>By the way how about some good news - I have been using my treadmill for the last 6 months and have lost 50 pounds! Hope you have entered into an exercise program. It really helps! :)
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>>>>That's GREAT!! I have started (slowly to be sure). This last week I started taking some antibidics to help with a mild infection in an ingrown toenail, some Clatatin-D to help clear me up at night so I can actually get some restful sleep. June 27th I go for a blood oxygen test and sometime within the next month or so I expect to pluck a sizeable chunk of money down on a new treadmill. I need the exercise and also to lose some weight.
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>>>>In the mean time this weekend I'll get some good exercise by moving some smallish boulders around for my back yard development project. <g>
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>>>Something I live by - "Make haste slowly"! :)
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>>Indeed.
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>>Say, how often and how long do you use your treadmill? 50 lbs in six months is just about where I want to be...
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>Doug;
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>I started doing one mile and worked up to two miles. I use the machine 5 days a week. The machine tells you how many calories you burn, time, speed, etc. It is funny (not really - just a basic law) but the more you weigh the greater the number of calories you burn. By maintaining the same speed and distance as your weight comes down the number of calories burned decreases. This means you have to work harder to loose weight as you weigh less. :)
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>Now I am going to go back to weight lifting three days a week and walk two days. It is good to shake up the body as it becomes used to doing something.
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>At 6' 7" 319 pounds it hurt to walk up the three flights of stairs at work. I have taken two racks of weight plates. Rack one had the total amount of weight I want to loose. Rack two is the actual weight I have lost. Rack one is getting smaller! :)
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>With getting married (36 years ago) and having a family people tend to not take care of themselves. My wife and I are both watching our diets and eating wisely and exercising. It really makes life more fun! :)
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>Tom

Thanks.. That all makes sense.