Greetings, fellow travelers! Not new to this site, but new to this group.
Quit smoking, had two knee replacements over the past three years and also a breakup. As a result I packed on the pounds due inactivity, loneliness and stress eating.
Finally decided get a grip when I passed my "scary weight", you know, the number I said I'd never cross.
Crossed it! 
So. Shooting for 30 pounds, I'm 9 pounds down so far. Basically just drinking a LOT more water, lifting light weights every other day, cutting way, way back on junk food (difficult! I've always been a junk food junkie!), and trying to walk more often than I used to which is difficult since I have plantar fasciitis in one heel.
Slipped backwards a little this past weekend. Gotta get back on track!
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Welcome and congratulations! First step in losing the weight starts at the grocery store! Buy healthy foods! Fill-up on them and you'll have no room for the junk foods. Healthy means low fat, no added sugar, no added salt, few-as-possible added chemicals. Essentially, NATURAL foods. I start my day with a salad with a very low-calorie dressing (Skinny Girl" brand). Keep yourself fed with veggies and you'll see the pounds melt off. Everything you're doing is helping. Keep us posted. We all fall-back a little, but we need to focus on the successes. Keep telling us what DOES work.
mtnhome
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June 26, 2018
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wow, you are most of the way there already.
I suffered from plantar fasciitis for years, tried shoe inserts, creams, even steroid injections into the bone.
Solved it.
Stretching the tendon at back of your ankle,
Changes the angle of your heel strike,
I ride a push bike using my toes to push and stretch teh tendon, also when going to sleep, I tuck the sheet under my feet while lying on my back, pull it up and tuck under my arms. Keeps the tendon stretched while I sleep,
has been under control for over 20 years, if I get a relaps, I just do it again.
Rugglesby
Level 8
June 26, 2018
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Yep, stretching is the only thing that works! My podiatrist told me to do it every day. I skip sometimes but I try to stretch often!
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