On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 10:31:18 -0500, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Losing about one third of a pound per day now.  Down to 149.5 from 156.0.

That's much more reasonable.  Do you need to lose weight? Is that one of  
the goals?  How tall are you?  Do you know your bodyfat percentage?  (I  
ask because if you're already pretty lean, the weight loss may not all be  
fat.)   I am surprised you haven't "tanked" by now with such low calories.

> Now exercise. I have to start with this.  I primarily use machines over
> free weights.  Properly designed machines are superior,

I could argue that, but won't ;-)  (that's pretty far off topic for this  
list).

> (Imagine the danger of a solo single bench press set to exhaustion).

Weighted pushups are a fine exercise with little exhaustion risk.

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   Robert Kesterson
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