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I haven't done the C25K program, but when I did start running last year, my first few runs were extremely difficult...and I was only going around the block. It does get a lot easier as your cardiovascular system gets used to working out, and gets more efficient. It won't happen overnight, so don't get discouraged if after…

Bodyweight exercises can be done anywhere, require no equipment (with the exception of pull-ups), and take very little time to complete. If you're just looking to build a little bit of strength, try push-ups, sit-ups/crunches, pull-ups (assuming you have a bar), squats, lunges, and calf raises. You hit all the major muscle…

I want to run and complete a marathon. At this time last year, if you asked me if I'd ever be able to run more than a 5k again (I'd been completely sedentary for nearly 7 years), I'd have said you were nuts. Personal events inspired me to start running late last spring. After stretching and warming up, I went for my first…

Running burns about .63 calories per pound of weight, per mile. It will be a little more if you're running uphill or you have a headwind, and a little less if you have a tailwind or you're running downhill (to a certain point, on steep hills, you will actually burn more calories running downhill than on a flat surface).…

Generally, walking at a normal speed on a level ground will burn 0.3 calories per mile per pound of body weight. So if you weigh 200 pounds, you'll burn 60 calories per mile you walk. It's not exact, as different people will have varying efficiency in their muscles, joints, and cardiovascular system that may cause the…

Giving up the coke is probably one of the best diet changes that you can make. 1.5 liters a day is an additional 600 calories. Even if that's the only change you make, that's 4200 calories per week, which works out to approximately 1.2 lbs (.544 kg) per week that you'd lose, assuming you're currently eating at maintenance…

Have a bottle of water with you at all times. When you feel like you need a coke, have a sip of water. After a few days, you won't miss coke at all. I gave up soda several years ago and never went back. The first few days were tough (major sugar withdrawals) but beyond that, it's been easy to keep away from the sugary…

What do you do for exercise? For me, I knew that beyond a certain point, I wasn't going to be able to keep up with dieting for the long term. While I cut out most fast food and don't drink soda, there was no way I was going to give up pizza (I usually order a pizza and a side once a week or once every two weeks), and I'm…

I've been using GNC Pro Performance 100% Weigh Protein for years. It has 24 grams of protein, two grams of fat and five grams of carbs per serving, for a total of 130 calories per serving. It goes down smooth, and comes in a variety of flavors.

Great, now I want tacos.

Do negatives until you can do one good push up, then do as many sets of one push up as you want. To do negatives: 1. Get into the "up" position for a push up, with your feet about shoulder width apart and your hands just outside of shoulder width apart. Once you get up, stay off your knees. 2. Slowly lower yourself to the…

My response would probably be to describe what I've done to lose the weight and finish it off with "As you can see, this has worked for me. Maybe you can look into it and see if it would work for you."

Personally, I have not seen any of the studies. Most articles about "bonk training" or fasted cardio do say that some studies support it.

Some studies support fasted cardio for fat loss, some refute it. As another poster already said, the true benefit of fasted cardio is that it will make you better at fasted cardio. If you're training for a marathon or other high endurance activity, training with fasted cardio will help your body adapt so you "hit the wall"…

Uhfgood, Are you running on the road? You can use telephone poles or houses or any other fixed objects as landmarks. For example (and this can be tailored to your specific abilities and goals), run for a distance of 10 telephone poles, followed by walking for 10 poles. Distance intervals like this can be a good alternative…

I don't eat back my exercise calories, however I do exercise away my excess calories. If what I plan to eat (or what I already ate) puts me over my calorie goal for the day, I adjust my exercise goals accordingly. I also compare what other online calories burned calculators give me for numbers for the exercise I do to get…

I used to be the same way with fast food...to the point where I'm pretty sure that when I gave it up it caused a couple of restaurants to go out of business. I took it one step at a time, first cutting out soda with meals (actually I cut it out completely) and having water with my food. Those 32 and 44 oz sodas that most…

For the most part, I find that the first mile of my runs tends to be the most difficult. I started running back in May and could barely make it around the block. I'm up to 3~5 miles a day, 4 to 5 days a week, but that first mile each time is still a challenge. It seems like after warming up and stretching, my body still…

I've taken a different approach to this. Instead of trying to avoid the cravings of extra sweets or going out to the steakhouse with the guys after work, I use them as extra motivation for exercise. If I want to eat X then I need to run an extra mile. Or if it's within a mile or two, walking to a restaurant instead of…

I'm a fairly new user with MFP, but one thing I noticed immediately when logging my exercise was that it was giving me my total calories burned (calories from exercise in addition to my BMR) when exercising instead of my net calories burned from exercise. In other words, for the time spent doing cardio, it was including…