julyrunner Member

Be careful about gorging on tater tots in the dining hall "because you can". Speaking from experience :)

I'm 5'7", and 34/28/38. Trying to lose ~30lbs and expect to lose around 2-3 inches from each of those measurements (plus extra from my thighs!).

I live in Vermont. We share a border :). And depending on the outcome of our presidential election...

I am also trying to lose ~30 lbs. Just added you!

For a quick breakfast, I like a packet of the plain kind cooked with a chopped up banana and a tablespoon of chunky peanutbutter, topped with a little milk. On the weekends, I'll make steel-cut oats with chopped apple, walnuts, and chia seeds, topped with milk and (real) maple syrup and sometimes a little cinnamon.

What everyone else said, and: Have you tried running without your HRM, or without paying attention to it, just paying attention to how you feel? And, how did you calculate Max? By testing or by formula? Do you feel confident that it's reasonably accurate for you?

Free weights are more effective than machines at building functional strength because they require you to use other muscles to stabilize the lift. However, machines are helpful if you have injuries that limit your range of safe motion.

There are many different philosophies and ways to plan a workout, but it's common to include 2-3 sets of 8-12 reps of each exercise, with heavy enough weights that you are close to failure at the last rep (though you can go lighter for the first few weeks to avoid being crazy sore). There are so many resources available…

I added you!

Anyone can feel free to add me!

Feel free to add me. I have some weight to lose, but the big picture is that I tend to swing back and forth between being pretty active and fit for a while, and getting super stressed out about whatever is going on in my life at the moment, and gaining weight/not exercising for months - and I need to figure out how to…

Sending you a friend request :)

This is fairly unscientific, but if I need to guesstimate calorie burn, I assume 100 cal/mile for running and 40 cal/mile cycling. I don't figure speed/effort in at all, although I typically ride at a brisk pace (16-17 mph).

Longtime runner here, but I've struggled to find time lately and am hoping to start up regularly again. I don't have a race selected yet but I'd love to do a half marathon, or maybe even a full marathon in the fall.

I'll join you. I have about 30 lbs to lose and I'm really trying to figure out how to fit regular exercise into my schedule again. For this month, I'd like to set a goal of running 4-5 times per week, lifting 2x per week, and doing 2 core/body weight workouts per week. I just got sick though (woke up with a nasty sore…

Feel free to add me!

Feel free to add me - another "restarter" here who could also use some extra motivation :)

Are you manually logging weight or using a wifi scale? My Withings wifi scale will display a rounded decimal on the scale, and sync a more precise number with more decimal points to its app/MFP/etc.

Feel free to add me too - I am also "starting back" :) and really want to stick to it this time.

This is a good point. I think it's usually easier to lift first and then run/do cardio than the other way around. For me at least, cardio diminishes my lifting performance more than lifting diminishes my cardio performance, if that makes sense.

You can add me! I don't have any races on the books right now but I'm trying to get back into running regularly and hope to do a few races over the summer and fall. I am trying to lose 25-30 lbs.

Same goal! I fall into and out of the habit of running regularly, and I want to make it stick this time. Currently 148 with a goal of 120.

Re-starting MFP... but starting the social part for the first time. I could use some motivation too - feel free to add me!

I'm in! Please add me. And OrionSlayer, I definitely plan to log some of my 10,000 steps as runs!