DaveAkeman Member

Yes! (Actually one of the things that made me decide that it was TIME TO CHANGE!)

"morbidly obese". I hate these categories. And I dislike the BMI calculation that leads to them. When I started my C25K, in January, I was "super obese", with a BMI of 48. Now, with a BMI of 36, I am only "severely obese". (I fell right THROUGH "morbidly obese" on the way down!) Yet, I feel great, and I am running 3 x 5k…

Thanks for that! I have an Aria, and I am impressed with the repeatability. I was hydrostatically weighed a few weeks before I got it, and it seems to be in line with the hydrostatic weighing, although there were a few weeks between measurements (and the Aria was a bit lower . . . as expected). I'll get hydrostatic…

Different sleeping pills work differently. Some of them knock you out all night. Some of them are extremely short-acting and will help you get to sleep, but not necessarily keep you there. I've had some very scary experiences with OTC sleeping pills, and don't like them at all. (I've found a shot of whiskey usually does…

OP, I think what JSC was meaning is that his hardware is his phone. I'm in the same boat. I use RunDouble for GPS tracking of my runs (even though I have graduated from C25K . . . I just use it on open runs) and I use the Samsung Health app to track my steps. So, you see, my hardware IS my phone. I have ordered a Fitbit…

You're right about the BF measurements. Electrical impedance (the way the home scales measure BF) is not an extremely accurate (or repeatable) way to measure, and it is unlikely that a scale can help you see day-to-day or week-to-week trends (although my Fitbit Aria seems surprisingly repeatable). However, I think…

You're right about the BF measurements. Electrical impedance (the way the home scales measure BF) is not an extremely accurate (or repeatable) way to measure, and it is unlikely that a scale can help you see day-to-day or week-to-week trends (although my Fitbit Aria seems surprisingly repeatable). However, I think…

The answer shouldn't be based on whether or not you eat the peel. The answer needs to be based on how the person who entered the food into database weighed it . . . you need to weigh it the same way. And - guess what - there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY of knowing that!!! (Although I suspect that it was measured with the peel . .…

All good advice above. Also, if you can afford it, get one that also measures body fat. The body fat measurement on an electronic scale may not be the most accurate in the world, but SOMETHING is better than NOTHING. I had no idea what my BF% was when I started. And BF% is a much, much, MUCH more important number than…

Don't be disappointed if, on Week 1 Day 1, you only cover 1 or 2 km.

I use a smart phone app, RunDouble. It's free for the first several weeks, then I think it's something like $2 if you want to continue. It will give you periodic updates if you want, and it will tell you when to run and when to walk (through the phone's speaker or, better, though headphones) I think there are other apps…

Just for fun, I went into my food diary and created a 10,000 calorie day. (I put it in for tomorrow . . . I'll be sure to delete it!) The scary thing is that, thinking back to me a year ago, this isn't all THAT far out of whack. I could definately see me eat most of this in a day a year ago. Even then it would have been a…

I, too, have a mentally exhausting job. (Although probably not quite as hectic as yours must be sometimes) On bad days, I find that I really look forward to the "down time" I get while running. In fact, I got upset last week when I spent most of the day looking forward to an evening run, then when I got home I found out…

I'd say 3 days a week minimum is still a good recommendation. Any less than that and you'll lose your gains, but possibly also your motivation. The soreness is good . . . just make sure it's "good" sore and not real "pain". Make sure you learn to tell the difference. When I first started, I got sore quite a bit, too. It…

You're funny. I've done C25K twice. First time I had the goal to run a 5K; I hit my goal, then lost motivation. Then I did it again 6 months ago, and I'm still going. When I started running, I didn't want to inflict my running on the public, either. I was 5'6" and almost 300 pounds. I was running slower than a 14 minute…

Alright, sorry . . . I just looked. I only ate 7796 calories over those three days. Still lousy, and still enough to make me feel bloated. On top of that, it was tough to get back down to where I'm at normally. I think after stretching your stomach out like that, it still wants to be filled.

This, I agree with. Boy, my mouth is watering, just THINKING about how I might be able to do it, though . . . Seriously, though, I think the whole idea of cheat days or high calorie days are just insane. On top of that, I just got over doing something very similar . . . Last weekend was pretty crazy. I was extremely…

Go ahead and send me a friend request. You're going to have to clarify one thing, though . . . in your profile picture, is that you on the RIGHT, or on the LEFT?

I pack my lunch nearly every day. Banana, apple, orange, pear, string cheese. Sometimes a snack bag of popcorn. Hard boiled egg.

Well, I ran last night (very late at night). Felt fine. I did a pretty quick 5k. I decided to not email the doctor yet; I'm going to see if this comes back. Probably just a tight muscle or something. (I'm hoping)

One of the things my wife has done to up her daily step count is to walk "the long way" to the bathroom. Instead of going from the living room into the bathroom, she walks through our island kitchen and into the hallway. I laugh at her, but 20 steps is 20 steps . . .

I hear you there! Most of my runs end up being late at night, after the rest of the house has gone to bed. I did a 5K last night at 11PM; with the warm up and cool down, I barely made it home by midnight. Sometimes I wish I had a treadmill, for days like this. Still . . . I just don't know if I could do it!

They say you don't need exercise . . . I find that when I stop exercising, I stop losing, though. It's possible with only diet, but I think it's hard. Although she is only in her early 40s, my wife has MD; she has to use an electric wheelchair any time she is out of the house because she can't (or couldn't!) walk more than…

Back to the original point of the thread . . . perhaps the OP would like to take up a mixed hobby of unicycling, Star Wars role playing, and bagpiping???

I suppose that if mountain unicycling is a "thing", it's going to catch on in Oregon. There is an annual bike ride here called the 'bridge pedal'; essentially, it crisscrosses downtown Portland over the many bridges there. I think it crosses 6 or 8 bridges, and it's about a 20 mile ride. VERY popular, with thousands and…

In my opinion, the PERFECT running weather is about 45F. That's when a t-shirt and shorts is perfectly comfortable. Any cooler and I start thinking hats and gloves; any warmer and I start thinking "Boy, it's warm!", and sweating a lot. Everybody has their own comfort point, though. Just remember that you will feel much…

Ahhhh . . . I missed that bit about Ireland! (And about running with a club . . . I look at running as a solitary thing, but if you want to do it with a group, that's fine, too!) You really should learn to embrace the rain; otherwise you're going to find too many days that you have excuses. I live on the NW coast of…

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I was wondering why you were measuring your speed in mph, instead of min/mile! I know everyone is different, but if it were me, I'd get out on the trail right away. I have not done any treadmill running, simply because I CAN'T! I find it too boring. Plus, when you get tired on the trail, you slow down without even thinking…

Maybe that's why my middle-school age son always CREAMS me in first person shooters. :smiley: