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My general answer is that signing up for a race is something that motivates me. I know I have to do the training if I want to do the distance on the day. You could look for a 5k walk or run in your area that is a little way off so you have time to train for it. However, as you are still having back pain, I agree that there…

Yup, get to a good running store, preferably one that has the option to try shoes and return them if they aren't right.

I mustn't be ordering chips often enough!

I think of Chicken Salt as being an Adelaide thing. As in when you get chips from the Chicken Shop (also an Adelaide thing) they will ask if you want chicken salt or regular salt. I haven't seen that anywhere else in Australia, but I guess i probably don't order chips much when I'm in Sydney or Melbourne or Brisbane. And…

Interesting. My mum always used to soak rolled oats in water overnight, and dad still does it now. I always thought it was just to make them cook faster in the morning but maybe there was more to it than that.

Yup, this is what I've read everywhere lately and it makes lots of sense to me.

Maybe so, but that's suggesting you will lose 8lb a week. That's very significant weight loss and it would be wise to run this by your doctor so you stay healthy while you are at it. Of course, it also assumes that your food and exercise calories are being logged accurately, as this will directly impact the numbers you are…

And that tells me that you are eating well below the calories that MFP recommends. Whether this is healthy for you is going to depend on your stats but if you keep this up it might be worth clearing this with your doctor if you haven't already.

Raw is good, and probably easiest to find accurate database entries. But, if you have already cooked them, then look for a roast/steamed/boiled etc entry in the database. Either is OK. If you regularly cook veggies the same way (roasting with olive oil and herbs, or making a salad with the same dressing) then you can use…

Put your stats into MFP and you will see an estimated calorie goal for a realistic weight loss (probably more like 1 - 1/5 pounds a week depending on your current weight). Then you can google meal plans for that calorie goal, you will find thousands of them out there.

I see the five week projection as useful feedback on my day, not as a hard and fast prediction of what will be:* If it's higher than my current weight, then I need to pay attention to what I'm eating, that's not the direction I want to be going. * If it's a bit lower, that's good, that's what I'm aiming for. * If it's a…

I love running and how it makes me feel, but that doesn't mean I enjoy every single run. I'm just getting back into it after an injury last year and on the weekend I finally hit that point where I felt as though I could just keep on going, it felt so great. So, the first 6km or so of that run were hard(-ish) work but the…

I've always exercised alone (apart from the odd bike ride or walk with my husband, but that is more for fun that exercise) and it suits me just fine. I like to listen to audiobooks or podcasts and enjoy my running or walking or riding time. I would get annoyed going with someone else, it's not about them, it's about me.

Fruit is not good or bad. It's a food which is delicious, nutritious and can fit well into a varied diet. If you don't have any medical reason to avoid sugar, then I wouldn't worry about it. Just make sure you are eating lots of other things to give you good nutrition too.

It's definitely worth getting to a good physiotherapist rather than self-diagnosing. I had running related hip pain when I was training for a half marathon and for me it was a combo of injuries to my ankle and foot on that side causing some gait problems plus being very weak in the core. I missed the half I was training…

I suggest you keep looking in any disability support that might be available = is the NDIS in your area? And do you qualify? If you aren't in an NDIS area, then ask your doctor about a referral to the local disability support service (it will vary state by state) and see if you can get any assistance with shopping and meal…

All the numbers we are working with are estimates, I wouldn't worry about 20 cals. Just keep going as you are for a month or so and see what happens for you, then you can decide if you need to change anything.

Leftovers can make a great breakfast, there is no rule that says only cereal or toast or eggs can be eaten in the morning. My husband's preferred breakfast is soup, I will often have a sandwich or smoothie, this morning I had left over biryani (rice and veggies) because that was ready to go and I didn't have much time.…

Keep it simple - follow the advice from your medical team and eat anything that fits their advice and that you can tolerate for now. You will soon be eating normally again, this is just a blip, don't overthink it.

Hehe, did Tassie finally get summer? I'm sorry to hear you got sunburnt, I know it can be hard when it's not really hot most of the time and it catches you unawares. I'm usually pretty careful but got a bit sunburnt when I had a few hours off in Sydney after work recently and it was hot outside when I'd been inside all…

Agreed - eat what you like, but to stay healthy I think it's wise to keep the majority of your diet made up of a variety of foods that give you good nutrition and then fit in a bit of other stuff that is just for fun.

Until you get to see an endocrinologist and can get some expert advice, I think I would be keeping this simple. There are many things that are recommended often for good health that are common for both men and women, so I'd be running with getting a reasonable amount of exercise and eating a varied diet with a focus on…

I eat a lot of things now that I wouldn't have eaten years ago, but still am not a fan of some things. Dill is the one herb that I really don't like, it takes over a dish and ruins it for me. I eat a lot more seafood than I used to, but I can't stand smoked salmon or other very strong flavoured fish and don't like the…

If there's no food added, there's nothing to complete. I don't see what the problem is?

I'd wonder if not eating and feeling tired are playing into each other and making everything harder. I find that if I exercise more then I have more energy and am more likely to cook good meals and sleep better then I have more energy to exercise etc. Perhaps you are stuck in some opposite kind of cycle where you aren't…

Get started with 1500-1600, and after a month or so see what your results are. If you are losing weight at a moderate rate and aren't hungry or lacking energy, then keep going. If you are super hungry, low on energy or losing weight faster than you expect, then bump your calories up a bit. The calculators are only ever…

There is a La Porchetta in Fremantle, though I don't eat there often. I know I've seem them in Vic and somewhere else, though I don't remember now. That's a good meal for 600 or so cals! I usually use Brumbies (not sure if they are WA or national) for bakery items - like you, I think the products from other bakeries are…

I agree, start with one habit that you want to change and work on that. It might be adding one more veggie to your dinner every day, leaving home 10 mins earlier so you can walk around campus for 10 mins before classes, or trying out different meals for breakfast that give you good nutrition and energy. Pick one thing and…

Great, thanks. I knew about Nandos but not the others. Banjo's aren't here in WA and there's only one La Porchetta, but I will bear these in mind for when I'm travelling.

I think you need to stop taking advice from your friends and make your own decisions. You already know that the things they are suggesting aren't going to be easy for you, so why set yourself up to fail? If you find some eating plan that sounds good to you, then go for it. Otherwise, as many people have already stated,…