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111 miles for the month. Feels like a lot more because the structured workouts keep ending up on the hilly courses (zwift) which means incredibly slow pace... Maybe someday I'll ride outside again...
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Getting into zwift from scratch would be expensive, fortunately I had everything I needed already. From scratch, assuming someone already has the bike, the cheapest way I've seen to put together a rig is to use a classic trainer (regular wheel-on without electronics, a speed/cadence sensor that has ant+4 or bluetooth (many…
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When I moved into a new position at work last October, I thought I'd easily transition into having a lot more time for cycling and running, since I'd be working from home on (pretty much) my own schedule. In addition to working from home, I travel quite a bit, maybe every third week, so I figured it would be really, really…
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Now I want to visit the UK..... What's the best time of the year for a 2 week tour?
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OP, Don't let yourself enable your cravings for junkfood by blaming them on your boyfriend. If you're ready to lose weight, do it. If you want your boyfriend to lose weight, lead by example. The night snoring and squealing is a different issue. I've had roommates with sleep apnea, and gave serious consideration to…
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I'm in. I can limit my calorie intake, or I can exercise often and a lot, but in either case, my water intake is rarely sufficient. It's not that don't like water, I do. It's not that I don't realize that I'm thirsty, I do. But all day long, I forget to stop at the fountain at work, even though I'm walking past it every 20…
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"run" is an overestimation of what I did. Slow jog and walk (Jeff Galloway method) at a pace I knew (hoped) I could keep up for 6+ hours was the plan. I really wanted a 6 hour event, but the 3:10 time at the half put the kabosh on that dream. I did the 1/2 route twice, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't consider stopping…
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On New Years Day, I ran first run since my longest run of 2015, a Thanksgiving Day 10K. The morning of New Years Eve, on my way to work, I decided it was time to test myself, to risk a failure, and do more than I've ever done. Last year, it was a solo Century ride (100 mile bike ride), which was much longer than my…
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Like many have said before, it's just something you'll have to get used to wearing for a while after a workout. Do yourself a favor and consider it a badge of honor, proof to the world that you are doing what you want to do, when you want to do it. As for trying to abate it with cooling, forget it. I swim in a competition…
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I love my daily Creamy Jif PB sandwich at lunch, topped with either banana slices or Polaner suger-free jam/preserves.
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You've lost it once, and learned a lot along that journey I'd be willing to bet... While it's never easy, just think of all the mistakes and misinformations you don't have to figure out this time.
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If you really feel that what you're doing is not working after the first three weeks, decide to do something different. It reads as if you are starting calorie deficit logging, C25K, and P90X all at the same time. If I were you, I'd decide what is most important to me and work on that alone, for a few weeks, so I could…
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This topic popped into my head during a walk to the grocery this morning. I wish I'd known, and believed, that it is as easy as it is, if you trust the math and the data. For the last 20 some years, I've been doing what many people call extreme sports and workouts to lose weight. Triathlons up to 1/2 ironman, 6 hours of…
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The easiest way to convince yourself that you don't need tech items is to go on a vacation without them. Spend a week or two without internet access, you'll be surprised how quickly the craving for it goes away, jsut like the cravings for soda, or doughnuts did a few years ago.
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I used to drink Full Throttle energy drink, poop was as green as the "Preview" and "Post Reply" buttons at the bottom of the page.
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I find it amusing that the community falls for these types of posts every single day. It's not even a challenge for the trolls. At some point you have to realize that when someone says over and over, things like "I'm doing it the right way" and argues against every single bit of advice offered, after "begging" for advice,…
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If the old one broke, I would suspect it was wrong. On the bright side, you get more calories. Scales for home use are unlikely to be accurate, just go to one of your local big box stores and put a bunch of different scales (even scales of the same brand) on the floor and step from one to the next. If the only difference…
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And when they tell you why THEY can't exercise eating control, or exercise, just smile and say "of course you can't", if you're feeling especially froggy, add in "that's your decision". Weight loss and healthy choices are best analogous to bugs caught on flypaper. The bugs that are trapped have no problem letting other…
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Girl Scout cookies come in handy single serving packages.
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As pointed out, sure, you *could* eat 1400 calories (or whatever your target is) at McDonalds every day, or eat it in candy bars, or dogshit, or whatever. What keeps you from doing that, as long as you are meeting your targets, is the amount of McDonalds you can eat without blowing through your target. You wouldn't be…
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Decide to do it for yourself, not for the others. If you're just proving it to the others, when you realize that their opinions don't matter, it will likely be the end of you doing it. Commitment is continuing to do today and tomorrow, the things you said you were going to do, long after the feeling you had when you said…
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wish my hair would fall out....
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at 27 days, I just started seeing a difference. That's 11 pounds for me. For the people who write they they know they are smaller, can feel it in the clothing fit, or have gone down in sizes, or have outside people noticing, but can't see it in the mirror themselves, I have the following advice for you. Find a nutritionist…
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All you can eat China Buffet for lunch 5 days a week... one heaping plate of "sushi", one heaping plate of chicken wings, crab slop, sugared plantains, some kind of stir fried pork, and a couple spring rolls. Followed by a plate of chocolate and vanilla pudding with bannanas. Washed down with 5+ glasses of diet coke. My…
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The OP didn't write a paper suitable for publication in Scientific American, big deal. He used his Greek Salad as an example of an importance to look at the sum of the parts, which can be applied to many things. He used his Greek Salad as an example of something that any reader might take for granted in their own menu as…
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Eating disorders are never about the food. Unless you're trained to deal with people who have an eating disorder, there's a very good chance you're just being manipulated into enabling the behavior. Again, eating disorders are NEVER about the food or the weight. It's other issues...
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Garmin Edge for cycling...
