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As a distance runner, there are all sorts of distractions and tricks, podcasts and music and breaking runs into smaller components (2 km into a 32km run, telling myself I just have to do that 15 more times, at 4 km I'm already 1/8 of the way there etc) but honestly: I accept the pain. I accept the boredom. I continue…
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The answer to no weight loss is not 'Eat more' You are not whatevering your metabolism or muscles or whatever. People who eat too little lose weight rapidly and become ill from that and lack of nutrients, they don't just stop losing weight. Whatever the amount you think you're eating, if you're sitting at the same weight…
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A lot of people seem to think weight loss goes like this: Too many calories: no weight loss Appropriate sized calorie deficit: weight loss Too few calories: no weight loss But it actually goes Too many calories: no weight loss Appropriate sized calorie deficit: weight loss Too few calories: too rapid weight loss If you're…
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This is true, but be careful where those calories come from. The must be whole foods, organic, and unprocessed. The moment you touch a grain of refined sugar or, god forbid, a grain of grain of any kind, you will pile on the kilos and unkickstart your metabolism. (Though this can be quickly counteracted with a thorough…
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Go see a physio. I got runners knee in the lead up to my first marathon and with the proper rest and strapping and exercises (though I'm a bit sceptical that the strapping did much) I was able to complete the marathon successfully and have gone on to do more. Whatever you do, don't just keep running on it and hope it goes…
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I got an armband and it kept rubbing holes in my arm so I just carry my phone now. I'm training for an ultra at the moment and have a belt for my bottle and stuff, but still just carry my phone so I can skip through podcasts etc easily. I'm so used to it now. Haven't dropped it yet, did 36km on Sunday up and down gravelly…
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Haha that's interesting. It put me at ok. I fiddled around with numbers and figured the highest waist I would have to aim for to get a healthy hip waist ratio, and that would put me well into the 'take care' section of waist height ratio. Long story short: as always, it's my total and utter lack of hips that is the problem.
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There are definitely things to try, as Lorrpb outlined, but it may just be your shape. I have a ratio of .88 and I really don't think there's much I can do about it. It really can suck
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I don't. I either don't act on the craving, or if I can fit it in my calories, I do. I tend to have chocolate every day though :)
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I'd say work in a moderate deficit. I'm training for an ultra while slowly losing weight, it's not undoable as long as it's gradual.
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Do what you like. I burn plenty of calories running and am not wasting away with lack of muscles for my want of resistance training. I could certainly be stronger, but my preference is to run further and faster. If you can find an activity that you enjoy, that should be your focus. If one enjoys resistance training,…
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Probably all you're going to hear is that you're already at a healthy weight and shouldn't aim to lose anymore. I'm 5'5 and currently 57kg but aim to get to 53. That's *my* goal, and what I want to achieve. Good luck with yours, OP.
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If I include walking I easily do 3-4 hours exercise a day and I'm fine! Walking on the beach sounds divine.
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I gained and lost 5lb in 2 days last week...
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People's perception of their own and others weight is not something to rely on. If people have seen you at a higher weight and then at a lower weight they'll often think you've just gotten so thin, whereas someone who just met you probably wouldn't. Also, so many people are overweight and obese these days that our…
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I have trouble sleeping if I'm hungry so I save calories for the end of the day. I already struggle with insomnia and young kids so sleep is a precious commodity. I'm also so busy during the day that saving calories is pretty easy (though if I save too many there's a risk of being so hungry I find it hard to stop eating,…
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Study science for decades and figure out a way to change your genes. I have boney shoulders and tiny hips and jiggly thighs. I don't lift weights but still have a fair amount of noticeable lean muscle on the side of my thighs due to distance running featuring lots of hills, but my inner thighs just insist on retaining…
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I'm not really into donuts, but my 2 tricks when I want one are: 1. Fitting it into my daily calories and; 2. Eating with my 2 bottomless-pit children with me cos then I only get to eat about a third if I'm lucky
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Oh I love my hours on the elliptical, I get to watch the shows my husband doesn't want to. I got so into Dark that I think some people at the gym thought I was having some kind of mid workout breakdown (episode 8, Ulrich, Anyone who's watched Dark will know what I mean) And OP, you really don't know what you're talking…
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Not sure how I'm going to run my ultra next month that way... think I'll stick to my 2-3 hours a day
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Look, I wouldn't bother tapering for a half myself but for someone's first I wouldn't recommend the longest run they've ever done one week before. I'd say two weeks would be fine, with a middling-sized long run the following week.
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You don't want to peak so close to race day. You should be tapering for the last couple of weeks to give your legs a chance to rest so you're fresh for the race. Doing your longest run 1 week out will do nothing but tire you out for the race - everything in the last 2-3 weeks is about maintaining cardio fitness on as…
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I struggled with my knee during training for my first marathon. Strapping was 100% the wrong thing for me, I needed to strengthen certain muscles and slow down my mileage increase. I overtrained myself and ended up having to not run for the entire taper and having a very painful first marathon. See a physio. Self-taping…
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I've never used a training plan for any of my races (hm pb 1:33 full 3:33). But I would recommend trying to get your long run a but longer. I know it can be hard to fit in (I have two young kids, and am currently training for my first ultra), but it could really make the difference between a miserable just-finished…
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Whatever meal comes next. Unless it's Sunday and I've done a long (2-3 hour) run in which case a chocolate milkshake is a must.
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I'm just throwing in my own experience, n=1, anecdata etc: After my first marathon I was SO sore. Hobbling sore. Struggling up and down stairs sore. The thing that made the biggest difference was jumping on the elliptical and doing a moderate/easy workout.
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It's honestly liberating when you realise there is no 'this one weird trick' and it's all down to you and the numbers: your calories consumed, your calories expended. I spent my whole life thinking my weight was out of my control, until I started calorie counting and voila, the weight came off and has stayed off.
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Well it doesn't, sorry to tell you