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Just realizing how crazy it is for me to be thinking about gaining on purpose... blows my mind.

54 days to the marathon, and I am making progress! http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/newhighnewlow/view/speed-phase-complete-904602

For me, when I was 225... running was out of the question. Too much weight on my knees. Instead, I rode a bike until I had built up a bit of quad/hamstring strength, and then went back to running. I think at that point, I was closer to 200 or 210... but I had enough leg strength to support the weight... at about an 11 or…

it's been one month since my original post. I celebrated my birthday by getting a DEXA fat scan, and now I have running goals and body comp goals to keep me motivated. Unfortunately, both of these can be accurately assessed only on a longer timeline that weekly weigh-ins... and so i am still nervous about how to keep…

Thanks for the tips! Biggest changes I had to implement with food are much less oil/fat when cooking, sparingly eating cheese, and cutting way down on beer/whiskey. I miss the cheese the most!

My wife and I do some long cycling too (though I am much more a runner than a cyclist). We've done RAGBRAI (7 day rides) together 3 times, and just biked the C&O canal from Washington DC to Cumberland Maryland (a 3 day ride). Theres something so nice about being on a bike all day... and just forgetting the rest of the…

indeed. my entire problem is mentality! "progress" is a great mental reward, but I know that "maintenance" is the real goal. It's always been tough for me though... even though I *know* the right answer doesn't seem to be enough to get me to pursue it correctly...

thanks for sharing!

i unfortunately have only a boring answer for you... I set a calorie goal to lose 2lbs per week, and I met (or beat) the goal for 140+ of 147 days.

I am definitely going to try and follow a streak approach now as a way to have regular reminders that there is a goal being met, even if its not as obvious as the weight loss. Thank you for that! I'm also really excited to see my new calorie target since I set weight to maintain! In theory, it shouldnt really be that hard…

thank you! I agree this is how I should eat all the time... I just find it harder and harder to keep at it once the big, easy successes aren't around to make me feel good about myself. There's a disconnect between the brain and the rest of me, for sure!

my marathon gives me 17 weeks with at least something to look for... but I've really had trouble sustaining in the past.

next goal is my 5th marathon, this January. havent set a fixed goal pace yet... but definitely aiming to beat my 3:39:09 PR