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It may be I need to add in some weight on a couple of my exercises. Thanks for the help!

The equipment i have I typically do 3 sets of 15, and most exercises I can do at least that much. My real barometer is the push-ups, which I have been able to increase my number of, albeit slowly. But from what I understand, just because I'm stronger does not mean I have necessarily added muscle.

TIL.

Oh, yeah. I know all about water weight fluctuations, that's why I am using weekly averages. The extra water weight for extra miles does make some sense.

I did not know I could add bone at this point in my life.

That thought occured to me too, but its been a steady increase, and is based off of weekly averages, not single weigh ins. OKay, thanks, Ill look at that chart. . ..what would non-muscle LBM be?

The thing is, that my running is really my priority and the weightlifting is supplemental/cross-training/secondary. At some point I will put more focus onto strength building but now is not that time. I'm really just curious if anyone has any idea what amount of muscle gain I might actually have relative to the amount that…

I did my first(so far only) HM in September and really enjoyed it. My next goal is to do a 10k in an hour but I don't want to drop my distance that much just yet. I think I will take your advice and go for a Hal Higdon improvement plan along with two days full body.

I have not but I will. My mileage was around 25 at max. I was doing 2 runs at 4 miles, 1 run at 5, and a long run that was 10-12 miles. I recently completed my first half marathon so I'm dialing it back for a couple weeks, but am looking to amp it back up. Was doing arm day and leg day, Monday and Thursday respectively.…

Uh, im roughly hourglass shaped, so I dunno where that leaves me.

DAmn! Lookin good, lady!

Super helpful, as I am also 5'3"! Guess I'll hope for abs in another 15lbs or so.....

Well, guess I've got a ways to go. What sort of a change do you see? When I got my BodPod scan the lady said about 1% change in a month which seemed a little bit slow to me, but then im still relatively new to this.

Yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, pintos, black beans, lentils, tofu....

BMI is still a very good guide for the vast majority of people. You'd be surprised how thin healthy, or normal is. I am personally aiming for the middle of my healthy BMI range. That said there are some guides that allow for a little bit more weight with age for a few different reasons, but I am personally aiming for the…

That's how I started, with walking. A good brisk walk is a good form of exercise, as you get fitter, you may need more intense movement to get good exercise.

I did, too. Christmas Day was one of my regular run days, we got done with all the family stuff and I put on my shoes and went. I only ran 3 miles but still. There was one other person out there. The whole way I kept thinking "yep, i'm the *kitten* running on Christmas Day. Guess I am a "runner"" I'm slow and I, myself, am…

My Fitbit is supposed to do some of that but I honestly haven't investigated how to do so just yet. Guess that's my next step.

I'll do some reading on Tabata. Sub 8:00/. Man, that sounds SOOOOO fast, to me. I did a 5k in 30:06 and that was like lightning for my stubby little legs. I'm the PokeyLittlePuppy but I'm still waaay faster than I was, so I guess there's that.

Hmmm.. I mean, yeah, I guess the running is my priority. Its just that the weight traiing is sort of easier because I can do it at home while I'm watching the kiddo.... but ya'll make a good point. Can't do all of the things in the time alloted.

I'm gonna do some reading on the cruise intervals and tempo stuff, and see if I can figure out how to incorporate that into my plan. Why over a mile for warm-up and cool down? I know I need to increase my miles, I am presently attempting to determine how to do so. I could add in a few more (say, another run of 3-4 miles)…

Full body strength is what? All of the things that I do over the course of a week? I guess I was looking to speedwork for some results as to this point my increased miles have not seemed to increase my speed, but then I don't have a very good test for that.

The food tracking thing on fitbit, for me, has always been..... bizarre. I sort of worked it out (I think) and its workable but the layout is strange, to me at least. Anyway, does the flex have a button? Try powering totally down and back on. Other than that I would say to contact Fitbit support via chat, their tech can…

The hill work I was looking at was saying to sprint uphill for 100m, then walk back down the hill, then sprint back up, and do that 12-24 times. I will do some more reading regarding the speed sessions you suggested. I have a couple of speed goals I would like to hit before moving on to some more of my distance goals, but…

Honestly I'd love to do some more running, but fitting it in is problematic, and when to do it with my other workouts is a challenge too. One of the main seasonsI want to do some speedwork, is so that I can get more miles in during the time I do have to run. I'm, uh, not fast.

Well, its based on the time I have to do it, but also the training plan I used to get to the 10k. I could switch leg day to Friday or Monday, but then Leg day would follow my long run, or proceed two consecutive runs. Honestly I have no clue which would be preferable. I found about a million recommendations for speedwork,…

Lookin good!

I track my first thing in the morning weight as my weight fluctuates significantly throughout the day, except when it doesn't. :|

Sugar cravings were hard for me, too. Fruit helped a lot. Also, fruit + yogurt, or fruit + cottage cheese. Carrots are great, you can steam them with cinnamon and nutmeg. Once apart from daily doses of the refined over-processed garbage foods, you may find you crave them less, I did. I still lose my everloving mind when it…

Not for a little bit. I'm moving on to speedwork and strength training for a bit. At some point when I've got more time I might try for a 13.1.