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Ha. I have 7 mechanical watches that I've collected over the years. They haven't been out of their cases in about a year. Oh well, I guess this means that they'll be in much better shape when I hand them down to my kids.

It's not a decrease in demand, it's just a convergence of the two products. Apple has shown consumers that it doesn't have to choose between fitness or lifestyle watches. I imagine that Garmin will remain a bit of an exception as it's always catered to the enthusiast market. We could not care less about answering emails or…

To answer your question, OP. The body will first store food as glycogen up to a certain amount and will only store food as fat if you eat above that threshold. So theoretically, yes, a large enough meal could cause you to gain fat in the short-term. That said, since the large meal will be eaten as part of an IF or OMAD…

2400 calories. Call it 2500 just to be safe.

Chickpea fritters.

I'm not the poster, but google 'bandeja paisa'. These were my 3AM lifeblood in college after a night out and I just recently found a restaurant by me that serves a good one! Good times. Also, there's usually a side of beans to go with the rice...

I'm absolutely not informed on the topic but if it's not bothering you then I can't see it being a problem (unless an excess of fiber is preventing you from hitting your other macro goals)? If anything, the only problems I tend to see with extra fiber tend to involve the unintentional/undesired release of bodily gases.…

2 weeks later and I'm done with my calorie restriction. I'm down three pounds from when I started based on my weekly average weight. Individual weigh ins show a clear downward trend so I'm very comfortable that it's real weight loss. Let's see if I'm any better at keeping the trend in check this time around! Also, based on…

2 weeks of calorie restrictions later and I'm back on the maintenance program. Average weight: w/o April 14: 172 w/o April 21: 170.4

What is 'met age'? Also, did you check the battery? Also also, bio impedance scales are one step above plucking numbers from thin air (actually, they're not even one step up). You don't need this. You're wasting your money.

While definitely a kick butt band name, the term private abattoir does not conjure up good images for me.

Given your planned mileage totals I wouldn't worry about speedwork right now. Build your cardio base with easy mileage and let your body adapt to that first. Adding speedwork too soon is no different then adding mileage too soon. Personally, I didn't start adding any speedwork to my routine until I was regularly running…

If you really enjoy your coffee sweetened and with milk/cream, no black coffee will provide the same experience regardless of how good it is. It's kind of like trying to drink plain milk as a substitute for a milkshake. I buy coffee from my local roaster and grind the beans myself if I want quality. Pre-ground coffees from…

The 488 calories is incremental. That is, it is only the calories that you burned through the act of running. If you google "calories burned by running", you'll find the original Runner's World articles that gave rise to that formula.

I usually lurk in this thread because it simply moves too fast to keep up but just a word of encouragement about the HM. I just ran my first one two weeks ago and, like you, was totally exhausted by the end of the training program (I really started to hate the weekly long run). Trust the process, if you adhere to a good…

My essential oils are olive, butter, peanut, and vegetable. My cooking wouldn't be the same without them.

Each or together? The time only works if the latter and I'm guessing that the fish and vegetables won't come out so great. If quality if off the table, then why make a recommendation at all? Might as well call the poster "here is some crap that can be pulled out of the fridge and crammed into your food hole in less than 5…

Spoken like someone who has never had salmonella or e.coli! After a bout with the former, I can tell you exactly how many tiles are on my bathroom floor and why I'll never have a toilet without a bidet again!

Pickles. Grape tomatoes and celery sticks dipped in a mixture of parmesan reggiano and salt.

If you will be biking to work during the late fall/winter, make sure that you consider lighting and visibility for yourself and others on the road. Even during the summer if there's a risk that you'll be in the office until after dark. Keeping apprised of the weather forecast for the entire day is a big one. Sucks to ride…

You're definitely active - just make sure you don't double count the calories.

Interestingly, I focused on engaging my glutes while walking into work this morning. I upped my walking pace by focusing on driving my rearward leg back and through instead of focusing on trying to step further/faster with my forward leg. The difference in power and stability for a given effort level was actually quite…

they all use slightly different formulas to calculate calorie needs but they should all get you to the same ballpark. Whichever calculator you use, it's important to only use that as a starting point, then to track your results and adjust as needed until you find what works for you. MFP isn't automatically the answer. It's…

Waffles with peanut butter and blueberries actually doesn't sound that bad though? I might hit it with some extra honey but still, it seems sound in principle. Give up loneliness? Are there actually people out there who actively choose loneliness? As an introvert, I might change that one to "stop trying to please…

From what I gather based solely on internet knowledge, unlike a sprint or something where your body will naturally engage the most powerful muscles for the purpose (the glutes in this case), in distance running many people use their quads, hamstrings, or other leg muscles to initiate motion instead of the glutes because…

Egg sandwiches. Generally, you can make a normal sized sandwich (two pieces of bread or an english muffin, 0.5oz of cheese, one large egg, and 1.5-2 oz of meat) for about 300 calories. They can either be cooked from scratch in about 5 minutes, or cooked in bulked ahead of time and reheated during the week.

"Waking up your butt" actually is a thing that some people recommend for distance runners since it's so easy for the body to compensate for the glutes with other muscles when running at non-sprint speeds. Basically, it's entirely possible to run without engaging the glutes. Glute activation can help you to become a better…

I can buy an argument that the convenience isn't worth the drop in quality, but to argue that convenience foods aren't easier than cooking from scratch is somewhat silly unless your friend is getting the most complicated convenience foods ever.

I don't know if I'd necessarily equate glute activation to the need for a strong core. The core IMO truly is the foundation for all movement and the stronger it is, the better for performance and injury prevention in all situations. One simply can't work around a weak core. Glute activation is a bit more suspect. There's…

Skip the crust. Make the filling only and use chicken stock instead of dairy. Think about using cornstarch or arrow root as your thickener instead of a more traditional roux. Eat said filling with crackers, rice, potatoes, noodles, or something else that makes it easy to control the calories. Basically, treat it like…