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  • Choosing a meal out in easy steps: 1) Choose your lean protein - nothing high fat like mince or stewing meat. 2) Choose a meal that’s cooked right - not fried or sautéed in butter. 3) Avoid heavy sauces - Anything with cream, baked with cheese etc. 4) Fill your plate with some complex carbs- choose vegetables not fries! 5)…
  • Slow down/ walk the downhills, reduce the impact that way. Compression shorts?
  • People tend to underestimate walk events - it’s actually really hard to stay on your feet, putting one foot in front of the other for hours on end. My advise would be to just spend more time walking, get on a stepper if you have access to one and shift some excess weight to help you get up those hills! You’ll be burning…
  • A good pizza hack is to use a tortilla as the base for a homemade low calorie alternative. Tastes almost as good and is only about 160 calories.
  • Interesting list, thanks for sharing! I’m up early tomorrow and out the doors for a 32 miler through the snow on a really dull out and back so I’m sure i will be using a few of these!! One of the best things I’ve brought to help is a rugged mini speaker which I strap to my camelbak- if I get tired I blast out a few tunes!
  • Wow, good going! You must have quads of steel!
  • I’ve had my fenix 5 for a year and have put it through its paces and it still amazes me what it can do. If you want to know every last detail of your run or workout it’s a winner. Although I would say it is really overkill if you just want something to track a run or two a week and your daily steps. The Garmin app is also…
  • I log everything- I was very naive about how many calories are in certain fruits and vegetables, it’s been an eye opener in that sense. Like others I also track my fibre intake too
  • When I’ve suffered from fatigue my symptoms have been feeling faint and lightheaded, confused, difficulty speaking and raising my arms. Quite different from what you mentioned which sounds like flu- goto the doctor and take it easy
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