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Hi Coor. I'm in for a light month. Shooting for 80. I'm going to start training for the New Orleans Rock and Roll half in January, so I figure I'll go easy on myself this month.

Monday 3.4 miles Tuesday 1 mile Wednesday 4 miles Thursday 2 miles Friday 1 mile 11.4 for the week 107.2 for the month Moved this week, so pretty low mileage, but more than enough for goal.

So for the purposes of this challenge, what are we calling "one go"? In the Army PT test you had to do as many good pushups as you could in 2 minutes with the following rules: You can't rest on the ground (obviously). You can't rest on your knees. You can "rest" in the up position, flex your back and stretch your arms a…

This is not entirely accurate. I say this as the friend of numerous vegetarians, some of whom are athletes. While you can get enough proteins from fruits and veggies to survive, you have to make an effort to get enough protein for any but the most mild workout program to be fully effective. This is true even for…

If you're lacto-ovo, there's two of your answers right there. Cheese, milk, yogurt, eggs, ice cream: all great protein sources. For much leaner protein, legumes are a good bet. Check out Mexican, Cajun, or Southwestern US cuisine for lots of tasty bean dishes. Most bean dishes are traditionally prepared with a sausage or…

I'd love to live in a place where this was an option. The closest stuff to me is about a mile and a half away, and mostly everything is farther than that. On my little cross train bike I could probably get to the closest restaurants in 20 minutes, but I'd be pushing pretty hard to do it.

It's not a terrible suggestion all in all, but for $10 they can join the gym and go as often as they like. Seems silly to pay by the day when the monthly rate is so low.

As others have said there are a number of factors here. First, your "zones", as calculated by a standardized formula, are only a crude estimate. Based on genetics, fitness level, and other factors your zones as determined by whatever measure your using may not be accurate and may not even be all that close. My heart rate…

8 Miles to finish the week. Weekly total 26.3 miles, 91.8 MTD I made a math error in my last post on MTD mileage. This one should be accurate.

Thurs: 5 miles Friday: 6 miles Today: 3.3 miles WTD: 18.3 MTD: 87.8 Doing the Runner's World Holiday Streak, so if all goes well, I'll post at least a mile every day for the next month or so.

This. Slow down, you'll never improve your aerobic fitness by maintaining anaerobic intensity levels. While running at a training pace you should be able to speak in complete sentences, and hold a conversation. If you don't have a running buddy to talk to, try reciting some poetry or singing along to your music for a bit.…

Ok first question: Why do you want to lose the weight? I mean this quite seriously, to what purpose weight loss rather than body recomposition, which is sounds like you're having success at. The number on the scale is just that, a number. Your goal should be to look good and be healthy. If you achieve that goal at a lean,…

Assuming you are not wrong about how good or bad your diet is, sure. Weight loss is mostly about calories in vs. calories out. "Exercise is not enough" refers to the idea that you can spend half an hour on the treadmill four times a week and eat whatever you want. If you're already pretty close to balanced on intake vs.…

Weight loss is 80% nutrition and 20% fitness. Looking good naked is mostly fitness once you get near your goal weight. skinny-fat looks better than fat, but still not as good as a fit body.

OK, so Women's Health Magazine is not trying to lose weight using MFP. They don't expect people to be recording every calorie they take in or burn. They aren't telling you to log 570 calories becasue you stood up for eight hours today. They're pointing out a phenomenon. You burn calories, a small but significant number if…

Did 4 at lunch today for 69.5 MTD

Interesting. It bears some similarities to the Kung Fu "Animal Forms", though obviously with a different focus. Looks intense.

Interesting. My stupid bathroom scale has been stuck between 23 and 25% for the last few months (despite quite a bit of weight loss, and some muscle development), but looking at the pictures I'm thinking I'm around 20%.

Let's define "necessary". Cardio isn't necessary to lose weight, though it helps. Weight loss is primarily a function of calories in vs. calories out, and many people on this board will tell that they lose weight without any exercise at all. Cardio isn't necessary to look buff. Certainly lifting will do that for you.…

This seems like the best idea to me. The problem with artificial supports is that whatever they support doesn't get stronger. This should be a reasonable balance of competing interests.

Define : "waste of time". It's going to burn calories, and build endurance muscles in your legs assuming you go at it reasonably hard. It's not going to get your heart rate up like running most likely (unless you really push it), and it's not going to build muscles like weight lifting, but especially considering your…

My ex-wife had knee pain when she did Insanity, so we bought her a floor pad. It seems to help.

I use the snot rocket, but if you're looking for a handkerchief that isn't a lacy accessory check the men's section at a department store. They usually still sell plain unadorned white handkerchiefs.

And Suddenly I understand why no one was posting in the old thread. I missed that these are weekly now. Here's my total for this week: Tues: 4.5 Weds: 4.5 Thurs: 6.3 Sat: 5 Sunday: 6.3 Weekly total: 26.6 MTD: 65.3

Thurs: 6.3 Sat: 5 Sunday: 6.3 65.3 MTD

Yep. All the triathletes I know that came from running say this. You'll be more or less OK using the muscles and endurance you've built as a runner to cycle, but there's enough differences to make sure that you'll hurt like Hell the next day.

Any kind of lifting that doesn't use the lower body. Various curls and presses should be safe enough. I'm a bit surprised by the stationary bike advice, that's pretty leg intensive. Swimming is where I would focus for cardio.

Yeah this is *probably* not a doctor situation, and certainly not an emergency. RICE and aspirin will probably take care of it. If it persists, then a doctor might be in order.

Don't change your base activity level because of a workout. Base it on your day to day activity for work/school/home life and record activity to MFP as a separate thing. Your activity level, for most people with a "normal" sedentary day job in an office, should almost always be at the lowest setting. Only bump this up if…

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/392784-skinny-fat-vs-fit-photo Great post showing what several of us are saying. Certainly when you weight 300 pounds, the goal is to lose weight, but after a point the scale is just one tool for measuring fitness, and not always the best one.