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Look up "intermittent fasting" - I think most recently I saw an article on Nerd Fitness that explained it pretty well. It's a valid method of eating & many athletes/bodybuilders swear by it. I don't know that your trainer had the details correct - you won't go into ketosis after 16 h - but it's not complete BS. Fasting…

Also wanted to share a resource I discovered last year since that was the first time I ever observed Lent "for real": http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/Lent/ I enjoy the daily readings. I print them out for the week & carry it (& my bible) around with me to read whenever I feel tempted to go…

I'm following the same guidelines, but why are your calories so low if you're not trying to lose weight? Quite frankly, even if you were trying to lose weight, that's excessively low. I'm going with 250-500 calories for breakfast/dinner then 500-1000 for dinner. I have a lot of weight to lose so my weight loss target is…

Congrats on the 50 lbs @BrandonJackson89! In case any of you are interested in a group, there's one called 100+ pounds with NO surgery you are welcome to join :) I just found it a few weeks ago and it's a great source of support. Keep up the great work!

Come join us in the 100+ lbs with no surgery group!

Come join us in the 100+ lbs with no surgery group!

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I think the answer you're looking for depends on why you want to run specifically, vs. other activities.* If you want to run to lose weight faster, it can help but as others have said, good nutrition/calorie deficit is really the key. You want to choose activities that will improve your conditioning & that can be running,…

I say it depends on your goals. Blending is better in general since you keep the fiber in your fruits/veggies, but if your goal is better nutrition, juicing is AWESOME. For example, eating a couple of beets, a bunch of carrots, & a big bunch of kale in one sitting is not something I'm going to do. But I can juice it all &…

This post pulls at my heart strings...I have so much to say about this so I'll try to pull it into cohesive thoughts lol. * 6 yrs ago I weighed 316 lbs & made a commitment to myself that I was going to start going to the gym regularly & keep at it no matter what. * At first, I was EXTREMELY self-conscious. But I did it…

Agree...& we have to remember that we don't have to eat perfectly all the time! I like the 80% guideline...If you eat at a deficit 80% of the time, you'll lose weight. If 80% of what you eat is high in nutrition, your health will improve. 80% is a solid B where I come from, so don't pressure yourself to be 100% in…

I don't know that I have answers for you, but I can definitely relate. In 2010 (at 316 lbs) I started my first "real" attempt at weight loss. By Sep 2012 I had lost 85 lbs - during that time, I was meticulous about logging food & became extremely fit, though at various points during those 2 yrs I definitely became…

Reviving this thread...I just restarted Supercharged, I went through it a couple years back and LOVED it. After recovering from a running injury last June, I couldn't seem to get any traction with regular workouts and needed a plan to follow so I'm starting this over. Three workouts in to Basic Training I now and I feel…

Loading up on protein is a good way to get more bang for your buck as well, far more filling than an equivalent caloric amount of carbs.

T-6 days to race day! Hope everyone running it is getting excited. This will be my second time doing the half and I'm running it with a girlfriend - it will be her first!

LOL! I'm sitting here trying to map out my training plan and wondering WTF did I get myself into??? So I'll be doing 9.35 miles on that Saturday(10/5), and since I'm pretty pokey I'll be coming across the 10k finish just as the 5k starts so it's not like I'll get a break. Then I'll be doing 10 miles the next day. A…

I am a weak individual. I registered. :noway: :embarassed:

Me! Me! :bigsmile: Got into the 10 Mile again, looking forward to it! But I just found out about the TC Loony Challenge and I'm sooooo tempted...if you do the 5k, 10k, AND 10 mile, you get a special medal! https://www.tcmevents.org/events/medtronic_twin_cities_marathon_weekend/tc_loony/

Less than two days to Grandma's!!! So excited!!!!! I feel ready. :happy:

Hey StarryOne! I live in Fridley and might be interested, but not for another week or so, because I'm doing a half (Grandma's!) this weekend and resting next week. How far are you looking to ride? The Rice Creek Regional Trail is FANTASTIC west of 610. It goes out for miles and miles through Brooklyn Park, Champlin, and…

Ooh boy I did the first workout last nite. Oh. Em. Gee. I'm a big fan of low reps/high weight so it was hard for me to drop the weights low enough to finish the 15. I had to do bodyweight only on the lunges...gah. I think the hardest part for me was surviving the first 8 reps where you feel like "oh, this is way easy, I…

1) Either a) she has an insanely jealous bf or b) she wants her bf to think she doesn't talk to other men ever or c) some combination of both. 2) No, it's not just a bf thing. It's her choice to act like she doesn't know you when he's around. He may not even give a shyt that she has guy friends, but she has this inflated…

^^^^ All. Of. This.

I don't really take scheduled breaks from logging but I do take them. As some others mentioned it can become obssessive so when I feel like it's becoming that for me, I know it's time to take a break. One sign is when I find myself not eating something because it's too hard to weigh/measure more than once in a while.…

Jiggle is one thing. What I was dealing with initially went far beyond jiggling and had nothing to do with vanity. When I ran, the bouncing midsection flab would make the waistband of my pants migrate downward and I'd have to hold them up sometimes to keep them from falling off. And yes, I tried various styles of workout…

Found a really nice article that covers more than clothing, thought I'd share: http://arlington-va.patch.com/articles/a-fat-runners-guide-to-being-a-fat-runner

OP, you are awesome. #ThatIsAll

Some of these responses are clearly from people who have never been morbidly obese and therefore cannot relate. So in the spirit of education, for those of you who don't know, people who are currently or were formerly morbidly obese likely accumulated a large amount of belly fat. As that starts to go away, the midsection…

Oh this is SO true. Knock on wood it's been nearly 10 years since my last back surgery and 3 years since I started exercising regularly/losing weight, and even now if I'm in the same position for too long I end up in pain. Waking up in the morning is still awful sometimes and it can take a few minutes of walking around…

I've had back surgery four times for herniated discs so I'm no stranger to back pain. My ortho told me to lose weight all the time but it was so hard due to the chronic pain. After my 4th surgery my weight ballooned up to 300+ lbs and I knew I was headed for a 5th surgery if I didn't do something about it. I didn't act…