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Regarding the fast food & sodium discussion - I've pretty much stopped going to fast food places all together. I seem to be very sodium sensitive, so I have my goal set at 1500/day. When I was a young pup I was a McDonald's manager, I was a stockholder for a long time. Now I never darken the door... "Supersize Me" was an…
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I've not found it to be particularly helpful yet - I've calibrated it a couple of times, so it's closer to being accurate than it was at first. Last I used it I was on the treadmill and it pretty closely matched the treadmill distance. I usually use it for timed runs right now. It is helpful to have the voice prompt as I…
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LadyPersia - Thanks for the welcome! Looks like you've got some serious running going on! With you running over 100 miles a month, I'd think you'd make your doctor happy! I saw you want to run a marathon - have you run a half yet? I added up my exercise for the year this week - and I've run 60 miles since January - so I'm…
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Congratulations on your weight loss!! Good for you! Thanks for the welcome - I need the support! :-)
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Search for the MFP Runner's Club - lots of support for distance runners there.
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StiringWendel - thanks for your kind words. I see you're one of the BeachBody folks! Good luck with those workouts - I tried Hip Hop Abs, but it gave me back problems, then slim in 6, but at the time I wasn't strong enough to get through Ramp It Up... I probably could now. It's been quite a while since I've used DVDs - I…
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alf1163 - Thanks for the note and invitation to join! I've been looking for an active thread to become involved with. I can use some friends and ongoing support :-) I'm happy to be supportive as well. I haven't had a chance to go back and read up on the thread yet. I'm 48 and have been off and on MFP for a while. I think I…
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Ok, I was clearly delusional when I wrote that - more like 120's are comfrotable, mid 130's are challenging, 140's are working really hard and 150's aren't sustainable.
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The first time through I found out I had to slow down - a lot - in order to be successful. I basically didn't have enough cardio fitness to run very fast or very long. Over time, I've been able to build up time endurance at slow pace, around 4mph- you'll note from my signature I completed a 10k last fall - and slowly ran…
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Lots of great thoughts here!
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I'd encourage you to give it a whirl - go with the plan as it's written and just log everything you eat every day and log your exercise too. Make a decision about what to do later... later ;-) If you do the 10 minute walk after every meal, and follow the exercises, you'll be pretty much on target anyway.
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Jenn, I've done this before, successfully, and have continued to run, but I'm really slow. I still use the podcasts - most recently to build up to cycling for an hour on the stationary bike at the gym. I need to do more running, and find going through the C25k experience more energizing than just running alone, so I'm in -…
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Mine is the opposite - the HRM says I'm burning a lot more than the machines do... someone pointed out that the machines are normed based upon a particular body type - I forget what it was, but let's say for a plucked from air standard, a 150 lb, 25 y/o male. I still go by the more conservative number for my exercise…
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Wow! Reading everyone else's plan makes me feel wimpy! I have a general goal of 5 miles walk/run per week, and a minimum of 5 hours of exercise. I want to be able to do a sprint triathalon, so I've been working on flexiblity and cycling recently. I don't own a bike so I've been working up to attending cycle(spin) classes…
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I switched to vanilla flavored soy milk.
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Good luck with C25k.. it's a fabulous way to work into jogging. Your experience with pace will vary from mine, but generally I recommend going at a comfortable pace - you'll be more likely to finish it if you don't try to kill yourself on the run segments. If you can get a heart rate monitor, that's a good way to get a…
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I don't have kids, so I can't even imagine how hard it is to keep your focus on your health when you're busy being a Nurse to everyone else! The good thing about this site, is you don't need motivation... you just need to fill out the initial goal information, then WRITE DOWN EVERY MORSEL THAT YOU EAT, EVERY DAY. That's…
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There is no going back... what you were doing was harming you only making it harder to be healthier in the future. Each day, each meal, you have a choice to take care of your body or not. One road leads to obesity, hypertension, diabetes and stroke... You're doing great! Don't give up.
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Good luck with SBD. I've never tried it, but I have the book. I pulled it out this week because I wanted to do a week without grains and needed some ideas for a high protein breakfast - I normally eat a cup of oatmeal fortified with ground flax seed. I find too many carbs don't work for me, so I'm working on trying to find…
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I do put in age and wt, so I'm a bit baffled by the diference. The HRM also has my height information - maybe that's a key variable...
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What's cool about using the chest strap is that it takes a constant reading. The watch tracks how much of my workout I spend below my target zone, in it, or above it. I can then see if I'm really working at the level I should be for my goal. It sets three zones, "healthy" for things like casual walks, "Fat burning" and…
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If you haven't done this yet, substitute spaghetti squash for pasta. It's really easy - it's an oval shaped yellow squash usually about the size of a small American football. Cut it in half, take out the seeds like you woluld a halloween pumpkin. You can then either steam it, or put saran wrap over each half and cook one…
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If you haven't done this yet, substitute spaghetti squash for pasta. It's really easy - it's an oval shaped yellow squash usually about the size of a small American football. Cut it in half, take out the seeds like you woluld a halloween pumpkin. You can then either steam it, or put saran wrap over each half and cook one…
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@luv2ash - Having lost 73 lbs gives you experience crediblity in my book! Congrats to you! How did you arrive at this carb/protein combo? Just yesterday I read two articles totally opposite each other on the carb/protein issue - but they both agreed that sugar & high fructose corn syrup were to be avoided.
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OK, check out the new pic and signature! I ran the entire 6.2 miles! With my nice slow pace, I finished at 1:29:00! I may not have made my wt loss goal, but I beat my running goal of a 10k in 1:30 by a minute! Thanks to all who contributed to the thread while I was training for this race! Especially Jessica! BTW, my 5 mile…
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Oh, I've been so bad about not being on MFP! I've missed logging some of my running, but this week I ran around Stone Mountain again - and I ran it in 1:12! So that's 5 miles, I did two this morning on the treadmill... I don't remember what else I've run between the last post and this week. In any case, my 10K is Saturday…
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Add 3.5 for today!
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I got past my mental block last night - I'd been wanting to "step up" to a new running location that would be more interesting - but was intimidated at the same time. For the past 3 weekends I've been saying - I'm going to go run at Stone Mountain, but managed not to do it. So last night, even though it was later than I…
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30 in 40 days is really good! you're supposed to do it 6 days out of 7, so that makes 34 days minimum for 30 workouts. Even having two rest days a week is perfectly fine - particularly if your body needs a little extra recovery time.
