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I don't do supplements because I eat a well balanced diet fruits, vegetables, meats grains etc, but I do recommend, chocolate milk and banana post long run. Absolutely great for recovery!

Ouch, I'm usually somewhere between 3000 and 4000 and my weight fluctuates a couple pounds here and there based on whether I'm closer to the high end or the low end. I have trouble eating all that food some days, I find natural peanut butter helps, but when you eat healthy foods that can be a problem.

I drink on average around 7 diet dr peppers a day. I've never had any problems with losing weight when I'm actually paying attention to my calorie intake. The key here is calorie intake. If you are under your intake great, but I can think of a lot better things to eat to boost your calories than a soda. That's why I drink…

Wait for the basis band no chest strap! :) www.mybasis.com

Let me preface by saying I've run 4 marathons and will begin training for a fifth in the spring. Your comfy shoes are allowing you to over stride and land on your heals. Take smaller quicker steps and try and relax. It seems counter productive, but the with smaller steps it is much easier on your entire lower body and with…

Heat up some water, throw in a bullion cube of your choice. High in sodium, but 0 calories and filling. Salad is another option 2 cups is 15 calories add in some low calorie dressing for extra flavor. Finally if you feel you need something more filling, go buy a bag of apples and eat a few, within 300-400 calories you'll…

Although its not out yet, check out www.mybasis.com it looks to be pretty promising for tracking heart rate all day as well as sleep, amongst other things. Without a chest strap.

Cool, just ordered it, looks pretty interesting.

Awesome job, you never can predict what the weathers going to do, but great job on getting a PR on a day like that. As for training with the GPS watch not for sure which one you have, but if you have a garmin, with most of them, you can login into the garmin connect website and actually create your workouts right in the…

Yeah, I personally don't think much one way or the other on actually going out and running barefoot. It's for some and not for others, but I do think the way we stride plays a big part in how often and how likely we are to get hurt. Pounding the heals, vs gliding down on the midfoot makes since. I've been looking into that…

I'm doing FIRST. I bought the book a few months ago and am in the process of going through the 10K workouts. I can tell I have significantly improved my speed, but I can't give you solid results yet, because I haven't raced, I just know my workouts are getting easier and would guess if I raced a 5k right now, I'd blow my…

Checkout these comparisons. http://fellrnr.com/wiki/A_Comparison_of_Marathon_Training_Plans Great info on which plans work the best for beginners and why.

No need to place food along the route, just pickup a fuel belt for ~30$, they allow you to store your gu/power bars etc. in a little mini pocket, kind of like a fanny pack, but they are stretchy and a lot smaller ( see not dorky). They work great for distance runs.

I eat a gu every 7 miles or so, helps keep my energy/blood sugar levels where they need to be. If you're going over 14mi. you should be taking in some calories. Under that distance, depends on your energy level to start. If I'm feeling weak before hand I'll down a meal replacement shake or a quick snack and hit the roads.

Nope, trying to lose still, but not nearly as quickly as I have been. I want to weight around 175.

Overall I feel good. Occasionally I get hungry, but most of the time by the time I do get hungry its time for my next meal or snack. Currently I'm eating six snack/meals a day to help improve my metabolism. I have an appt. to get my blood work and what not done next Tuesday. I'll check it out then and see what they say.…

A GPS watch/w HRM Garmin 305! :)

Looks alright, i'd bump up the calories a bit. Also, watch the honey, if your going to use it, get the natural stuff from trader joe's. http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2011/11/tests-show-most-store-honey-isnt-honey/

Syntha-6 is pretty good. I add a scoop some ice and water to my magic bullet and when it gets done I have a pretty incredible tasting milkshake fully mixed and fully delicious. Amazon subscribe and save has the Vanilla Milk Shake right now 5 pounds for ~33$

It does burn calories. Pretty easy to find out how many. Buy yourself a heart rate monitor or GPS watch and it will tell you exactly how many calories you have burned. I personally have the Nike+ GPS watch and go on two 45 minute walks a day w/ my dog. I burn on average ~224 calories per walk. Good Luck with your goals.…

Why would you not eat back the calories? I went on a 10mi. run earlier this week and burned ~1189 calories according to my HRM/GPS watch. If I didn't eat back some of those calories I would have had very few calories for the day and not had enough energy to function. Instead I did eat back enough to be within my 1000 cal…