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Nice! It all has to start with a change in the brain - you got it!

Air pressure in the bathroom affecting scale accuracy? Air will be hotter and more humid after a bath, making the air denser. Me? Clutching at straws & excuses, no never ;-)

I read a thread on this subject recently and you are correct, for accurate calorie burns you need to take the calories burned during a workout and subtract the BMR calories you would burn for the duration of the workout e.g 1hr football=1000cal 1hr BMR=200 cal - entry 800 cal. Alternatively, you track the calories on the…

Thanks for the encouragement, I know it's going to be tough, the C25K had sections in it that felt like they were going to break me, this will be no different. I just got back in after W2D2 and had the weird experience where I struggled at the start of segment 1 , struggled a bit in segment 2 but blasted through the last…

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Congrats ! B210K is going well, I'm in middle of week 2 now and can't picture myself being able to do 10k...Yet! I am keeping a blog on MFP, journaling my experiences going from 5 to 10k, please feel free to have a read at it.

Well thank you gersoco - I don't know if I've beaten my time at all as I have started the B210K programe so I have to keep my pace slow to make sure I complete the intervals. twoboys2012 - well done on doing the most difficult part of the programe - getting started! Look forward to reading your graduation message in a few…

First up a disclaimer - I'm not medically trained, am not a fitness instructor and am only passing on advice I have read elsewhere - feel free to do with it what you like :). I think it's important to separate out muscle soreness and pain - pain indicated something is wrong and should be allowed to heal before exercising…

Cannot say one way or another if this is any good as I haven't tried it.. http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_4/99.shtml

Ladies & Gents...did you just hear a gauntlet land on the floor...I think I did...yes, there it is there ...with a note, wossat say? You are hereby challenged to run a 9 minute mile 5k by the end of April !!! Dude - you just got challenged by your own gauntlet !!

Myself - B210K but as you've said that's maybe not for you & if you want to keep up the running then there are programmes that continue the interval training but with a view to increasing your speed - does the idea of setting a benchmark time for the 5k and then aiming to take, say, 5 minutes off of that time appeal?

bump - I'm interested in this question too

You can do it & you will...it does not matter at what speed you go at it, slow it down a touch to ensure you do the time. Make sure you are well rested, fed & watered well before you start, lose yourself in some music as you go and have confidence in yourself. Think back to the early weeks - 1 or 2, did you think you would…

Welcome to the group! I'm still up in the 220+ pound weight range and have used the C25K programme and can now comfortably jog 5k, can you do it? I'm sure you can as long as you take a sensible approach - follow the programme but if you find it too much of a struggle some weeks then repeat a few days, give your body time…

I go with clips, you get much more energy transfer through the pedals into forward motion. I also have them setup so they are quite loose so it's easy to get in and out of them incase I'm having a wobble. Once you clip in and out confidently you will soon learn to anticipate traffic junctions and lights. I use these…

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/discussion/30-couch-to-5k-running-program-c25k

+1 for the HRM, although I used endomondo for the first time recently and it's calorie estimate was within 50 cals of the HRM, pretty good!

Spring has sprung, bike has been cleaned & tuned in readiness and today the planets aligned so I got my first ride in of the year. Just a short *kitten*-hardening blast to blow the cobwebs away & it was brilliant. Headed to my local park but it was too busy to get a steady cadence so I braved the roads and the multiple…

Posted on the news feed but it bears repeating in the public groups - EPIC !!!!!

I'm a new graduate, feel free to add me.

I got the C25K Free from Zen Labs. Worked fine for me but they are updating it regularly in line with customer feedback.

I did the first half on a treadmill, scared to run outside incase the ghostbusters tried to zap me with their streams (gratuitous 80's movie reference) but when I worked up the nerve to go outside I loved it, fresh air, the scenery changes and I didn't overheat. Perfect.

Nice! Check out the Couch to 5k group in this here community, there's loads of good advice, experiences & stories. For me - it makes a huge difference to my body shape, my overall fitness & my mental health. Down side - if you catch the bug you will start looking at longer distances and bigger events. I've committed to a…

Take them for a swim? Kids love the pool & you get a swim in too- win win!

In my experience I weigh less in the mornings than in the evenings, I also advocate weighing in once a week max. Your weight will fluctuate a lot from day to day depending on food & fluid intake, weighing in once a week has a better chance of flattening these peaks & troughs. Also - i think it's well worth measuring…

Woohoo ! Well done!

Run Keeper is pretty cool, tracks for running, walking, cycling etc. GPS input or manual input of you are inside.

To the graduation......AND BEYOND !!!! Well done!

Congrats new graduates, well done !!!

Think what most folks do is to repeat a week here and again, once you feel you've hit a tough patch. HTH Remember the program is a guideline, the pace you determine dependant on your fitness level & what your body is telling you.