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Go for it. I did marathons two weeks apart, so that's a little easier than one week. If I was going to worry about time in either of them, I would make the first one my target.

Eating below your BMR and talking about it on the forum will get a lot of people replying that it will kill you or something, though I doubt they'll present any evidence for that.

I'd increase your long run each weekend by a couple miles until three weeks before the marathon, so two weekends before the marathon without a really long run. Mid-week medium long runs can help a lot, too. I used the Pfitzinger book Advanced Marathoning to prepare before. You could get that and pick up the Under 55 miles…

Calories In vs. Calories Out works. If you miscalculate one or both of those things, then it might make things a little dicier. It's pretty close to impossible to correctly calculate your energy expenditure. You can start with a guess and figure out a reasonable average over time if you work at it, though. To do that, you…

Probably already posted, but the thread is at page 15 so tldr; http://lmgtfy.com/?q=fat+people+only+gym

Unless you're diabetic, I don't see a reason for you to worry about it.

Without a reason, it doesn't seem reasonable to tell you you shouldn't try to reach a healthier weight.

Correlation may not prove causation, but it can mean there is a need for further study to find evidence for or against causation. Anyway, I usually avoid red meat for microbiome reasons, though that could be related to cancer, too.

I would think you should go see a doctor sooner rather than later. When you start having leg pain after sitting for a long time, it can be something serious. Also, the IT Bands are on the outside of your legs and run from your hips to your knees.

I started running October 2011 with C25k. First 5K in January. First Half Marathon in June 2012 First Marathon in November 2012, and I did a half about three weeks before it. I think they went OK. I didn't train for my first half. I just slowly ramped up mileage. I did a Pfitzinger plan for the Marathon. Obviously, I was…

My favorite thing is when women who are overweight or obese warn me to not to lose any more weight, because, clearly, a 5'11" male who weighs 155-165 is far too thin to be a true American.

In my case, it is easy for me to lose or gain weight. For those I don't really have to pay attention. Either don't eat enough or eat too much. If I want to stay in a narrow weight range, it takes a lot of effort. I would suppose the difficulty you have in maintaining would depend on how you define maintaining. If I call…

You called me stupid in a personal message, you use words like "differant" and "dis-spare", and you conflate the speed you're able to ride during a workout with the speed you're going to be able to maintain during rush hour with stop lights. I'm not saying you can't ride 18mph. That's not fast. I'm trying to say it's…

Yeah, that one extra (or different, if it's a car in the scenario) car would totally destroy any advantage gained by being able to drive a normal speed.

#1) I doubt you're going to be going 18 mph. #2) That's still much less than half the 45-50 I'd be able to go without a cyclist in the way. #3) If you want to bicycle the 45 miles I currently drive to work, that's fine with me, but I'm not willing to put in that kind of effort.

I figure I'd be pretty rude to a car going 10 mph in front of me causing a traffic jam, too. It's not the vehicle, it's the "I'm entitled to cause a traffic jam" attitude.

I do find myself becoming pretty skeptical of findings from studies with self-reported diet. Especially the ones that merely ask you to estimate how much red meat or wine or sugar or whatever you ate per day over the last year.

You can ignore those people or be snarky with them, but remember that they are incorrect about your having lost too much weight. My hypothesis is that people didn't lose weight on purpose 10000 years ago, so if you're losing weight, the evolved response is to check to see if the person losing weight is hurt or sick.

I think eating fish is healthy. I don't think the supplements do much. Then again, there are prescription strength tablets that may help with hypertriglyceridemia. I, personally, don't take any supplements, but rather I try to eat nutritious foods.

Depending on personal responsibility ends up with a lot of obese people in poverty.

You can worry about macros if you want, but you can probably find better ways to spend your time.

I just did the iifym calculator using Athlete's formula with Every Day *intense. It's way below what I actually eat. The maintenance amount is about what I eat without exercise calories added back in.

I don't usually need nutrition during a run, but if I take some, I generally use Clif Shots. I think all flavors are vegan. I like to get them with caffeine. I find that I can generally go 20 or so as long as I eat something before I go. I like Oatmeal + dried fruit or Fruit + Greek Yogurt (or a serving or two of each if…

The advise doesn't work because people don't follow it, not because eating at a deficit won't make you lose weight. People trying to lose weight fail to get to a deficit, and people trying to maintain can't easily keep calorie balance when they're hungry all the time.

It's clear that many of the responders here didn't read the article. It didn't say that calories in - calories out doesn't determine your caloric surplus/deficit and resulting weight gain or loss. If I'm reading it correctly, it's an OP-Ed talking about a hypothesis that certain foods may not be as satisfying along with a…

Keep your dog eating ways to yourself.

I've managed to do a reasonable job of maintaining during marathon training. I would think it's better to get close to goal weight before starting the training, though. I think you'll train better if you're not having to run a caloric deficit. Of course, these are my opinions as opposed to empirically tested hypotheses.

I didn't even lose that much weight, but when I first did it, a lot of people were pretty rude. If I had been a very fat person who had a lot more weight to lose, I might have been more discouraged by that. I think another thing not mentioned in the article might be that people react negatively when your appearance…

My point is that when you're maintaining weight or are just trying to lose weight, macros don't matter much. They only matter in specific circumstances. The OP did not describe a situation where macros would matter.

Yup. You can make faces, but you didn't provide evidence. Here's something: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa0804748 "Reduced-calorie diets result in clinically meaningful weight loss regardless of which macronutrients they emphasize. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00072995.)" Of course, there are various times…