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If you’re not interested in walking normally for a month after, you could probably do one today. A person who hasn’t been running but is otherwise reasonably fit could train to finish a marathon 4-6 months. It would be ugly but better than the no training variety. They would also be at high risk of developing an injury due…

I run anywhere from 0 to 65 miles a week. I’m doing a marathon next weekend so my mileage has been 45-50 per week for the last few months. Some weeks a little higher, some lower. Very low this week and next. I don’t run more than 5 days a week. I take full rest days. I do a long run that ranges from 8 to 24 miles…

I enjoy the exercise that I do. Although some of it is work, some of it is fun, and some of it is therapy. Mostly I enjoy that doing the work allows me to enjoy an active life full of whatever adventures strike my fancy. I don’t really consider the health benefits when I decide to do a workout. I am very aware of my…

Let’s all hope she found a solution sometime in the last 2 1/2 years.

Fully resting is not ideal. You’ll recover faster and be more comfortable if you do some light/gentle activity like walking or a very easy/leisurely bike ride. Plus the already mentioned stuff.

The first miles I ran were at about a 17 min/mile pace. I was morbidly obese (well-I was slightly under morbidly obese by the time I ran a mile). I started by running for 5 seconds at a time, then walking for 5 minutes or so before I had recovered enough to run 5 seconds again. And then I did it again another day. Then…

If it helps to think about it as your body is already keeping a log whether you are or not. We like to pretend that if we don’t log that bag of potato chips, they didn’t really happen. But your body is already keeping very accurate track LOL. Might as well just do our best to keep up in our logs too.

Why do you stop logging? Do you have a thought that if it’s not a “good” day, why bother? If so-realize your food log is like your checkbook register (back when we had those things). It should reflect what actually happened - good/bad/ugly. There’s no requirement that you only log it it’s “good”. Logging everything…

Probably hitting 2500-2700? Are you logging your food? Do you know for sure you’re eating 2500-2700? Whether or not you lose weight is about how many calories you eat (compared to how many you burn). I agree that a TDEE of 3500 seems quite high. How much are you looking to lose?

Your Fitbit includes a number of sensors that measure the direction and speed of movement - and it may also include an altimeter to determine elevation changes. Also as noted, it may include a heart rate monitor. Your Fitbit is not just a pedometer that counts steps based on impact. It’s measuring movement in all…

Some people get ravenous after weightlifting (same day or next day), some after high intensity work (same or next day), some after lower intensity but longer duration (sane or next day), some after all, some after none, some find the exact opposite response (exercise reduces hunger). If you’re eating at an appropriate…

Thank you. I’ve run the New Orleans course virtually 6-8 times now and the only thing that even seems like a blip for elevation are a few bridges/overpasses (can’t tell which) between mile 22 and 24. It’s nice to have confirmation that it really is that flat. Thank you!

When I’ve done PT, exercises to do every day were intended to keep/increase range of motion, prevent atrophy/scar tissue, some restoration of strength - but not really a workout. Nothing I did daily was at a level where extended recovery was required. The exercises felt difficult due to lack of ROM, some loss of…

Not sure where you are, but Wineglass (NY) is also net downhill (and not hilly). A friend of mine just signed up for one through a tunnel in WA that is straight up downhill (second fastest BQ route). I’m doing New Orleans in 2 weeks-looks like the only elevation is a few bridges and overpasses (not big ones but all near…

If you have a Fitbit linked to the app, don’t add anything else to mfp (for exercise/activity). Your “steps” adjustment includes all the calories you’ve burned from all your activity during the day-your work, your workouts, running after kids, grocery shopping-whatever you did. It’s not an adjustment for steps. It’s an…

What do you mean the app is set to allow more calories for steps? Do you have a Fitbit or something linked to mfp? Or do you mean in setting your activity level on mfp (using a step count as a rough guide)?

I primarily use Runkeeper specifically because of the voice cues and the live tracking. RunkeeperGo is required for live tracking. I don’t know what other things are included. It’s worth it for me to spend ~$2/month to be able to send a link for my long run/race so concerned parties know where I am. The Runkeeper tracking…

I really do get this. You’ve probably completely overhauled the way you eat and now you’re eating a whole lot of low calories/high volume foods (kind of the opposite of what you were eating before). That is good because those foods are usually full of nutrients and often fiber and other stuff that’s good for you. Couple…

Years and years ago someone called the aggressively “clean” eaters something like the organic rainbow lettuce brigade. That’s always stuck with me and I always had visions of like an angel militia in the produce section. So when people talk about eating “clean” that’s what I think of-and it seems as good a definition as…

If you plug your stats into mfp., pick a proper activity level (meaning don’t pick sedentary if you work as a nurse or something on your feet all day), set it to lose 1 pound a week. If you do exercise, log that as well and eat at least a portion of those calories. You will be eating quite a bit more. Which means more…

Of course you feel good. It’s been 4 weeks. Everyone feels great in the first month or three or six. You’ve changed your eating (you’re probably eating “clean” and feeling like the angels sing when you biuy groceries), you’re dropping weight, you’re seeing big results, you’re filled with motivation, you’re not even craving…

A plateau is really not a thing until you’ve been at the same weight for 6-8 weeks. At the rate you’re going, you schools be right about back at your birth weight by then. Set yourself in mfp to lose a pound a week at most, log and eat your exercise calories. 1500 is really (really) low. And 8+ pounds/week is .... not safe.

It depends what you’re doing. I have a lot of cheap stuff that works great for 90% of my workouts. I pay $$$$$$$$ for sports bras for running. I pay similarly for running shoes. I also pay big money for weather-specific running gear. Insulated leggings that aren’t too thick, too heavy, too hot, don’t breathe, and are…

These are the reasons that when I have protein bars, I have ones that have real sugar in them. The calorie count/protein gram is high (relative to the bars made with sugar alcohols) but no stomach issues.

It’s been a week. Weight fluctuates daily - sometimes by several pounds - depending on what you eat (some foods cause more water weight, some digest more slowly), your workouts/activity (water retention is common as your body repairs after a workout), weather (your body holds more water in hot/humid environments),…

You’re exactly 129? Not 129.3 or something? And that’s the weight mfp has for you today? And it is giving you exactly 127? At your weight, you’ll burn about 80 calories per mile that you run (regardless of how fast). I don’t know how many miles you’re covering in 30 minutes, but less than 300 calories seems about right?…

The accuracy of the exercise calories won’t factor into the “in 5 weeks” prediction. That really just takes your net calories for the day and assumes every day will have the same net calories. With a 1640 goal, you won’t be hitting the 1200 issue. If you net 1640 (so your diary says 0 calories remaining), your prediction…

Is your base calorie level 1200? If so, it’s possible that having a 1200 calorie “NET” (1200 plus eating your exercise calories) is not going to yield enough of a deficit to lose whatever amount of weight you want to lose per week. For example-I burn 1600 calories a day without exercise. I’m set to lose 1 pound a week.…

I don’t find liquid filling or satiating at all so I’m never going to choose a shake no matter what it has in it (because I’ll still be just as hungry after). I do sometimes eat “protein” bars as a snack or to up carbs and calories before a race (the ones I eat have normal sugar). The protein content helps stabilize that a…

Ok. So you might want to temper your Apple Watch expectations of accuracy. All trackers are really estimates. They do their best to estimate your calorie burn based on your activity and movements and match that up to ranges of “normal” and then spit out a number. Sometimes you’ll fit right in that range and it’ll be…