justal313 Member

It's not what you eat between Thanksgiving and Christmas that is the problem, it's what you eat between Christmas and Thanksgiving..

I will be running a 5K in the morning. I will then be eating Turkey, my homemade orange-cranberry sauce, my wife's Lemon Meringue pie, stuffing, some wine, all the goodies. I won't be eating a TON of if and if I go over I'll get it all back in the days to come so I'm not gonna stress it.

How about Skinny Big Mac Casserole?

My gym doesn't want you on a piece of equipment for longer than an hour. That's 6 miles or maybe a little bit more for me. I couldn't train for a half without getting outside never mind the marathon I want to run next year. I've be running at night with a reflective vest and a head lamp when I run at night, but I'm a boy…

I try to exercise for at least 30 mintues a day. That being said I've been training for a half marathon and my training plan often dictates more than 30 mintues exercise on a given day. There are rest days on the schedule and I've probably only taken about 1/2 of them, at most, because I like having the extra calories in…

I either use the Aunt Jemima's Sugar free syrup or actual Maple Syrup. I don't like any other fake syrup, sugar-free or sugar-full. That's just me though. Most places don't even have the real stuff when we are out but I'll reach for it if they do...

We give out these to the kids, most of them get really excited they are getting a cookie. If we have any left at the end of trick-or-treating we ration them over the next week or so. If we have a LOT left we'll bring a bunch into work.

I see a LOT of people lifting in Vibrams at my gym. I thought people were weird for running in them....

I'm actually running my first half this coming sunday. I've sent you a FR.

The "best" running shoes depend on you and how you run. As other's have said, go to a running store and get fitted, no subsitute...

When I tried to wear my HRM to bed my wife threatened to cut it off. I don't know if she meant the HRM or IT:noway::noway: :noway:

It's bad when not accompanied by cream of coconut and a quality dark rum.

I am a big fan of both. I have some black salt dark chocolate caramels that I ration out. I have to make them last until we visit my inlaws again as the Chocolate shop we get them from is down there. That's Christmas, I'm gonna run out by then...

It's not bad with some Hagen Daaz and Hershey's syrup.

I twisted the #$% out of my ankle last night while I was running. So since I had a rest day scheduled for tomorrow I'll rest today and run tomorrow. I was going to not respect my rest day tomorrow and run the electric run anyway, but now I'll take a rest day just today instead of tomorrow.

I'm currently training for a half marathon next weekend. My exercise routine has been slanted HEAVILY towards getting distance in. I did complete Tough Mudder and the Spartan Sprint earlier this year but I struggled on some of the obstacles as I've let my strength training take a back seat to running. I've already signed…

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I had seen the phrase/word/term BFE used in a book and I kinda got the meaning from context but I had to look it up online. I chortled.

Seriously, who goes to McDonalds to eat healthy?

Follow this plan (or one of the more advanced plans) to train http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51131/Half-Marathon-Novice-1-Training-Program. I actually tweaked it a tiny bit because I didn't want to run 10 miles and then a half (even though that's just another 5K to finish after 10 miles) My first half is in 13 days and…

The big problem with Pizza monday (and Bagel Tuesday) is that EVERYONE comes out of the woodwork to go to the gym that day. I plan my rest day to be on that monday or I go after 8:30pm or so when the pizza is all gone. On the few times I went right after work to pizza monday it was crowded and I had to patiently wait to…

I have an underdog T-Shirt I fit into back in the day. I definitely wound up fitting into back last november, it's approaching being too big but it will then only be comfy big. Also, it was never on my mind but my warrior dash T-Shirt from 2012 SHRANK in the dryer last year and it fits now, no problems.

Another vote for this. Go to a running store, not a shoe store and get properly fitted. Then start couch to 5k again, stick to the plan and it will get your entire body up to running shape not just your lungs. Cardio is the easiest to come by, getting your body to deal with the rigors of running, that's the trick.

I'm an IT manager, in fact I'm the one man IT band here at my company. The lion's share of my work day is sitting at this keyboard. However, we have two floors in a sprawling building so if someone needs my help I could be walking up and down stairs and to and from the other end of the building. I don't log any of those…

Thanks for the Advice everyone. Kinda reinforces everything I was planning. Currently my Carbohydrate goal is 55% of my calorie intake which I typically fall under while I go over on protein and sometimes over on fat if I'm cooking with a liberal amount of olive oil. As the day of the half approaches I'm getting a little…

Run my first half marathon. Boston Athletic Association 1/2 Marathon Oct 13th.

I would not swim, you need to taper. What have you been running on weekdays and saturday lately? My first 1/2 is on oct-13, good luck!

I don't take "off" days. I will occasionally put in extra work at the gym or on the running route to have a little more but I deprive myself only of extra helpings and so I don't need cheat days or whatever. I'm doing well because I'm not on a diet, I've changed my habits.

Just remember if you are asked what you are wearing under your kilt that "your mother's lipstick" is grounds for a brawl.