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Weight=Approx 147 Height=5'8" Thigh=21 Calf=14 Approx. Body fat % =20.5 Edit: btw, I love my big ol' thighs and hope that they get bigger for cycling! It would even be nice to have bigger calves for running!

Homemade cinnamon pancakes with sliced banana cooked into them with peanut butter and ED Smith no sugar added syrup. Nice big cup of highlander grogg coffee with fat free flavored creamer. Amazing breakfast and super fuel for a great workout.

This has been happening to me lately when I have a later than usual workout. See how you feel when you are done your workout and eat a reasonable recovery snack that you enjoy if you can--unless you are just absolutely not hungry (which does not happen to me after an intense session). I usually enjoy an eatmore bar or…

55-60 bpm the last time I checked. However, I am due to check it again soon. From what I understand, my method for checking is rather unscientific, I just look at the HRM just as I am about to set out for a workout and it usually reads 55-60 bpm. You are supposed to check it after sitting still and doing nothing for 5…

I am unsure of the exact amount of time between the two, but I have been reading for training and apparently, the glycogen window (the time when it is optimum to eat post workout) is 30-90 minutes after a workout so I would imagine that it is slightly tighter than this because you would expect that the reason the glycogen…

Nice post. I bought my first road bike last year and love it! I bought it to train and do short distance triathlons.

I bought a Desoto suit and it honestly has more support than my sports bras. Only downside is that it is tough to get it off afterwards but well worth the investment. I am wearing it in my profile pic here.

Personally, absolutely not.

Even local food banks have many healthy options. Check it out.

I was a vegetarian for 4 and a half years.....several years ago. Unfortunately for me I was fairly young and I simply could not get enough iron in my diet (I was very anemic) and the iron supplements made me ill and were just not cutting it. So, I started first with fish and then incorporated other meats over time. It was…

If you really want it, work for it. Go for a run, walk, whatever until you have a sufficient amount of calories for it. If you are thinking, wow, that's too much work....then wait until tomorrow and work it into your eating plan.

I got invited to a wedding shower with a similar message in the invite (oh, and also asked to bring food to it). Though I understand the rationale, it still felt rude---they even suggested the amount. Personally, I am glad that I won't be attending because I have a race that morning instead.

Usually I eat some or all of them. I try to go by the premise: if I am hungry--eat them. I use an HRM to track them and sometimes I am just not hungry enough when I have a huge burn day. I try not to let my net calorie intake drop below 1200 calories and this is really not a problem for me as I typically net 1700 calories…

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Probably someone has already mentioned this, but a bike shop should be able to get you something that fits properly and is suitable for your use. Well worth the trip and the tips they will give you.

Garmin Forerunner 450CX. It is great: chest strap and watch with GPS which measures distances & route, cals, heart rate & zones. Don't know how much, mine was a gift.

I love working out but I honestly hate the laundry. What makes it even more annoying is that good workout gear needs TLC like remembering to hang it to dry or washing it separately in the sink. Plus, it is super nasty.

Though bilateral breathing is best, if you are a beginner and having trouble catching your breath, every second stroke is fine too. Get in the pool as much as possible between now and the race. Find out what the rules are for your race and develop a strategy in the pool for when you get tired. Are you familiar with…

That's a ten pound difference? Sign me up! Seriously, I am at about 147 (not even sure, I too am on a scale break), looking to get down to 130 ish and I would be delighted to see the results that you have. Congrats!

Me in my expensive trisuit. Last year I had a goal of doing a triathlon before I reached 30. I accomplished that goal and this year I have four races. I placed first in my age category in my first race this year!

Speed work is often done through interval training. I have been working on this. 6.0 mph is my comfortable fast pace but I can push into 7.0 for short .25 mile bursts. Hoping to lengthen the bursts and keep the base pace higher. Even at my fastest I am just barely able to do a 9 min mile. I have found that you can actually…

215....yikes.

Honestly, I don't know. I hope I would give them a chance/hear them out if they offered me their services. It would take alot of guts on their part because clearly from this thread they would get alot of criticism for even trying. I'm not sure I would even like a trainer to begin with--I tend to be pretty independent in my…

Grilled cheese sandwiches and cucumber slices. Yum, had it tonight for supper.

I tried it a couple times but I just did not like it because I felt like I was being restricted (even if I ended up eating what I had planned). Also, it just bugged my perfectionist nature to have to constantly adjust what I had previously input. Eating it and then logging it works better for me.

Trust the HRM! If you have correctly input your vitals (including resting heart rate) and update it often, then you burned what you burned. Biking (especially fast biking) is an amazing burn for me (not quite as high as running but I can go alot longer than running). Typically, I bike about 15 miles an hour and burn…

Garmin Forerunner 405. GPS, HRM and timer all rolled into one.

More motivation, right?

LOL, that is totally where I am at.

I got first in my age category in my latest race (and my age category was the largest!) Totally unexpected on a very windy course!