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1. Do you think it is a good idea to run the half at race pace? It may be a bit tough to run it at race pace considering that the next week you're expected to run 20 miles. I'm concerned about you running the half marathon at race pace if you haven't run a marathon before. The experienced runners in your group can probably…

Acne gets worse when you have more bacteria on your body. Bacteria grow well in sweat, even if it's dried. Showering soon after you work out may reduce the severity of this problem. For me, benzoyl peroxide has never worked well. A facial cleanser with 2 % salicylic acid or a moisturize with .5 % salicylic acid work well.

There's no easy answer as to whether you should work out when you're sore. It depends on things like how sore you are and how long it's been since you worked out. I'll sometimes have bad delayed onset muscle soreness after lifting weights. A few days later, I'll lift again because the soreness is unlikely to get worse and…

There's no easy answer as to whether you should work out when you're sore. It depends on things like how sore you are and how long it's been since you worked out. I'll sometimes have bad delayed onset muscle soreness after lifting weights. A few days later, I'll lift again because the soreness is unlikely to get worse and…

Run short distances at first. Go slow. Even if you're in great shape, there is a good chance that you'll have trouble with hills if you are not used to them. It will take a while to get used to the hills. The pains that you experience after you're done with the run are more likely to be caused by the downhill than the…

Run short distances at first. Go slow. Even if you're in great shape, there is a good chance that you'll have trouble with hills if you are not used to them. It will take a while to get used to the hills. The pains that you experience after you're done with the run are more likely to be caused by the downhill than the…

What's the purpose of carb cycling?

You need to be a little careful in thinking that resistance training (generally weights) helps you lose weight. The American College of Sports Medicine concluded in 2009 that: "Resistance training will not promote clinically significant weight loss."…

While training for a marathon, I was told to make sure to eat at least 60 % of my calories from carbohydrates.

I don't have a thyroid gland. The doctor took it out and several of my lymph nodes because I have papillary thyroid cancer. As a result, I take Synthroid, which is synthetic thyroid. In order to suppress the cancer, my dosage of Synthroid is intentionally set to make me HYPERthyroid. Don't be fooled by all this; I function…

Try the salt shaker. Using it can make any food have a high sodium content.

I know potatoes are the food with the highest potassium content. The potassium content of most foods is not shown on the label. Thus, myfitnesspal tends to undercount potassium.

Your basal metabolic rate is the rate you would burn calories by doing nothing. When they test people in order to determine basal metabolic rates, the people stay in bed pretty much all day unless they're eating or going to the bathroom. Even a fairly sedentary person will exceed the basal metabolic rate in a day. A better…

I know it must be disappointing knowing that you might not be able to complete the 10 K that you've been working so hard for. Hopefully, you will be able to run the 10 K. However, you definitely should not run unless you get medical clearance. 10 Ks are held all the time. You should be able to run one soon if you can't run…

You are correct. The two pounds a week is just an estimate. You may lose a little more or a little less each week.

Whole wheat is a simply a type of whole grain. Anything that says that is made from from 100% whole wheat is also made from flour that is 100 % whole grain. Refined grains have had their bran and germ removed; whole grains, in contrast, contain both. As a result, whole grains are healthier than refined grans. I like eating…

4 pounds is nothing. My weight will go up or down up to five pounds in a single day.

Most adults get enough vitamin B-12. However, people who don't eat any animal products generally need to take a vitamin B-12 supplement or eat foods fortified with vitamin B-12. If you are a vegetarian, but you drink plenty of milk, then you likely consume enough vitamin B-12. I have included a link to a fact sheet from…

I read somewhere that among people trying to lose weight, those who weigh themselves every day lose more than those who weigh themselves less frequently. I tend to weigh myself on most days; sometimes I weigh myself a few times in one day. If you do weigh yourself daily, be prepared for inconsistent results: My weight can…

I suspect you may not be eating enough. If you're exercising and only eating 1,200 calories a day, there is a good chance you're not eating enough. I'd check the goals portion of myfitnesspal and fill it out so that you're losing at most 1 pound a week. I know the usual maximum recommended weight loss goal is 2 pounds a…

Orange juice. It sounds innocuous but it's too easy for me to drink my calories.

I sometimes weigh food. More commonly I use a measuring cup. Weighing food is more accurate, so long as you have a good scale.

I never plan to cheat. On a Thanksgiving, I probably would plan on cheating. Other than that, no. My suggestion is that even if you do decide that on certain days you'll eat more than allowed, that you enter everything you eat into MFP. Then at least you'll know how much you're eating. You may decide you don't want to have…

You DID NOT gain 5 pounds of fat in four days. Doing so would have required that you eat 17,500 calories more than what your body was burning. That's highly unlikely no matter how much you pigged out. Yesterday, I weighed myself and weighed 190.5 lbs. Today, after I went to the bathroom, I weighed 185 lbs. That's a 5 1/2…

I've tried other internet sites that track calories, including some pay sites. I switched to myfitnesspal and have stuck with it for these reasons: (1) It has one of the largest, if not the largest, database of foods. (2) It allows you to very quickly enter information into it. This includes both making entries into the…

You may want to take a vitamin D supplement. It helps prevent osteoporosis. At the advice of my endocrinologist, I take vitamin D for that purpose.

I drink a few glasses each day of nonfat milk or soymilk. I also take a supplement which contains 300 milligrams of calcium. If you take a supplement, the least expensive option is to take calcium carbonate. Tums contains calcium carbonate. However, you need to take calcium carbonate with food or it it won't digest…

If you've tried everything that you've heard about on myfitnesspal and it's still not working, I recommend you go see your doctor. One person suggested that there might be a problem with your thyroid. When I had a problem with my thyoid gland, I only ate about a quarter of my normal food intake and my weight stayed steady.

People frequently advise not eating late at night. But I can't stop myself. So I plan for it. I make sure to have foods on hand that will fill me up without causing me to an to eat a whoe lot. These foods are few in number. As a result, I'm easily able to enter them into myfitnesspal even during the middle of the night.

It should take you about 12 weeks, assuming you follow a good training program. I ran two marathons. One involved 14 weeks of preparation. The other involved 18 weeks. Before I started each training program, I was runnng about 3 miles per run. I hope that helps.