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Ah yes, wonderful! Thanks. I also walk an extra 3-5 miles each day from class, so it's no wonder I'm craving a little more distance from my runs :smile:

UPDATE: Got a Vivosmart. LOVE it.

Hey, how are you feeling about it now? I've seen pretty iffy reviews, so I'm about to go for a Garmin Vivofit instead, but still have my ears open!

OH wow thanks, I'll have to check out Walmart. Most of my local stores have it listed online but unavailable for purchase...go figure. The two I'm considering are the MIO Fuse, or the Charge HR from Fitbit!

Ooh those coconut oil candies sound nice. Great idea! See, I had thought the same about protein, so I ate significantly above my usual protein amount the past week. I just went for the rice-a-roni because I had only hit 47% carbs today (versus my usual 50+%, I think I surpassed that now haha) and figured it was worth a…

Also, I'm not on any new meds since the accident, in case it comes up.

*In the summer I was comfortably running a few miles 3-4 times a week and have been getting back to that recently, and I also already have a foundation of strength work, so I'm not just diving right in!

Thanks! I think I might just modify a pizza dough recipe by adding extra sugar, then baking it into rolls. Or, I might play with a baked churro recipe.

When adults have tonsillectomies, there is a pretty common risk of excessive bleeding (often = additional surgery) if scabs come off prematurely or are on a vein. It's actually an extremely painful recovery for most adults unlike when children have it. I've been mostly bedridden everyday so far, but have been forcing down…

No befores! I never had an issue with them in the past. You know, you can answer my question, you can educate me on what you know to be true about bodies, or you can be a useless jerk who just criticizes people trying to find answers about their fitness. Your choice.

Great suggestions! I LOVE some baked salmon, but I'm not sure how my roommates would feel about me cooking fish in our unit! Beans are a wonderful idea I hadn't thought of! And I failed to mention that I actually have some chia seeds that I'll take along with me. Ooh and peanut butter.

Fantastic, I'm glad I don't seem like I'm just try to blame my performance on the machine! I love running outdoors, but I like being able to maintain the speed I want (that is, on other treadmills at my gym, where I typically run at least above 5.0 mph). I get distracted outdoors and start running much too fast for me to…

right, but i average significantly lower without the same level of exertion

I did the math and got 2.88 mph when i tested it at "2.0" I may have been off on the length of the belt by a few inches, there's a plastic piece at the top so you can't see where it actually curves back under, but I think i was pretty close I don't know how to incorporate those numbers practically though. do i assume every…

AMEN AMEN AMEN to the pro-Brooks comment I don't care what people's take on gait analysis is--my shoes are great regardless. I have the "middle" type of arched/flat feet (naturally arched when relaxed, but splay and pancake entirely when place down. dancers sometimes differentiate between the three types of arch, I'm not…

bump bump pleas help!

This used to happen to me a lot when I first started working out! I think it was my body's way of reacting to be overly exerted. Could that be it?

Last time I weighed I was 120, but I think I may have lost a pound or two from some new adhd meds since then. My weight used to sit firmly at about 103-105, but I gained fat (but also some muscle from running,dancing and training) in the last year and a half. I'm 19, if there's any curiosity. I'm trying to net 1200. The…

I would absolutely do hill sprints but I'm trying to focus on keeping a lower heart rate during my cardio most of the time (my HR skyrockets when I run, despite being at it for a while now. most of my running has become power walking as I try to lower my HR during these moderate exercises)! also, my calorie burn is bound…

fantastic! Thank you for the info!

yes thank you perhaps i should clarify that i am well aware that spot reducing doesn't exist and that obviously i have to lose fat, but what i am actually asking is whether or not doing core will affect the appearance of my fat in the way I wondering.

Fantastic, thanks for the feedback! I'm definitely going to wait as long as I can, and I'm pretty content with what I have for now, I would just love to eventually upgrade. I would probably put in anywhere from 100-200 dollars, if a product really has good reviews and seems to be what I want. Running shoes and my Polar…

I think my ultimate goal would be to get rid of the fat, i really do have more of it than I should. And on the way work on my running goals/strength mini-goals, but i don't know how to do that..

Yes, thank you, that's roughly what I found when I calculated earlier. 1800 was just minus the 500 for at least a pound of weightloss per week

Thank you for the advice! Also, it's a little silly but I own a polar HRM that I use to track my cardio improvement and calorie burn when I run. I decided to wear it around the house on a day where I didn't work out at all, and my waking hours were about a 1700 or 1800 calorie burn. I really is don't feel like 2300 that…

Oh no, I gained the muscle back from early in the spring into the summer, when I was doing less cardio and actively trying to gain. I had let my old fencer's thighs waste away while I was neither working out nor eating well about a year ago. I gained back about twenty pounds since last fall, but I can tell that much of it…

well, as far as calorie intake goes, i've actually been gaining weight lately, a combo of muscle and fat gain, so i don't think my calorie count itself is too low (i'm 5', about 111 lbs [up from my usual 103], and as i'm not trying to watch what i eat right now, i hit around 2000 cal a day). no other activity exhausts me…