jlshaw77

First off -- I have little actual experience. But I have been training for a 1/2 in Sept at 3 days/week, 1 long run, 2 runs 4-5 miles with speed and tempo work. I do strength work on 2 others days. It feels like enough so far and it is something that is manageable over the long term for me.

I have changed my ratios to 45/30/25, I think. Anyway, a little higher on the carbs. I am running 3x/week preparing for a half marathon and 2 days of yoga/pilates/body weight training. I feel good at this level though some running advice puts carbs even higher at 50-55.

I am not a morning person either but like others have said, it is a great feeling to get up and get it done and its not hanging over your head the rest of the day. I also lay out clothes the night before and try to just get up and go and by the time I'm awake, I'm almost done anyway. The main thing I have to add is that if…

I am planning my first half for Sept 16. I have been following a plan from runners world's smartcoach application and will be going up to 8 miles this coming week. I have been working on my form too and it has made all the difference! I thought I would need motion control shoes forever. Good luck!

I've recently discovered fitnessblender.com. It has body weight workouts as well as dumbbell workouts, depending on what equipment you have. I also do some of the pilates videos on netflix.

I get daily calories w/ 20% cut of 2281 / 15% cut = 2474 BMR 2074 TDEE 2851 so the 2500 is about at 15% cut for you ... so maybe not so much of an error :)

bump .... wish I had something to add

We have almond and whole milk in our house. I think there is good reason to stay away from low fat dairy so I just don't drink as much as I used to and I add other types of milk in.

I'm always amazed at the range of weights at this height. I am 5'9" and was about 145 at my lowest (high school). I am currently ~158, down from somewhere over 170, and could be happy here but am hoping to be at a range of 153-157 at maintenance. I cannot imagine being 125 -- I must be big boned. :)

My current favorite is pumpkin overnight oats. I got the recipe from ohsheglows.com -- look under her breakfast recipes

I do still eat pasta and rice but much less at a time. I try to figure out how much for a reasonable amount of calories and go from there. I have chosen to go with whole wheat pasta and brown rice but I too have heard others make the argument against them or that it doesn't really matter that much. Do what you are…

I don't really have any sound advice but I am interested if someone else does. I envision, when I get to maintenance calories, focusing more on weekly numbers than daily numbers.

my basic recipe is 1 c almond milk, 1 T chia seeds, 1 T nut butter, 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 c frozen blueberries & 1 banana ... about 375 calories. But they are very easy to adjust the calories & flavors for your taste. Sometimes I take the berries out and add some chocolate protein powder ... .also excellent.

eggs ... 2 eggs scrambled with some veggies can easily be under 250.

I've been wanting to try this one: (I'm intrigued by the mug in the microwave thing) One Minute Flax Muffin Ingredients 1/4 cup ground flax seed 1 egg 1 tsp butter 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cocoa powder 1 tsp maple syrup 1/2 tsp vanilla Directions Combine all ingredients in a large mug and microwave for 50 seconds. Pops…

I have had success in about 6 weeks -- I have lost about 10 lb and have only another 6-8 to reach my goal, so I didn't have a huge amount to lose to start with. I have kept my calories at an even 1900 every day regardless of exercise and kept up my exercise schedule. The calories were figured by my estimated total daily…

My favorite is foodily.com -- I also like marthastewart.com as a previous person said.

It depends on which pb you buy. Look at the labels and don't buy anything with hydrogenated oils in the ingredients. Usually the natural ones don't have it.

I'm 5'9 too. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Plan plan plan ... And include chocolate. The biggest thing like others have said is planning ahead.

I like to mix tuna with hummus

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Very glad to readthis thread. I am 5'9" and currently 174 lbs. I was surprised recently that my bmi calculated at just over 25. I have been as thin as 140 but I think that is too low for me. My current goal is 160. It is so interesting to read how varied the goalweights are of us tall women and all are reasonable for…