LarryPGH Member

Wow! Awesome seeing how that shirt, which clung to you a coupla months ago, is just hanging loose now! What a great NSV! Congratulations!!!

This still confuses me. OK -- the "sedentary" / "light" / "moderate" activity levels are used as a multiplier for BMR, to get you up to your total daily calorie usage, right? So, if we bump up our activity levels to correspond to a greater amount of exercise, why do we also eat back our exercise calories? Why isn't that…

LOL! Was the photo on your profile page taken on the merry-go-round at Kennywood?

Three days a week is your best bet, considering you're just starting out. Even if it feels really good, if you're not used to jogging, then you don't want to take the risk of an overuse injury. Don't worry ... before too long, the longer jogs will start kicking your butt... :wink: (If you're really feeling the need to kick…

Born and raised in Pittsburgh PA. Which means, of course, that I speak fluent yinzer. n'at. ;^)

Wallet. ;) There always seems to be some new exercise program, or electronic gadget that I buy, to help motivate me to get started...

Yep -- my doctor recommended that my breakfast should be three hard-boiled eggs each morning, with the caveat that I throw out two of the yolks, since they're really little cholesterol bombs...)

Nope -- you don't include it. From the Cool Running site's description of the program: "Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog 3 miles (or 30 minutes)."

LOL! That sounds like me! I ran CC back in the early 80's, and whenever I'd start training for the season, it'd be a week of agony, but at the end of it, I'd be good to start training for speed in earnest! Yep... I did C25K in spring 2011, and before I started, I did a workout program (not heavy duty strength work, but…

Just thought I'd add: by saying "start slow", this doesn't necessarily mean "run slow" -- if you're really out of shape, or way up in the obese part of the BMI range, or can remember disco from personal experience in the 70's, then maybe the right approach is to start by walking, and then starting C25K after you feel good…

1. What Week/Day are you on? W1D1 2. How do you feel? Embarrassed! (I completed the program in May 2011, but fell away from my exercise regimen...) 3. Have you had to repeat a week or day? Well, not yet ... just starting back up! 4. Did you add time or remove time from one of your runs? Nope... just starting with 30 min of…

Hi, everybody! Thanks for all the nice "attaboys" for my 5K! :bigsmile: I took an extra day off, and then decided to jog slow today. I ended up doing 3.1 miles in about 36 minutes...! I'm considering trying for a relaxed 4 miles on Thursday... but it's all going to depend on how my shins feel! Happy running, everyone!!!

well, i ran my 2nd 5k yesterday... and it went really well! i was hoping for a little less uphill running, but it wasn't too bad -- and I managed to get under the 10 min/mile average! (Well, 9:54, but still, that's where I was hoping to be!!!) time to start working on distance... i think I'm going to add one mile per week,…

Umm... actually, calorie intake/burn is *exactly* where it's at! Wanna talk "bad calories" leading to weight loss? See the nutritionist who lost weight on the "twinkie diet"! http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html (Now, I'm not saying that his diet was healthy, nor that it's the way to go --…

hmm... hot tub / whirlpool / hot bath, maybe? Not on a workout day, since after a workout it's better to use cold than heat, but on an off day, a soak in the hot tub might help relax aching muscles!

Yep, me too! I also use my once-a-month measuring to estimate my body fat, using this site: http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home-body-fat-test-2774-143.html Do I expect that it's a perfect measurement? Nope. Does it give me a good idea of the direction I'm trending in? Definitely!

thanks, jill!!! I just looked through this thread again, and saw your post about tight shoes and treadmill inclines... good to hear that your feet are feeling better in the new shoes! one other thing to keep in mind, surprisingly enough, is *socks*! a pair of socks designed for running will have arch support, more padding…

A lot of folks around here will tell you that diet pop makes you crave food, so it can be detrimental to your weight loss goals. You mention that you've "switched" to DP, so that wouldn't seem to apply. Others will mention that all those chemicals can't be good for you, and they may have a point... but then again, we're…

whoops! this could be your problem, right there! You've just started running, four weeks ago, and you're already doing one-hour workouts? How many times a week are you running? Considering that you've just started (and doubly so if you are just getting into shape), this would seem to be a *lot*! I would think that doing 30…

Hmm... 0.10 miles is only 528 feet -- less than 200 yards! Although this errs on the side of caution (which can be a good thing, if you're having problems), the number I've always seen is 10 *percent* -- that is, increase your mileage by no more than 10% each week...! :wink: Diva -- one other thing to keep in mind is that…

Well, I still haven't decided what program I'm "officially" going to be doing ... but I'm still running the C25K week 9 workout (30 minutes), so I guess I'm doing the OHR workouts by default, until I decide. (Well, actually, on Monday, I decided to try a bit of speed work: 1 x 400 fast, 1 x 200 recovery, then four sets of…

there you go! That's the way I do it -- boiling just seems icky... wouldn't that really water-log it down? anyway, roasting brings out more flavor! I use extra virgin olive oil instead of margarine, though -- just a little, though: less than a teaspoon on each side. i just rub it on the cut side in order to enhance the…

do you have an ipod or a smartphone? you could download a podcast or use music that would help you keep running to a particular beat... the trick for running a pace is learning how it *feels* -- and that kind of muscle memory comes with repeated practice. I've finished the C25K program, using the NHS podcasts, but I keep…

This is from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind", isn't it? "I would have liked to see Montana..."

Well... you could always buy a measuring tape (for about $1), and use that to track your progress! Just measure yourself every 3-4 weeks! And, if you're a grad student, then does your school have a gym / exercise room? Bet there's a scale there that you can use! Good luck!

I think the idea is that 200kcal/hr (especially with the caveat "depending on what (we're) doing") isn't terribly efficient. I think the idea is that, if you jogged for half an hour, you'd burn more than that, so you've got a better/more efficient exercise -- and that's just jogging, which is #3 on the pyramid (and the…

ahh... there's the rub! Calories are calories, when you're talking about a certain volume or weight of food... but when you're talking about exercise, the number of calories burned is a function of your weight! So, would the correct formula apply if I enter the calories burned for an 11 minute mile now (@ 190 lbs) and…

LOL -- I've been wondering that exact same thing for the past few months! there's 10, 11.5, and 12 -- now, 10 is 6mph, and 12 is 5mph... so where's 5.5mph (i.e., 11 minute miles)?!?!?!? :huh:

180 is the "average" weight for American guys my height and age, according to statistics that I read. (Well, actually, it's the 50th percentile -- so half are heavier and half are lighter than 180). When I started, I was way up in the 91st percentile, and not too happy at being heavier than 91% of guys like me. It's a…

Just to reiterate: you don't necessarily need to *time* your walks/jogs ... the program also has distance goals. So, if you don't have a smartphone or don't feel like keeping your eyes on your watch, and you're exercising somewhere that you know distances (at a park or on a track, for example), you could always do C25K by…