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When I lived in Egypt beans were breakfast on a lot of days. Yay fuul medammes!

Weighing tends to be more accurate. With fluids there's not a lot of difference, but anything that can be packed (flour, sugar, etc.) can differ significantly!

That's what I used to do when I went to boot camp. But remember that if you warm up and cool down it isn't really 60 minutes. I would just log the active time.

I have had hip pain off and on and it also gets better with new shoes. Its also a lot better at 180 than when i used to run at 288, lol. If you run a lot and don't do much other exercise, you can have an imbalance between your forward and lateral movement muscles. Every time my hips start acting up, I start incorporating…

It doesn't inhibit weight loss, but any carbonated drinks drive down your blood pH due to CO2 dissolved as carbonic acid and your body has to maintain by buffering, which it does by leaching calcium from your bones. Not at an alarming rate, but five a day over years could become a problem.

The website podrunner.com has free hour long tracks to download by bpm. I went up by 5 bpm per week until I went from a cadence of 160 to 185.

I used to smoke cigars and the first time I smoked one after training for half marathons, I was astonished at how much my lungs burned. Run anyways, it will serve as a reminder of why you quit! Don't be surprised when it's quite a bit harder, but it will iron itself out over the next few runs.

As a member of a gym that has a limited number of racks/cages, I find it pretty irksome when someone is using it for something it isn't needed for. Nothing is more frustrating than waiting to do squats while Broseph does curls in the cage.

I never wanted to run, but my sister convinced me to run a half with her...Now I keep running because I have 3 little kids and it has become my only way of escaping the insanity. It's like my 60 minute Zen palace, lol.

No. Not true. Your caloric deficit will determine your weight loss. I have worked out three or four times a week hitting the weights pretty hard and have still consistently lost at a linear rate of 1 lb/wk.

I have personally found that for me if i don't have a big dinner and after dinner snack, I'm starving. It doesn't matter if I have eaten 600 or 1600 calories I need more food at the end of the day for satiety. But what works for me isn't for everyone!

I think that's a loose guideline if you are weighing yourself in the metric system. Or I've also heard a gram per pound of lean body mass, but 1g per pound is a bit much, IMO.

No. Not even a little bit. I only keep them around in case I have had a crazy day where I missed meals and don't want to be way under my calories.

Use a food scale. Volume can vary wildly but calories by mass is pretty consistent. You may be overeating without realizing.

i used to duct tape my feet to prevent blisters when I went backpacking, but it was sort of a backcountry hack for hotspots, not necessarily something that would be appropriate for normal life. and it's rough on clothes; there's still duct tape residue on my liners after several years!

Do progressive load strength training to minimize loss of lean body mass while at caloric deficit. That way your weight loss is mainly fat loss. Cardio gives you more calories to eat and boosts heart fitness. But the only you need to lose weight is less calories in than out.

Ask? Someone had to make it and they probably have something standard their cooks use to measure. Otherwise just ballpark it; if you don't eat there super often it shouldn't be an issue.

Weigh something fairly standard, like a 1lb bag of beans. If it doesn't come really close to 454g you have a problem.

Go see a doctor...but fwiw I have the same issue a long time ago because all of my exercise during my weight loss journey was forward motion related. I started adding exercises that stressed side to side movement a did a ton of stretching of the hip flexors. I also started lifting instead of just doing cardio. And stopped…

I have mild hyperhidrosis (which is the medical term for the fact that I sweat something awful) so I have to try to replace electrolytes during really long runs. I open dates and stuff them with salt. The side benefit is that they taste like salted caramel. Practice before using during a race, though, because chewing while…

I started at 300lbs, and most of your effort is going to be in the kitchen, ensuring that you maintain a calorie deficit as you get to whatever your goal weight is. That being said, I would definitely start doing some sort of progressive strength training program (like stronglifts 5x5) to maintain as much lean body mass as…

I love me some Fuul!!! Beans: it's what's for breakfast! We used to eat it with hard boiled eggs or maybe some hard cheese, 7aish (more or less pita) and some fresh fruit when I lived in Alexandria. I can find the beans at our local Mediterranean market most of the time. I'm actually soaking a pot right now to cook for…

Take pictures. After three months I don't think I look any different, but I see my January pic and think, "holy crap, that's awesome!" But I've been lifting 4x per week and making sure to get plenty of rest.

I used to hate running. Then we had kids #2 and 3, so now it's my Zen time away from the crazy. I train for half marathons now just for the time alone for a few hours on a Saturday, lol.

Have you been readjusting your weight so that MFP decreases your calories? Now that there's less of you, you need fewer calories.

This. When you lose slow and steady over the next year or so, you will feel so much prouder of yourself...because you did it yourself. No gimmicks, no fads. And when people ask you how you did it you can tell them you just ate fewer calories than you burned over and over and over. Good luck, and good journey!

I used to drink a 32oz bottle of water every class period. There were definitely times when I had to do the pee-pee dance by the time the bell rang! I also had a teacher that I shared a common door with; we would signal one another to be on classroom lookout in and emergency. But I'm not sure how well that would work if…

I think when people say they are cutting, the underlying implication is that they are lifting heavy to minimize loss of muscle mass. And that it is a relatively short term process.

It really depends on the formation of your feet. I overpronate so running barefoot or even in minimalist shoes hurts something awful. But I have run 3 to 4 times a week always on the road since 2011 when I carried around 300 lbs without any major knee problems. I don't skimp on shoes...buy from a legit running store where…

weigh it, log it, eat it. if it fits in your calorie goals and makes you happy, it's a good plan. personally, it makes me hungry just looking at it...