JLEC77

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  • Are you making sure you're a straight line from your shoulders to your ankles? If not, that could be the source of your pain...
  • Which should I get????? [/quote] Could you split the money between the two and save the rest for each until you have enough to get both? The bike will help you with your cardio marathon training...
  • You could try the side plank or oblique crunches...but as far as I know, you can't target one area on your body. You just have to lose weight all over and the "love handles" will either disappear or lessen - hopefully! Good luck!
  • I totally agree with harleygal - I think you should put her in her place and say something. It doesn't have to be mean, but it's YOUR wedding right? Will you regret it forever if she ruins this much of the experience for you and you never said anything?
  • I get shin splints too. After you run: put your feet up and ICE, ICE, ICE! 10 minutes on, 10 minutes off, at least four times. When it's in your budget, get those new shoes - I use the Nike Air Pegasus, and though they are expensive, I haven't (knock on wood) had shin splints since I started wearing them. You might look at…
    in Shin splints Comment by JLEC77 June 2009
  • Hey! I read on a 'portion size' website that your fist is approximately the same as a 1 cup measure, so you could eyeball it at dinner and put roughly 1/3 or 1/2 of "your fist" worth of pasta on your plate...then you'd have about 1 serving... Good luck! :happy:
  • Hey! My husband is an avid runner, and he suggests not to put anything in that you're not used to eating before you usually run. He says your peanut butter and banana situation is the best plan, and keep yourself hydrated. I've experienced the same thing with coffee before a race (the longest one I've done is a 10K) and it…
    in hey runners! Comment by JLEC77 June 2009
  • My guess would be about 10-15 calories - not very much! There's a great site if you're interested or haven't checked it out yet: caloriesperhour.com:smile:
    in Plank Comment by JLEC77 June 2009
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