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1, How long did you plan? About a year and a half 2. How much did you spend? (sorry if that's personal) Was this more/less than you planned? Yes and no. We were planning a much smaller event due to our budget and that was not approved of so the MIL gave us extra to invite more people. 3. How many people were invited/ how…

I like to imagine that the racoon is playing an instrument. The magical water harp. And he is an ARTIST.

If I absorb water thorugh my skin while I'm swimming will the chlorine put me over for carbs?

The muscle irritates the nerve. If no ones told you that so far that's too bad. Check an anatomy text. And...your the one that asked. On the internet. Plus I have a degree in kineseology and a masters in phsyiotherapy. Teaches me to try and help.

OK I need to read that posting pictures tutorial again. But it's a hip flexor stretch and a clam shell exercise. Irritatted muscles are often over stretched and weak, leading to excessive tightness. Good luck.

Definatley seems muscular in origin, as in the muscle is irritating the muscle with use, not that the nerve itself is hung up on anything.…

Most sciatica issue come from tight gluteal area muscles - piriformis is the "typical" culprit. The question is what is causing the irritation? Can you give me a few more details? How does it behave through out the day? What makes is better/worse? History of lower back problems? Who told you it was the "sciatic nerve"? I…

I eat around 1700 net, which typically is 2200+ daily. I'm a triathlete so it's pretty heavy on the carbs (50%+). I lift heavy 3-4 days a week plus running and cycling and like the poster above, have noticed my training quality has improved A TON since adding more calories, the carbs have improved my sleep and I find that…

Waist band of my shorts :) I had a belt and never liked it. For long training runs I take a running backpack for my emergancy stuff (phone, bus fare etc.). But for races I don't carry a bag/belt. I do carry my own gels because, as a general rule, they don't have the kind I like at aid stations.

Our profiles are pretty similar... Something important to think about is your maintanance plan you when you do reach your goal. If you keep that in mind and use a pared down version of that plan for your weight loss it will set you up to maintain your success. I have been where you are and I have been sick. I had chronic…

Sounds like you're making a plan already. I have had some success with substitution - finding a substitute that fits better with my goals. Maybe switching to raw seeds or at least mixing some in to "dilute" you usual?

Hey do you know Matt in Toronto? JK. I'm in Alberta. Feel free to add.

I'd like to jump on this band wagon. Whovian, browncoat, star trek, and all things zombie. Happy to add fellow nerds who are also into health improvement type stuff.

Looks like a pretty standard fitness cut diet. I think it will work but...why so extreme? The main problem withhighly restricted diets isn't that they don't work, but what's the end game? Do you have an exit plan? Without you could end up setting yourself up for regain.

What's really funny is I also made duncan hines brownies...though I knew what I was getting into. Incidently who came up with 16 in a 4x4 pan. That's what the instruction say. But if you were say, hypothetixcally, impatient and didn't wait for them to cool, they are difficult to cut. Which may, or may not, have lead to…

Amen. Fuel up. Work hard. Repeat.

I eat about 2400-2600 calories daily. That's gross (as in before minusing exercise). On days when I'm extra active, I eat more. I try to net 1700-2000 daily. Om nom nom... 164cm 132lb 22% body fat I aim for 20/20/60 though find I have a hard time getting all my protein without going over in fat. Work in progress.

Calorie burn is a function of oxygen consumption. The more oxygen you need to fuel an activity, the more caloires is burns. This ALSO means its a funtion of time and/or distance. So if you can run a mile in 10 minutes, or walk a mile in half and hour "technically" you will burn the same amount of calories. That's before…

I'm also around daily. I'm transitioning to maintanance and I like to rant about the fat content of my favourite foods (yogurt and peanut butter). Warning: I'm Canadian and occaisionly post in metric, but usually only my height and distances. Sorry. Age: 30 Height: 5'5.5" (164cm) SW: 145lb CW: 133lb GW: around here ~128-133

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/84/6/1456.full.pdf+html Here's the link to the 2006 study full text if you're into that.

Haven't seen the documentary but I gave the 2006 study you referenced a quick read. They compared low cal/low protein sedentary, regular/high cal, "high protein" (16%) sedentary, and regular/high cal/high protein endurance runners. It was a snap shot study based on available populations and the general finding was that…

I actually have a seat that's split in the back so it moves with my sits bones. Also the bike shorts, and proper bike fit. But some of its not avoidable. You're putting pressue on a sensitive area, so if you're out for a couple hours, you can do as much as you like to prevent it, but expect a bit of a sore bum.

BMI tends to be most accurate in white males with a light to sedentary lifestyle. Generally speaking it has been shown to classify people of african american descent as "overweight" and people of asian descent as "underweight". It's also not the greatest for women either, or for people who are active, especially weight…

01/09: 65km (group training) 02/09: rest 03/09: 25km (leisure) 04/09: 25km (commute) 05/09: 25km (commute) 06/09: 25km (commute) 07/09: 30km (commute) 08/09: rest 09/09: 30km (commute) 10/09: 25km (commute) 11/09: 25km (commute) 12/09: 25km (commute) 13/09: rest 14/09: 25km (commute) 15/09: 95km (group training) = 420km…

Hi I just found this thread, funnily enough after coming back from a training ride! Awesome! Bikes are great!. Anyway... For under an hour I don't carry anything, but I make sure I eat/drink when I get back. For longs rides I carry gels, a banana, a granola bar or some cookies. Then I eat protein when I get home. 95KM…

As a note, the caliper test has a lot of variability to it. 1) the person doing it has to have A LOT of experience (500+ tests on different individulas) before they would be considered "reliable" i.e. if they did your test again they would get approximately the same results 2) Assuming the test is being done by a reliable,…

Lovely to hear!

DOING THEM AS I TYPE. In.

I'm at the same place this weekend. A bad binge on Saturday followed up with a day spent at an outdoor music festival. It's that you worry about the habits, that you thought were under control, coming back. But all the people saying to move forward are right. Just hand in there, you have lots of support.

Nice streak BTW. I think they are two different goals, but once you are near your target, as you are, experimenting with not logging will probably be good for you. You might find you are able to listen and gauge appropriately. Just know that if it doesn't work for you you can always start logging again, it can be a helpful…