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1.75 mi today...

Possibly its the other foods consumed with your drinks...Other drinks (high sugar/alchohol) are typically paired with highly salted/sugared foods. Most people eat more foods that are highly seasoned as opposed to blander foods. Water is more typically consumed alone or with foods that are not as highly seasoned. If I am…

3 mi. today...

2.6 Mi. today

It appears Spring is finally arrived... I ran my first 4 miler outdoors today...

My first 5k last summer was about 6 weeks into the c25k program. My goal was to finish with a reasonable time. I ran most of the race taking walk breaks when needed. I tried to maintain a distance with runners in front of me on the second half of the race which helped me improve my time over my training runs. It was nice…

When I did c25k last summer, I started the first half of the program running 6 days a week since I had no issues with this arrangement. I didn't find the first half of the program very taxing. The last half of the program I dropped this to 4-5 times a week to give me time to recover. With recovery days, I could run faster…

4 miles today...

Savory Smoothiediced tomatoes, Italian style canned diced onion zucchini chick peas, canned chicken stock

Hi...I am trying to lose a few years - I mean lbs... :happy:

IF I actually made a smoothie it would be made of fresh fruit and possibly vegetables...not cake batter in a cup...

2.5 miles today...

It takes a long time to exercise off calories that can be all to quickly consumed...One day will not make/break a diet. As a general rule, I don't make a habit out of trying to exercise away excess calories. I watch what I am consuming so I can maintain while doing a reasonable amount of exercise...

One Pop Tart or three small Red Delicious Apples...

I reduced my per cup sweetener to less than one sweetener packet (1/3 - 1/2) just to take the edge off the coffee bitterness. I sometimes make a pot of coffee and just put one packet in for the entire pot. If your coffee is very bitter, you could use less coffee therefore it would require less sweetener...

Not married to my phone during runs...Leave it in the car...Use a small music player in a convenient pocket along with car keys...

I focused my sweet cravings to sugar free no calorie beverages. I then lost cravings for all other food items that contain a lot of sugar. I don't crave sugar much any more... Makes managing calorie intake much easier...

Maybe you should continue with more running segments towards the three miles instead of doing the cool down....Or possibly skip to the next weekly run if the current run is not sufficient. The c25k plan is a guideline...You can modify the plan to suit your needs. I skipped some workouts when I was doing it for this reason.…

Book Yourself Solid and Selling the Invisible...

Two points: You can't out exercise a bad diet... Its not good to drink your calories even if they are not alcoholic (worse if they are)....

Fast food may fill you up quickly but leave you wanting more in a couple of hours...Try the meat and produce sections of the grocery store if you want 4-5 hour energy...

I have a Specialized hybrid that I have had for over 5 years...Use it for exercise and recreational riding...Still is in good shape... I replaced the tires once so far... I put on less knobby tires since I use it on roads/paths where knobby tires aren't needed....

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Orignally I was not a big fan of vegetables. I ate fast food, soda, etc. I started improving my diet by reducing these products and by adding a bag of frozen vegetables into my diet each week. I added them into dishes that I already liked. I have no meat meals several times a week. I contine to add more vegetables into my…

I completed the program last year around the end of summer...Starting to run again after taking the winter off and plan to use it to get me running again and improve my speed at the same time.... Feel free to add me...

Try the following: Cut sweet potato in half length wise and heat in oven until soft. Brown a pound of ground turkey. Add a half an onion. Mix in barbecue sauce to taste. Spoon barbeque meat mixture over sweet potato halves. No butter needed... Enjoy...

The opposite problem of the OP: When I am running and I feel that I want to take a breather (typically I am out of breath), if I see another runner/walker/car coming in my direction I will keep going until I have passed them before I slow down...This can be quite a long time if my path is busy...

Hi...I started this last summer to get my diet in order and to start running using the c25k program. I found it useful in making small changes in the diet to reduce calories without reducing the quantity of food to a point where you are always hungry. I also enjoy the c25k discussions. Feel free to add me...

Ocassionally I haved use frozen sweet green peas as a thickener...and they are not bitter...

If you are trying to lose weight, Ricotta is not the shortest distance to your destination.