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Agree with everybody else. Has nothing to do with it. Remember, plateaus are caused by one of two things (or both). 1) Calorie creep: you've not fully accounted for everything, or your over accounting for your workouts. 2) Your body naturally, takes a break after a certain amount of weight loss. It has to reprogram itself…
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Also talk to your physician regarding Calcium supplements. Often times, stress fractures in runners are from depleted calcium in bones because a runners typical "clean eating" menu doesn't provide enough calcium so your bones lose their strength. Just from one to another, once I started this at the suggestion of my doc, I…
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Excellent Job!! Keep it up. I'm with you as well, about another 20 to go on my own transformation. I know exactly how good your feeling! Keep that head high and keep it going.
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Your sugar overage is coming from the fruits. More vegetables or lean protein, high fiber, and less fruit will cure that simple problem. I had a running coach that essentially told me to consider fruit a dessert of the candy variety. While it has great benefits, it doesn't have benefits that can't be found elsewhere!!…
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I need a like button. Excellent answers for questions I had as well. Thanks.
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Excellent question!!! I'm in the same boat and was just reading around yesterday and today on that very topic. And thanks to everybody for the responses. I'm also just enjoying my runs for now. Yes, I'm doing the races, but doing them for enjoyment. I have recently started to stretch my times a little and speed up my…
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@KathleenMurry should be able to chime in here. She has recently begun working with a trainer that specializes with runners. I'd be willing to bet he has shared an opinion or 3 on lifting and running together.
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Just using mine for general daily wear........after that, they make their way to the bins for "recycling"
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^^^ This......................running will beat your body! You must have days of no running or you will get injured more easily. If you took......say 2 days off...................right now, I guarantee, when you tried it again, you would feel faster and stronger. You have to let your body recover as it is one of the more…
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A good majority of the group exercise instructors at our gym are teachers and mothers. If your looking for the motivation to stick with your gym, how about getting paid for going. I believe most of them are spin instructors, but I've seen some of the step instructors as well as the CX instructors. Just a thought…
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Where's the damn like button when I need it. I'm in this boat as well...............cept, I sure as hell am not up to running 10.5 miles yet. Working on it though.
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All of my various ID's now require updating...............not only from the weight perspective, but the picture perspective. I'm done looking at that person that I don't know anymore. Time for new looks. No more internet renewals this year, going to have to suffer through the on-site renewals so I can get new pictures.
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Ok, educate the newbie, what wrong with runners world?
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If you're not running, you're surfing the runners forums and magazine articles. OYE!!! I need a life, oh wait, I need to go run! HA!
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hhhmmamm, so many directions to go with this. I'll be nice this time and just say that on the days I'm getting my good workouts, like 800-1500 cals of workouts, I'm eating almost (just short of) 3000 cals, and I'm still losing at the suggested clip of 1-2lbs per week. If your working with your trainer, that trainer should…
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If your going down the running path, do some research on core strength training and you'll find a litney of exercises that you can do in the home and it only take a few mins to do. All of it related to your core strength and support for your running activities. Planks is a big one utilizing many different muscles and…
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My guess would be that it also has something to do with the high salt content.
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You have 20lbs down. While the divorce process is never a happy moment, I know of friends that found that as the motivation to make themselves better. Look better, feel better, etc. Look past the negativity of it, and turn it into positive motivation to "shove it back". Control it, don't let it control you. Remember will…
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Nice to meet you as well! I spent 8 years in San Diego (based there with the USMC), and as much as I couldn't wait to get away from there, I've been kind of itching to go back lately. Would love to go out there and run a couple of races. Just a little further north, was looking at the runDisney website for the local…
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Guilty.....wifey started yelling at me for this. But it was more that I had to "spread out" the registrations requiring more pre-planning on my part. I couldn't just register for everything I saw all at once. My eyes and ambition were bigger than my wallet.
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Here's one I just experienced today. I based my travel dates to a conference for work based on the local 5K/10K schedule.
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Only one small issue in your theory. It is NOT A FACT that a calorie is a unit of heat. In FACT, it is a unit of ENERGY; however, it takes energy to create heat, so maybe add another step to your theory. Quite logical though when ya think about it. :wink:
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I guess it just depends on the distance. I've done everything from peanut encrusted fish to whole wheat pasta with meat spaghetti sauce and bread. What affects me more than that is my pre-race fuel which I've gotten into the habit of eating a Pro-Bar Fruit Slam Bar (jacked full of nuts & carbs) about 30-60 mins before the…
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HA!! I just did #1 to my wife in the last day or so. We were in conversation and she wanted to argue with me about how long it would take her to get to a certain point (driving), and I instantly related to the distance known from my runs and the timing necessary as a runner. Of course, any chance I get to prove her wrong,…
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See I learned something new......there IS a difference between tights and pants. I thought they are all just "pants." So if I'm looking for tights, is there some specific feature that is a must have? pockets for cards/ids? pockets for keys? rubber around the ankles? I saw the Asics that someone mentioned and they look…
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Your body won't shed a pound if your NET (food plus exercise) is anything below 1500. You'll find lots of reasons on MFP on keeping your NET above that. So if you eat 1500, and you burn 500 with the trainer, your only netting 1000, and your body is saving the fat as a method of survival. 1585 is great on your non-workout…
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Keep this in mind. Some will say they work all week so they can enjoy their weekend. Well............your weekend is essentially 30% of your progress. How do you just throw that out? Most of the trainers/nutritionists that I have talked to have all said, rather than having "cheat days", instead make 10-20% of your DAILY…
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Thanks to everybody for the tips. I've been wondering this whole time how to approach this weekend. I've been reading the forums, and all the news articles. I'm glad to see that everybody went through the same apprehension and I'm not just losing my mind. I'm actually really excited for Sunday to get here, but at the same…
