Josie50

Im in CW 89.2kg

HI Roxanne, I had this problem for a long time, and was tired of the soreness. I started drinking a protein drink as soon as I get home from exercising. The extra protein has helped my recovery ALOT. I still get a little sore, but now I am exercising up to 3 hours a day, and the sore now is the feeling of a good days work!

I managed my first 50 laps today over 70mins,. I am stoked. I agree about the swimplan, it will take a little while to work up to their easy plan!

Swimming is great when you are recovering from an injury. You can exercise your arms and kick with one foot, until your other foot heals. Remember to have a small bottle of water on the side of the pool, because yes you do sweat and can get dehydrated when swimming.

wow the http://www.swimplan.com/index.php is great! Just what I need to help me with swim training for a triathlon in December 2011. Thanks for posting this topic. :-)

You can change you protein % in goals=>change goals=> custom. If you up the protein % it will automatically take the calories from fat for the day. Hope this helps. :-)

mfp has really helped me in this area deadmittens. If I am over my calorie count for the day I hop on my crosstrainer and burn off those extra calories. I have found focusing on exercise instead of diet has been the only thing that has worked for me. I do try and be careful with food, but when I want to eat and eat and…

I love a wee challenge so I'm in starting this Saturday 30/4/2011 with a half marathon walk, 21.1 km.