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Thank you guys for the responses!! ekat120, did your body eventually adjust?

Wow, you guys are all so speedy!!! I'm so incredibly impressed! I started "running" a little over a year ago. I know that any running is running; but really, i was barely shuffling my feet. Anyway, I just did my first half marathon (finished in 2:02) and loved it, but I want to focus on the 5k again because I love it even…

Hey! I just wanted to say that I'm definitely not an expert, but I did my first half last weekend, and I'm so jealous that you get to have your first half experience soon! It was amazing! I wondered the same thing, and I got a lot of the same answers. While I know that everyone is different, for me, I wish that I hadn't…

Thanks for everyone's advice - it was AMAZING!! I had the best time in the world... I seriously was just so happy to be running with like 4,000 other amazing people that I don't think I stopped smiling once!! I ended up finishing with a time of 2:02 or so, and I have to say that I'm extremely happy with that! (I know…

Good point... that's what I keep telling myself. Thanks!!

Thanks!! Any other opinions out there on the fueling (including water) thing? Also don't want to damage my body!

Thank you guys - SO much great advice here!!! I love it!! I have definitely heard (and agree with) the advice to not try anything new on race day... and that brings me to another predicament. The poster below me sort of answered it, but I want to make sure I understand... I've been following a running plan, but to be…

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What is this brand?? I've literally been refreshing this page for five minutes because if this thing exists... I WILL DRIVE TO PENNSYLVANIA. Or Australia.

I have a base of 1450 calories for rest days (if I have any). When I weight lift, I give myself about 250 extra calories, and I try to make sure that's mostly protein because I hardly ever get enough of it. (The 250 comes from wearing my HRM). When I run, I use my HRM and MFP to calculate an approximate amount of calories…

Hey! So, I really can't offer any advice (sorry!) but I feel like we're twins! I'm 5'3, started at 151, and am currently around 120-125. I lost the weight through diet and cardio. At my lowest weight (around 115) I wasn't happy with the way my body looked either. I'm also training for a half marathon! I think you'll have a…

This post made me laugh - love it! Well done! :)

So it seems like I'm alone with starting this right now... but HOLY COW I am sooo sore from my very first workout on Tuesday! I'm going to try to do workout 2 today but I'm thinking the stepups aren't going to go too well as I can barely walk down the stairs...

Yummmm thanks everyone!!

Haha! Didn't even catch that... knew what you meant :)

That's definitely more what I was thinking it should be. Is there a way to fix this on my HRM, or is it basically useless? I do like seeing my average heart rate, but I mainly got it to get a more accurate picture of how many calories I burn in each workout. Thanks!!

My pace was around 9:15-9:30, and there were several hills I ran up... but also several I ran up! Yeah, I think 100 calories is what most people estimate, which is why I'm thinking something is not right!

I know this is kind of off topic, but for those of you who have responded saying you use the polar ft4 or ft7... has anybody found it to OVERrestimate calories burned? I made a post about this earlier but did not receive any definite answers. I have my height, weight, gender, and age set correctly and it seems to work for…

Haha! I was a size 16 before dating him... I think I was at a size 10 when we started dating... but still! Of course, i didn't know my dress size either, as I generally wear nothing in the summer but gym shorts and t-shirts! And my boyfriend is most definitely an amazing guy. Thanks for all the kind words guys!

I NEVER would have imagined being a size 2... or a 8, for that matter! That's happened to me too... so funny! They're just jealous of all of your success... keep up the great work!!

Thanks for all of the responses, guys!!! I'm seriously amazed that that many of you read this and replied... constantly blown away by all of the awesome support on this website!!

Haha! I had to google NSV myself a few weeks back!

In for the answers to this... very interesting. Good question! I hate water (it tastes so bad! haha) so I know I don't drink enough. Wish I could help!

Hmmm I'll have to check that out, thanks! It has mine set to 198 (which I believe is from the formula that is always floating around) but you're right, I could probably go higher on my full on sprints. I used it with my stationary biking today, and for 40 minutes it had me burning about 250 calories, which is almost…

Hmmm I have no idea how accurate the max HR setting is... how would I find that out? @Jewels: Exactly! I hear a lot about MFP overestimating calories, so I was reallyyyy surprised by my HRM reading!

But aren't those numbers estimates? My whole point of buying the HRM was so that I could have a better idea of how hard I'm working and how many calories I'm burning. It seems a little silly, then, to go back to formulas! I know the HRM isn't going to be perfect, but since it did seem to track my heart rate steadily,…

I was definitely exerted haha... like I said, running has always been extremely difficult for me so I was very tired by the end! Interesting point about the BMR - I hadn't realized this! Thank you everyone!!

I did run outside, so maybe that could be part of it... though it was at 8am so it was only about 68 degrees out. Yep, I just triple-checked to make sure that my height, weight, age, and gender are entered correctly!

Hey guys! I did my first 2A on Monday, and am going to try 2B today! Question - Did anyone else find the first 2A exercise (Front push press thing, I forget what it's called haha) to be REALLY hard? By the end of stage 1 I was squatting quite a lot (for me) and feeling confident in all of the other exercises - but this one…

Thanks for the compliment and the replies!! Those pictures were interesting.. I'm probably between 25% and 30%, realistically speaking. I definitely do need to stop focusing just on the scale numbers, and I do know that loosing weight will be slower going now. It's hard though, especially when I still see some of my…