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You could always ask for a shoe from the previous season. Let's say a new pair of Kayanos may be £120 but last season's drop to about £60 once the new season's are out.

I think gait analysis is hugely important. There are vast structural differences between neutral shoes, stability & motion control and if you happen to buy a shoe that does the exact opposite to what your feet need then it won't take long before you'll have problems. It depends entirely on your feet and gait / running…

Are you sure what you're gaining in bulk is actually muscle? Could it be the case that what you are gaining is actually fat because you're still overeating and not actually creating a deficit yet? I'm assuming the profile pic is for 'inspiration' unless you were a model at the Victoria's Secrets fashion show (which is…

Resetting hormones etc is all woo talk. Spin in a great option for improving cardiovascular fitness and besides running probably one of the highest burns you can get, but you can never out-train overeating. So limit calories for weight loss and exercise for fitness.

I would also recommend Glucosamine. I saw a knee specialist before I started running again. I have hypermobility and had gained almost 50lb and at 178lb my knees were very uncomfortable in particular walking upstairs and I had severe crepitus in both knees. He recommended that I start non-weight bearing exercises such as…

The only types of workouts I CAN NOT abide are any group dance based classes like Zumba. Can't stand it. Joined one single session because a friend wanted me to join her. Hated every single second of it.

"going to spend a penny"

How about being "full of beans" for someone who has lots of energy?

PMSL @ "rooty-tootie-point-an-shootie" :D

Something that's always amused me is the US use of "pissed" but without the "off", as in "He was really pissed!!". In the UK that would mean "drunk".

**cries** :D

A friend of mine who has failed to lose weight doing Slimming World for the last 4 years or so, still keeps trying to talk me into it!! She still "swears by it"!! On what basis is beyond me.... She will go ooon and oooon about green days and red days and free foods and fast free foods and syns and how you should NOT count…

Well the weather has been a bit rubbish here over Easter, but apparently mud is good for the complexion, or so she tells me...

Actually I see what the OP means too, and personally I think I'm pretty self-motivated and a believer of "life's what you make it". But I think there is a difference in thinking "Personally I feel I don't require support from strangers. I feel I've got this, thank you." and starting a thread on the motivation and support…

He's still trying to work out what "predestined" actually means. LOL

Maybe the OP requires "attention" more than support. ;)

Endurance comes before pace, and it's hard to push pace before you've gained the endurance. Personally I don't think that sprint intervals or fartlek training will gain you much until you can run a steady 3 miles. Just don't worry about pace for now and keep building your endurance. Pace will come naturally then.

I did think the OP looked about 15. Now I'm beginning to wonder if he is..... http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10361171/ugh

Evidence?

I believe you don't understand the meaning of the word "predestined" or you wouldn't have used it in this context. I guess your question in a roundabout way is why isn't everyone entirely self- motivated? The question is why should weight loss be any different to other situations in life where people undertake something…

And when it comes to cardio machines, it also depends what some people do on them. The treadmill won't magically know that someone is holding onto the rails for dear life while leaning back, attempting to walk on the steepest incline, but by doing so that person reduces their burn by something like 30% and completely…

I've compared MFP scores with various apps like map-my-fitness / map-my-run / map-my-ride / endemondo, as well as my Polar chest strap HRM and my Fitbit Blaze. My most accurate burn comes from my Polar, very closely followed by my Fitbit Blaze. MFP and some of the above apps vastly overestimate burn in articular from…

Gold top milk!!!!! Haven't had any in years!! :) hmmmmmmm....

And "Fat Rascals" oop noorf.... https://www.bettys.co.uk/cakes/favourites/yorkshire-fat-rascal-scones-box-of-4

I thought of another funny food name.... "Eton Mess" My favourite pudding....

Totally!!!!

Your feet sound okay from your description. Read the bit in the links that refers to hip weakness and inward rotation of the femur (i.e. running a bit knock kneed for a better way of explaining it), that can also cause runners knee. Maybe a trip to a sports physio?

Patellofemoral syndrome is associated with a whole host of stride flaws, often either higher up (hip weaknesses) or down below (ankle problems). http://running.competitor.com/2014/03/injury-prevention/are-you-committing-these-form-flaws_292 http://www.running-physio.com/pfps-gait/

I meant she hadn't mentioned any particulars about her gait, e.g. "I'm a flat-footed heel striker with rear foot pronation" etc.

So far you haven't mentioned anything about shoes and gait. Did you have gait analysis before you bought your current shoes? Do you pronate? Do you supinate? Are you flat footed? Do you have fixed or flexible arches? Do you heel strike?