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I have heard about a lot of people getting killed by carbs. Specifically, fiber seems to be bad. Like, trees during a thunderstorm. When they fall on top of you. Those carbs are the WORSE

BTW, from http://qcwcycling.org/area-rides/ Winter Schedule: In effect during Daylight Standard Time, from the first Sunday in October until the first Sunday in April. QCW Base Training Ride: Sunday 8:45am. Runs from October to early-March. This is a moderately paced Fall/Winter base building ride. Usually each ride is…

I joined a bike club - $75 for 3 years or so. I also joined a running group - mine is a training group preparing for a 10k (for $75/13 weeks) There are a lot of casual running groups - check some local running stores, they always have something going. Or check churches if that is your thing. While those probably get…

I just drink it as is - most of the "add ins" I like - like bananas, peanut butter, chocolate - add a lot of calories that I rather spend on something else. So I have 20 grams of protein for 90 calories and rather eat a banana afterwards.

I did a sprint tri in July - I hadn't done any swimming, hell - I hadn't been in the water since the summer before (with the exception of 3 days before to test the swim leg). Needless to say I sucked hard at the swim and came out 4th to last (out of 100). I picked up a little cause bike was my strength, and I passed 15 to…

He seriously said that? It's of course not true, unless you cover the same distance. From what I understand, the amount of calories mainly depends on the distance you do, so if you walk 3 miles or run 3 miles doesn't make much of a difference. Unfortunately, you take a lot longer and since most people schedule their…

I'd say training is less important than proper nutrition and hydration. Your run today won't increase your endurance/stamina on race day, but if you start drinking and eating right - and from what I understand, especially drinking - you can actually get better. If you have never tried GU or so, maybe just eat one. Don't…

Not sure about the elliptical, but when I bought running shoes, the guy in the store told me to go with a wide or different pair because he doesn't want my feet to get numb -- so my guess would be shoes. Do you have some very wide, comfy shoes you can try next time and see if it happens again?

If I shower in the morning and work out in the afternoon/evening, I still don't "stink". Yeah, I am not fresh as a morning meadow, but I do not stink. I believe it's that way for the average person and I believe people who really stink have avoided the shower for more than a day. From what I understand, sweat meanly stinks…

If you can read a book during exercise, you are not doing it right :-) I like to watch TV shows, because it fits my usual exercise time. I can watch 1 drama show (40 min) or 2 sitcom episodes (2 x 20 min). Same when I am running, I am listening to Friends episodes, I extracted the audio from the DVDs and listen to those.…

Sounds like you have been on her *kitten* a little about eating stuff like that? Similar to GIGO, it often is also "attitude in, attitude out". I apologize if I am way off and you may not want to hear it, but sometimes it is really what goes around comes around. I know from myself that I can get a little "preachy" when I…

"whole wheat" != "whole grain" and basically doesn't indicate any health benefit. "wheat flour" doesn't mean much, it still doesn't mean it is whole grain and neither does "multigrain"! Wheat is just a type of grain, like rye, barley, corn, spelt and multigrain just means it uses a variety. Whole grain includes a lot of…

Since we are multiplying, no parenthesis are necessary at all.

Not the way you write it, but please note that density = mass / volume. That means we can change the equation to: Weight = Density x Volume x Gravity And voila, there you have a relation to density and everyone can see that a higher density can lead to a higher weight.

Oh boy, seems like most of MFP slept through science classes! Square inch is a measurement unit of area, not volume. You are probably thinking of a cubic inch?

Simply enjoying the hell out of it. This is the only thing that keeps me in Michicrap -- it sure as heck isn't the winter mess. And If the mortgage crisis hadn't gotten us all upside down on the mortgage, I would have been in Arizona a long time ago! I also find "staying cool" in the summer is so much more fun than…

Delete the space before the N to see the page. Yeah, it doesn't show much difference, but one of the things that the overweight you probably did is always suck in the gut. So, your initial pictures are not reflecting the March you but is the March you with a sucked in gutt. Now in the pictures, you are probably more…

I like the Aztec brand, 2 for 150 calories. They are not the lowest calorie option but they taste GREAT. Most of the low carb/low fat/low calorie versions just taste like feet! The Aztec are also quite a bit bigger, so don't only compare calories, also compare how much you are getting

We often buy 2 pounds of lean ground beef or turkey and make little meat balls (< golf ball size). Those are an excellent snack, easy to make, they can be eaten hot and cold. Mix up the flavor for example add chili powder and cumin, oregano and garlic, or curry. Go light on bread crumbs but don't omit them totally. We make…

It probably doesn't help much but in case you are just looking for new music to run to, I LOVE running to the soundtrack of Burnout (1 to 3 are all good!) Right now I am on part 3: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnout_3_soundtrack Burnout is a car racing game that my husband used to play on the Xbox and I remembered that…

We have the elephant dude. It's not like he is overweight, but on the treadmill, he runs too close to the front so he almost touches the panel. Unfortunately that causes him to stomp on the plastic cover over the front of the belt so about every third or fourth step is a loud *FLOMP* as he kicks the plastic. I am not sure…

First of all, I didn't see where he/she said they picked it up. Secondly, I think you can control where your dog $hits! You should have them on a leash when walking them through a neighborhood. If he just roams the neighborhood, how do you know where he took a dump to pick it up? I think it is definitely a dog owner's…

Wow, some opinions floor me. So if I don't want a dog to defecate into my yard, then I am supposed to spend hundreds of dollars on a fence? So YOUR dog doesn't take a *kitten* in MY yard? I walk barefoot through my yard and then I walk into my house and I certainly would be stark raving mad if I accidentally carried dog…

That could be an indicator that you are usually not eating enough and starving yourself. Over the vacation, you fed your body the amount it needs to lose healthy and that's what it did!

Sure, you are logging for yourself, right? So you already know, right? So you might as well put it in writing. It can be a great tool to look back and see how this affected you and your weight loss -- if you are good at your next weigh in, you know it's not that bad. If you don't lose or gain, you know you have to be very…

Here is one more thing that always makes me wonder... So, when people discuss the barefoot running, they always quote the natural running style of Kenyans or Ethiopians which is much more efficient than our thick-shoed running. Now, two things that I am wondering about: - What shape are their joints, hips and legs in once…

Here is some more about the metabolism and smoking issue: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/quit-smoking/AN01437 They say it returns to normal, but I have read somewhere else that it goes beyond that. I don't think people who pick up smoking lose weight - which would be the case otherwise. If you gain 10 pounds after you…

Quitting to smoke also majorly slowed down my metabolism. I did NOT start eating when I quit and still, the pounds keep piling on.

I actually like running in the rain too. As for your question - no, I think it is quite a bit less. If you run in place you only kinda move yourself up and down. If you run outside, a lot of the running is propelling yourself forward And jumping rope is probably better if you do it right

So many of those comments are ridiculous and while they are meant to be supportive, they are not. Smack the *kitten* out of him, really? How about the other way round, a woman calls her husband a fat slob, should he also smack the *kitten* out of her? The OP is married, with children and while the things her husband is…