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I don't think that they're error prone as much as they're clearly not as useful for people who gain more than a modest amount of fat in their wrists.

I mostly run mornings where I often have a split between dark/semi-dark and sun, especially on weekends when I typically go out later so I can get a wee bit more sleep and am out longer. When it was a little cooler the daylight didn't make a difference. Now that it's starting to get warm and humid I can tell. I feel like…

You really don't. Runs filled with pain, leering, gawking and nasty comments from people who don't understand that body parts that contain fat are likely to jiggle no matter what you do are nowhere near as fun as they may seem. Not to mention that these bras we're talking about are often $70 a piece, not because they're…

A lot of full bust bloggers swear by the Panache sports bra but because of its molded cups, when it's a bust it's a bust. I'm sort of an unusual full bust fit. I'm high set so there was too much bra there. I had actually sized up for the sports bra because I was between the GG/H in Panache bras at the time. The bra fit me…

I'm sorry that I can't recommend any brands at this point since it has been a little while since I have bought shoes exclusively for walking. I found that when walking was my primary activity and I used to walk 4-8 miles at a pop that shoes made specifically for walking were fairly comfortable. I've even done OK in my…

I haven't withheld comment on the rare occasion I see something because I'm afraid of other people. It's just that I'm not a trainer and I'm never going to be familiar with the 1001 reasons why someone may be doing something. Someone could have pre-existing injuries or conditions that necessitate modification. For all I…

I like Dessert Essence but I'm really not sure what a full price bottle of the stuff goes for currently as every time my mom visits she brings me multiple so it's been more than a year since I've had to buy my own. Knowing my mom I would suspect that means it goes on sale often enough, though. I know you wrote off Whole…

We're talking about someone whose base diet includes twenty bananas not two. Has anyone here actually run the numbers for twenty bananas? I do most of my food by grams, but for simplicity's sake let's just say this woman is eating twenty 7-8 inch bananas. That right there is 2100 calories, 26 grams of protein and 8 grams…

Target. I mean, I don't know and I certainly didn't consider buying them.

I don't have a HRM so don't have to worry about its accuracy for lifting burn estimates. Like a couple other posters I simply use the MFP estimate. My rate of loss is pretty close to expected so that's good enough for me for now.

Whenever I get sick I curl up with a blanket and watch Studio Ghibli movies. I have a hard time picking a favorite. It's usually the last one I watched. I'm really looking forward to seeing The Wind Rises but I fear it will take forever to be released here.

Unless your soup has only three or four lonely beans floating in it, even it is bound to be a decent source of potassium. Beans have tons.

I love them. I'll eat pickled beets straight out of the package. Since I found some frozen beets I've been adding them, in half serving amounts, to my blueberry banana chocolate smoothies. Even my toddler loves them that way.

In the beginning there can be a lot of guess work. How active you are and how much you burn is always going to be an estimate so don't feel bad if you're still trying to puzzle through what's an appropriate level. Faithful food logging will go a long way towards helping you set the proper activity level. I set myself as…

My heart rate has lowered almost 10 bpm since I started running a few months ago. This is even better than when I was doing HIIT on an exercise bike. Diet and free weights helped me lose weight and maintain muscle mass, though. If you use running to help create your calorie deficit (e.g., you do not eat all your exercise…

But for the fact that someone who has already entered a brand, an item description, a calorie content and a serving size has already assisted the community. I'm always happy when something I'm adding to my diary is in the database at all. Whomever put it there has already done me a favor by reducing what I need to enter…

Why? You're always free to help out and edit missing information yourself. I don't think people should be obligated to add values they don't personally track unless they feel like it.

Have you been on Fitocracy yet? Also, since no one mentioned it here yet, there's also Nerd Fitness. They put a geeky spin on training.

Really? Undulations, figure 8s, hip circles, rib cage circles, hip drops, mayas, taksims? I mean, that's hardly an all inclusive list for ab work and belly dance is definitely not all belly but most dancers tend to develop abs of steel regardless of what covers them for a reason. I think how much play the glutes get as…

Nice. For anyone who has access to a rack, using it to set up hip thrusts is another way not to have to drag the bar over your legs. After reading about the set-up on T-Nation (http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/rack_hip_thrusts&cr=) I tried it last week and it was fairly easy. No more bar bruises!

For day-to-day things you're probably over-thinking this a little. Since you say you don't have time to develop a meal plan you'll probably do best to think about your favorites and see which of those can be easily modified. I would start with meals you love where the modifications are simple, like drop the cheese (or sub…

The thing about measurements is that most people only take a few of the big ones. In my case, I regularly do bust, underbust, waist, hip, thigh and upper arm but it's not as if I'm only losing weights from those specific locations. In the beginning I lost a substantial amount of fat on the back of my thighs but that didn't…

Are you a lace knitter? For me, putting up progressively heavier weights is like completing increasingly complex lace work. Have you ever come across a pattern at some point you just couldn't follow but months (or even years later) after knitting away at easier things you could finally execute that difficult pattern and…

Since I've not done my first bulk yet I feel like I understand cutting a lot better. There was a time when I would have said dieting scared me and was filled with all these impossible variables but I think those days are behind me now. If a cut isn't working quite as expected I feel like I know what to tighten up to get…

I mostly lurk in this group because I never did more than the first day of C25K. I started doing HIIT in January and running in May. Turns out that all my HIIT workouts had increased my stamina so much that C25K was a little slow for where I was (not wholly beneficial as I promptly gave myself shin splints because I…

I've become more flexible as I age because I started to work at it. I was not a very flexible kid but I didn't do anything to become more so. When talking about specific yoga moves, there are some I know I do better if I am a little thinner but for most positions it hasn't made a difference. My biggest leap in flexibility…

If you're only trying to get to 50 grams of protein a day this shouldn't be too challenging. Amount of protein per 200 grams: potato: 4 grams banana, raw, unpeeled: 2 gram blueberries, raw: 1 gram spinach, raw: 6 grams swiss chard, raw: 4 grams brown rice: 5 grams quinoa: 9 grams nutritional yeast: 90 grams (9 grams in 20…

I don't think there's ever a problem with greeting other runners. Just keep in mind that there are hundreds of reasons someone might not say "hello" back and most of them have absolutely nothing to do with you. You might also be reading irritation when there is none.

I'm Jillian. I'm a long-time vegan and a relatively new runner. I'm only running 3-4 days per week right now because I'm also lifting three days a week and prefer to save my running for non-lift days for better recovery. Right now I'm trying to get my 5K time consistently under 30 minutes. I'm also trying to do a…

I love running in the rain, especially since it's so humid normally in the summer. Rain is a refreshing change.