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$69/month here in DC. I've seen it as low as $45, but the class options sucked, which is all I need the gym for - I run for my cardio, I just need peer pressure and structure for strength training. My gym has over 60 different classes - I go at least twice a week, so I figure I'm paying $8.50/class. Which is cheaper than…

Have you tried them roasted in bacon fat with bits of bacon, blue cheese, and roasted walnuts? Om nom nom.

Considering I've been known to eat blood sausage, pig's liver, congealed pigs blood, and dog... I'm going to go with cottage cheese. Blergh, looks like a nasty yeast infection.

Eggs! Certain types of cheese are better than others. Beans. When I need a protein bomb after working out with a vegetarian (hiking, running a race, etc), I make my version of huevos rancheros - two corn tortillas with cheese melted in between and an egg dropped on top (kind of like eggy toast in quesada form). Add salsa,…

I had this problem before I got used to running outside - I have mild asthma and being active in the cold weather was brutal and I used to need to take a hit off my inhaler before I like, went on a hike or something. But now that I'm outside almost every morning in the cold I'm more used to it and haven't used my inhaler…

I've been gluten free for over a year now. I eat leftovers, gluten free soups, salads (with gf dressing), and the Indian food packets - like Tastybite or whatever. Nice spiced channa masala that heats up in a minute. :-)

Nope! My first 5k (also my first race) I started too fast and got awful side cramps. So I ran it when I could and walked it when I needed to breathe it out. Just do what you can do and push yourself as much as you can without hurting yourself. :-)

I run 3-4 days a week for 40 minutes to an hour, do 45 minutes of cross training twice a week and yoga (75 minutes) once a week. I have one or two days of complete rest, so sometimes those double up - anywhere from 40 minutes to two hours of working out on any given day (or zero if it's rest). Currently it looks like -…

I'm not pregnant (or trying), but I was doing a lot of reading about running-for-women and pregnancy was not surprisingly discussed a lot. There's a fair amount of literature on maintaining a running routine during pregnancy, so I *am* surprised by the 20 minute limit on the elliptical. A quick search -…

One more tip: get everything ready to go the night before. I wake up, brush my teeth, throw my gym clothes on, grab my backpack with my work clothes, grab my lunch from the fridge, and I'm out the door in under ten-fifteen minutes. It makes it easier to get up-and-go.

Going to bed and waking up the same time every day for a few weeks - it will reset your system a bit. At this point, I usually wake up five minutes before my alarm.

From my local news: Months after assault on Custis Trail jogger, physical and psychological effects continue http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/physical-psychological-effects-of-attack-of-jogger-on-custis-trail-continue-months-later/2013/10/23/63371e72-36a0-11e3-8a0e-4e2cf80831fc_story.html

Agreed - taking precautions for the worst possible scenario is the right way to go, but don't let fear stop you from running!

I live in a very urban city with a high crime rate, and my part of town is "transitional." I run, but instead of crime I'm generally more worried about being seen by idiot drivers (I use high visibility belts and wrist bands etc). There's your statistics, of course, but I also think I'm *probably* more likely to get…

I said *I have found* as in, *my personal experience* that since I started running, that my leg muscles are more intense. Thank you for telling me how *my* body has or has not changed in the past six months.

So, I actually agree with you on juicing not working, etc. But... what you're basically saying is that you're disappointed that people are not being supportive of you not being supportive of someone else's diet choices. Or, put a different way, you're expecting people to fall all over themselves and say "Why yes, d'uh, you…

You can't spot reduce, unfortunately. You just need to thin down everything and it comes off however it works for your body. I have found since I started running that both my thighs and calves are pretty much all muscle now - which is not a thin down, really, more of a "muscle up."

Mix it with a salad, good for omelets or quiche, I also just fry it up with a tiny bit of butter and salt and eat it as a side dish.

That's what body pump *is*! I liked body pump a lot when I did it - it's good for toning and losing fat, as another poster said. I also think that for a lot of people without the funds for a personal trainer, weight training is intimidating because you don't know how to do it, don't know where to start, and then you need…

I eat back all of my calories. I'm not dieting - I'm changing my lifestyle. And that lifestyle now includes a permanent level of movement and fitness. Which, in order to do well, requires eating. I regularly run 4-6 miles, hike 10+ miles, etc. - if I don't eat most of that back, I won't have any energy at all to do that…

Habit, mostly. My alarm is set for the same time every morning, even if I'm not working out. Your body gets used to waking up at that time and going to bed at the right time to get the right amount of sleep. (I definitely don't go to bed at 9pm, but I'm one of those people who doesn't need a lot of sleep. I usually go to…

Hey! any yoga is beneficial. Do as much as you can. One of the things I did when I was starting out was I went to YogaDownload.com and supplemented my once or twice a week in the studio classes with the 20-45-60 minute audio or visual classes that I could do whenever it worked for me. Eventually you get to the point where…

When I worked at Starbucks in high school and people would be like - "A venti skim with whip white mocha. MAKE SURE THAT IS SKIM I'M ON A DIET." Lady, even with the skim, it's like 600 calories for a drink and the whipped cream alone is 100. Let me put some extra whip on that for you, eh?

I would talk to your doctor about if you're okay to run a marathon - they're the only ones that can really answer that effectively. Is this your first encounter with knee pain? I feel like all runners seem to encounter it at some point. I'm currently tackling mine by cutting back on my weekly mileage a bit and then easing…

Start smaller! If your baseline is 3,500, eat 3,000 for a week or two, then 2,500, then 2,000, etc. Decrease gradually and you won't feel like starving as much. Make sure MFP says 1 or .5 lbs as your goal as well. More isn't always better.

I have sixteen hours of ink on my body, but it's all under the business-appropriate clothes. :-) I work for a tattoo artist on the side (managing her e-mail and calendar). She's actually surprised I don't have more considering how much time I spend with tattoo artists! My big ones - My back piece: My shoulder: The one I…

Haha just to be clear, I live in a swamp that hits 100+ regularly with the added pleasure of humidity - the chaffing happens only in the summer time!

I don't know how big you were when you started out, but I'm pretty sure my upper thighs have always rubbed together, even at my thinnest. It's a common enough thing for women, as I've had extensive conversations with even skinny athletic women about what they use to prevent chafing when wearing a dress in the summer (body…

I think that this is very much a person-to-person and medicine-to-medicine thing - both the possible hormonal weight gain and addressing it. The answer will be exercise and eating right - and finding the right pill/medicine for you. I'm a HUGE fan of the Mirena (hormonal IUD). I don't have to remember to take anything at a…

I don't really understand it either - but I'm also of the mindset that exercise = tasty food. "Yay! I just burned 3,000* calories hiking all day! Burger! Fries! Booze!" A lot of people on this website aren't setting out to make a lifestyle change, they're looking to diet. Which, as someone else already pointed out, means…