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Listen to your doctor. Rest. Your biking will take care of your endorphins and lower cardio endurance. I know it sucks to not run. Think of it as an opportunity to work on your upper body in the mean time. Maybe even think of it as a taper. You'll come back stronger after you readjust.

It does take a while for your bones, joints, and muscles to toughen up when you start running - I had some discomfort the first 3 months I was running, and then when I overdo it, I feel it for a week afterwards with clicking knees and sore tendons and reduced mileage :(. I agree with adding a bit of incline - 1.0 is a good…

I started running about a year ago, and I felt similarly when starting out. It takes about 6-8 weeks for the body to adjust to new activities. For the first two or three weeks, I'd run to the end of the block, pant for a few minutes, and then walk a block. If you follow a couch to 5k routine, they will tell you for the…

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I was in a similar situation, started running in May of last year without having really run prior to that. It took about 2 months before I found that I could run 2-3 miles without stopping (hint, pace is the key). Your bones have to adjust to the impact, muscles and tendons too. I upped my mileage from about 15 miles per…

I enjoy running stairs, elliptical, and body weight/plyometrics as cross training activities, mainly because they're inside and it gives me some way to work out if the weather is uncooperative. Walking's a good one too. I agree with sleeping too xD. I hope your 30k goes well! When is that coming up for you?

I agree with the other advice given here (great job, MFP community) and would like to add my two cents as a newer runner myself (started about 10 months ago, have run a couple half marathons and run 5-6 times a week): 1. How do you warm up? Everyone has a different way of warming up, but typically 5-10 minutes of lower…

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Caffeine and stress and anxiety led me to change my diet and activity. I did, however, find that I liked being active - it gives me no crash or jitters like coffee does and exercise makes me feel good.

It's great that you signed up for the 5k! You should totally be ready for it in May doing c25k. One of the things that I would recommend to you is to go to a running store if you haven't already and get fitted for a pair of running shoes. It's amazing imo what a difference running in a good pair of trainers can make in how…

I'm a guy, and I had a friend who was kind of drunk compliment me in front of his girlfriend saying "dude, you look awesome, I'd totally bang you." I knew what he meant by it (keep up the good work, man!), and it got me to laugh. Much different dynamic than your situation, though.

I've lost about 40 lbs in about 9 months by cutting out things that my body doesn't really process well (dairy, wheat), eating lots more fruit and green things, drinking 3 quarts of water a day, buying a pair of running shoes and running for 45 min 4-5 times a week, and doing strength workouts 1-2 times a week. All of…

Best tasting plant-based protein powder I've tried was hemp protein powder. It tastes nutty. Doesn't dissolve very well, but a blender takes care of that.

I love what lunges do for me, especially walking lunges. It makes me feel strong to pick a target 50 yards away and say "I'm going to lunge to that fire hydrant." Also helps with IT band syndrome. Make every day leg day!

I'm a fan of apples and almond butter in the morning. And watermelon. :D If you want to change up the taste of the oatmeal a bit, add some nuts and fruit to it. Leftovers are pretty tasty and easy in the morning too.

Beef Jerky. :D

How often are you running? If you are not running 3 times or more a week, then build up to running 3x per week. To challenge your aerobic systems, one of the runs that you do per week should be longer than the other runs. One way to do that would be 5 minute warm up, 5 minute cool down, and 3 12 minute medium effort…

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I hit 100! Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I'm so proud of those of you who hit your goals, as well as the ones who did what they could. You all are awesome!

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Depends on how active you are. If you're a distance runner or athlete, your activity will typically deplete any reasonable excesses that you have. If you're sedentary, you probably want to cut it back. Your electrolytes do balance each other; as long as you're getting your RDA of potassium, calcium, and magnesium, you…

Yay everyone, keep up the good work! :D Just 5 days left, finish strong! I'm up to 86 miles now, only 14 miles to go. I'm kind of thankful I started doing 2 a days last week and the week before, I probably wouldn't be this close if it weren't for that.

20 down, 80 to go. Wooooo!

Yay anime! I watched DBZ and Sailor Moon when I was a kid, but then I kind of forgot about them after a while. When I got to college, my cousin introduced me to IRC (a chat program) and his online friends. They were very much into anime (as well as The Idolm@ster game and Touhou games) and made some suggestions as to what…

9/3 - 1 mile 9/4 - 4 miles Total of 15 miles so far.

I'm in. 9/1 - 3.2 morning, 1.0 evening = 4.2 9/2 - 5.2 morning, 0.6 evening = 5.8 So far, 10% down!

You can make them raw - soak them overnight in the refrigerator in water or almond milk, then blend them in a blender with fruit.

Old fashioned oatmeal with tons of cinnamon; cut up apple, berries or grapes, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds and almond milk. For a while I was having all that in a smoothie with protein powder - tasted like fruity pancake batter. Not a low calorie breakfast at all, but it's good fuel for the day, and it keeps me…

There's some research on this page - http://www.theiflife.com/how-much-protein-per-day-build-muscle/ - saying that protein synthesis does increase with post-workout protein, but over 9 hours, that difference evens out. Here's a quote basically summing it up: "When you have the right kind of recovery and still eat enough…