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  • Can I ask what you do exercise wise?? Fruit sugar can be a bit of a bugger if you're quite sedentary as the fructose is processed by the liver and laid down to fat much quicker if you're not active enough. I feel that starting out it's worthwhile speaking to a qualified dietician to get meal plans sorted out that are…
  • I second this, make sure it's an odd number of strides, also make sure you aren't going to fast, control your breathing as well, if you're struggling for breath you might just be going too fast. When I first started I expected the speed to come too fast, just keep putting the miles in the legs the speed will come on it's…
  • You're lucky with only 30min, if I do cardio I'm about 2hrs in advance I have to eat, although I can work on an empty stomach. If I'm doing very early morning and just want a little bit of energy I tend to go for protein powder and mix it in yogurt (protein powder mixed with water is rank and I can't drink it), or half a…
  • More a matter of discipline, like someone else said I kow the day before what I'm going to do the following day and I will stick to this plan. I'm training for my first marathon, so I have my plan in place, I know hopw many miles I need to run and what days I'm doing those miles and have routes mapped out for the next 3…
  • Maybe time to speak to a nutritionist or dietician, you might not be eating enough!! I run 4 times a week, weights twice a week and a PT session (tends to focus on cardio) once a week, I'm 1800 calories on my days that I'm not training and add in an extra 200-300 calories on the days I'm training. What are your percentages…
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