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Likewise runner's trots earns you 50% more calories for having to do a knock-kneed waddle all the way to the nearest toilet.

Well done for starting to run and getting properly fitted running shoes! Many beginner runners get shin splints from trying to heel land and roll through the foot - simply lifting your toes with every step strains the muscles that run down the front of the foot. For many people mid-foot landing is more gentle. Simply allow…

You might not be getting that great a workout and could hurt your neck if you're keeping your head out of the water. Put some Boots Sun Swim and Gym Protection Masque through your hair: http://www.boots.com/en/Boots-Sun-Swim-and-Gym-Protection-Masque-for-Normal-Hair-150ml_1262103/ Get a latex rather than silicone cap so it…

Amazing results, well done sir!

Start with MFP's recommendations. If you gain weight after the first week cut your daily calories by 100. Repeat.

Sprint distance triathlon!

Bear in mind that IIFYM includes exercise activity in its calculations, MFP expects you to record exercise outside your everyday activity separately.

I'm a terrible procrastinator! Doing things you need to do needs to become a habit and needs deadlines, like when you were studying. Try the 15-minute rule. Set an alarm for 15 minutes, switch everything else off - TV, phone, music, computer - and do just that task. At the end of 15 minutes you can take a break, start…

The world's best looking men and women are all to be found in the MFP Success Stories forum, obvs :flowerforyou:

Maybe you're thinking "It's only two miles, I can hit it hard" and setting off too fast? Edit: I see that's not the case so... Also, sometimes it takes me a couple of miles to get into my stride- that first part is a *kitten*, but it gets easier further on. You're currently cutting off before you get to the good bit! I'd…

^^^ This. You're already a healthy weight, so I wouldn't focus too much on the scales if I were you.

How tall are you and how have you determined your goal weight? You look in great shape, and 148lb is slim for many women :flowerforyou:

Love a spud, me! I'm probably done with them until autumn/winter though. I'd try weighing your ingredients, though. A very modest potato is around 240 calories, and 30g of cheddar is 125.

I dunno, age didn't stop me getting on the leader board my gym's one-minute burpee challenge (at the end of the HIIT circuit class) but after three weeks I sprained the joints in my feet and hands and haven't been able to burpee since :laugh:

I've walked along a section of The Great Wall, which I can safely say has a LOT of steep stairs, and even that didn't get to me like that damned escalator!

I live in a third floor flat, work in a second floor office and walk up three sets of escalators and several staircases during my commute to work every. It's just that one escalator that kills me! Just pondering on the mysteries of fitness never making you fit for everything life throws at you :flowerforyou:

I run outside (including hills where they appear, but it's not super-hilly in north London!), and do other stuff when I go to the gym.

I'd write off today altogether and start afresh tomorrow, otherwise you'll always be running in calorie debt. Think about saving a few calories a day during the week for the odd hungry day rather than trying to catch up afterwards.

But what about your recorded exercise? MFP will increase your daily calorie limit in line with the exercise you record.

In for more!

Wow, that's speedy! Thanks!

Sounds good, thanks. One side of my local park is around 200m, so I could run that followed by easy running the next two sides. This would also help me get used to the fact I can run different paces, not just go fast then walk until I can breathe again!

Isn't it just?! The last one was on a track, this is on roads around the edge of St James Park in London. I like to say it's the last 1/26th of the London Marathon! One thing I won't do again is try and set a time to beat on the dreadmill, it felt like an eternity!

That's a great idea, thanks! I work near Kensington Gardens and often run round there at lunchtime, so I could try the actual course out after work.

I'm definitely going to make one mid-week run intervals, thanks!

Weighing daily has helped me discover that salad and water leave me 5lb up and the duvet hovering, but my patented "beer and pizza cleanse" brings about a record low on the scales.

Wow, that's right up there in the top 10 MFP transformations, you look fabulous!

Running isn't compulsory, and not everyone who does it regularly loves it! Conversely, not everyone who loves it is good at it. I love the idea of running - the other day I dreamt I easily ran a 4:08 Marathon without training - the reality not always so much - it's a good day if I run a 36 minute 5K. I've blogged some…

Planks, side planks, planks with reach-under, Spiderman planks... see where I'm going here? :smile: I also like leg-lowers and tables with opposite arm and leg raise - you've probably done it in Pilates.

C25K is a brilliant way to start. You may find the early weeks easy, but don't skip any, they really build up your base aerobic capacity. Many people find they need to repeat a week or two once the intervals get to 10 minutes or more. Here's a link to my beginners' running tips:…