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Great run! Well done!

I don't think many people like running when they first start out, because it's hard, it's uncomfortable, and you can't go far before your lungs are burning. You make it worse if you try to run too fast. Run slower, and do run/walk intervals as people have suggested. If you are always killing yourself trying to shoot for a…

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great week last week, and looking forward to another one this week! I had a pretty good week - got all my running in, squash, but only 1 bodyweight strength session. For me, the strength stuff is always what slides when I am busy. I ran my 10 km time trial on Saturday in 60 min and 42 sec. I…

I agree with sijomial about using TDEE method instead of MFP way. I use the TDEE method to maintain my weight because I prefer to have a consistent total to shoot for every day. The TDEE method gives you a daily calorie goal that accounts for your exercise / activity level, so you don't eat back exercise calories. Use an…

Yeah, what the others said - it will come back, you just have to run slower while it does. I have had quite a few extended breaks over the last 8 years, due to having babies and such, but whenever I did get out to run, I could still run a slow 5 km (operative word is *slow*); I'm talking 35 - 37 minutes. My 5 km time came…

Hi, I'm not running ultras, just training for a HM (short distance in comparison), but I use TDEE method to spread calories evenly over the week. I also adjust this TDEE up or down if my training increases or decreases. TDEE works better for me because I found that if I was doing MFP + eat back exercise cals, I lost more…

1. stir-fry it with lots of veges and serve with rice 2. sliced chicken, mushrooms, olives and jar of bolognese sauce and serve with pasta quick and delicious

I put my calories up.

I like black tea, mostly for the caffeine. 3 or 4 cups a day, with a dash of skim milk. Have never been able to enjoy the taste of coffee, or any of the herbal teas. I did try lemon and ginger tea when I had bad morning sickness, but unfortunately, it made me feel sick!

Hi everyone, hope your week has started well, and you're all on track! I'm a bit tired today - 14 km run on Saturday (which went really well, thanks, Skim - 91 mins easy); my son's engagement party Saturday night (at which I drank back all the cals I'd earned from my run - it was a reasonable exchange, I think), 45 min run…

Hi, I'm running my first half marathon in May, another in July, and another (hopefully) in September. Feel free to add me, and anyone else can too.

Thanks for recapping your race for us. Well done to run under those conditions! Was that your first half marathon? I am training for my first half, so love to hear everyone's race stories to get an idea of what it might be like! Thanks again!

Good to see you back, EGirl, and glad you're feeling better!

I guess you would call me a pear shape as well. I am very lean up top, and carry more weight/fat in my thighs. I have been running for 4 months, doing bodyweight strength training, playing squash and watching cals, and I am very happy with how my thighs are looking now. They carried me for 14 km this morning on my long…

Hi all, Mon - good luck with your low FODMAP diet. I hope they work out what your gut doesn't like. Candi - thank goodness your disruptive team member has been moved! I hope things settle down for you and your team now. I have my 90 min long run tomorrow morning (early), so gotta hit the sack soon. I have quite a bit on…

Hi all. My name is Michele, I'm 44 y/o, and live in Queensland, Australia. I am currently training for my first half marathon in May this year, with hopefully another in July, and one is September. 10 km is my longest race distance to date. I have done a few 3, 4 and 5 km races over the years. I first started running about…

Digital food scales are a must in my mind. Portion sizes are so much smaller than you think. 100 g of cooked rice looks tiny in the bottom of your bowl; 100 g of chicken breast is a lot smaller than you think; bread is always heavier than the serving size suggests; 30 g of almonds is not many almonds; and the weight of a…

Nice job with the weight loss and self-deprecating-ness. (I also just tapped my collar bones).

Hey everyone, glad to hear people are already off to a great start this week! Mon - your food today sounds delicious! Candi - way to go with 30DS this morning! I did that in November last year, and it was great - great when you know the pain will all be over in 20 minutes! I did feel a lot stronger after doing it. Skim -…

Hi, I believe that most methods of body fat estimation can be inaccurate, but I think if you use a couple of different methods, you can get a reasonable indication, or broad estimate at least, of what you might be around, and then you can monitor the downward trend as you continue to strength train. It seems unlikely that…

Thankyou - I will try to trust and enjoy!

My husband and I share a Garmin GPS Watch, and he never wears the chest strap to monitor his HR, but the watch still gives an estimate of calories burned at the end of a run. The watch is set up with my age, weight, height, resting HR. I think it uses my stats and works out cals burned based on time and distance.

Thankyou! I have heard my husband talk about negative splits, too. I shall have to try that!

That sounds delicious!

Well done on the weight loss and the new job, Serenity! You must be very busy.

Hey everyone, hope your week is going well. I'm on track so far for the week - did hill training this morning (for the first time), which involved 10 mins of warm-up run, then 6 x 200 m hill efforts, with jog back recovery, then 10 mins cool-down run. I have a GPS watch that I share with my husband, and it uploads the data…

Well done on your loss this month, DeeBee! Candi - glad you are back after your bout of anxiety. It is the pits, isn't it? Can you work out what influenced it? For me, it's never 1 clear cut cause, but an accumulation of generalised worry about everything!! (work, finances, kids, global warming, etc, etc) Mon - you are a…

Hi everyone, hope you are all starting off the week well. Congrats on your weight loss this week Allie - you sound very positive and on track. Sweetysmum - Well done on getting up for spin class! Glad you're back on the wagon this week! I did pretty well last week: got in my 4 runs, squash, and 1 bodyweight strength…

Hi Lou, It will be my first half marathon. I should be ready for it, assuming no injuries or other factors (loss of motivation, getting too busy, etc). My longest race distance to date was 10 km about 8 - 9 years ago, then I had another 3 children which meant my running has been on-off for the last 8 years. I have only…

Hi Broncos, sorry to hear about your grandmother. I hope she is recovering from her surgery ok. I plan on running a half marathon at the Rocky River run in Rockhampton on May 25. (Rocky is local for me), then maybe the Gold Coast on the first weekend in July. My son plans on running the half at the Gold Coast, too, and my…