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Me :) from Brissie.

W2S2 done and dusted! I did what was suggested and dropped from 7 km/hr walks and 10 km/hr runs to 6.5 km/hr walks and 9 km/hr runs. It felt really comfortable. How is everyone else?

Thanks for helping - I think I'm going to go with the dumbbell rather than the EZ bar.

They have dumb bells but I don't know what the equivalent free weight alternative to a deadlift is.

Yep - log it and move on. But at the end of the day, it was ONE DAY. So maybe it set you back a week? Big deal. The bigger risk is that one bad day becomes quitting all together and that could set you back months or years. Today is a new day, move forward, and don't punish yourself.

Our bodies are extremely efficient at walking because we do it so often. I would just set your activity level to active, so it will adjust your TDEE, but don't double log it by also logging it as walking. HTH

LMAO Runners sure do like to advertise their obsession ;)

And they would only eat her IIFYM. Seriously, legs are gorgeous on women.

Awesome!!! I love lifting!

So this thread is just a space for you to be a sarcastic *kitten*? Got it.

OK - great idea. I'll work on endurance. I usually keep going until the interval component equals 5 km. And thanks for your help.

I have this book and I'm starting NROL4W on Tuesday. It's so exciting! I was at the gym trialling the lifts today and getting my form right. I like NROL4W. Happy to learn alongside you.

New Rules of Lifting for Women is great. I just hired a trainer to teach me stage 1 and I start Tuesday with her. So excited! I'll see her twice at the start of each new set (every six or seven weeks) to learn proper form. Happy to buddy up with other newbies to NROL4W.

W2S1 for me today. I am coming off a gastro bug so I thought I would be tired and lagging. But... I managed the 5 min warm up walk, and the 6 90+90 run/walk intervals, plus another 4 intervals! I felt really strong. Can I cheat and skip to W3S1?

Awful awful awful show. Unhealthy to the max.

I'm about to start New Rules of Lifting for Women (NROL4W). Happy to have a new training partner :) The programs are downloadable online.

Your ticker shows quite a lot of weight loss. It is possible when you were very large to burn that amount - but for people of normal weight or slightly overweight, it is a tall stretch at most.

I feel better if I do light cardio when I have DOMS. Warm up, stretch, cool down. I might burn at most 200 calories but I am doing it for comfort, not for deficit.

I find it very hard to crack 10 cal/minute. When I do crack that limit, I can't hold it for an hour. Intervals might be your best bet for "Bang for your buck" but again, if you can do them for an hour, you aren't doing them right.

Uh no. Where did anyone say that? Water weight comes and goes and isn't restricted to the first phases of a diet. Create a reasonable calorie deficit by diet and/or exercise and stick to it. So easy.

BroScience strikes again. I sometimes hold onto the handrails when I am gasping for breath after the sprint interval component of HIIT.

A note to all women: cheap tights are transparent when you stretch. I don't want to know that you have a pad on :(.

Yep... impatiently waiting...

Cool. I just booked a PT to help me start my weight lifting program and make sure my form is ok. It is exciting!

Your exercise is counter productive. It will be burning muscle which gives you tone and elevates your BMR ever so slightly. Why shoot yourself in the foot like that?

Drinking fluid in general suppresses hunger.

OK that makes sense - thanks. Rest, water and maintenance calories are in order til I'm on my feet again :).

Not "worried", just perplexed. I really don't understand why I didn't lose weight. I understand this has put me back a week or so in terms of lifting and dieting, and that is ok, but I don't really understand.

I changed it to 0.5 kgs / week. It increased my net calories to just under 1400, I'll try that. But... I got food poisoning yesterday, ate 1200 calories in total, lost a lot of fluid the wrong way (no details, it is TMI) and still managed to put on weight. WTF?

3 lbs can also be due to your menstrual cycle plus water stored in your muscles... I suggest tracking your cycle along with your weight and measurements.