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Thanks @Nony_Mouse! I was on a deficit for 5 weeks at 50% carbs, then went on a 4 weeks maintenance (not by choice but because as you said, my performance was just tanking and going back to maintenance helped with hunger). Now, I'm back to a deficit again and upped to 60%. I really like the idea of a regular weekly refeed.…

Does that mean that even if you are on a small deficit but on a reasonable amount of carbs, a higher carb maintenance refeed is required to get the hormone levels back to baseline? And is this true for both lean and not so lean people? For example, I'm on 1800 cals atm (60% carbs), which is approx 300 cal deficit and BF is…

Are you calculating your calorie intake correctly? You may be over-generous with your calculations and instead of 1432, you may be eating less than you think you have been. (Not an accusation, simply a possible explanation)

If you eat above maintenance, you will gain a bit of fat or muscle weight or both, whether it's a fraction of a pound, a pound or two pounds, depending on how much you ate above your energy requirements. Water weight gain will be the gain over and above the fat and/or muscle weight gain. All the stories you read about the…

You started out at 175 lbs according to your first thread back in August? If so, congrats, you've started your weight loss journey. However, you've also mentioned in several previous threads that you were going on a low cal diet so I would have expected you to lose quite a bit more than 4 pounds in over 2 months already,…

Isn't 18.0 underweight? Healthy weight is 18.5 - 25.

Or the alternative - if you get water retention all the time like me so no, I have never noticed any specific water retention before or during my period. I'm not overweight (5'6", 120 lbs) but edema's always been a problem for me and I get it a lot e.g. day after eating out, during hiking, on the plane etc. In fact, I…

I don't use MFP tools anymore as I prefer the TDEE - xx% method for calculating my calorie goal. However, I can understand why it can be confusing for newbies. Firstly, there is the "net" calorie intake which requires a consideration of counting calories burned. I don't believe this method is well known amongst the general…

I've tried adjusting my food timings for around a month so that I skip breakfast and have my main meal as dinner. Didn't work for me because I'd be sooo hungry by dinner that I used to binge a lot. So I moved back to my normal routine: Breakfast: 800 cals Lunch: 400 cals Dinner: 200 cals I'm on a 1400 cal diet and I stop…

I watched episode 2. I don't think they are saying anything that is new, TBH. All the Professor was saying was that in certain people, there are some genetic traits that make them "more hungry" and "think about food more". These people don't recognise being full or knowing when to stop eating. This is unlike the "naturally…

Haven't been able to post much. Too busy at work but keeping up with the running (mostly). Sounds as if most of you are doing well! 12/2 - 4.54 12/3 - 5.16 12/4 - 10 12/5 - 5.16 12/7 - 13.73 12/8 - 7.21 12/9 - 7.33 12/10 - 6.40 12/11 - 7.33 12/12 - 10

These monthly challenge threads move so quickly - speedy runners = speedy threads! 12/2 - 4.54 12/3 - 5.16 hill reps 12/4 - 10 easy 12/5 - 5.16 hill reps

Whoops! Yes, I do, lol... Edited.

Good luck trying to get the body shape shown in the pictures. You may have a genetically different shape to the ballerina or to Paula Radcliffe. If so, no point killing yourself over what may not be possible.

I'm not a personal trainer but I have pretty much the same problem spots as you. The poster @typhonrex was right. It's how your body stores fat. I had a dexa scan done previously which showed where my body fat was. Not surprisingly, most of my fat was concentrated around my arms, hips, thighs and calves and none around my…

11/2 - 17.40 (10k race/slow run home after that) 11/3 - 12.52 11/7 - stair reps 11/9 - 9.32 trail 11/11 - 8.07 11/12 - 10.56 11/13 - stair reps 11/15 - 6.03 trail/hill ints 11/16 - 16.16 trail 11/17 - 6.84 11/18 - 6.21 11/19 - stair reps (upping my reps today to 5 rounds of 300 steps each way!) 11/20 - 3.11 11/22 - 6.60…

Carbs aren't really evil, you know... If carbs satisfy your hunger, eat more carbs then. I've experimented with so many ways of eating from IF to zone to paleo etc and have found that it's not fats that fill me up nor is it protein. It's carbs that I can eat to satiety and feel good. I take a protein bar once a day for my…

@Fabnine, me impressive? What about you!! I only wished I had the stamina and discipline to do what you're doing! :smiley: But thanks heaps! I kinda failed in the last 10ks or so as it was burning by then and the trail took me to exposed hilltops with no shade.

What's the big difference? I had a quick look at USDA and nutritiondata and both show very similar data to the one you displayed. The only exception is that the carbs in the mfp data should be doubled to 60g per 100g serving. Perhaps dietary fibre was subtracted by the person who keyed in the info? Check McKenzie's label…

Well done to all who've hit their goal already especially those in the snow! Funny that, we are experiencing a heatwave down under and it is now 38C (that's 100F according to Google) as I write this sentence!! (ETA: duh, of course it is, lol) 11/2 - 17.40 (10k race/slow run home after that) 11/3 - 12.52 11/7 - stair reps…

If you do want to follow Matt Fitzgerald's nutrition plan, you'll need to abandon the low carb diet completely and go high carb (really high carb if you are doing a lot of runs each week). I've never been able to get enough carbs when I tried following it. This was a couple of years ago though. I might re-read his book…

11/2 - 17.40 (10k race/slow run home after that) 11/3 - 12.52 11/7 - stair reps 11/9 - 9.32 trail 11/11 - 8.07 11/12 - 10.56 11/13 - stair reps 11/15 - 6.03 trail/hill ints 11/16 - 16.16 trail 11/17 - 6.84 11/18 - 6.21 11/19 - stair reps (upping my reps today to 5 rounds of 300 steps each way!)

Not to be gender biased or anything but it's a known fact that women DNF less than men in ultras because we're mentally tougher and can adapt better to problems AND we care less about pride when things go off plan!! :) I'm sure you can do it!

In my 100km I did (prob equivalent to 140-150ish distance since it was extremely technical underfoot with many climbs all the way), I found that I was so totally sick of sweet gels by the 70km mark that I just couldn't take them. I couldn't eat real food either except for packets of chips and coffee (locally brewed…

11/2 - 17.40 (10k race/slow run home after that) 11/3 - 12.52 11/7 - stair reps 11/9 - 9.32 trail 11/11 - 8.07 11/12 - 10.56 11/13 - stair reps 11/15 - 6.03 trail/hill ints 11/16 - 16.16 trail Update ticker and total next post.

11/2 - 17.40 (10k race/slow run home after that) 11/3 - 12.52 11/7 - stair reps 11/9 - 9.32 trail 11/11 - 8.07 11/12 - 10.56

All of you folks running in such cold weather, wow. I'm cold if it's less than 10c (50F) and some of you are doing it below freezing point? Don't know how you do it! It's okay now. Still pretty swollen but can run on it. I'm reduced to the "CE" of rice now, lol. 11/2 - 17.40 (10k race/slow run home after that) 11/3 - 12.52…

Thanks! It was a bit scary at the time as I was alone in a remote, rocky trail. It's not too bad now after RICE (without the "I" as I hate doing it). @skippygirlsmom, you must be so proud of your daughter! I'm sure she enjoys running also because you are doing it with her :) I don't how you guys do it. 34 (1 degrees in…

I use thick breathable hiking socks for my long runs. I can go up to 50-60km without blisters in them and I'm very prone to blisters. The thinner socks don't work for me.