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Eh, my sample size is about 5 friends and family who I trained with and we all ramped up at about the same pace. But I freely admit to my personal experience being limited, given you've coached it for 4 years, I'll just say you're right. Still, best of luck, OP.

My point wasn't that she should push herself hard and definitely aim to sprint the entire 10k, just that it was possible to get up to a point where you can slowly jog a 10k in 8 weeks. If you warm up properly, cool down properly, stay properly hydrated and fueled, wear proper running shoes/clothing and listen to your body…

That is truly heartbreaking. Not the binge, that happens to a lot of people and the solution is to just move on. No, the truly heartbreaking thing is you binged on Domino's. Yuck. At least find some real pizza next time you go on a binge!

Have to disagree with you here, going from non-runner to 10k is definitely doable in 8 weeks. I went from barely being able to jog a mile to being able to jog 10k with no walking in just under 4 weeks by running 3x a week and increasing my distance each time. To be clear, I still wasn't fast, my jogging 10k time was around…

I eat most of my lunches from food trucks and just do my best to try to estimate it from individual components, assuming they add a healthy amount of full fat butter, oil and dressings to everything. A typical sandwich I will assume is 600 calories at the base (300 calories for bread, 150 calories for meat, 75 calories…

A "true" binge has nothing to do with the number of calories, it has to do with uncontrollable eating followed by deep shame and regret. You would think that someone recovering from disordered eating would understand that. But again, I can't diagnose over the internet which is why I recommended she see an actual…

Sounds like you have some serious body image issues and sounds like you've developed a binge eating disorder... but I can't diagnose you because I'm just a guy on the internet. Please go and talk to a doctor or therapist about it before it gets worse. Uncontrollable eating and being repulsed by what you've done are…

Rounding errors. You don't have to be nearly that exact anyways.

You eat at a deficit to lose weight. You exercise to keep muscle mass. You eat back what you burn so you don't lose too quickly, losing the muscle mass you're trying to keep. That said, most people eat ~50% back from what they burn because most things over-estimate calorie burns.

I go to a different food truck every day. Delicious.

Oh come on. So you never eat at any sort of local restaurant? That's an absurd restriction to suggest that everyone should follow. 1) Fill up on steamed vegetables and lean protein (fish, turkey, chicken) with a tiny serving of bread/pasta/anything super rich. 2) It's one meal. Don't eat much before that meal and save…

Major issues with a few parts of the article. 2. "Taking a food break between meals encourages your body to reach into those fat stores to burn what you’ve already got." - no, spending time between meals doesn't magically make your body burn fat. Eating less calories than you burn makes your body burn fat. 4. "It gives…

Which is *awesome*. Spider silk is a truly amazing material in nature, and we're finding a way to produce larger quantities of it. I'm not saying we should just randomly play with genes and eat the first thing we create, but there's nothing inherently wrong with genetic modification. Caution is advised, sure, but not…

So because we're better at it, it suddenly has become a concern. The old fashioned way as better because it was slower and we were worse at it? We're better at traveling now too - should we go back to the multi-month journeys across America by horse and carriage? Or should we go back even farther to before the wheel? That…

Genetic engineering has been happening for as long as humans have been around. Why is it only suddenly an issue? Should we be frightened of all the "unnatural" breeds of dogs that humans have created? What about cats? Should we be scared of every crop we eat today that only exists because of selective breeding over…

People suck at counting calories. They underestimate a lot of things, they "forget" about a lot of things they ate, they think certain foods don't count, etc. Some doctors try to account for this by telling their patients to strictly adhere to a super low calorie goal, fully expecting the patient to miscount something. The…

They aren't doing anything differently, they just keep the diet going for the rest of their life. Some people are capable of doing that, most people are not. There's no secret to unlock, it just boils down to each person and whether or not they're capable of doing that.

She doesn't dismiss people who have had success, she's just stating that the vast majority of people regain the weight they lost. Which, according to every study I've ever seen, is true. She's advocating for a change in the culture from "try to lose weight" to "try to make healthy choices, regardless if they cause weight…

1) Under 1200 calories per day while running 20 miles a week and doing other random exercise? No. Don't do that. If you eat that little and exercise that much you're going to lose a lot of muscle along with your fat and end up skinny but flabby. Plus, you'll be miserable. 2) There's no possible way you'd lose 20 pounds.…

No. Stop. Hold up. You misunderstood something somewhere. Your metabolism is always running. Always. If you're currently alive, it's running. When people say exercise more to increase your metabolism they just mean in a general sense. They don't literally mean you have to exercise in the morning to jump start your…

There are a few people, but they're rare. It's a lifelong struggle to keep weight off. No clue where you think you got this information from, but the recent studies have been extremely comprehensive and used all available data. Here's a link to one such study - http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/74/5/579.full The mean…

1) 20s 2) 168 3) Alberta, Canada 4) Going to guess moderate. 5) 2-3 times a week, for about 1.5 hours each. 6) Almost never. On a rare occasion I'll start my day with a latte or a chocolate bar. Never more than 250 calories to start the day. 6) Varies between lunch and dinner every day. If I have a large lunch, I have a…

I don't, but 5 hours of walking is pretty good exercise. It really depends how much of that you were sitting in a car, standing still looking through the racks, trying on clothes, waiting for a friend to try on clothes, etc. and how fast you were moving when walking. Two people can both say they went shopping for 5 hours…

Breakfast is not the most important meal of the day, skip it if you're not hungry in the morning. Generally don't eat if you're not hungry, but make sure you're eating a reasonable number of calories every day. Don't starve yourself.

1) 7 lbs in 2 months is about a pound a week which is pretty good. 2) Your running times are improving, so you're getting fitter and healthier, which is (or should be) the ultimate goal. 3) Probably should scale back both your exercise and food intake slightly. Your body needs breaks to recover. You shouldn't be running…

I worked as a cashier for 3 years back in high school and university, I would log as lightly active personally.

Your post was absolutely spot on, kpost. I'm just quoting a small part to try to help add a bit of context for those who are unfamiliar with how this type of science usually works: What they mean when they're saying it was not an a priori hypothesis is that they didn't expect to find this link before the study began. It…

Would I be correct in assuming you're anti-vaccine as well? That's made in a lab.

Most people poop some amount between 3 times a day and once every 3 days. See a doctor if you're pooping 6 times a day and concerned.

1) Step on the scale, record the weight. 2) Drink a bottle of water. 3) Step on the scale again, compare to previous weight. Assuming you didn't do much else in between steps 1 and 3, you'll have found you just "gained" a pound, despite consuming exactly 0 calories. The issue is that the scale doesn't differentiate between…