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Carbs may or may not be necessary athletically depending on your goals. Those doing explosive Olympic lifts, or runners who compete on the track or even up to HM probably have a need for some carbs to maximize performance. But the lower the intensity, the less need you have of them. Running long is necessarily a low…

Keeping your toes pointed straight forward while squatting is a terrible idea, unless the point is to increase the shearing forces on your knees! No need to exaggerate like the Sumo squat, but the toes do need to go outboard a bit!

And you're in!

OK, you're in!

That is a great goal. You can do it!

Welcome. Come on in and stay awhile. Water's warm. :)

Today I ran just under 4 hours. I didn't eat anything before starting and for nutrition I relied solely on a water bottle with the following: 12oz water, 1 scoop whey protein, 1 tbsp MCT oil, 1 tsp sugar. I would drink a little about every 45 minutes. I felt fresh the whole time. N.B. Don't try this if your body uses carbs…

[/quote] Naawww that's too cute. I topple over backwards before the half-way point. Unless I wear heeled shoes. What is anyone's thoughts on actually doing that for squats. Are heels allowing me to do the exercise correctly and therefore a good idea? [/quote] @GrannyMayOz, It's natural for we Westerners. You can work on…

Toddlers have the best form.

Can you help me with this? I found some at the store. It was at least 80%, so seemingly it would work. But the carb count could end up putting me over for the day if I eat too much. Do you just eat a small portion to keep it in your macros?

I'm sure that you are correct. Because I'm looking at it as an experiment. I want to give it a good 7-8 months. I did Veganism for that long - FAIL. So this time next year if I'm still doing it, well, it's working out just fine for me and it will be in the "lifestyle" territory.

I started Sunday April 19th, so three weeks. Doing fairly well, but my running tells me I'm not yet fully fat-adapted.

OK I tried the Egg Coffee original recipe: coffee, 3 egg yolks, 1 tsp sugar, 1/4 tsp salt mixed in the blender. It was just OK. Don't think I will do it again. Can I still hang out with you guys though? ;)

Welcome! Come on in, the water's warm. Check out the Launchpad to make sure you are off to the right start. Good luck!

I followed Mark's Starting Strength for about 7 months at one point and got much stronger. For example, sets of 5 reps went from 135lbs to 315lbs. My other lifts really skyrocketed too. Before I started, I was an injured Vegan ultrarunner. Weak and unbalanced. I started eating meat/dairy and after about 7 months I was a…

Wow! I'm sure it feels great to see such progress. Way to go!

Here's our baby. Patton is now 6 months old. Still has a lot of growing to do!

Gorgeous! I'm going to have a post of my APBT pup later. He's only 6 months old.

3 scrambled eggs with ham, cheddar cheese and cream cheese. A cup of coffee with a tablespoon of heavy cream.

Gotcha. It looks like I may need to watch potassium since I'm doing well with Magnesium. I do get some from salt, and on my long runs I take SaltStick pills which have a nice mix of what you need to replace when sweating since it chemically most resembles what is found in sweat. I've been taking more than I normally would,…

Does a LCHF diet fail to supply enough potassium and magnesium naturally? Is that why so many supplement? If so, we share a problem with Vegans who naturally cannot obtain all of the nutrients their body needs. I've been taking Natural Calm as magnesium supplement. I've not done anything about potassium. Should I? I've…

I'm on day 10 and I've lost maybe 5lbs. I figured I would have lost more due to just water, but oh well! I have a theory. When I started I calculated everything based on my normal activity level. On day one I ran 10 miles. Day 2 I ran 4. I haven't run since. I wanted to wait for my body to transition to fat burning. I…

That's good to know! I won't stress about it and just do the best I can.

Some great ideas! Thanks. :)

My macro goals right now: Calories 2,300 Carbs 25g Fat 184g Protein 135g I put cheddar on my eggs. Can I mix the cream cheese with that?

Thanks. I will back off a bit. I'm not training for a marathon, it's actually closer to what would normally be a back-off run on a Saturday. I prefer to run farther if possible. I'm not planning on another race until probably October (a 24 hour event) so I have plenty of time. But I do need to ramp it up and start 30 mile…

I will check into a more precise HR number to see if it needs adjusting. My max is probably higher than 180 though. I say that because I was running in mud in November and was pushing at 177bpm. Weird. Going through an intense section of muddy trail had my HR higher than any interval or hill workout that I had done! But I…

I don't know about that. Unless you are feeling sick or coming off a huge effort, a MAF test should be a pretty good picture. But I plan on taking it monthly for awhile to see if it improves. OK as for pace and HR, I'll tell you even though it's embarrassing to me. Anyway, here goes: 10/27/11 I ran my first mile at 11:49…

I get them. The thing is now since I'm officially only on my 4th day I'm in the weird no mans land of having burned off the glycogen stored in my liver but I'm not yet fat adapted. So my runs have been tough. Not sure how I will knock out 15 miles on Saturday morning. I may just have to run less until I get my mojo back in…

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