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I was going to post the same thing. Start by mixing slow running with walking (couch 2 5k programme does this). Get supportive shoes and listen to your body. If you feel any aches and pains take a day or two where you go back to walking. If you need to repeat weeks of C25k thats okay (and normal). Enjoy your new life as a…

I did mainly 30 day shred one summer when I had children with me all day. Lots of walking too. I found it increased my cardiac fitness and when I ran I felt more comfortable. You mention eating clean- that's okay but if you want to loose weight you need to eat less calories than you burn in a day. 30 day shred doesn't burn…

I would log it as circuit training on mfp. That will give you a rough estimate.

Day 9- Thursday. So pleased with myself, my logging has been excellent since the weekend. Weather improving too, went for a short walk in the sunshine yesterday. Hope you are all having a good week.

Day 8 Wednesday. I feel like I'm seeing progress on the scale at last. Since Christmas I've bee losing and gaining the same 3 pounds. This week the scale has been trending downwards. My weekends can be my downfall so I'm going to really focus this weekend on keeping up my healthy eating.

I've cut back on my FB and twitter but I've replaced those with mfp forums! Surely mfp is a better addiction though;)

If your exercise is walking you don't need to add it to MFP- just go by the Fitbit count. Set your mfp activity level to sedentary then use the Fitbit to add extra calories for exercise. If you do add an exercise manually on MFP make sure you include the time of day. E.g. If I go for a 30 min run at 5pm I might take 3000…

I find hormones affect my appetite- if I've got PMT I could eat anything that's not nailed down!

I eat a bowl of porridge made with almond milk two hours before a race or long run. Sometimes it means setting the alarm early but it works for me. I couldn't stomach eggs before a run but obviously try different things to see what works for you.

Day 7 Tuesday. Logged every bite yesterday- went over my daily allowance but I'm aiming to gradually reduce my daily calories this week to be within mfp allowance. Step goal on Fitbit is 12k per day, most days I hit that without too much difficulty.

You won't make race day at all if you don't train properly - and that means eating enough food. You need to decide your priorities- do you want to be healthy and run the half marathon or do you want to lose weight (and probably be sick or injured come race day).

If you are training for a half marathon you need to eat more. I'd suggest eating at maintenance calories until after your race. You need to fuel those long runs- I found sweets like fruit pastilles worked well when I trained for a marathon- eat early and regularly during the run to keep your energy up. Good luck with your…

What are you doing for exercise? Why not try something new to crank your exercise up a gear, maybe some HIIT training or crossfit? Don't eat back all your calories logged for the workout.

Great work! I know what you mean by the same 3 pounds; I'm the same. Great eating all week then spoil it at the weekends.

This has woken me right up! Never tried a protein powder before but this has me interested;) what flavour is it? Choc? Vanilla?

Monday Day 6 - logged all my food yesterday - went over on calories but generally a healthy day. New week fresh start today everyone.

Day 5. I ran a 10k race yesterday (Saturday) so my eating was all over the place. Back on track with my logging and eating today. Looking forward to singing at mass with the gospel choir I'm in. All that stepping and clapping has to burn a few calories! Off for a walk with kids later too. Have a great day.

Add me if you like. Just started back and trying to log all my foods/exercise between now and Easter.

You need to have a plan in place for when you have visitors. Maybe eat just a small amount of what they eat with a side salad. Or eat before they come and just have a low cal drink with them. If you have regular visitors you can't let that spoil your healthy eating other wise you won't reach your goals. Pick an event in…

Day 3 and I'm feeling good - and a bit hungry. Might try and eat a little more as i don't want to get so hungry that I start overeating. My medium term goal is my sister-in-laws wedding in July - I'd love to be a stone lighter to feel comfortable in a nice dress. Happy Friday folks.

Weird fact- in Ireland we "pause lent" for St Patrick's day 17th march. So people eat and drink what they want that day then restart lent on the 18th!

Morning all. Day two of 47 (I forgot about the Sundays not counting in the 40 days). I was delighted with my logging yesterday- every bite logged. Even if I eat something where I don't know weight/ calories I'm still going to "guesstimate" just to keep my diary as complete as I can. That shouldn't happen often but I'm…

Hi, I'm an Allie too (with two Ls, very important!) I'm back to mfp after a break and really trying to get back on track. Congrats on your dissertation, you must feel great relief now it's finished. Feel free to add me for support.

Sign up for the run. How long have you got for training? Start by mixing running with walking. If you have to walk a bit during the race that's ok (I do it all the time).

Put your salad without dressing on the scale. Reset the scale to zero (tare) then pour on your dressing. The weight will ne shown.

Ignore this - the poster has tried all the crash diets including the troll diet

Go for a walk or run in your lunch break. If you can't get out of your house in the evenings do a "walk at home" Leslie samsome video from you tube or just march on the spot when you are watching tv.

Do you get a lunch break? If you get an hour you couid go for a run.

Good luck Sue - welcome to MFP

There is an option to log your 5k times on the Parkrun website under freedom runs. It's handy if you run a full Parkrun route at other times (not sat am). Doesn't count towards your tshirts but nice to see progress over time etc.