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  • Couple of thoughts, including things that have helped me: 1. Quit any refined sugar completely. This includes the small amounts you find in most condiments and ready meals. Raw and natural sugars only! 2. Balance macro-nutrients appropriate for your body type - I find I am far more likely to binge if I eat too many carbs.…
  • It's 3 x 6 minute 'circuits' so should only take you 20 mins to complete. Unless, like me, you go in for round 2 and do it again straight afterwards, in which case you're in for about 45 minutes of pure pain. I add 5 seconds between each interval as 'transition time'. If it's taking you 27 minutes, are you doing a fourth…
  • TL;DR: 420 cals in 30 minutes is completely reasonable at the heart rate range you're suggesting. Caloric burn will depend on both your weight (which affects the amount of work your body is doing to move itself around) and the intensity at which you're working, plus the amount of time at which you work at that level. If…
  • Ah sugar cravings. I know those well. Couple of suggestions for you - things that have helped me, and may also help you. 1. Track your mood when you are binge-eating. It's not normal behaviour. For background information try 'Overcoming Binge-Eating' by Christopher Fairburn. You may or may not relate to some of the issues…
  • Brooks Adrenaline for me - running anything over 2 miles in Asics results in massive blisters all the way up the instep of my feet. Not good! I've also tried Saucony (ok, but just not the same as Brooks) and New Balance (didn't last well). I've basically decided that there's just no way I'm ever using any other running…
  • Get an Aeropress. They are fantabulous.
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