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You go girl! Nothing like a new par of running shoes to feel like Rocky Balboa :wink: And it sounds like you absolutely found a keeper! There's few things better than supportive people around you. I'm fortunate to have an entire family supporting me in my fitness; my dad goes running with me when he can and my brother…
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Oh! Well I guess its good I'm taking a break. I did a little research, and since it was a mild case I thought I was just being 'wimpy' - especially since I don't notice the discomfort when I run, only after - and I was afraid if I stopped running I'd stop altogether :( Will leg exercises with weights aggravate the problem?
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Bump?
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Bump as I'm skinny fat and would love some guidelines too. (Especially with the weight lifting) To OP; I started running a few weeks ago. I'm physically a wimpy weak person, so I used 'Couch to 5 Kilometers', a run/walk plan for beginners. The first day I nearly died after 60 seconds of running, now I can run 25 minutes…
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This has been so motivating! Thank you all! I find I have more body confidence when I hear people talk about their own body confidence :glasses: - the more someone talks about their flaws the more I notice my own :frown: The more I run, the more I appreciate that I can run. My love of my legs is starting not to rely on how…
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I run in the evening, about an hour before sunset; so yesterday at 7:30 p.m. I ate a peanut-butter and banana sandwich on whole wheat bread two hours before my run (any sooner and I throw up :sick: ) which has become my pre-run meal. I'm encouraged to know that others who have run consistently have gotten this problem…
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Bump :wink:
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I got some second opinions from other sites and they said the same thing as MFP. My 'resting metabolic energy requirements' to mantain my weight, or whatever, is 1200. Eating back the calories I lose from jogging and other factors, I need around 1600 calories. I AM NOT TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT I want to make that very clear.…
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I eat 1500-1700 a day (I'm 5'3, and weigh 108 pounds). I try and follow what MyFitnessPal eating thingy tells me to do: I get on average 70+ grams of protein a day, I sometimes fall short of carbs (190) but will make up for it the next day, and I pretty much always hit my fat intake on the nose every day, (50). I do a 5…
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Oh my gosh, you guys, I did it !! I was determined to do the 90 x 6 'week 2' regiment, so I took your advice. I added 40 grams of protein to my diet and didn't stretch before the run, scaled back my speed, and I kicked that weeks butt! My legs felt like they were machines! I think some of it was just fear - in a weird way…
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Thank you all for your help! Good advice; glad I'm not alone in this hunger craze! Started drinking more water and upped my usual eating habits (roughly 1200 calories? Never truly counted before I started to exercise) to MyFitnessPals recommendation of 1500-1600 calories - My hunger is all but gone, now!
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Lifting weights sounds good; how heavy would you recommend for beginnings who've never lifted anything heavier than a bag of chips? And how many times to start with? Please bear in mind I am physically puny.
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Oh, thank goodness, it isn't true ? *phew* I just had a few friends who started exercising + eating clean and noticed that their pants suddenly became too tight, and all the difference they could tell was that their thigh muscles had gotten larger. Maybe it was unique to their body, or something. So if I keep jogging I…