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Thanks for everybody's thoughts. I went this morning. Did 19.3km in about 1:58 so taper time now. Looking forward to the 21.1km.

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I wouldn't say you will bulk up just from having protein shakes alone. Protein helps repair damaged muscles (along with other things) from lifting weights, so if you're not lifting weights you shouldn't bulk up. I do the same thing as you (using protein as a snack) and have no issues. I think it's great because it helps me…

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Monday - Touch football or 5-10km Run (depending how I'm feeling) Tuesday - 7km Run Wednesday - Rest Thursday - 7km Run Friday - Rest Saturday - Touch football in the morning Sunday - Rest

Youll always lose water weight first. That's why when someone just starts out on a diet they might lose 3 or 4kg's or 7lb's in the first week. Then 2 or 3kgs or 5lb's in the second week. Most of that will be water weight. After about 3 weeks it tapers out and you start losing fat. This is assuming you don't eat stupid…

I would love to be able to run in the morning but when 5:30am rolls around and I look at my alarm. I can't bring myself to get out of bed!!

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Coffee - Caramel Lattes are killers and Cheese

If you have 1200 calories that is already a deficit. Normally you might eat 2000 for example to maintain your weight. If you eat 1200 then burn say 600 and don't eat them back, you have effectively only eaten 600 calories, which is way way to low to get nutrients. So to combat this, MFP adds those 600 calories (which gives…

With your BMR, did you add in the exercise factor? MFP isn't very good with this component. My BMR is 2000 but my Daily Caloric Needs is 2700 because I exercise 1-3 times per week. So 2700 - 1000 = 1700 which is quite achievable, so if I do that and eat exercise calories I still get to eat wellish and still lose about 1kg…

I only did 30 mins a day (5km Run) and ate back all my calories every time. I was consistently losing 1kg per week. My point.....you're way way way over training and not eating anywhere near enough. It doesn't matter how much or little weight you have to lose, you can't do that much exercise without the right amount of…

I can't get the entire graph to show so it doesn't give the full picture...slightly annoying.

Most people will generally lose weight Top Down. Starting at the head/face all the way down to the Stomach and Bum. That's where most people seem to stall. That's what I've seen/read about.

Couldn't have said it any better, that's what I've been trying to tell soooooo many people for so long. There is an advantage to cheat days or free days as some might call them. I read about this whole concept in Joel Marion's Cheat your way Thin where he talks about Leptin and the Metabolism and the direct relationship…

You pay for MFP? I thought it was entirely free? At least it seems free to me, I signed up for free, go the app for free. Is there a paid version?

I was talking to a friend who is training for a Marathon and he was saying that this sort of injury is a regular occurrence amongst runners. It's got something to do with your hip locking up and you need to get it unlocked by a physio or something. He gets his looked at every few weeks, Ive started to have the same problem…

This might sound a bit confusing but increase your calories to 1400 or so. Make sure if you are exercising you are eating back any calories you burn. The reason I suggest this is because 1200 is a very low target. Nobody should ever drop below 1200 for females and 1500 for males because otherwise your metabolism will shut…

Those are awesome NSV's. They'll keep coming too the further along this journey you go, keep going!!!

What is your recommended calorie intake? If it is around 1200 try increasing that amount you are eating by 200-300. It may seem counter productive but doing this will boost your metabolism a bit and you will start to burn fat again. Also make sure you are eating all of your exercise calories back. If you don't eat these…

Probs water weight. I put on 1kg overnight and dropped it the next day. Lower your sodium, Drink heaps of water about 4 Litres and Exercise heaps and sweat out all that excess liquid. You should be able to drop that 6lb quickly.

Sorry but I don't really agree with this. BMR Stands for Base Metabolic Rate. Base meaning (as otm25) said: Laying in bed all day. Once you have calculated your BMR you need to add your exercise factor which this program can do for you automatically. Once it does that it will ask you how many pounds you want to lose per…

Not sure if anybody is overly interested. But I was reading up on this topic (Sodium intake and how Water can help) and I found someone recommending this book. Seems interesting. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Your-Bodys-Many-Cries-Water-Revolutionary-N-/300554612145?pt=AU_Non_Fiction_Books_2&hash=item45fa736db1

I've discovered recently after speaking with my fiancee who is studying pharmacy and experimenting with my diet a bit that the level of sodium in your diet plays a big part towards water retention and water weight. I have discovered that if you have for example 4000mg of sodium and drink no water it means that there a…

Depends on your other settings. Did you put Lose/Maintain/Gain in your profile?

If you're going to have anything before bed. High protein/Low Carb is the best thing to have because it's less likely to be stored as fat. Just something I've read about and discovered from experience.

I weight everyday, maybe it's because of the curious side of me but I don't find it affects me negatively even if the scales go up due to water retention because it tells me that I have to maybe drink a bit of extra water that day or lower my sodium a bit to get rid of excess water. Because there's no way I would have put…

I personally think that the Activity Level setting on this system isn't really correct. When you look at other websites and systems that use the Harris Benedict equation (Activity Level equation to determine daily caloric needs) they all talk about the amount of exercise you get during the week meaning Sedentary is 0 times…

That means you have 717 calories left to eat for the day. You should always make sure your net is as close to 0 as you can. You should only be worried if it goes into negative.