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77.6 miles for month...so close!

Through 12/23 Goals Swim: 2.4 miles Bike: 56 miles Run: 65 miles Totals: Swim: 0 Bike: 35 Run: 42.6 miles Swimming tomorrow morning FINALLY! And getting my road bike for Christmas, so I should make the bike goal. Probably not going to make the run goal because I added wrong when calculating my goal based on training…

Amazing! What a comparison! And your son is the most adorable boy in the latest picture!

Losing 3% BF can be harder than you think depending on your weight now. Every time you lose weight, it isn't just fat, it's muscle too (yes, even if you strength training) so for some people, losing 35 lbs might be in the same range as losing 3% BF. I lost 20 lbs and only about 3.5% BF.

Have fun checking out the sprint tri course Carolinagirl! I have my long car ride tomorrow :yawn: Safe travels & Merry Christmas everyone!

Did NOT want to run today. This isn't a usual feeling for me, but I've been very intense with my dedication to running since starting training for my half marathon. I started triathlons because I don't like being stuck to one exercise but it's become that way with running since winter & HM training started. I don't ever…

70.6 miles for the month. I should be able to make the 100 miles in December total, but I don't think I'll meet the individual goals for miles of running/biking/swimming.

Good luck not waking your daughters up! I am doing my major weekend workout on Christmas Eve morning because I know I won't be able to on Christmas Day. I'm getting my road bike for Christmas and it's a surprise to me (I paid for it & got sized for it but dont' know exactly which model my dad & husband picked out until…

I was unnerved by having 3-4 miles to run in the race that I'd never run before. I am following a training plan now that has me do 13 miles about 3 weeks before the race. I would follow what the second poster suggested with 2 weeks for 11 miles, 2 weeks for 12 miles, etc. if you can't find a training plan that seems to…

I promise!

Awesome memory! I know I got bikes for several Christmas's but I can't remember them that vividly. I am getting a bike this Christmas and although I paid for it & got sized for it, I let my dad & husband pick it out...so I feel like my 7 year old self who asked Santa for a bike and I'm just waiting to wake up to my new…

Turkey sausage patties are DELICIOUS!

Through 12/20 Goals Swim: 2.4 miles Bike: 56 miles Run: 65 miles Totals: Swim: 0 Bike: 21 Run: 35.6 miles

Total 56.6 miles for the month!

Welcome to all of the new members! We will certainly try to give you all advice, tips, and tricks, that have helped the rest of us break plateaus or shed the last couple of pounds. Note that many of us have been in the Last 10 Lbs Club for several months because the last 10 don't come off near as fast as the first 10! (I…

I don't want to eat them after I bake them...but I have usually consumed a good 300-400 calories worth of cookie dough before they get in the oven. My family would have TONS more cookies if I didn't do that. :blushing: But I am trying this year to bake cookies I don't like, which is pretty much anything but chocolate chip…

Everyone who has posted pics...I CAN tell a difference in your ab tone/definition from October to now, GREAT job! I can tell a difference in mine as well although it is not as toned as I would have liked. I didn' t ever get around to taking a "before" picture, but I look SO much better in fitted shirts that now lay flat on…

Total 53.1 miles for the month running & biking.

Through 12/18 Goals Swim: 2.4 miles Bike: 56 miles Run: 65 miles Totals: Swim: 0 Bike: 21 Run: 32.1 miles

I'm in!

I looked at your diary for the past week or so and it seems you are over on Fat quite a lot. Look at your macronutrients (carbs/fat/protein) and try to keep them balanced for your lifestyle. Try eating more protein and less fat. Fat from nuts and avacados is okay because it's healthy fats. But fats from cheetos, butter,…

It really depends on your financial situation. You can get clothes cheap at thrift stores or on eBay, like others have said. Or you can buy new from the store now, then when they get too big, sell them on eBay to fund the next round of clothes. I started MFP really pushing a size 8 (needed a 10 but never bought them) and I…

I would suggest signing up for some other 5Ks and 10Ks between now and October. When I started running, I could run .5 mile as my absolute max. I added .1 mile each week for a while until my cardio was built up to do a 5K. That was a very slow way to go about it, but it worked for me. To go from a 5K to the 10K distance, I…

Some people can do low carbs and some can't. Just because it worked one week does not mean that is THE way YOUR body loses weight. It could have been from no exercise--that will jolt your metabolism which could have triggered a loss. I agree, 6 lbs in one week is mostly water loss and now you are just holding that water…

I say take the next 3 weeks to crosstrain. Maybe run once a week to keep your body used to that for those races, but only run once per week until the first of the year. It is easy to stretch your break too far but I think that by scheduling (and actually registering and paying for) those races in January, you'll force…

I use P90X legs & back for my lower body strength training and it really helps me. It has given me so much more power behind my runs & rides. I also use P90X for upper body strength training, although I tend to combine it so that I get a full upper body workout in one day instead of spread over 3 days as the program is set…

You can take a multi-vitamin with iron in it. The dr. put me on prenatal vitamins from age 12-18 when I was a competitive swimmer because I was anemic. Now I take "Alive! Women's Multi-Vitamin" and it has all the iron you need. That said, iron is not as easily absorbed in pill form as it is in food form; I just don't know…

Hope you all are staying strong this week!

Through 12/13 Goals Swim: 2.4 miles Bike: 56 miles Run: 65 miles Totals: Swim: 0 Bike: 21 Run: 21.6 miles Finals week is killing me too octoprof!

That's definitely a do-able time goal. My 10K PR is 58:00 and I'll be happy under 2:20 for my first half in March. I'm taking into account now that I know I'll chicken out on a few training runs on really cold days between now and then so not improving my pace too much, but doubling my distance from beginning of November…