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Thank you for the interesting reads! Much appreciated.

I can offer motivation but with a caveat. I went from C25K to running three marathons - everyone has to start somewhere! But it's really easy to start running with bad form or bad shoes and get hurt. My shin splints lasted about six months from when I first started running to when I could run three miles with no pain. Take…

Thanks! Better than nothing I guess.

Thanks...guess I'll try to estimate!

Slow and steady wins the race!

I'm 31 and in a similar position. I just restarted on Friday. I'm aiming to lose between 10-20 pounds. I've been a casual weight lifter for several years, but I'm trying to get more serious about it - combined with healthy eating, that's how I'm planning to lose fat and tone up. I don't really care that much about my…

Title Nine has a great selection of sports bras sorted by cup size. I'm a 36DD and I use their "last resort" bra when running anything over ten miles. It's kinda like wearing a corset, but it keeps the girls under control. http://www.titlenine.com/category/title+nine+bras/shop+bras+by+size.do

Hopefully some people with formal nutrition education (aka real credibility) will reply to you, but based on my readings and experience, you are eating WAAAAY too little for sustained healthy weight loss, even after upping your calories. Assuming you burn around 480-500 calories running four miles, your net calories are…

LOL at the beer! ;-)

Hi, I second the Hal Higdon recommendation. His website has a great selection of training plans (http://www.halhigdon.com/training/51135/Marathon-Training-Guide). I used his Novice plan when training for my first marathon a few years ago. If you look at the start of this schedule and think "hmm, yes, that's about what I do…

I have this issue too. My problem is that I have several girl friends who are very petite, so even though I wear a 6/8 I feel huge next to them. I would *never* look at someone in size 6 pants and think "boy she could lose some weight", so why do I think it about myself? I don't know. It's a struggle.

I switched over from WW PP a few months ago. I found two big differences: the impact of exercise is much more pronounced on MFP and you get a much more nuanced idea of your diet. I didn't like WW because it took ~1600 daily calories and turned them into 29 "points". You lose a lot of detail when you do that. I like being…

You look so beautiful & confident! Good for you!

It worked for me! I am now totally converted to eating every last one of my daily calories and exercise calories. I feel better, I'm able to work out harder, and I've lost six pounds in about a month (after being stuck for four months!). Good luck!

I'll happily admit I'm biased, because after being stuck at a plateau for two months, I started eating my exercise calories and immediately dropped six pounds. I also thought "how can I eat so much??" at first, but you learn what works for you - it's more about adding healthy snacks throughout the day than stuffing…

I'm totally addicted to the site & the phone app. It's so easy to make good choices when you have all these tools & encouraging friends to help. Feel free to add me if you want.

I started my weight loss effort in May 2011 at 174 pounds (I'm 5'6). The first ten came off pretty quickly, then I got stuck in a black hole between 164-162. On WW I was eating about 1300-1400 calories a day. Healthy stuff, but just not enough. I think the real problem I have with WW is that they don't insist or even…

I'm going to post this separately too, but HOLY CRAP! I'm 100% converted to eating more. I started tracking here ten days ago with the goal of eating all my earned calories every day. The reason was that I had been on WW and plateaued at 164. The scale would not budge, and I could not possibly eat *less* than I had been. I…

HIIT is awesome in general, and it's a lifesaver when you only have 20 or 30 minutes to work out. I usually do it on the stair climber, since that thing can get your heart going like gangbusters. I've found that semi-regular HIIT really helps my cycling - the hills that used to make me tremble are now difficult but…

I dunno, lots of the ladies on here eat ~1700 calories on rest days, including me. Six days out of seven I'm above 2000, but not if I sit on my duff all day.

Just a thought: when you trained for your marathon, weren't your long runs 13+ miles every weekend for six or seven weeks? You know that your body can take the mileage. You put more wear & tear on your body in a race, but still - if marathon training was doable then two 1/2s with several weeks in between should be fine.

Biked in to work again this morning, getting me up over 2,000 net for the day. It's getting awfully cold & dark out there these days. I'm debating whether to go to the gym at lunch or take a little walk. Depends on how frustrated I get at work this morning: stress = workout. Happy Friday!

Thankyou thankyou thankyou! I was suffering a serious lack of food creativity. Those are great suggestions.

I would love to get some help knowing how to fill in caloric "holes". I'm quite active - my calorie goal for the day is 2,637 and I'm about 1100 calories short! Any favorite snacks or meal ideas? Right now my eating is good & clean and includes a protein shake.

I love the app!! :love: Seriously, now there are *no* excuses for why we "couldn't quite manage" to track on any given day. Bring it on!

My podiatrist suggested that barefoot running can be part of a training plan, but most people don't need or can't sustain a 100% barefoot running regime. Replace ten minutes in your normal running schedule with ten minutes of slow barefoot jogging, and if you aren't too sore, do another ten next time you run. Stick with…

I couldn't believe how much smaller you kept getting as I scrolled down. A million gold stars to you!

Hi there Schnugs! I'm new too, and looking to get healthy. Let's do this! -Becca

Hi Helen! I'm new too. So far, I really like how easy it is to use the site. Good luck! -Becca

I'm brand new too. Good luck to us, and everyone else out there!