martinh78

Have a look at your top three offenders in your food diary then cut them out or change them.

Agreed, there is no evidence that eating more than the recommended requirement 0.8-0.9g/kg/day of protein is required or of benefit to normal, healthy, active/exercising people.

If they are natural sugars I wouldn't worry. If you are high on refined sugars then I'd consider changing your diet to reduce those.

I spend zero on keeping fit each month. Trainers were £30, they'll need replacing every 6-12 months I guess. That's it :)

Salmon, nuts, tuna, full fat dairy.

As you say, no point injuring yourself. I can't see me ever hitting 60 in one set...not this year anyway!

8 sets, WOW! I blasted my repeat of W4D2 today :) 18 finish, 72 total. Major improvement over the 12 I could do at the start (just one set!)

You like the idea of long solitary runs outside...so why are you pounding the treadmill in a hot stale gym? Get outside and just run. Slow down (as already said!) but juts do it. I went out, did 10mins, came home. Did that a couple of times until I felt comfortable with my breathing and the 10mins, then tried 15mins Same…

Yeah, you are right. I am finding it tough but was suprised I got to 18 in one set. That was impossible a month ago, never mind completing four sets! Well done those who are still here!

Lots of people in the real world (not on mfp) never lift or lift heavy and you certainly do not need to join a gym. Just get out and run, it's the simplest, most accessible form of fitness/sport there is. You can add hill intervals and steps, hillwalking with a heavy pack, mountain biking if you like. I look at the old…

Week 4 Day 2 fail :( Mis-read the table and did too many to start with so was never going to manage 18 at the end! Try again Thursday.

And do they have great abs?

Week 4 day 1, didn't think I ws going to make the 16 minimum when I started but just did it. It's gonna hurt tomorrow!

Spinning classes, cycling and running work well.

Depends on your workout. Eat to fuel your workout, or eat to fuel you recovery. Or split your meal and do both.

Week 3 Day 3 done. 15 to finish, 57 total Keep up the good work all. It's gonna be a while before I hit the 100 but as above, doesn't matter if it takes longer I guess.

1 hour - How big is your gym ball?!?!?!? (regarding calories, I really don't see why anyone would know that, or the need to log them)

I didn't think about this. I got new running shoes and had pains in my shins for a few weeks (tried running through it on and off). Will remember this for my next pair of shoes and maybe wear then for walking in for a week or two first. Also like the idea of looping a key over your HRM strap. Simple idea!

Week 3 Day 2: 13 max, 51 total

Set yourself a triathalon challenge. Go on a Sunday morning or whenever it is quiet and do a run (5k), cycle (10k) and row (3k). Do this every couple of weeks and try to reduce your time. Gives you something to work towards and you can do each one individually during the week (so try and improve your rowing one day,…

That doesn't take into account your rate of exertion though, your hrm does. Not been funny but I can go for a 30min run and burn 380 calories one day and 540 calories the next. It depends on how high your heart rate gets and how long it stays there. So exercising for 1 hour at 60% of your heart rate max is going to burn…

What altitude were you at? How quickly did you get there? How many hours time difference was there? Thses things can affect your hormone levels. Might not be relevant though. One thing I would do for sure though is EAT. If you are THAT hungry then eat something! You know the difference between head hungry and actual hungry…

I have a hand blender and it is great. Easy to rinse under the tap after blending, no need to was lots of bits etc (ie I blend in my drinks bottle, pan, whatever, saves washing the blender jug). Was £25 on sale (Bosch, came with loads of accessories as well such as whisk, chopper, tubs etc) :bigsmile:

Do you have a Rohan store in Australia? They do travel shoes, which are smart emough to go to a resteraunt in, comfortable enough to wear everyday for months, and tough enough for light trekking. I loved mine. Wore a hole in the sole I wore them THAT much!

Mine is beating my friends everytime we go up the mountains and listen to them say (again) "well your fitter/work-out/exercise/eat better than me. Yeah, and don't I know it :drinker: Problem is I need new friends as it's getting boring winning every time :bigsmile:

End the thread with that I think (quit whle ahead and all that!). One of the most sensible replies I've read (about strength training) on mfp for a long time.

Two women did the same to me on the exercise bike. Then I heard them chatting about how disgusting it was I was sweating so hard as I had only been on it fo 10 minutes... They weren't in the 50mins before that when I completed a 5k run and 3k row, the 10k bike ride was my cool down :laugh: :laugh:

Week 3 Day 1. 10-12-7-7 followed by 11 giving 47 in total The programme has put me in column 1 so it's stepped me back a bit I think?

Write about it on a forum in the hope that they read it and get the message. Oh, hang-on... What I actually meant was tell them. It is easy to get the two confused but one does nothing to solve the problem. You decide which...

Also seems a lot of people don't know the difference between "killing muscle" and "not increasing muscle mass". It's possible to maintain and develop musule without having to focus on building muscle mass. It depends on what your goals are. It is an increasingly boring song in these forums now. There are those who are…