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Cyclists - help with wheels please!
Ok, I got a mountain bike frame, managed some great engineering and replaced the gears, and then bought some new tyres for it - put it all together and voila, awsome cheapo bike! But my question is this: the recommended psi on the tyre says 40-65 psi. I inflated mine using my car tyre air compressor, and stopped at around…
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5k times?
Hey all :) I've been doing c25k and am now up to week 8, happily doing 25+ minute runs 2x a week. I want to join my local parkrun, but I really don't know if I'm fast enough! In a 25 minute run, I will cover about 2 miles - so to hit the 5k I'll probably take 45 minutes! Which a) means I have a way to go before I am…
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Another mini c25k related NSV for me!
Two things actually! First off, I'm into week 7 and have found I can run for 25 minutes non stop! WOW! But for me the real winner of the day was I ran past my boyfriend on my run (he'd snuck up the beach with our other dog whilst I took the fitter one along for my run). When I got back in later from the run he said when he…
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Food NSV :)
A few weeks ago, when I was really becoming aware of my calorie intake, I went shopping. I was going to pick up bits to make our occasional "weekend treat" breakfast, which consists of fresh butter croisants, filled with bacon and brie. But when I picked up the croissants, and looked at the nutritional info, seeing that…
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Blisters >.<
I was fine. I got new running shoes to see me throughc25k early on, and then, week 5, run 3 left me with a blister. I think it was actually started by a bit of sock, but I've been dumb and since then have kept forgetting to whack a plaster on it, so it's gotten increasingly bigger! It's on the inside of my arch. So, what…
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15lb and no change...
Normally I wouldn't be one to post anything self pitying, but today, and yesterday, I just feel meh about this whole thing. The scales tell me I have lost 15lb since I started, yet I honestly feel, and look, no damn different in my body. What's up with that?! My boyfriend was surprised I'd lost so much as well, because he…
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How do you measure yourself?
With a tape-measure yes I know haha! But my question pertains more to the hips - I can do everything but this measurement! I am an hourglass pear, but I have this bizarre "saddlebag" thing going on with the outsides of my upper thighs. Now your standard hip measurements is "around the widest part of your hips" Well my HIPS…
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Week 5, Run 3
Ooooh it's crept up on me, this evening I shall be doing that big old 20 minute run! It seems like such a jump from the 8 minute ones from the last session! So, now I ask for hints, tips, and plenty of motivational speeches - I will need em! :flowerforyou:
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Cycling etiquette
Following a fairly upsetting incident this evening I thought I would get people's opinions on cycling/pedestrian etiquette. I was doing my c25k session on the beach promenade, and a cyclist, going very fast, manages to run my dog over. He just kept going. Luckily she seems ok, but it has gotten a bee in my bonnet. I…
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which HRM STRAP should I get?
So yay lucky me just won an f4 watch on good old ebay for the princely sum of £5 including p+p :) Now I'm trying to find myself the best deal for a strap to match it - there are several choices, so I wanted everybody to go ahead and give their opinions: do I need a coded or uncoded transmitter? The uncoded are a bit…
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HRM showing calories burned
I've been doing soem research, read through various threads, looked about online. I have decided I want a heart rate monitor so that I can get an accurate burn reading for my workouts. I think the polar is where I'm going to be looking, but I just wanted to ask experienced people about this. It seems that the ft4 is the…
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my mini C25K victory!
I just had to post this :) I just started week four of C25K, and I REALLY didn't think I'd be able to go from the week 3 to week 4 sessions, the thought of jogging for a total of 16 minutes as opposed to 9 - well I thought I wasn't ready. I was still feeling that week 3 was a struggle! But, here's victory #1 - I DID IT!…
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add me! Looking for more buddies!
So I've been around here for a couple of months now, and feel I am making progress / getting into it, so now I feel confident enough to ask if anyone out there wants to add me to help me with some motivation on my journey :) So, some facts about me - if you can identify with any of this, or just want to add me, go for it…
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How far to keep going?
Hiya, a bit of advice based on people's experiences would be welcomed :) I've been doing C25K, as well as some home aerobics sessions, and have started suffering from what I am fairly sure is shin splints in my left leg - it's pretty sore! It started coming on monday during my C25K sesion, yesterday I took the day off…
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How long did it take you to get a hang of portion control?
I thought I ate fairly healthily, but when I joined MFP I realised that a lot of the time I was going waaay over on a daily calorie intake simply because of the quantities I was eating.. I had a fairly physical job, and my OH is one of those lovely skinny types that needs a ton of food to keep him alive, but he never puts…
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Headstands and other strange things we are motivated to do
Ok so I'm still getting into the whole moving more / getting fitter thing, and funny things keep happening - like I suddenly had the urge to do a headstand. I haven't done this for probably 20 years! It took a few goes for me to get up, and I could only hold it for a second, but I did it! Unfortunately I seem to have…
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Caolrie Burn from My Fitness Coach (wii)
I love My Fitness Coach, it's an exercise video that keeps on changing so it's never boring - and I can use my step with it as well! My question for people that have used this is, do you think that the "calories burned" that comes up at the end is accurate? It always seems on the low side... (still, I'd rather it was…
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How many calories does C25k burn?
I find it a bit odd that given the popularity of the programme, there isn't a log for the different sessions and their calorie burn under the exercises! So has anyone worked out how many cals on average C25k burns? Obviously each session will differ. If nobody has done it yet, I may just have to work it out by adding up…
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Skipping... is it really this hard?
So in my fat-fighting arsenal after doing research and deciding what things I would or wouldn't be able to commit myself to, I invested in a skipping rope. Yup. Not done it since school, but I remember it being so much, well easier!! I could only do two minutes, and at most only ever managed to clear the rope four times…
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can being "blocked up" make you gain weight?
So this may be considered a little TMI, but it's something I'm curious about. As a regular co-codamol taker, one of the obvious side effects is, well, not going to the loo as regularly as one might like. I have been beginning to wonder if this is contributing to my weight gain - not just the "extra bulk" that my guts might…
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retraining eating behaviours
So, having really looked long and hard at myself, I think one of my biggest problems is curbing the need to be physically eating. After starting to suffer from gastris / peptic ulcer symptoms many years ago, I got into the habit of almost constantly eating, as this was the only thing stopping the pain - I didn't even…
