-
Signed up for our first 5k THIS SUNDAY.
We've been doing the c25k program for 6 weeks now (tomorrow will be wk 6 run 3) and am amazed at how far we've come. Week 1 I couldn't run 30 seconds without my lungs burning, my heart (almost) pounding out of my chest and my legs feeling like cement. Yesterday (wk 6 run 2) the two 10 minute runs were great and I posted my…
-
Vegetarian/Vegan dinner options <500 calories please
I know one of my pitfalls is that I start to go into food-related-panic when I have "left" myself 500 cal or less for dinner and my brain goes blank. I cook the same meal for myself and my non-dieting partner (who is usually happy to eat whatever I cook, as long as there is no capsicum/bell-pepper involved). We are both…
-
Confused about the MFP exercise calories counter
Ok, so I'm all very new to this whole MFP thing and I know that sometimes the food database can be inaccurate due to people adding to the database with incorrect/incomplete data...but is the same true for the exercise tab? For instance, I've been trusing that when I walk around my street or through the bush or whatever at…