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1,000 miles... in 21 days!
One to put things in perspective for all you long distance runners: Ex Southampton football (soccer) player Francis Benali completed a charity run at the weekend that saw him run 1,000 miles in just 21 days - meaning he ran almost a double marathon every day for 3 weeks! Gulp!…
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Confusion - iPhone apps for logging running
What do people think is the best iPhone app for logging running? I was happily using MapMyRun, but that seemed to have developed GPS acquisition issues after the change to iOs7, so I decided to try some others. First, I switched to Runtastic. That was fine, except that the calorie burns it gave me were about 80% of those…
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Reached my goal weight today :)
Well, there we have it. As of this morning, I have reached my goal weight of 180 lbs! :D I have lost 121 lbs in total since I started dieting in June 2009, and 74 lbs since I re-focused and began using MFP, following a 5:2 diet plan, at the end of January this year - 40 weeks ago. I now need to re-assess my goals, as…
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Calorie burns are a load of old tosh aren't they?
MapMyWalk/MapMyRun tells me I burn almost exactly 100 calories per km when running, and almost exactly 100 calories per 10 minutes when walking. Now, that means I burn the same when walking 1.17 km as I do when I run 1 km. That can't be right, can it? I certainly know which is more tiring!
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Is it time to stop - what next?
I've lost 115 lbs and I am now 6 lbs off my goal weight. That being said, my goal weight (180 lbs) is actually still in the "overweight" BMI range for my height, albeit only by about half a pound. I have been happily trucking along, with the assumption that when I reach my goal weight, I will re-assess, given how I look…
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105lbs, Sitting to Running
So, here's a before and after. First one was circa 300 lbs, almost 5 years ago. The second one is last weekend, 186 lbs, at the end of my first 5k race.
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Oh, why isn't this dieting business more predictable?
I checked the scales this morning and they tell me I am almost 3lb up since 3 days ago. I kind of expected a small gain, but not quite that much. It's very frustrating, because there is no 'logical' reason for this gain. Experience told me to expect a small increase after the weekend I had, but logically? It shouldn't have…
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No Cal burns for P90X routines in database?
As I'm gearing up to give P90X a try again after Easter (I did 30 days last year before losing all interest in health in general!), I wanted to check to see roughly what the kCal burns would be for each routine, but was surprised to find that they weren't in the database. Am I missing something? I'm sure others on here are…
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How to get out walking again
Hi all, A brief biog: in May 2009 I was 301 lb. I started walking, at first a few times a week, and then pretty much every day, at least 5km, as fast as was comfortable. I started climbing the local "mountains" (hills, really) on weekends. I was amazed to find that after a while I actually enjoyed the walking and it…
