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How to improve my 5km time?
Hello everyone! Little history here: I live in Québec, Canada so I usually run from the end of March to the beginning of January, depending on the weather, the snow/ice. I started running towards the end of 2013 and did a 10km in 2014 but injured myself because I overtrained so I had to stop for a while. Started back in…
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Overweight but doing weights. How much should I eat to have energy and still lose weight?
Hello everyone! My name is Karyne, I've been on MFP since 2013 but at one point I stop comming here. But now I'm back :) . I'm a 26 y/o women, I'm 5'10 and curretnly weight about 248lbs. My highest was 270 and my lowest since that was last summer at 220lbs. I nerver really got lower then 220lbs. I'm fat, but also tall and…
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Should I change from sedentary to light active?
Hi all! I need your advice: Should I change my settings from sedentary to light active? When I first set my profile, I wasn't really active at all and I worked in an office. I do move a little around but I'm mostly at my desk. Now i've been doing crossfit and running 3x a week each (total of 6x activity per week, minimum)…
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Need advice from runners!
Hello everyone! I need a little help from the ones of you that runs. I started running about 2 months ago. I started with a program for beginners I received when I bought my shoes. I was basically intervals running/1m walking until I got to run a full 30 minutes (Yeah!). Now, I found an 8 weeks program to train for a 10K.…
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Need some advice on my trainning
Hello everyone! I need a little help from the ones of you that runs. I started running about 2 months ago. I started with a program for beginners I received when I bought my shoes. I was basically intervals running/1m walking until I got to run a full 30 minutes (Yeah!). No injury until now (another yeah!) I don't know if…
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Not abandoning but is the sparkle lost?
Hello MFP people! My name is Karyne, I'm almost 25y/o, from Québec, Canada and I'm here to get some of your motivation because I kind of feel like I lost part of mine. Not even ashamed to fich for attention :) I started using MFP in August and I lost a little over 30 lbs since (Yeah!!) I really like it and even though I'm…
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Jogging when icy/snow
Hi there! I've started jogging in September and I really like it. I went for a run yesterday night and the roads were icy. I didn't fall or anything but it was slippery. How do you guys do to keep running during winter? I've been told to use crampons but others told me it was hard to run with them and that you need a lot…
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How to get to do pull ups?
Hello everyone! I'm looking for help. my goal is to be able to do pull ups. I do crossfit and everytime there is pull ups in the W.O.D. I'm stuck doing push ups (regular ones, not on the knees) because I can't do the pull ups. I've tried with elastics but my upper body is not strong enough and let's keep it real, I'm heavy…
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Looking for friends!
Hello everyone! I'm looking for friend to help me keeping my motivation at the top! I'm Canadian, english is my second language so I though I would improve it at the same time as I would improve my body shape :) I'm a women, 24 y/o, current weight: 262 pounds (I'm 5'9''). Goal by the beginning of next summer: 200 pounds.…
