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Berry's bare belly challenge - 1st August swimwear edition
Summer is upon us, though for those of us in the UK it has so far been indistinguishable from December! Your challenge for this month is to swim, or do any exercise of your choice, and post a photo of yourself in your swimwear displaying your naked tummy on 1st August, simple as that. I understand it might be a little…
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Berry's bare belly challenge - June edition
Hello toned torso fans! Whether you joined the May midriff challenge or not, you're more than welcome to join this one. Here are last month's results: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/549513-mayday-midriff-berry-s-bare-belly-challenge?error_user_id=5028084&error_username=BerryH The rules are simple, on 1st June you…
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My Feline Pal
Hello humans, my name is Harley Quinn and I've joined MFP along with my new human to lose weight. My previous owner was a young girl who loved me a little too much and spoiled me rotten, carrying me everywhere and feeding me whenever I was just trying to have a chat. Now she's had to go abroad and it wasn't until my new…
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Exercising with and to prevent back pain
Yesterday I managed to wrench my back doing yoga, of all things! It's hurting pretty much continuously, but shifting between sitting, lying and standing is agony, and I waddle like a penguin for the first five minutes of walking! What exercise can I do that either won't aggravate it further or help the healing process? Has…
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Naked race tips
I've entered a race in which all participants will be running naked. Nude. Starkers. In their birthday suits. As nature intended. Did you know a collective noun for tigers is a streak? Or that there are only 300 Sumatran tigers left in the wild? London Zoo's "Streak For Tigers" race raises awareness of its work with tigers…
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Tempo runs - why and how?
OK I have to confess I've been avoiding tempo runs like the plague as to me they're just sustained discomfort. But they're an integral part of my half marathon training plan, and I'm fed of being the slowest runner in the field and want to get home by lunchtime! So can you please remind me why they're worth is, if they've…
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Berry's bare belly challenge - September 2014
Hello, and welcome to the easiest fitness challenge on MFP! If you haven't done it before the rules are simple - plan to work out regularly throughout the next month until you're confident enough to work out at the end of the month with a bare belly, even if it's in the comfort of your own home! Optionally, post a before…
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If I were new here what advice would you give me?
"BerryH has logged in for 1300 days in a row!" OK forget that. I've lost 30lbs with MFP. Then I put all but 12lb back on. I need to lose two stones (28lbs) to get to my fighting weight. Eating plans and cutting out food groups don't suit me, but with the appropriate exercise calorie deficit I can stick to MFP-recommended…
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Race one week away - put my back out. Help!
Help! I've put my back out (leaning over at an awkward angle to clean out the cat litter, if you must know). It's my last chance for a long run before a five-mile race next weekend. On the principle it's good to keep moving, should I go for an hour's slow shuffle-run or just stretch and walk down the town and hope I can…
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I thought I was fit but I still can't...
...walk or run up the escalators at Seven Sisters underground station. What's up with that? I run three times a week and go to the gym at least twice more, but walking up a single set of moving stairs has my heart trying to leap out of my chest, my hamstrings burning and a rising sense of nausea. And I do it every working…
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Training for a one-mile race
Hi everyone. I'm running the Westminster Mile race in three weeks. I'm a very, very slow runner who's been at it for years so the distance isn't a problem, I just have problems sticking to a decent, consistent pace. I basically have two speeds - 100m and 10K and nothing in between! I usually run 5Ks and 10Ks so the…
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Anyone else get ocular migraines?
I've never had migraines before but I've had three in the last two months. At least that's what I assume they are - the doctor wouldn't see me until I'd been to an optician to rule out a detached retina, which fortunately they did! I get an absolutely classic aura in the right eye that starts as a bright spot and grows…
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Berry's bare belly challenge - April 2014
Welcome to a new month of the easiest challenge on MFP. All you have to do is pledge to do a workout with your belly out at the end of April and that's it! The idea is that the thought of baring your midriff will inspire your workouts through the month, especially now spring is upon us. If you'd like to post a before and…
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London Marathon ballot now open
The ballot for the 2015 London Marathon opens today. Who's entering? What's your backup plan if you don't get a place? Charity golden bond place? Another marathon? Heave a sigh of relief and settle back on the sofa with a tube of Pringles? Is it overrated in the first place? I dreamt I ran a 4:08 London Marathon last night…
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New advice on the best running shoes for you
Interesting stuff, among lots of other injury prevention advice from the IOC Sports Injury and Illness Prevention Conference. http://www.runnersworld.com/injury-prevention-recovery/eight-lessons-from-the-ioc-sports-injury-and-illness-prevention?cm_mmc=Facebook-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-Health-_-InjuryPrevention
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MFP old-timer gaining and in need of fresh inspiration
"1142 day streak" Wow, time flies when you're enjoying yourself! When I joined MFP I was hovering around the 14 stone mark (196lbs) at 5' 8", just tipping into obesity. By following MFP's goals to the letter and finding exercise I loved, much of it running, I lost over 2 stone (32lbs if I remember rightly), nice and…
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Comedian Richard Herring lsoes 10kg using MFP
Edit: loses, curse you non spell-checked header! From today's Metro: http://metro.co.uk/2014/04/04/richard-herring-bmi-is-stupid-and-dieting-is-a-piece-of-cake-4688303/
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Berry's bare belly challenge - March 2014
Welcome to March fellow belly barers, sorry I'm a bit late to the party this month! For new arrivals BBBC is simple. Post a before photo (if you want) of your bare belly. Commit to working out regularly all month. At the end of March, do a workout with your belly out - at home if you're more comfortable, outside or at the…
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How do you use your FitBit with MFP to reach your goals?
I recently found the FitBit One I thought I'd lost months ago, attached to a skirt I haven't worn since the last time the weather was nice! In the meantime I'd delinked FitBit from MFP, and I think I'll keep it that way - the estimated daily calorie burn based on exercise early in the day that then diminished throughout…
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Berry's bare belly challenge - February 2014
Welcome to MFP's simplest challenge! If you sigh longingly at the success stories and wish your belly was smaller, this is the challenge for you. All you have to do is commit to doing a workout with your belly out - say cropped top for ladies or shirt off for men - at the end of February... and that's it! If you want to,…
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Runners - Vibram Five Fingers?
Hi all, I'm a bit of as lapsed runner ready to ramp it up again. After a series of injuries I swapped my running style to Chi-running inspired mid-foot landing. I generally run in racing flats so I'm used to minimal heel elevation. My friend who runs several marathons a year swears by Vibram Five Fingers for preventing…
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Sports minister - "Women should try cheerleading and ballet"
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/feb/21/women-cheerleading-ballet-sports-helen-grant :noway:
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Inspire me! Running/fitness motivational book
I've got an Amazon basket ready to check out. Before I do so, I'd like to lob in some inspirational reading about running or fitness to keep me motivated. Can any of you please recommend anything that goes beyond the straight how-to genre? :flowerforyou:
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The Minnesota starvation experiment - one man's experienece
Fascinating article and a stark reminder that the experiment had a purpose far higher than establishing the physiology of weight loss. 'During World War Two, conscientious objectors in the US and the UK were asked to volunteer for medical research. In one project in the US, young men were starved for six months to help…
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Activity levels and overestimating exercise burn
Congratulations on another awesome workout. You hit it hard yesterday, so today you had a long, mid-speed walk in the country for three hours at 3.5mph. 972 calories, brilliant, spend them on a pub lunch and a pint! But wait. You're lightly active and burn 2,160 calories a day just being your shiny self - what MFP dubs…
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Five foods to never eat!
1. Platypus cheese 2. Dandruff 3. Vaseline 4. Moss 5. Anything found floating in a canal. Think that covers it.
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A scientific answer to the "does housework count?" debate
TL;DR - it doesn't. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24570276
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Your best pasta salad recipe
I'm cooking for a big family buffet on Sunday and I don't want to be scraping the remains of a dry, congealed pasta salad into the bin on Monday. Does anyone have a tasty recipe that's easy and relatively economical to make in bulk, please. It doesn't have to be low calorie! :flowerforyou:
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Can I use racing flats as minimalist running shoes?
Running friends who've converted to minimalist or barefoot shoes have convinced me they are the way ahead to help prevent injury and keep me running into middle age. A recent gait analysis confirmed I'm a biomechanically efficient mid-foot lander so I should be a good candidate. I was going to invest in minimalist shoes…
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Race photos then and now
From today's blog: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/BerryH/view/race-photos-then-and-now-573234 Yesterday I overhauled my giant box file o'paperwork and stumbled upon the race photos from my one and only marathon, the 2010 London Marathon which I ran/walked/crawled almost exactly a year before I joined MFP. Like many…
