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Walking speed (5'5 woman)
Hello! I have been tracking my walking with my garmin watch (ahah I guess I should be running instead of walking ;) ). My walking speed seems to be around 5.5 kph (3.4 mph). This is me walking with a purpose (like going to the train station or grocery shopping). My speed doesn't seem to change if I am walking to or from…
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c25k - Have you skipped weeks?
Hello. So I started c25k this Monday and started at week 2. I found it not so difficult so on Wednesday I did week 3 (instead of week 2 day 2) and it wasn't so difficult either, sometimes I continued running when I was supposed to walk so I am thinking of doing week 4 tomorrow or ditching the program and just run. However…
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Cheap protein
Hello. I know there are a thousand posts about that, but this is so important one more can't hurt. So what are good sources of protein that are also affordable? For now I go with eggs, canned tuna, chicken breast, cheese, milk, yoghourt. Is there a restriction on how much canned tuna you can eat (mercury)? What about eggs…
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Toning my upper body
Hello. So I am trying to lose weight, but it is a slow process. At the same time I am trying to get fitter. I have absolutely no strength in my upper body (I can't even do one push up). Yesterday I was struck: I am moving out, my mum and one of her friends (the two are tiny 50+ year olds) were helping, and they were able…
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Not getting enough fat
My macros are 50% carbohydrates, 30% fat and 20% protein. I never meet my fat "goal". Is that a problem? If it is, what kind of foods contain good fat and don't have too many calories?
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Did I just ruin my metabolism
Hello! So in short, last Monday (7th) I started a diet where I mostly ate protein (eggs, meat, fish) and vegetables and some fruit. No fats, no carbs, no sugar (appart from fruit). I am quite sure I averaged below 1000 kcal a day. In one week I went from 68.5 kg to 66.2 kg (-2.3 kg or - 5 pounds). BUT the metabolism thing…
