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Of course it was easier.
Fitbit reported my max heart rate as 136bpm, which is more or less in the middle of the 70%-80% range using the Karvonen formula. Double checked heart rate as soon as I got off the treadmill (ie before any cool down) and it was 101 on the "proper" monitor, so I guess the Fitbit HR is reasonably accurate.
Sounds good. Running is good for losing weight just be careful of being "rungry" after a run and eating/drinking more than the run
My feedback thread is here.
I've never ran anywhere unless it’s last orders or there’s a free buffet, but last night in the howling wind and rain I thought - fuck it I’ll do that run.
I bloody loved it. I think the weather had something to do with it. Checked my crappy old Fitbit when I got in - 3.4km! Well happy.
gonna head out again tomorrow night.
Absolute MADDD MAAANNN!
There's a myriad of options for tracking from just using an app on your phone to any watch with GPS. I use a Garmin forerunner and it does the job nicely, if you like your Fitbit you could update it to a newer one
To celebrate, I popped an extra 3min run session on the end of today's schedule, just because I could.
Still sticking to the 6mph speed (and slight incline) and it's really feeling quite comfortable. Next stage of the c25k has 5min runs in it though, so I might reassess the "quite comfortable" feeling then.
used strava tonight for a more accurate report. 3.42km in 18 mins I know that’s probably pretty sedentary but I kept going and only slowed to a walk a couple of times.
But whatever works!
6 x 30 min runs this week. Current weight 13st 9lbs.
thanks for flagging that though. I’ll have a read through
That said I don’t eat a lot just not the right things and rarely eat fruit. A typical day for me might be:
Breakfast
Two protein Weetabix with skimmed milk
Mid Morning (at least 2/3 times a week)
A chocolate bar or tea cake/pastry
Dinner
A meat sandwich (deli meats in a sub with sauce)
A cooked chicken breast (processed)
An off the shelf ufit protein shake
Possibly some low fat baked crisps
Tea
Too much variety here to list but let’s say typically Shepherds pie or Chicken and chips
Supper
Another bowl of weetabix and perhaps some crisps, biscuits snacks shit etc
Drinks I’ll have at least 10 coffees mostly black and no sugar and depending if I go to the gym or not I’d say a 750ml of plain water on average.
Looking at that written down I can see the obvious drink more water eat less shit etc but actually doing it is the hard part and finding replacements that are good.
Staying on schedule.
Today upped the running quite a bit - from 9mins last week to 16mins (which I realise is more of a pre-run warm-up for some people on this thread!) - but it felt OK.