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Me modelling the top Mrs Igni purchased, and she demanded I strike that pose too!

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...8_800024_n.jpg

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I do above, need to work on my traps some more though - they refuse to grow! :(

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Awesome work Ignitionnet, I wish I had half your will power, heh

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Nobody's going to believe you're an IT wizard looking like that. Geek types are just not supposed to be ripped..

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Hah I wish I had will power, I have a supplement and vitamin drawer that looks like it belongs in a pharmacy instead.

Seriously will power time will be in a couple of weeks.

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Not even remotely close to being ripped. In a couple of weeks time I'm going on a 10 week long fat loss mission, after which I will hopefully not be too far away from being called 'ripped'. :)

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I may have missed it, given that it's 21 pages of posts, but could you post your diet/exercise regime? IF you don't mind giving up your secrets :P

But yea, I know what you mean about the supplements/vitamins, I had about 8 large tubs of creatine and whey stuff once, heh.

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I make my own protein bars for starters out of oats, peanut butter, milk, whey protein and flax seed.

My diet isn't interesting apart from that I eat about every 3 hours, and my diet is quite heavy on protein. My bars are a full replacement in themselves if in a rush.

Breakfast is porridge made with water, with 40g of whey protein powder mixed in.

I eat wholemeal seeded bread and brown rice.

Most of my fat comes from olive oil.

I consume whey protein with water also if my meal doesn't contain enough protein.

Exercise - currently I lift weights 4 times a week, different body parts each day, and I do light cardio, 45 mins of reasonably rapid walking, twice a week along with 2 x 30 minute sessions in addition to this twice per week.

Supplements - erk.

Daily:

Red Yeast Rice with CoQ10 - 1000mg
Complete Multivitamin
High dose Vitamin B supplement
Zinc and Magnesium x 3
Creatine Monohydrate
Liv-52 x 2 Twice / day
Alpha Lipoic Acid
Omega 3 - 2, 2 - 3 times Daily

That's not a complete list, but it'll do for now, I have others that are taken less often.

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Sweet, thanks for the details :)

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I do not condone use of this product and it is not suitable for everyone but it's the least dodgy of the ones I left out. Be bloody careful if you decide to purchase it though.

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Why?

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It's a grey market product, one of its ingredients is banned in a large part of the world due to being implicated in cardiac issues.

If I were to say that it's a perfectly safe product that I highly recommend and someone with a slightly dodgy ticker were to have some and keel over it wouldn't be ideal.

Wikipedia.

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Well done everyone taking part in the thread.

ignitionnet the pics of your fitness programme are great and the cookie monster top is excellent :)

I've lost 33lbs now, managing to do more cycling too, loving every minute of it. making the most of a quiet spell with my RA.

Keep up the great work folks :)

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33lbs, that deserves a round of applause Raven :clap:

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Well done you. :hugs::hugs: You should be so proud of yourself. I got back to my walknig this week as well but took a break today from it but will be doing it again tomorrow

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Aww thanks Wayfair and Sasha :) My RA makes it harder at times, but it's still going in the right direction.

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Well you deserve it. I dont weight myself as I'm afraid of what the needle will show :( but I intend to keep up the walking as much as my back will allow me to do

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walking is good so well done,
I do lot's exercising my dog's lol.... but I think I might need to try a little harder to get in shape ready for my holiday

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I used to do a lot of walkng when I had my dogs. Think I will have to borrow a neighbours dog to do more walking. lol :D:D:D

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I got lazy with the walking when they died and didn't do as much walking

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I felt the same when previous dog's i had died so i just get another

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I couldn't go there again as it was to painful but I can borrow a neighbours dog and go walking again to get fitter

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I managed to run 9km today without having any reaction from niggly injuries that have been hampering my attempts to get fitter. :)

I hope to get a couple of 5kish runs during the week and perhaps run 10k next weekend... I haven't managed that for about 4 years.

Strangely endomondo, the sport tracker on my phone, has me doing today's run on the 28th April!!! Are the satellites that track me running slow;)

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How do you avoid the injuries affecting you London? I walk so far and then have to turn back as my back really hurts and that just from walking a short distance and a slow walk as well :(

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well done and go for it, it all help's

to be honest I might be beyond getting in shape lol
I have not worked out in year's and now have to be careful because of spinal damage

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Does your spine hurt when you walk Tosh?

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I have constant ache's and niggles with it but I am used to those
my problem is if I lift heavy things.
but in saying that my back as 'gone' as they say changing gear when driving lol

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I was asking as I want to go for longer walks but the pain gets really bad and then I have to stop but if there was something I could do to ease the pain

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I listen to my body. :)

When I feel pain or discomfort I just ease off. I've tried to run through pain previously but it just prevents you from exercising for an extended period. The "tortoise" kilometre today was 70 seconds slower than my "hare" kilometre because my knee was acting up. It was also slower than the kilo that had a fairly steep hill in it .... and I hate hills!!

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I will just have to walk until I feel the pain and just stop and be sensible. I was thinking of getting the heat pads to see would they help. I really do miss the walking and get frustrated when I cant do the walks I was able to do :( I used to walk up a big steep hill before and had no problem with it but now I find it hard

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try using a TeNs machine while out walking,
it's small battery powered device that ease's pain by using electrical impulses to stimulate the bodies own pain fighting abilities

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Do you have a link to one Tosh please? I never heard of one of them but I would be willing to try anything

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Try this.......

http://www.lloydspharmacy.com/webapp...otspot_prefix=

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Thanks so much for the link. Have it bookmarked and will be getting one. It sounds really good as well. I'm willing to try anything at this stage

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That's the way to do it. Walk at a pace between regular distances, e.g. lamposts, then ease off for the same distance.

I find setting your own goals increases motivation too. If you've got a smartphone try downloading the app from endomondo.com. You can track your "workouts", whether it's walking, cycling, running or a number of other sports... and track your own record. It's not 100% accurate but close enough if you're wanting to record your improvements.

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Your Welcome.

I have one for when pain's really bad, but I also like Accupuncture and find it so relaxing I fall asleep LOL

but as I have said i'm out of shape

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Good link TM. I'd heard of these to help the fairer sex when they're in labour but I hadn't thought of other applications.

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Oh I hate needles and nearly faint at the thought of them lol so no Accupunture for me :D:D:D

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They can be used to help ease pain on most part's of the body LR,
but they are not recomended in certain case's, ie:- if You have a pacemaker, and other things

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quite a few pain management clinics issue TENS machines, they can be highly effective combined with other pain relieving measures. I last used one before my left hip was replaced, it certainly helped and well worth a try.

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any tips on how I can tone up ??
I weigh between 11.5 and 12 stone
and am just under 5'10"

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Ah,the old ephedrine! :D

Thank you for clearing that up! :)

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They sure are worth trying, I have arthritis of the spine and 3 torn and degenrating disc's

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I will certainly be giving it a go and buying it first chane I get as I'm sick of taking pain killers all the time and they dont have the full affect

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The old ephedrine plus caffeine to offer a slightly wider based kick and aspirin or similar to slow down the body's compensatory responses to the stimulant.

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Good advice, but if i was to listen to my body i'd get nothing done lol

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That sounds really sore :(

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it can be and take me off my leg's sometimes but otherwise i just live with it

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And here I am moaning about my back :(:(

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Everybody has different pain tolerance levels !!!

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I do have a low pain tolerance and it did help when I went to the pool but the doc told me to stop as my neck was really sore. I cant swim really and I hate putting my head in the water so it was putting a big strain on an old injury I have on my neck

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i see, depending on the injury to your neck maybe you should try a heat cushion that contain's buckwheat and lavender

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Are they the ones that you heat in the microwave?

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yup there the one's

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Last time I had one I burned it in the microwave :D:D Never got another one again :D:D:D

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lol :)

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Due to it raining really bad I coudn't do my walking but I done some exercises around the house. Dont know if that is as good as walking or not but at least I was on the move and I suppose every step of exercise counts :D

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Well done everyone taking part.

I am currently on the final stretch of 'getting into shape' following a loss of almost 7 stone over about five years. So it's encouraging to see others doing well also.

I'm in the toning up stage and it's proving to be rather annoying as I'm not making progress as fast as I would like. But I've been going 5 years...another few months or a year won't hurt!

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Well done you and well done for sticking at it.

My main problem is getting rid of the fat around my stomach. Any ideas pleaseeeeeeee?

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It comments like yours that help you get through it. So thanks very much.

That is still a problem area for me. I have quite a bit of loose skin on my stomach from all the weight loss. There is still fat there, even after all this time so I need to stick at it.

Basically keep at the cardio. I also attend Pilates twice a week and do a Body Pump class. I suspect once the skin tightens up, I should have some kick ass abs. They are there somewhere!

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This thread is really supportive of everyone who is looking to lose weight and we all help one another who are having problems. Thank you for the really nice comment also

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Wow 7 stone brilliant achievement Bob! Well done. :tu:

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I've cut down my alcohol consumption by about 90% over the last few months. Not only am I feeling healthier but so is my wallet..... :D

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I've lost just over 2 stone in the past 18 months having lost it in the first year and kept if off for the last 6 months. I am now down to 14 stone and want to lose half a stone more.

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Well done you. :hugs::hugs::hugs:

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Well done and whats your secret :D:D:D

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I've tried diets before and often fell of the wagon quicker than Phil Mitchell returns to booze!

I decided to adjust my eating habits monday to Friday, and eat what I used to on the weekends. Made net gains during the week (salads for lunch, minimise bread consumption, no snacking).
I wouldn't normally eat junk on a weekend either but the fact that I can eat a pizza or a kebab if i want to (as I would have if I craved one before) means I'm not cutting out some pleasures totally.
I also go to the gym 3 times a week - doing 30-35 mins on the xtrainer and some weights. And one pilates session a week, be it in a class or on my front room floor infront of the telly.
I had a back op in July last year (spinal fusion) and that was a great incentive to get rid of some weight!

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Well done you. I was thinking of doing the Piliates as I have problems with my neck and spin and back so cant do any gym work. I just need to find some exercise that wont do me anymore damage than I alread have. I cut way way back on chocolate and dont like salads and just have a small bread roll with my veg soup

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Ya but I had to cut back on it. I would happily eat a box of chocolates in one night and in an hour and then feel sick :(:( I dont like beans and dont like raw veg. Yuk! I do eat carrotts cooked and white cabbage cooked. Dont like coleslaw or stir fries but like brocolli. I'm cuddly around the waist :D:D:D

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I dont drink so that is an advantage for me but I have to say I do smoke and find it hard to give it up as I at the moment enjoy it to much. I dont eat now inbetween meals and have cut down eating inbetween meals and as I have a bad injury in my back and complications from an op I cant walk far so dont know what to do to do exercise that wont complicate my injurys

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I have tried to go of them and believe me you wouldn't want to see me when I go of them and I suffer from stress as well and I know you might think that is an excuse to stay on them but they really do keep me calm

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Just don't fade away completely peoples ;)

Fit is one thing - wasted away is another.
Can I stand on me soapbox? - a bit of everything did no-one any harm (I'm talking food here).
Like I say to my youngest - meat/fat/whatever - ok but have some of the red and green stuff too.

Off me box :D

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There's a cure for that stress - it's called Forum Memebers :D

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1st 10K of the year out the way. Decent time (46:03), no knee pain and a bit left in the tank at the end. :tu:

Hopefully I can drop some weight and up the speed a bit to get the time down even more by the end of the year.

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One thing that i love is chocolate! Since easter i have eaten at least one or two easter eggs a week. Bought a shed load when tescos had then reduced to almost pennies!

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Oh stop I'm getting a craving for it now and I cant have it as I have to look after my cholostrol. Have extra for me :D:D:D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2011/05/49.jpg That bar looks so good :(:(

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I've entered my first ever 10K on Fathers day at Bellahouston Park.:) I'm hoping to be under 52 minutes.

Have you ever ran it Derek? I've watched parts of the womens 10K before and don't remember it being particulary hilly.

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Good luck and we will all be thinking of you.

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Men's health one? Did it last year and its on my list for this year, bit of a hill at the start then another in Pollok park and a final one just at the end. Overall it's pretty flat and fairly fast, maybe a bit crowded at the start but good overall.

Shameless plug time but I'd recommend getting along to Glasgow parkrun beforehand to do a 5K over a big chunk of the course. :)

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Thanks Sasha. I'll let you know how I get on.

Derek, I registered for parkrun last year just before I strained my calf. Since then my youngest has started a little Spanish class on Saturday mornings so I'm snookered until the class stops for the holidays. The class is only on for 40 minutes but it's at 10.30 so no es possible. While she's in the class I've been using the time to get 5 or 6K in though:)

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The good news is I've been off the large bars of fruit & nut for over a week. The bad news is, I'm eating too much poridge and too many weetabix!

The settee collapsed today about 5 seconds after I sat on it... I was just going to take a nice sip of hot coffee when it happened.

I have adhesive capsulitis in both shoulders,"frozen shoulder" I couldn't lift myself up off the couch so had to stay sat down in terrific pain with hot coffee running down my face and clean t-shirt. I've never been this heavy before.

The sad thing is we bought the couch from Ikea because of a commercial like this

Oh well, time to check online for another sofa.

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How in the end did you manage to get up? Did you have to wait long for someone to come and help you? I'm so sorry to hear you had such a bad experience but so glad to hear that your of the fruit and nut bars. :hugs::hugs::hugs:

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Thanks for your concern Sasha. I waited for the pain to subside, then had to kind of roll on my side so my knees were on the floor. My son was just stood there laughing at me... Mind you, it must have been extremely funny to see, I'd have made it to number one in the You've Been Framed charts! :D

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Ah I'm glad your alright and I dont mean this in a bad way but maybe this was the start of getting you to really take on board to get really serious with the losing weight and your doing really well also now staying of the chocolate also. I have been weening myself of it slowely and now by next month I should be finally of it.

If only now I could wean myself of the fags :(:(:(

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I'm looking for realistic advice from Deek or any other joggers/runners out there. (what's the difference between a jogger and a runner?)

I suspect I might have set too easy a target for my first 10K race as I ran 10K today in 51:28 this morning. With 4 weeks to go how much should I lower that by?

I like targets to mentally aim for since it keeps me motivated but I don't want to make it so unrealistic that it has the opposite effect.

With family and work responsibilities I'm restricted to 3 runs a week, 2 about 5-6K and one longer one. Should I aim for 51 mins or would 50 be attainable?

I was pleasantly surprised at my time today. I was expecting about 54 minutes. It was perfect conditions this morning though so don't want to delude myself.

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l am not getting fit because basically l have a serious ongoing medical condition and if l did try to exercise it would worsen my condition and probably kill me.

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Sorry to hear that. Is there any gentle form of exercise you can do?

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Yes nag my partner.:D:D:D

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I like that kind of exercise as well :D:D:D

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Especially when they do not answer back.:D:D

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Ya sitting looking with the crazy eyes lol :D:D:D:D

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4 weeks to go. I'd think about reducing your training slightly for weeks 2 and 3 and doing very little for week 4 before the race.
If the run today was on roads with the associated stop-starts for junctions you could knock 4-5 minutes off. If it was on pathways etc. maybe take 2-3 minutes to take the race buzz into account.

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Hmmm, that's food for thought. Yesterday was mostly roads, but not particularly busy roads. I can only remember being held up at one junction and by one dog owner with the 20 foot leads. Still, even allowing a minute for that it might make a sub 50 minutes possible.

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Whats the condition? (if you want to say)

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Here's a real staple part of my diet at the moment. High protein, low fat.

Nearly 20 grams of protein in 80 calories. As clean as you like. Yum :)

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That would be nice deep fried in batter with chips. ;) :D

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I use it instead of protein bars for a quick, low calorie protein fix.

Takes 3 minutes in the microwave to cook two of them, 39g of protein, 161 calories.

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What do they look and taste like after you microwave them? The ones from Morrisons looked pretty tuff and didn't have much taste to them.

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Tender, largely tasteless.

Not eating them for their flavour :)

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There will be pacemakers this year for sub 50, 55 and 1 hour times including a devestatingly handsome chap doing a sub 50 pace ;) so you can get behind one of them and if you have anything left in the final 1000 meters open up a bit.

My moan today fitness wise. Early morning run, cold, wet and I didn't tape up my hairy man-nipples. As I result I look like I've been shot twice :shocked:

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Ouch, that's not something I've ever suffered from due to the absence of any muscle definition in my chest.... or is the pot belly preventing material rubbing the nipple area.;)

Pacemaker sounds like a great idea. In the unlikely event that there are 2 devestatingly handsome chaps in the event, how does one identify the 50 minute pacemaker?

My gripe today - bloody hip bursitis is playing up again. I had planned to do a long run today but during yesterday's shorter run the old injury started acting up. I'm hoping that resting it today will allow me out tomorrow:(

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We will have hi-viz vests on and probably a balloon tied to us so we can easily be seen. Not sure if there will be one for each starting pen yet, hopefully there will be.

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Right,Gym membership sorted,running shoes and headphones sorted,motivation sorted ;)
Had my first gym session today,updates to soon follow.

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Hope you didn't have to hard of a time in the gym and that you had a good work out session. Looking forward to the follow ups

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My last long run before my first 10k in 2 weeks time and very pleased.
I ran 12K in 1hr 2min, the first 10k being in 49mins 55secs. I also ran the first 5k in under 24 mins so 3 personal bests in the same run :D:D:D

It was perfect conditions right enough.

No hip pain during run although I'm feeling a little discomfort now.

I'll now take Deek's advice and scale down the training a bit. Maybe do 3 more 5-6K runs.