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@denice65 Having a break from swimming due to my gym being in renovation. I am actually member of gym chains, so I do have access to other pools, but they are far from both home and work and for a public commuter, it's difficult. But, on Sunday, I have another 10.5k race, so definitely I'll go...

@dawn16 Are you ignorant on purpose or just that tone deaf? Or a man? I'll go with a man mansplaining what "girl push-ups" are. The whole point was that that is an incredibly sexist and derogatory term. Just call them knee push-up, for what they are.

@kresta Lean mass includes bones and organs, though...

@indekee You can't get better at running if you don't run. I have never done C25K but I know from other people that it's completely normal for people to repeat weeks until they are comfortable at the suggested pace. Sprints are good for building speed, but without any endurance, speed is pretty...

@workinprogress4life Slow and steady does it! Good luck on your goal. And, for what it's worth, at the beginning of this year I only wanted to make sub 25 by the end of the year. And look at me know, working hard is really paying off.

@denice65 I'm very close to 24 minutes on my 5k, so next goal - for the following 6 weeks - is get an under 24 minutes 5k PR. Also, happy to report that the key to get faster is - as anyone with experience will tell you - run more and slow down. It's an amazing feeling to come to the terms with...

@lordswill I know, I have an irrational fear of making a fool out of myself and I tend to linger on such moments for way too long. I fidgeted for about 10 minutes around the machine, until I decided to go for it :))

@anonymous_iran I admire that self control. An emergency snickers would last me half an hour probably lol. But it is my favourite fuel during long hikes, it does stuff to me that nothing else does. Stops hunger, gives me energy, doesn't make me bloated etc. It's my miracle food for outdoor...

@denice65 Biggest achievement this past week was getting out of my comfort zone, stop being a scared little girl and be a woman and use the assisted pull-up machine. And it felt great and I cannot wait to do it again as soon as possible and as many times as possible. I guess I was afraid that I...

@pianoplayer927 Thanks for sharing and congrats on your PRs!

@pedroinspain Oh, thank you for the clarification, 132 grams of protein sounds really good. So, yes, you are definitely doing the right thing and you have already achieved a lot, so with patience and work, you will realise all your goals! Btw, if you are interested, there were quite a few...

@pedroinspain We see all over the internet that being overweight by BMI is bullshit when you workout because it's actually all muscle, so of course people expect themselves to be super lean. But, truth is, it is EXTREMELY rare for women to fall into that category. But, you lost a huge amount of...

@sandoftheearth Thank you so much! :)

@denice65 Thank you so much for your words of encouragement and words of wisdom! I'll definitely keep in mind what you shared, it's so encouraging to hear other people's experience. This is totally doable, but an addiction is called so for a reason. Knowing that other people went through this...

@darknessomni WHAT DO YOU MEAN BMI IS USELESS? OP has a dexa scan, proving the same thing as the bmi. What on earth are you talking about with bmi being useless? we are looking at the dexa showing that op does not have enough muscle to offset bmi, on the contrary.

@denice65 OK, so this is something that I did not put in my initial goals for fear of failure and I did not talk about before for the same fear. But, I finally seem to have done it: I quit smoking! I have worked all this year to at least reduce it, I was very well aware of how bad it was for me...

@emiles97 Saving this to throw it in the face of the next "I am skinny fat at about 20% bf" post. You look rock solid! Thanks so much for sharing, this was a very interesting read. I think what I get from your post most is something that I also tell people all the time: be active. Be...

@kjbbeliever Did I say it wasn't? It's possible and plausible and nothing outrageous. Just some people were acting like it's so out of the ordinary.

@ctian25 Ok, you are kind of not telling the entire story though (there are some things you said in a reply and were not included in the OP)? So let's sum it up: boutique gym shows up in town, they are new, they just hire who they can; after a while, business starts working well, so they...

@ukjk Aww, that sounds awesome! Great team, definitely makes competition just a bit easier and less stressful having such amazing people around!