http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/forum Times Health forums Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:28 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/9_1241_0.html Hi, I'm midway into a diet/exercise regime and things were going well until a couple of weeks ago when I hit a plateau. Do other people find that after a few weeks/months of being good that it is easy to slip back into bad habits? If so, does anyone have any tips for making sure you stick to the plan and keep going? Any ideas would be appreciated! http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/9_1241_0.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:41:28 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/11_1181_0.html School holidays have truly started. Daughter who is grounded (and even when she isn't has a 9.00 curfew) wasn't in when I got home from work and still isn't in - husband of course is at work - so I'm sat here waiting, wanting to go to bed as I've had a long, tiring day - and I can't even have a drink while I'm waiting in case something's happened to her and I need to drive to pick her up from somewhere. With my eldest when he used to do this sort of thin... http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/11_1181_0.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:47:10 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/8_198_0.html Anyone out there ready to start a 10 week beginners running plan? I'm at the run 1 min walk 1 min stage Hoping to hear from people at the same stage as me so we can spur each other on or from people who've done it before and who can offer some motivational advice. http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/8_198_0.html Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:50:43 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_1231_0.html I'm going to run in the Royal Parks Half Marathon: http://www.royalparkshalf.com/ which is on 12th October, starting in Hyde Park. Since my mistake in the Midhurst 10k was to start too far back, I am wondering where I should aim to start in this? I did a practice 13 mile run, and took a bit under 2 hours. When I ran the Midhurst 10k I found I was a bit quicker in the race than I had been when practising, so maybe I will aim for a bit less. But I have no idea what is a 'normal'... http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_1231_0.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:04:53 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_771_0.html I started running by joining a running club on January 3rd, I really enjoy all its benefits - I feel better, look slimmer and can run for 3 miles without collapsing. But I have gained 3kg since I started. Part of my motivation was to lose weight. Will I eventually start to lose weight or should I accept the fact that I look thinner and feel fitter. Has anyone else had this problem? http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_771_0.html Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:34:37 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_1257_0.html I have begun, over the last two weeks to do some jogging. I am concerned that my heart rate for this activity is too high for my age. I have read (runners world ) that I should be exercising at about 75% of my max heart rate which for a 43 year old male should be upper 120's -130bpm. Try as I might I simply cannot get it down to this. My heart rate monitor shows 155 for what feels to me a steady jog! I can run for quite a few minutes at this pace. Can anyone explain what I am doing wrong o... http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_1257_0.html Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:53:06 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/8_1247_0.html I usually go running, do aerobics, cycle and go to the gym, but I fancy a change. I was thinking about swimming, but I haven't swum for years and years. Any tips on how to get started, what strokes, what to aim for etc? Or a training programme. Although I'm quite fit I'm not a confident swimmer. http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/8_1247_0.html Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:55:06 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_58_0.html Hi, i have had M.E. for a couple of years now and finally seem to be beating it and getting back to work. Obviously after so long being virtually inactive i have put weight on but now feel well enough to resume exercise. Anyone else in the same boat and are cautiously trying to raise their exercise levels? http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/12_58_0.html Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:10:42 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/11_1213_0.html Just had an invitation by email to take part in a survey about the future of The Times Health Club. After asking what sort of improvements we'd like to see, it asks "Would you be willing to pay £25 a month for an improved website?" What!!??!! ... http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/11_1213_0.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:16:27 +0000 http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_1240_0.html Does anyone know what the levels in the exercise log actually mean? If I go for a run, at a pace that I find hard, then I enter that as 'Hard' but it seems to me from the calorie calculator that it cannot be right. Running for 1 hour at 'hard' yields 950 kcals which seems an awful lot. If I run for 3 hours, I don't feel as if I have used nearly 3,000 calories. And yesterday I cycled along towpaths for 8 hours total (70 miles) and that came out as more than 5,000 kcals.... http://www.timeshealth.co.uk/17_1240_0.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:08:18 +0000