Radishes and celery are your friends here. You can munch on them all day. Granted you’ll get fur on your ears and grow a bob tail and have a penchant for your sister but that’s rabbit food for you.
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Tried celery, don’t like it without dips, then it becomes just about the dips 
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Will give radishes a shot
Always have a bag in the fridge (when I’m in not being a fat git mode)
I do need to do something to break some bad habits. Not sure what / how yet to be honest. It’s weird and sad knowing what the problem is but not having the mental strength to sort it.
Anyhow, another 3mile run today. Cross country round a local lake / reservoir. Struggled a bit with the heat and still lacking basic strength which is something I want to look into. I’ve become a proper weakling. But still good to get something done. Hip is still holding up with the odd twinge but the cold bath seems to really help.
Being reminded constantly at work of how far I’ve fallen behind is no great pleasure either. One guy, older than me completed a 52 mile ultra marathon last weekend. A younger colleague did my post work base run in well under 18 minutes. My best is a couple of seconds under 25 minutes. Others doing little triathlons, fun runs etc.
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I recommend reading Tiny Habits Book | BJ Fogg if you haven’t.
I loathe the style and repetition, but the principles exposed were eye opening for me in terms of behaviour. (And how app interactions are designed to hack it)
I’ll look that up, thanks
Dont think of it as a failure of mental strength. You have to create the environment that facilitates making the decisions you want to make and its in failing to do that where most people run into problems.
You want to get out of bed earlier? Put your alarm clock far enough away that you have to get out of bed to turn it off. Once out of bed you’re far less likely to actively go to sleep than if all you had to do was roll over to hit snooze.
You want to eat better and cut out snacks you mindless consume? What about if you just dont buy those snacks so they’re not in the house? If that’s too far, rearrange your cupboards so those snacks are in infrequently accessed places so they’re not staring you in the face every time you open the cupboard to make a cup of tea.
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Hadn’t thought of it like that but you’re bang on.
I’ve half done what you say. Changed jobs to get a far better work life balance. That’s created the platform to exercise, just the eating side to deal with. Getting up early is no issue. I’m up at 6am most mornings. Tomorrow, I might be up and down the coast for about 8am on the paddle board.
Eating crap. There’s an unfortunate stock of goodies in the cupboard “for the little’un”. That stock is too big for him and he needs some help to get through it. 
canteen at work is also a little too accessible and I like to graze as I get bombarded throughout the day. I can probably sort that side it’s at home is proving difficult.
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Early days training for half marathon, but happy with progress from couch to 5k. It’s easy to start, but helps to form a habit by getting you moving each day and knocking off the incremental goals. Couldn’t run yesterday, due to rain and lightning here, but exercised indoors and did some kettle ball stuff.
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4 miles on the paddle board this morning. 1hr 6minutes. Wonderful conditions. Sea like glass at times.
Hip is a bit twingy still but I can move at least. Roller session needed I think.
Just did a 11km run in an hour. Took a break from running partly due to the monsoon. There was a mild drizzle throughout the run which was mildly refreshing. Hoping I don’t come down with a fever.
Half a mind to drink a couple of pegs of rum and relax.
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I would suggest oven roasted chickpeas. Roast them in an oven. Crunchy snack with quite a lot of protein… And quite filling as well without the guilt complex that comes with eating processed snacks.
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you deserve 2 bottles after 11km 
This was a slowish run though… Mainly due to the puddles and the fact that I am still breaking in my new pair of shoes.
Bought 2 pairs and haven’t used the other one yet. Maybe if the weather holds up tomorrow, will use the other one.
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The key to a properly roasted chickpea is a light dusting of corn starch before they go in. I always have a supply of them in my fridge ready to add to any meal.
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Yeah, I generally use them as a snack by themselves. But you can add them as protein to any salads etc as well.
Completely forgot about these. Lots of flavouring options too.
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Yeah, From an Indian one of (cumin powder , curry powder , salt , chilly powder) to pick what seasonings you like.
Bake a bunch of them once a week (enough to last you for 3-4 days) and you are probably set for your office/home snacking bit.
You can do something similar with green peas as well but those I prefer to just fry them in a flat pan with plenty of chillies and curry leaves.
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There’s a severe rainfall alert for the next 3 days in Hyderabad. Looks like Schools have holidays being declared. There goes my running routine again.
OK gang, thinking of a new thread. This season (that’s why we’re all here) we want number 20. So, we have 25 days till the start of the new season. I propose we run, walk, lose and achieve to 20 each. We all get a point for every lb we lose (half a kilo to those who’s measurement system didn’t put man on the moon), a point for every half mile increment, a point for every 30 seconds knocked off a set run / walk and 5 points for updating your achievements every 5 days total. Gives is all something to strive for and although Klopp will know nothing about this, we’re there in spirit. Yes this can be done with Strava and Map My Run but that all gets a bit personal and I understand some don’t like that.
Who’s in for fitness points to take us to 20?
I’ll setup a new thread if there’s enough interest. 25 days to a new us, can’t be bad 