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Hanneke Jul 2008 3:31pm, 23 Jul 2008 37,518 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke I tend to loose weight on my holidays too... but they do tend to involve a lot of physical activity and no sitting behind the computer all day
DrBob Jul 2008 3:52pm, 23 Jul 2008 1,107 posts	Quote Pin DrBob Mine are delicately balanced between more general activity (running is supplemented by swimming, walking and shouting at my daughter) and more food and drink due to eating out twice every day.
EvilPixie Jul 2008 3:21pm, 24 Jul 2008 5,415 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie quick question .... can anyone explain the causes behind and the cure for the afternoon slump (mainly post run afternoon slump) I get a big drained feeling (could easily have closed my eyes in this afternoons meeting!) and then hit the food which i know is so wrong on all levels! Ta!
Hanneke Jul 2008 3:23pm, 24 Jul 2008 37,558 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke It is because our natural bio-rhythms require us to rest in the afternoon and less during the night... Ideally you sleep about 6 hours at night and have an hour or so at about 4pm during the day. I used to do that when I worked from home and could, and used to be mighty efficient and never really tired...
EvilPixie Jul 2008 3:25pm, 24 Jul 2008 5,416 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie and the solution for an office worker is??? this is one major reason for my snacking ... tired = will eat
Hanneke Jul 2008 3:29pm, 24 Jul 2008 37,559 posts	Quote Pin Hanneke well, if it gets really bad, I actually will have a nap... when I did not run my own business, I used to sneak off somewhere for 5 minutes for a power nap... usually the stationary cupboard or loos...
Velociraptor Jul 2008 3:34pm, 24 Jul 2008 3,904 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor In my case, it's usually because I've stayed up too late the night before
EvilPixie Jul 2008 3:41pm, 24 Jul 2008 5,418 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie v-rap we don't want to know about your smutty habits! hann that is so tempting! Don't think today was helped by a hot hot run that was hard work due to lack of energy and air!
Velociraptor Jul 2008 4:31pm, 24 Jul 2008 3,906 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor Smutty? The only thing smutty is the state of the sheets when I've been eating chocolate in bed
DrBob Jul 2008 5:14pm, 24 Jul 2008 1,109 posts	Quote Pin DrBob yeuwww! Nasty!

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Big Al Widepants is trying to lose weight because an article in Runner's World told him he could expect to knock 4 minutes off his half marathon time if he got closer to his ideal weight.

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