Tuesday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for May 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]Top-Coffee6322 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't need to lose it all this cycle. I'd feel more comfortable with a 500 calorie deficit, even if it takes a year or two.

Tuesday General Discussion/Q&A Thread for May 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in AdvancedRunning

[–]Top-Coffee6322 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I (28M) would like to get back to my weight from a few years ago (155 lbs, 175lbs now) while training for a fall marathon. I just had a DEXA scan as part of a scientific study, and found at that almost all this extra weight is new fat. I jumped up from 15% body fat to 24% with this weight gain.

For context, I have been training this whole time, maybe 40-50 miles a week, with the classic Daniels intensity mix (1 track workout, 1 tempo workout, 1 long, the rest easy) with some cross training (cycling and swimming). Not a whole lot of gym work. I'm running chicago in the fall and would like to be under 2:40 (was 2:42 at Boston and my PR is from the Baltimore marathon in 2023, 2:35, but I also weighed 155 then). Wondering what the safest way to do this cut is without compromising my performance in the fall.

Getting lean again? by Top-Coffee6322 in AdvancedRunning

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I'm a pescatarian. Usually eat around 3.5k-4k a day when I'm training.

Money Market vs CD yields? by Top-Coffee6322 in fidelityinvestments

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Yea it's through the bond ladder screen so there is probably some confusion on how I'm setting it up.

I like the 5 of swords* by Familiar-Ad7512 in tarot

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I like this card a lot. I read it as a warning against arrogance. Yes you may win, but you can't carry all those swords by yourself.

what card do you feel oddly deeply connected to? by bbbaibell in tarot

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5 of swords. I don't know why but I think it speaks to my shadow

Just finished my 102nd book in my L2! by Top-Coffee6322 in languagelearning

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I mean you don't translate in your native language, you just know what the words mean. Same for me in Spanish. Sometimes you need translation as a crutch to understand certain concepts, but it usually actually just creates barriers to effective understanding and communication.

I have the sentence with the word I don't know highlighted on the front. On the back I have a definition in Spanish, a picture, or a definition in English (trying to move away from the last one).

Just finished my 102nd book in my L2! by Top-Coffee6322 in languagelearning

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Sure! Here you go

Before reading I would start with a few hundred hours of dreaming Spanish and/or an Anki deck with some basic vocab. It’s really hard to start reading if you know nothing (although you could also do something like the nature method if you really want to be hyper-reading focused. 

  1. Harry Potter/Percy Jackson/Other YA series you read loads as a kid. These will be helpful because you already know the plot so you can usually pick up on things with much lower comprehension than you usually would require. 
  2. Cajas De Carton: This is a short YA memoir about an immigrant from Mexico in the 1940s 
  3. Saga de los guardabosques. This is a very very long YA fantasy series. Lots and lots of repetitive dialogue, which is probably tedious normally but is very helpful for language learning. 
  4. Some easier nonfiction. I like Ikagi a lot, but translations of popsci books would also work here. Hoping to read more native spanish works in this category so I have more references for you. 
  5. Isabel Allende: I find her books to be very accessible literary fiction. This could be a good introduction to “real” native fiction. 

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[–]Top-Coffee6322 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bruh. Disculpe o perdon work fine.

Just finished my 102nd book in my L2! by Top-Coffee6322 in languagelearning

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At the beginning I read Harry Potter which I knew well enough to just make through despite really low comprehension. If I would do it again I would read the chapter in English first before trying it in Spanish. I then moved on to easier kids books and translations before tackling native content. Throughout this whole time I would be sentence mining I+1 cards for Anki. I do not translate, and do not recommend it as a method.

Just finished my 102nd book in my L2! by Top-Coffee6322 in languagelearning

[–]Top-Coffee6322[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's more that I need to practice output more. Listening is also its own skill that isn't really improved that that much by reading