Reddit reviews BODYGLIDE FH8 Body Glide For Her Anti Chafe Balm, 0.8 oz (USA Sale Only)

As a fellow victim of chub rub I use body glide and it's AMAZING http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0031Y4TRW/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1410750191&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SX110_SY165_QL70

THICC girl here so I know a thing or two about thigh rubbing.

I used Glide for Her. I actually first heard about it from this sub! It's usually used by runners and the like since they tend to experience a lot of friction in that area when they do what runners do. Anyways, I dig it. I can wear dresses without bloomers again! I wore it on my wedding day and a single application lasted through all the sweating, dancing, everything.

So, first off, I would definitely recommend posting in /r/running. There are lots of people there who have completed C25K and just an overall warm community. We have several themed threads as well as a daily questions thread.

As for getting back into running, there are a few things to consider:

• Training for specificity. What is your goal? In what time frame do you want to achieve that goal? Wanting to run for an hour will probably be different from wanting to run seven miles depending on your pace. Wanting to run a 6:30/mile will be different from wanting to run an 8:30/mile for a half marathon distance. Wanting to run thirty miles a week will differ from wanting to run sixty miles a week.
  
  
• Setting up for success. One facet of this is measurable, achievable goals (caveat below.) Another is knowing what works for you in terms of when to run and motivation. Are you a morning person or a night owl? How do you mentally compartmentalize workouts -- is it a chore to complete or an enjoyable hobby?
  
  First principles to consider when starting to run (or getting back into running):
  
  
• Run at your pace. Whether your goal is to run continuously for a half hour or continuously for two miles, if you cannot finish either of these, it's not because you can't do it. It's because you can't do it at that pace. Do not be discouraged by running, say, an 11:00/mile. If you track it, in two weeks that could be 10:00/mile etc etc.
  
• Know your goal for that workout ahead of time. Do not have amorphous "run as long as I can/feel" goals. Keep a goal with maybe a +/- 1 mile margin (if you're not following a training plan with very deliberate mileage goals.) When it started hitting 80+ degrees here, I found I would absolutely quit if I didn't acknowledge this makes my runs harder, and I needed the mental commitment to finishing X goal or lowering my mileage goal and rebuilding that base.
  
• Commit to a schedule beforehand. This is the long-view framing of "Know your goal ahead of time." It's important to understand what you're trying to accomplish for a single workout but also how that feeds into what you're aiming to commit for 1-3 months. Similarly, knowing that you will wake up every M/W/F morning at 7 is easier to commit to than "I will work out three days a week, TBD.") Life happens, and let that happen, but hiccups should be an exception, not the rule.
  
• Create a timeline. Know by what time you want to achieve your ultimate goal. You can always train past that but it's useful to know when that schedule is "done" so you can reassess your progress and adjust or try something new, depending on how you feel (for example, you might work up to a 7:30/mile pace for a 10k and decide you'd like to sprinkle some intervals on another day and gauge how that impacts your overall 10k time.)
  
  You mentioned weight loss. Things to consider about how running impacts weight loss:
  
  
• Cortisol levels/train gain. Running long distances can sometimes cause weight gain, especially at longer distances. This is lovingly called "train gain." It's something to be mindful of and a good idea to track weight visually somewhere so you can see this fluctuation and weigh it against your running progress and aesthetic goals. This is something you see more with regular distance training moreso than HIIT because your body is adapting to the prolonged stress on your body.
  
• HRM. I strongly recommend getting a heart rate monitor chest strap for accurate caloric measurement. It's not perfect but it's better than a treadmill or online calculator because it can account for beats per minute (BPM). BPM is also an excellent training tool and exceptionally useful for people wanting an objective way to reign themselves in on each run and avoid strain). I also recommend calculating your maximum heart rate and lactate threshold as a good benchmark.
  
• Caloric accuracy. Runners tend to overeat. It's an appetite suppressant but we overestimate calories burned and often justify eating up to make the difference. Apps like MyFitnessPal exacerbate this. I recommend calculating your TDEE and looking at your BMR -- if you burn 60 calories an hour just lying around (your BMR), then when you burn 260 calories running in an hour, that's only an additional deficit of 200 calories.
  
• The idealization of carbing up. Yes, you need carbs. Carbs good. No, you do not need to eat an exceptional amount of carbs before runs, even long runs. In fact, it can often be a quite useful training method to run on a deficit sometimes. This is usually only a hurdle for people racing but just a heads up.
  
  WHAT ABOUT MY SHOES/SOCKS/CLOTHES
  
  
• Make sure you have space for your toes with your shoes.
  
• Acrylic socks are your friend. My preference is Balega.
  
• WEAR SUNSCREEN.
  
• Do you have thighs and run more than a half hour? Here. You can substitute with deodorant as well. This product is unnecessarily gendered; you can get the one in the blue container.
  
• I recommend looking into discount running shoes. I say this because a lot of people get turned off from running due to pain that is a result of shoes that don't have great cushioning or space in the toebox. A good way to do this is to look for shoes that are "going extinct" because they are usually on sale.
  
• Tech tees are your friend for any kind of workout imo, at least if you intend to sweat.
  
• re: GPS watches. I think these are immensely useful but you can definitely take the old fashioned approach of pre-planning your route and measuring time with a normal watch, then track in a diary or spreadsheet. I recommend the Garmin Forerunner series; an optical HRM is not necessary if you use a heart rate monitor. Clever Training is a good site for comparing products, too.
  
  APPLICATIONS
  
  
• If you have a Garmin GPS watch, Garmin Dashboard is useful.
  
• If you have a GPS watch and do not like their app, Strava is probably the most sociable alternative (/r/running has a group) and I know a lot of people like MapMyRun.
  
• SmashRun. DAAAAAAATA.
  
  I mentioned a caveat about measuring your activity. I burn out quite easily on running, mostly because I am the type of person who goes all out when she enjoys something and then needs a break. That's just something running taught me about myself: I burn bright then burn out. When I have a race, this is easy to police because I know what my end goal is and when I need it to be completed.
  
  But when I'm just doing it to enjoy myself and get outside, I need to ask myself every single time if I want to be out in this 90 degree heat and that, while measuring progress is a great motivator when specifically training for running, I can't expect to see tons of measurable improvement as (1) I am doing many things, not just running (lack of specificity), and; (2) I am not adhering to a program that sufficiently overloads, and; (3) I have become a better runner, which means even if I was training for specificity, the returns would be diminished.

Babe. DO NOT STICK DEODORANT THERE! Get some Body Glide which is the best ever and lasts 1000x longer than deodorant.

Or you could get Bandalettes which stay on and look pretty.

I use this, bodyglide for her during long runs when my shorts rub on my legs. It should work perfectly for what you need it for. It keeps your skin from sticking and getting irritated. I bought mine at a local sporting goods store. Not sure if it's sold worldwide. But I'd imagine any anti-chafing product should work similarly.

Something other brides reported back on after getting married was to make sure you have some sort of anti-chaffing aid. I added this one to my Amazon wishlist that someone recommended. Honestly it's not something I ever would have thought of but they made the point that wedding dresses, especially if they have a lit of layers or beading etc. may cause chaffing under the arm or between the thighs.

my tricks:
Gel manacure before hand is such a wonderful thing! My nails stayed nice and the polish didn't chip at all.

Keeping makeup in a Tupperware in the cooler will keep it from melting or getting weird.

I seem like the minority but I love wearing my long hair down as often as I can, and I found braids are too damaging for my hair so I just stay away from them. Using leave in conditioner after showering kept my hair from getting staticy and crazy.

I have a very large chest and found that putting deoderent under and inbetween them really helps with the boob sweat issue! I also got a tube of this stuff to use in between my thighs to avoid chafing. I tried it out while I was at disneyland for 2 days in 100F weather and It worked like a charm!

This applies to anyone, but I brought one of these organizers last year and it felt like a lifesaver on staying tidy in my tent. I put underwear and socks in one drawer, tights and hats in the next, and other various accessories and costumes in the bottom drawer. It made it so much easier when I would be drunk and stumbling back to camp for a quick change. I also found that trying on and planning each outfit before I arrived to really help too. I don't like to fuss around with what i'm wearing too much when i'm out there so having everything ready to go was so nice.

An labia-free, but this stops all my chafing issues:


https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0031Y4TRW/

I definitely need these! Thats the only thing I miss about garments. I've been using Body Glide since I ditched the garments, but I usually have to reapply it after a few hours.

Congrats! Also, to anyone who has a little chafe from time to time or all the time, try bodyglide or bodyglide with a pink cap, which may help. Best.