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It really blows my mind that people reach adulthood without going to the beach - and then I realise that I grew up on an island rather than a continent and the world is a big place. Confession: I'm going to Europe (London, Portugal) for my 30th and I am struggling to maintain control of my eating. I either want to binge on…

I started doing Botox this year and it has changed my life - I still sweat, but I don't end up with massive wet patches down my arms when I'm anxious (so always) or when I'm hot. It's amazing.

Salt and Vinegar chips with onion dip (onion soup sachet, reduced cream and splash of malt vinegar) are the one savoury food that I will over eat - which is why I only eat it when the Bledisloe is on.

I just spent the past half an hour considering buying Acetyl Carnitine so I can workout harder and make my goal for my 30th next month. I feel like a giant hypocrite, given how I know that the broscience isn't very good and I get really het up about MLM type schemes selling such products.

"One more bite won't hurt", "my knees can't handle cardio" and "no one wanted me when I was smaller, so what does it matter?" Now I know that while one more bite won't hurt - one less really won't hurt, my knee pain subsided with stringer muscles and interval periods, and I just don't care that I'm still single. *kitten*…

When I went dairy free after my gastroscopy, I felt amazing (didn't know how poorly I was feeling since it was systemic rather than digestive after effects) but I missed cheese too much. So now I go diary-lite and occasionally cave but it's getting less and less attractive as the months go on. My confession is that for the…

I just skim read the 2015 and 2014 Ethics committee minutes of all four committes and didn't see this study mentioned - of course, I might have missed it but given the questions they had for a study using a paeds gastroscopy scope for non sedated patients, I don't see how this could've got through. And that is just…

Having got ethical approval for studies on eating disorders in this general area, I'd love to know how they got this through (I'm not bitter, but I really struggled for a fairly simple positive study design with Northern Region X Committee).

This, everyday. Protein is my worst macro but I know I feel better if I get with 80% of my target.

I knew that eating Icecream last night was going to be a bad idea, but I had no idea it would still be making me feel sick today (nausea and cramps) and make me miss the 100th Dawn Service. But if someone brought me icecream right now? Yeah, I'd eat it.

I hope that the Herald has misinterpreted it somehow, because doing that - in the area that Middlemore services - is just madness. Whatever happened to the Green Prescription program?

On the treadmill and exercise bike I listen to an audiobook so most of my time is spent telling myself to focus and listen, or cheering myself on (Yeah! 0.5km! You got this! Ain't no thing! / c'mon, dig in! Only xyz to go, woo!) In the park it's more of "damn it's cold/hot, omgosh is that a snake?! Why can't people keep…

Thanks! I stalked some of her threads and just noted that people were pretty helpful in the beginning so got some balls and made a thread that I think is pretty clear I'm not quite that crazy.

I want to start a thread to see if anyone noticed an improvement in weight loss following an iron infusion but after the Cheerios thread....I'm afraid. I'm also afraid that people will tell me my forever-plateau is because my diary is closed/I'm not weighing everything/im over estimating my burn calories, when in reality,…

Body weight exercises! Resistance bands! It'll drive you nuts but there are heaps of YouTube videos that show you how to do those, especially focusing in quad and hip flexors before moving onto balance work. Think single leg raises, moving through extension and flexion, closed chain activities etc. plus don't forget your…

I gave myself free reign to eat and not exercise while I had a cousin staying - there was a lot of standing in lines (that burns calories, right?) and eating churros and lactose free icecream. I've maintained my weight and that has made me super pissy.

My PT recommends using Hydralyte or something similar before I do an afternoon/evening workout. The extra electrolytes seem to help, or at least placebo effect type of help and I'm not up half the night feeling wired. Maybe you could try that? The first time I took a preworkout, I felt like I was running through spider…

I convinced my friend to join the gym with me so I could have a spotter, but now I'm finding it really frustrating because she isn't really trying very hard and it's distracting. Of course, now she is going to drop a gazillion kilos and I'll just be stuck sitting here at my CW (my body has decided that it doesn't matter…

Swimming actually makes my knees worse (lateral release, tibial turbancle transfer, ACL repair) so be careful with that too! I was actually told that running is ok as long as I don't push it up hills or on wet ground and I work really hard on strengthening quads, glutes, hamstrings and gastrocnemius. Plus no more fun…

This is an awesome article! I suffer from lower back pain when using the leg press and I've had my PT check my form (weirdly, "it's perfect") but I just did those exercises and I can already feel it being the good loose - will have to do it after tomorrow's leg day too. Thanks for posting that! /hijack

I have eaten cream eggs for dinner more than once in the past week and logged them as my snacks while moving things around from my other meals. I have no idea why, because no one looks at my diary other than me but I just feel guilty. It fits my macros and I exercise like stupid so I just need to get over myself. I am also…

I have hyper mobility problems, so I've blown both of my ACLs and then re tore my hamstring graft. I have decided against another surgery (they can't repair the left because of the surgery I had to correct/fail to correct the patella alignment and stop the subluxation so I'm destined for bilateral knee replacements) so…

I've found drinking a lot of water the night before I run really helps so I don't need to carry anything for my 10km runs or less. I have run with a little water bottle (400mL) in my hand with a sweatband over it/my hand so I don't drop it, but the sound of water sloshing about really bugs me. Drinking an electrolyte…

I think my favourite thing about this program is that is so simple to follow and even though I still struggle with some of the exercises at workout 4, I can see the changes its making. Plus, at halfway through, my PT measure my body fat last night and I'm down 3%! My weight hasn't changed much, so I am sure it's all…

I saw this thread title, and instantly thought of magpies. And pluvvers. Bloody pluvvers. I've also been chased by a duck before, which scared me more than it probably should've. I am terrified of dogs though - I run in a dog on leash park, but so many people think that they can do as they please. I've yelled at owners and…

I went to three supermarkets to find creme eggs today. I'm supposed to be doing low carb but they are so delicious that I just don't care. Let's not tell my PT, okay?