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Thanks guys - made an appointment with an osteopath on Monday so will hopefully get a diagnosis and also ask what exercises I can do. Docs are a bit rubbish here - just give you anti infammitory medication and tell you to rest. I will need to work on my diet - for whatever reason i am much stricter on my diet when I am…

Does that mean I will have fluid retention if I weight train every week? I am doing a 18 week programme that runs in 4 week cycles - volume, hypertrophy, strength and taper.

Although I only weigh once a week I do agree with what you are saying.

I really do hope it is fluid retention. Trying really hard to keep going

It's just TOM fatigue. I have a pretty rotten time of if but I can't give myself extra rest days every month....

Thanks again to all for your time and encouragement. i am feeling empowered! (also feel like i really need to pee - been downing the water!)

Thanks and good luck to you too! How long did it take you to lose that weight with crossfit? did you have an initial gain or was it a steady decrease?

Don't be sad!

Thanks for input - the weekend was a bad one as was in and out of hospital and eating what i could. Made a guestimate of calories on sat which I know is a super bad idea and sunday was just bad so was my first day of not logging. Would like to say i have been pretty accurate other than that but you are right about…

Thanks - this is really encouraging

I have opened it. please be gentle.

That is a good point - Get up early for gym but try to sleep early too but doesnt always happen. Also going through a pretty stressful time right now with family related stuff - not much I can do to control that but for the first time in my life I have not turned to food for comfort.

It's open. I have been completely honest so it could look quite ugly. Fear.

I I have been doing crossfit for 6 months but was a very slow start due to rehabilitating an old lower back injury (no lifting just lots of stretching and mobility). I would say I have only started doing full on crossfit like normal people since the new year which is also when I started to log.

Nearly cried upon reading that I should stop lifting weights - so glad everyone agreed! I actually do crossfit which is about 10 mins core work, 20 mins lifting and 15-20 mins HIIT in the form of circuit training. I wish I had the time to add a run in too but an hour a day (actually 1.5 hours with travel time) is as much…

Yes

I do crossfit and thats how I started lifting. I think I definetely would have injured myself if I just tried myself at the gym. If there is a crossfit gym near you and you can afford it I would join. Everything is scaled which is great for people new to lifting.

I am usually above my fat target....in every sense ;)

So glad you asked this queestion! I am on week 3 of MFP and been pretty constipated too. I had to take (natural) laxitive tablets one day but don't want this to be a habbit. I have tried adding in more greens to my diet as I have been pretty guilty of not eating enough fruit/veg. I am also monitoring my fibre intake now. I…

Wow - that is good to see. Thanks for sharing!

It is very difficult to log weight training though. I have heard the HRM don't do a very good job for crossfit. I also don't want to eat back all my burnt calories, maybe half but if they are all sitting there I won't have the restrain to not eat them. On top of that I don't think a crossfit class actually burns that much…

It is harder for me - I live in Scotland and it is absolutely freezing here. Cold weather = body craving hot stodgy food. I am extra freezing and miserable on a calorie deficit. I think this is why people in Scotland have an obesity problem. I love a salad in summer but during winter I want bad food like pizza and chips. I…

Sorry what I meant to say is that I don't log my workouts so I don't eat back those calories.

Sorry I should have said I am 178 lbs with 30lbs to lose. I have been up at 200 before so know how it is!

I'm 5ft9, having set my goal to 1.5lbs a week I get a calorie limit of 1480 per day. This is really not enough for me so I have been logging my exercise and eating those calories (and sometimes more) which is something I really didn't want to do. Today will complete my first full week and I will do my week 1 weigh in…

@loveliftlaughxo‌ I possible love maths and your post > lifting

I might have a fair bit to lose but thankfully my bf is my crossfit coach so hoping I will get it right this time.

I love to lift :) I do crossfit 4 x per week, inc my next class in 2 hours! I have c. 30lbs to lose though :(

thanks @superfox12082‌, glad to see someone else feels the same and that I don't need to go to a doctor ;) I am based in the UK and it has pretty much been freezing for the whole week with a massive storm last night. I generally always feel the cold, just more so recently.

@want2bethin135 I have been drinking water but not THAT much. I generally feel the cold a lot though, just even more in the past 2 days.