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Hi everyone - I had a lot of success here many years ago, but CV/lockdown hit me hard and taken me a while to shake it off and ended up heavier than I was first time round! Anyway, I'm ready to do this thing again - lost about 5kg over the past few months over a couple of concerted efforts and looking to lose another…

Today I threw away all my cigarette lighters, (78 days smoke free), without giving it a second thought. I had somehow amassed about 20 which when I've tried to give up before I'd always made an excuse about how it's wasteful to chuck them away/they're useful for other things (bbqs etc). I know seems a minor thing but quite…

I'm back again after ballooning to heaviest weight over last couple of years. Lost the first 6kg over the past couple of months - still another 20 to go. Most of my previous friends on here are inactive, so looking to build up some buddies again. I log everything (even on my terrible days) whether good, bad or indifferent…

I'm registered for Brighton (UK) marathon in April, so will probably also sign up for a half sometime in Feb for pacing practice as I do 95% of my running on my own.

South Essex here ready to kick-start 2019 (once through current cold) - feel free to add

Previous suggestion seems most sensible. Otherwise if you want to stick to raw measurements and you've weighed the overall potato you can just guess the amount you scoop out. As long as you put the same amount back in for your smoothie it will all average out in the end - though it may be a slight overestimate one day, it…

I'm useless with warm-up/stretching and if it's less than 10k will just head out of the door and start running. If I'm doing more than that I'll deliberately try to start slow so warm up into the run. If I'm particularly stiff etc I'll walk for a bit first, but I'll only ever start my Garmin when I start running and stop…

Late start at work today so went for a quick run this morning. Something very odd going on: 10C at 7:30am in December, but I'm not going to complain as I hate the cold! Anyway, felt quite good this morning and would have easily done more if I didn't have pesky bills to pay! Didn't have time to stretch properly afterwards…

Set out to do 12k today at a balmy 12C, but with rain threatening and a decent breeze I decided to layer with a very light base layer and a very light water resistant (rather than proof) top layer. The rain never meaningfully came and though I was slightly warm I wasn't too hot so worked out well. Yesterday I had to cut my…

Not sure I'd have the mental strength to only eat one at a time!

Long run day today - didn't know how I was going to feel given I've not run consistently over the last month, but set out with option of half marathon distance. At about 13k exhaustion overtook so decided to cut it short and jump on the train back - only to realise I didn't have my card on me (normally sits in my phone…

@Elise4270 As a modern man hopefully I'm allowed to chime in on this topic :smiley: I personally use cooking oils. A mix of extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil works best and is multi-purpose - add a couple of drops of your favourite essential oil to get your preferred scent. (I keep a few so mix and match according to…

Hoping today is start of my holiday streak. Started with a short double - run to work via a shop and back home after work. Nothing much to report on either run. 03-Dec: 4.5k + 3.3k (Commute to/from work) Total: 7.8km (Target: 225km) Upcoming Races: 14-Apr-2019: Brighton Marathon

8:30pm in UK on 1st Dec and 5 pages in already!?! I'm not even going to look how much I missed over the last 7 days of November! Anyway, I'm in for 225km this month plus hopefully a streak starting tomorrow through Jan 1st. I have several days where likely to be just myself and 5yo daughter, so I may have to get creative…

After yesterdays HM distance today was just about getting out there. My primary aim was not about the run, but mainly to bank a few calories as heading out for curry & beers tonight :smiley: I set out aiming for a minimum of 7k, and took it very easy. At 3.5k I was more than ready to turn back, but decided to push on to 5k…

I think I'm going to aim for 1st Dec - 1st Jan since I'm UK based - obviously not because I've got a big night out tomorrow and wouldn't be fit to run on Saturday :wink: Not sure how I'll manage it on the weekends I have my daughter staying with me, but hopefully grandparents can come to the rescue and I'll keep those days…

Long run of 17.7k on my plan. Struggled to motivate myself to get out in the cold on my day off, but eventually got out at lunch time when had at least warmed up to about 4C. Queued up a random running playlist from spotify and went off on a route Google Maps said was about 17.6km. I took a diversion mainly to avoid…

Two lots of just over 3km today, (to and from work), rather than original plan to do 13k after work. Combination of under-eating today and unexpectedly having tomorrow off meant I decided just to run home and forgo the extra 10k. Bonus is I can now go out for this weeks long run (18k) tomorrow instead, (as had planned for…

You can definitely link fitbit to mfp. On Android you go to Settings > My Apps & Devices, then find Fitbit and select Connect. I assume there will be similarly named menu option on the iPhone app too. I have negative calories turned on too, so that it shows up the days I've been particularly inactive too. As for premium…

@_emmabella Hope you feeling better today. I was awake at that time last time as couldn't sleep also, but I was still trying to at that point so didn't go online.

10km planned today but struggled for motivation and energy after having really bad night's sleep. Run wasn't too bad physically but mentally was craving the comfort of my couch, and ended up having to cut short. Run was on a sodden field so still a decent workout even at super slow speeds, but at least still very mild…

Thanks @Scott6255 - I had noticed there were a lot more threads. I have to be honest and admit whilst the volume of threads did get on top of me, getting into a new relationship and thus losing my "free" time was the underlying reason. NB: That relationship still going strong, but I've recently ditched facebook and other…

Hi all - I did hang around here a couple of years ago when I first started running but found I couldn't keep up with the volume of messages especially given the time difference, (I'm UK based so found majority of messages were posted whilst I was asleep!). Anyhow, I'm back to join in again. In the meantime I managed to…

40/m from Essex. All UK feel free to add me.

Essex here, (though definitely do not identify with the stereotype :smiley:). Looking for active (on MFP) UK-based friends to help me on my journey which has been rather stop-start of late, preferably with open diaries as I'm always looking for food inspiration (or maybe I'm just nosey!), so please add.

My original aim was to have 29/31 alcohol free days between 24th Sep and 24th Oct. I ended up with 31 AF days (out of 34) between 21st Sept and 24th Oct so pleased with that overall despite having one more drinking day than I had planned to allow myself. Thursday night (25th) I drank way more than I should - my idea of…

Can't decide whether drink or chocolate is the better devil tonight. I know food/drink is not the solution but I'm *so* bored tonight but can't be bothered to do anything! Update: Not needed but got my endorphin hit via a chocolate protein bar - figured healthier than normal chocolate bar.

Thanks @MissMay - that saying is so true! I'm good today - managed to get out for a run and eat fairly well too.

Major fail Wednesday night - Sadly I'd already given up on the idea by the time I got to the pub and ended up having way too much. Repercussions lasted into yesterday with feeling terrible and not able to stomach a proper meal (nor having the energy to prepare one) and therefore snacking all day! Anyway, reset today.…

Another weekend successfully navigated - well done everyone. I even abstained when my gf was drinking! I kept myself busy and did lots of exercise which really helped, but must admit one moment when someone was drinking red wine on TV almost made me crack - I was literally salivating. Fortunately gf didn't have any in and…