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StrongLifts 5x5. I have found it really good. You can download an app on your phone and it's free.

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These threads are awesome for short people success stories :smile: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/743399/5-52-girls-i-want-to-hear-your-story-and-pics#latest https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10131563/5-52-girls-i-want-to-hear-your-story-and-pics-continuation#latest

Two successful fast days done and dusted!!!! Today I'm off for the first day of my new job. I'm exhausted after a double shift yesterday so it'll be an interesting experience lol.

Maybe if there was a comfy bed to curl up in and sleep off my food coma first? But otherwise no. I workout fasted. However to each their own

Good morning ladies and gentlemen esp @Marmitegeoff heeheehee. My fasts this week were yesterday (Tuesday) and Thursday. Tuesday went well with a small breakfast and lots of water and lots more black coffee lol. Then an omelette for dinner. Today - Wednesday, I have just arrived home from the gym and I'm flipping…

I know you're not pregnant, but each time I was pregnant I copped morning sickness 24/7. I constantly felt nauseous and vomited minimum of 9 times daily. The only time I wasn't vomiting and didn't feel sick was when I wore my travel sickness pressure point bands. The go on your wrists and put pressure on the inside there.…

Omfg. My new hero. Congratulations lovely lady

The puppy is a 12 week old jack Russell x miniature foxy. So he's only tiny. But he's so naughty!! Trying to keep him resting is virtually impossible. The poor dog is living in a portable baby's cot.

Oh no!!!!! My puppy who is 10 weeks old jumped kamikaze style off the couch and broke his leg!!!!! Today is a fast day. I'll be at the vets most of today anyway. My poor fur baby.

Awesome post!!! :mrgreen:

Yesterday's fast day went superb. Mini omelette for breakfast and my yummy soup for dinner. My mum's is better but I'll get there.

I've recently started losing again after regaining thanks to my medication (it's levelled out now and I can lose again safely) Anyway, my boss and assistant manager were asking me about it. I said I'm just counting calories. No! They say. That can't be it? That's too simple. Then they get asking by about my weight lifting.…

Yum! I love taco salad. I actually prefer it now lol

We don't go into starvation mode because there is no such thing as starvation mode.

Definitely for. I work in a high care nursing home and have sen firsthand how quickly influenza can rip through a place like that. We put infection control into practice but all it takes is for one person to pass it onto a relative or a client and bang every single person in that ward is sick. Our residents are elderly and…

Now that I'm getting a bit heavier with my deadlifts, the plates are banging towards the end of my set. Oops sorry but thankfully I'm the only one there at that hour lol. The weights banging on the machines though? Urgh I hate that.

My husband is a believer in the (stupid) myth that women can't lift heavy weights cause they'll bulk up. So needless to say I can't share my awesome personal bests or excitement at the doms afterwards etc. All of my food choices are apparently wrong... he does however enjoy our improved sex life. And my weight loss has…

I'm not a teacher, but have you thought about going before work? I start work at 6am and I go to the gym at 4.30am. This way I don't have to worry about getting the energy to workout afterwards :smile:

It's Monday here and everything is finally starting to settle down again. School has gone back so the kids are out of my hair, my work roster is steady again and I'm getting back into my exercise and fasting routine. Today I'm going to attempt to make a watch of my mum's vegetable soup. Hopefully I'll start losing steadily…

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Ooh!!! Definitely date! Both of you

@sijomial Thanks :smile: Luckily I don't lift for the calorie burn. I lift for the awesomeness :smiley:

I'm in Queensland. But an Aussie which is pretty awesome lol

Really? I've always been told that strength training by lifting heavy continues to burn calories afterwards. Whereas cardio burns plenty while doing it and then none once stopped. I could be wrong though. I may have to do some more research. Anyway to the op? Yes! Lifting is great!!!! It's empowering and is awesome for us

I use a lot of the Spotify pre done playlists. My favourite one atm is korn another brick on the wall parts 1,2 & 3. Oh and funnily enough one called lawn mowing playlist

Wowee!! Good luck and stay safe!!!!!

Omfg really? I would have expected that to be a common sense thing

Yes I assumed it was a universal rule. However not everybody follows it. I ignore people if they speak to me while I'm in the middle of a set. So I guess I probably would look unfriendly to them.

I'll say hello or good morning to people when I pass them at the gym. To me that's manners. However I won't talk to people in the middle of a set. That's either their set or mine.