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Thanks for all the info guys.. I'd say I'll start incorporating a 2-a-day every now and then - it's nice to feel as though you're getting a little bit more from the day when you have the extra time on your hands for once!

Just this morning I made an oatmeal and apple cider vinegar face mask. It works wonders, and helps soothe my super sensitive skin. But as a weight loss aid? If you drank over your maintenance calories in cider vinegar (and you would have to drink a LOT), you'd gain weight, the same as anything else. If you think about it,…

You can't spot reduce fat (unfortunately) from any specific part of the body.. All you can do is eat at a caloric deficit and reduce your over all body fat %. Exercise is one way of creating that caloric deficit though!

Funnily enough, during my TOM I crave chocolate so so much, (and all other sweet things) but I do my best not to give in to the craving. Normally, I include chocolate into my day almost daily, and can feel that my sweet tooth is satisfied after just one taste. But during my TOM if I put one square of chocolate in my mouth…

Cinnamon, whole milk (sometimes I do 2 parts milk 1 part water), a TBSP of maple syrup, and I mashed ripe banana.

Mushy peas and mashed potatoes are the bomb.

Between uni and work I don't have a whole lot of free time, although I'm lucky that this year I don't have *as* many hours of lectures etc. throughout the week. I agree with the person who said perhaps focusing on exams at the moment should be a priority. However for me, if I have lectures at 9, I have to get up at 6. By…

Yep.

I tried doing the 30 day shred about a year ago. I didn't understand the importance of a caloric deficit at the time and so I didn't really see any results, because I was still eating too much. So I can't really account for it's results, but any form of exercise will add to a caloric deficit and thus make you lose weight.…

Today I was ridiculously over my calorie goal, but somehow STILL couldn't stop myself from finishing the calorie laden belgian chocolate flapjack in my fridge. (Even though I was 400 calories in the red.) So, instead of making today's logging look even more horrific, I logged 1/2 of the calories in tomorrow's section and…

I second this. I've never been particularly overweight, maybe 15 - 20 pounds and I have a few stretch marks on my thighs. I never really noticed them until recently because I never expected to have them. My mum and sister were both quite over weight for a long time, and now having lost the weight they don't have stretch…

I strength train 3x a week, currently finishing up a 4 week program with fitnessblender.con then I'm hoping to start New Rules of Lifting for Women or Stronglifts, need to look in to it a bit more and then decide! My diary and profile are open and although I use TDEE method (so don't log exercise calories) I still log my…

I also have this problem. I workout 6 x time a week and always get so sweaty, it's impossible to not have to wash out my hair. I wash my hair 'fully' only once a week, every other day that I need to wash it I rub just a bit baby shampoo in to my scalp, and some conditioner in to the ends. I've just accepted it's one of…

You should check out fitnessblender.com! They have loads of free workout videos plus cheap structure 4 and 8 week plans. I love the variety of if, and I'm doing my second round of one of their 4 week plans. But like shrinkingletters I'm just trying to build up a degree of strength so that I can really start hitting the…

Exactly how I feel. I'm 119, and would like to lose another 10 - 15 pounds. But I decided to concentrate less so on the scale and more so on the mirror. For me the look achieved by lifting far outweighs a number on the scale.

I love It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.. It's funny when you think that we're all on here talking weightloss, and that guy gained 50 pounds just to play fat mac. Anyway, I have the same problem. I eat dinner, and unless I've been particularly diligent with my food choices that day I don't tend to have much left for after…

Hey, I'm hoping to lose a similar amount to you! I'm 20 years old, 5ft tall and want to lose about 15 lb. Feel free to add me, my diary is open to friends and I log the exercise I do each day. Good luck! :)

Thank you everyone for all the helpful advice! I started strength training less for the calorie burn and more so for the latter. I'm finding that the format of the workouts are a little awkward because I do need to change my weight for each exercise. For example, one set is composed of two exercises (a squat and a…

Fantastic work.. So motivating!! :)

You made want to restart my account too! Great idea! I'm 5'0, feel free to add me! :)

I'd like to join please! :)