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Great changes, all of you!

@djspacecaptain cheers! :smile: I'd like to be doing sets of 20 by the end. Mostly sets of 5 now. Day 3: 75 (or 80? lost count) - harder today, few more days and it should get easier again Total: 210

My goal is 80km! 2nd - 8km 4th - 5km (parkrun, 26:21) new PB by 1min 35seconds! :smiley: 6th - 4km 8th - 8km 9th - 3km My first social run with a friend! We ran faster than I normally do. 11th - 5km Started enjoying it after 4km. Took my camelbak for my shopping bags and wallet and walked back via the shops, worked well.…

I usually eat all mine back, unless I'm not hungry. I use a heart rate moniter when I exercise though, so my calories burnt number is probably quite accurate. MFP can guess quite high which is why people reccomend only eating 50-75%

Its delicious but has lots of sugar... nothing wrong with that. Plain water and a piece of fruit (banana for potassium?) Would probably be healthier and give you some fibre to help control your appetite.... but it doesn't really matter if everything else is under comtrol

Wow. Heavy post. Thanks for sharing.

Might be a matter of just waiting it out. Check that you're logging accurately and if you are reduce your calories by 100/day. Some people say adjusting their macros hhelps them get over a plateau (eg. More protein less carbs). Might be worth a shot

Stuff it. I'm going for 2100. Day 1 (9th June): 60 Day 2: 75 Total: 135

In summer I ate loads of raw carrot and celery (very low calories, and time consuming to eat - off the top of my head I think its 40 and 22 calories per 100g, respectively) Now that its cold; teas, coffee and cocoa are my go to things. Herbal teas are nearly no calorie (I don't bother to log them) and I have some full fat…

Do you think its worth putting a minimun calorie limit? Like 1200 for example? (And all of that from food?) It might help preserve lean mass and you'd still be able to shuffle lots of calories to weekend days if you needed. If you made it a firm limit you would have to commit to organising your calories 'better' or losing…

I'll aim for 1000... Day 1: 60 (10; 6,4; 7,3; rest then 10; 7,3; 6,4)

My goal is 80km! 2nd - 8km 4th - 5km (parkrun, 26:21) new PB by 1min 35seconds! :smiley: 6th - 4km 8th - 8km 9th - 3km My first social run with a friend! We ran faster than I normally do. 28/80km so far

Hey! This sounds really exciting! Best of luck and hope to hear how your run goes :)

I got this twice from increasing my running too much too quickly... Started doing more running again a couple of months ago and got a touch of it in my right shin. I rested, did more walking and less running (took a week off when it first hit) then increased it slowly. I still get a twinge towards the end of my long runs…

Fast swimming or pool exercises?

Do some prep work? Spend a week (or a month) practicing... log all your food, track your weight, take starting pictures. Then set your goals and come up with a plan and prepare some food (and your mind), then start. Does losing slow or fast work better for you? If you aim for a big calorie deficit(like, more than…

My goal is 80km! 2nd - 8km 4th - 5km (parkrun, 26:21) new PB by 1min 35seconds! :smiley: 13/80 so far

I love this :smile: Good job!

I'm following starting strength 3x/week and doing some running. (my fitness tracker just uploads everything to my diary as 'jogging, 8mins/km no matter what it is though) I'd love to have some new friends! :)

I get that a lot more if I'm stressed or depressed. Exercise tends to dampen my appetite for half an hour or so after I stop and it usually improves my mood as well. Tricky part is, I'm more likely to slip into a bad mood when I've been a little bit hungry for a while (for example; staying in a small deficit)... still…

Group training or somthing social might help your motivation.. social team sport, dance, group classes, walking buddy, walking a dog even! Finding something you think is really fun, or having a big goal attached to it will help (for me, this is martial arts, and now I want to go back to strength training so I do…

Are you weighing and tracking your binges? If you are you might be able to discover a trend. For instance if you have four 700 calorie binges a week and you're not gaining it could just mean you actually need 2400cal to maintain.

Musli with fruit and milk. A little carb heavy, but good fibre. 600-700calories depending on the fruit. 1/4 cup each of rolled oats and buckwheat, tablespoon each of chia and sunflower seeds, 2/3 cup milk, today I had a banana AND a small mango (indulgent, mmnn)

I worry when I have a big loss too, especially when my diet has been bad - or I start thinking the scale is wrong... going up doesn't freak me out as much (so long as it doesn't stick!)

I sometimes premake meals, I log what I think I'm going to use in it and then add more (or less) meat (protein), oil, or carby things like lentils/rice/pasta. I'm aiming for 2200 calories a day and 90g protein, I'm not to worried about fats/carbs proportions. So I try to make meals under 600 or 650 calories with 30g of…

Kudos to you! If you have to make changes to lose weight it seems like you would be so much more aware and able to maintain the change. And when your motivated and MAKING changes on your own... just a little enchouragement to help you on your way is what you really need. You'd think they'd be excited and happy to have a…

Sounds good to me... I suppose if you wanted to stay up later a snack might be good. Personally, I try to do this and think its a great idea.

Tell them your plan before you get there, try to eat her cooking once or twice a week (smaller portion plus veggies if necessary). Offer to cook for them once a week. Sounds like you have some good suggestions, I hope you can stick to your diet making as few waves as possible!

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. If I lose a lot one week then I'm happy not to lose the next week, aiming for 1lb a week averaged over (the big losses make up for the crappy weeks, and I don't try to have them, just happens sometimes). Unless you lose another 5lb next week I wouldn't worry about it.

Weak and milky instant coffee... Ideally about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of full cream milk but I've been having 1/3 cup low fat milk lately. Such sacrifice.