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I'm in London, open to new friends. :smile: I have Ehlers-Danlos, fibromyalgia and ankylosing spondylitis - but I'm determined to get fit this year. I've started C25K (though I swiftly worked out that my regular walks are actually 5km, so it's more "Walk2K2Run2K". :smiley: I'm starting climbing soon, so I've been doing…
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UK here, living in east London, near the southern edges of Epping Forest.
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Are you actually hungry, or are you just in the habit of eating at that time? Try drinking a pint of water - it fills your stomach and fools it into that satiated feeling so it kills hunger pangs. Then find something to do that distracts you - read a book, watch a film or something, work at a hobby etc.
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Half an hour beforehand: Water, peanut butter (100% peanuts, no sugar or palm oil) sandwich. After: A pint of water, maybe a banana or depending on timing I'll have lunch.
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I drink a pint of water. It fills your stomach, giving your brain that "I'm full" signal of satiation that turns off the little cravings - and helps keep you hydrated. Then I find something to do that keeps me occupied mentally so I don't find myself tempted any further.
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Today was one of my rest days between running days - which meant focusing on strength training, but I got a bit of cardio in nonetheless - plus an hour's singing, which burns another 136 calories too if you're doing it standing up. :-) Not sure I'll have time to fit in a run tomorrow though, as I have a 2-hour all-ages…
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It's actually my second go at it - the first time it fell by the wayside thanks to health stuff, but I've been steadily getting that under control and felt it was a good time to start again, particularly as this time round I have firm goals and targets. I've been lurking on the community and reading up on stuff - very…
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*waves back* Hello from Walthamstow! :-D
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I think for me, it's going to be less about overindulging and more about trying to fit in time to exercise and go for a run. Getting up an hour earlier to run isn't going to work for me (AS means the mornings are when I'm in most pain) but I think I'd better get used to fitting in a run after my daughter's in bed. I'd have…
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The only RL friend I have on MFP is a friend I knew before joining MFP. I've not been around long enough to really get to know folks on here - and the majority of members seem to be in the US anyway, so little chance for a Londoner in the UK to meet up.
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Sending you a request - I started a week ago. I'm doing Couch to 5K with the aim of bringing up my fitness so I can go climb Snowden next summer. I was going to wait till Jan 1st but then decided why wait? I want to get down to about 60kg - but I want that to be 60kg of muscle and fitness. :-)
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I'm a Christian (active in church, I lead sung worship almost every Sunday) but I wouldn't term myself a "Jesus freak".
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I have a similar issue - was fine with babies 1 and 2, and just before I fell pregnant with my youngest I was the fittest I'd ever been (thanks in no small part to a lot of Morris dancing - you may laugh, but just try playing a flute whilst high-knee skipping all around the Square Mile in London leading a bunch of Morris…
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Almost 44 here (birthday is at the end of the month), mother of 3 (24, 22, 9, all girls) and as of Sunday night a grandmother of one boy! I've started C25K, planning to take up climbing at a nearby climbing gym in the new year (a friend is already a member there and can show me the ropes - pun totally intended), and I want…
