michaelachallis Member

thanks everyone, your kind comments are sincerely appreciated!! i had a lot of weight fluctuation during the shred! shoulders and arms are more defined and really notice a different around my middle. good luck to everyone starting, it is worth it!!!

i had this happen to me when i was 16, turns out i had PCOS. Go to your doctor.

a McDonalds just opened up about 150m from my house. NOT IMPRESSED.

I LOVE level 3. was not a fan of Level 2, but level 3 is brilliant!

i really need to drink more water....

i am on level 3 day 7. fell off the wagon due to holidays etc but will be finished this week !

ah shivers i am on level 3 of the shred already!!! good luck fellow kiwis :)

I think we have similar prices here in New Zealand, it cost's me about NZD$100 to feed myself for a week ($80USA). That is just food, not including any meals eaten out or any toiletries etc. I make everything from scratch too, and only buy essentials, anything pre packaged is so expensive. I know my parents spend about…

i found chinese egg noodles in my local asian supermarket, about 150 cal per serve, 4.5g of protein and less than 1g of fat. i think they work out better than most pasta because of the extra protein.

i am a student too :) healthy food can also be quick and easy, i recommend looking on a few recipe sites to get inspiration. I always have steamed veges. I eat a lot of chicken, so many different healthy tings you can do with it (stirfry, roast, poach etc) maybe just start by eating healthier versions of what you like…

Jillian Michael raves about it and endorses it so it must be good, is not genetically modified which is a bonus. Can't get it in my country, which is a shame.

Hi fellow kiwi, feel free to add me as a friend !!!

AMAZING, sop inspiring, well done to you!

this is why i think diet like lemon detox are absolutely ridiculous and pointless, nice article

the light of my life, barnaby. but he gets called little b, b, baby bear etc etc we adopted him from the SPCA and he was fully shave because he had been so neglected that all his long fur was matted to the point of dreadlocks, he has the biggest personality of any cat i have ever had in my life.

instant noodles & soda

if i work out in the morning i HAVE to have protein shake or bar afterwards otherwise i find myself insanely hungry all day...

you could freeze your leftovers into portion sized meals and reheats and eat wen needed, stops food going to waste in the fridge.

i try and avoid pasta/bread etc as much as i can, it seems to give me terrible heart burn and generally makes me feel awful. which sucks because i do love it :(

Wow, you have come so far, losing 70lbs is absolutely amazing and inspiring, now i would say is there any way you can channel these emotions into exercise, i find for me when i am angry or sad working out is an amazing release, something like boxing is fantastic, you can punch out all the hurt and emotion. I know it is…

proud of you!!

i have natural curves so i want to remain curvy i just want to tone all over and drop a lot of weight in my stomach area which is where i carry all my weight1

buy things such as grains, beans,nuts and seed in bulk, they go far and are cheap!!

personally i think diets are a waste of time, just change your lifestyle and eating habits to something you can maintain for the rest of your life, and count calories, that is made easy on here! that's my advice and my opinion. i have tried shake diets and all that crap before and honestly it made me miserable, eat how you…

eggs (by themselves, i like fritata, quiche etc) salmon heaps of seafood pork raw tomatoes wish i liked eggs and salmon, would be good for my diet. sigh

i wouldn't cut out chocolate completely if you love it maybe just switch it up for a high quality chocolate with 75% cocoa content or higher, i have 85% dark organic chocolate every day, if find i can't eat more than a few bits because it is really rich which is useful for portion control.

I feel like living In New Zealand we don't have as much of a range of really healthy food (excluding fruit and veg) and what we do have is significantly more expensive than the unhealthy options with are SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper.

i am still losing weight (have about 10kgs to go) , i just wanted to make sure i wasn't going about in an un-healthy fashion, seeing that little warning notice every day was worrying me!

denise - yes, that confirms what i guessed happened! xena - thanks! will give them a read

great thanks heaps everyone :)