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I hear ya! I've hit a plateau and not seen any movement on the scale since Christmas! It's driving me spare. I'd love your 2lb loss please! Do you measure? Sometimes the scales are just being mean but actually other things are telling you more. Measurements can change noticeably while the scale stays resolutely stuck. Or…

Take a deep breath and just go for it. I go to a gym that felt really intimidating and seriously the hardest bit of all was walking through the door the first time. I was scared it would be full of beautiful people and massive muscle bound men. It is. (There are bikini body competitors, power lifters and strong men all…

6mph isn't slow!!!! I haven't been doing it long (started in July, finished the programme in October) and did 5k today at a pace of 5.5mph, and that was me feeling like I was going hell for leather!!! Except for the bits I had to walk. I still have to walk sometimes but at least I am out there and doing it.

Just a thought, but I had a similar problem. Really really struggled and kept repeating weeks because I just couldn't do it. I then went to donate blood and they took an iron count. It was low. Really low! A couple of weeks of iron later and I was off and away.

Another vote for the shock absorber. A firm hold but not squashed if that makes sense. Really comfortable, no movement at all. (I'm 32GG)

Another vote for C25K. I used to do it really early in the morning where no-one could see, and I struggled to do about 45 seconds. Last run I did was 45 MINUTES!! Just go easy, build it up slowly at your speed and you'll get there. I repeated weeks (more than once) and it took me a while, but I got there. I almost enjoy it…

Oh, I get that what will cure my arms is getting rid of the weight, but it does no harm to help tone what is under there does it? And then I can have a "ta-da" moment when a pair of sinewy madonna arms appear....:wink: (In all seriousness, I'm not wasting my time trying am I??) It is a long time since I have done a pull…

Fantastic, hadn't even thought about dips. I've been doing some pressups as part of 30DS. I'll definately up those, the suggestion of doing them during ad breaks is a great one. I'll look up resistance bands, I have seen those in the shops I think but not quite sure how they work. I have a really bad allergy to latex…

Bump...anyone?

GOOD LUCK!!! I started over the summer and couldn't do the first runs. On my programme they were 60seconds. I stuck at it though and repeated weeks (sometimes several times) and today I ran for 45 mins!! What I did notice at one point was I was at the park with the kids trying to fly a kite. We never did get the damn thing…

As a fellow nightworker I know that I struggle with tiredness leading to some poor food choices. Piles and piles of lovely carbs, nom nom nom. Can't say I have a less active night than a day worker though, I work in acute healthcare, the night is no different (sometimes busier) than the daytime!

Thanks. My hours are slightly different, I have to leave before the kids go to bed (I do 12.5 hour shifts and so leave at 7pm and get home if I am lucky at about 9am.) So I have to do a run just after my sleep and before I pick up the kids. I think my short sleep means that I am squeaking in an extra meal, I suppose I need…

A little bump for the evening crowd... (Hmm, in the US would that make it the lunchtime crowd???) :flowerforyou:

The pedometer idea is fantastic, I'm sure I can manage to clip one on somewhere, thanks. I tend to have porridge in the night (a sachet made with half water and half milk) and then I usually have toast and butter too. I have got better, I used to NEED a Snickers bar to get home on, but when they ran out I haven't got any…

Thanks both for your responses :happy: Ah, more sleep. A luxury I don't have just now, I just have to manage on what I have. A bit gutted it doesn't seem to "earn" me any more food though, any other thoughts on this??

Thanks all. I've closed my diary again, taken it all on board and will try harder. Thanks!

I can't keep up with quoting everyone, but thanks!!! I am trying to log EVERYTHING. I have looked back and will confess, there is a lunch at the thai restaurant missing because I didn't know what to log it as, but the days that are missing meals are, as someone correctly guessed, work days. I do 12 hour day shifts too and…

I've just gone back and looked and you are right, it is all over the place. Some of those big unders are days that I have done a run, and been out walking or whatever and I just don't want the calories. The convenience food days are largely post night. I need to get more organised don't I and have something home made ready…

Excellent advice, thank you. I have been working really hard at saying no to the little chocs. I don't buy them but I work in a hospital and so we often do have boxes at the work station. Actually a real sign of psychological progress is that I have been able to sit next to them working and not have any because I haven't…

Split nights every week certainly is affecting my sleep patterns. I hope I can convince my body to get over that :(

I should do what I tell the kids to do and try something new ;) I should start making more stew and curry, that will up the veggies. So long as they are well disguised...

I'm terrible at drinking, so that is a really good idea. I shall start to log my fluids and make a real effort to drink more. Thank you.

I don't eat meat. And I'm not crazy about veg. Looks ashamed. I'm carb overloading you think?

I did initially lose a couple of inches off my waist despite minimal pound loss but this week half an inch has gone on. I didn't measure the rest of me, so I should do that (esp as I started doing the 200 squat thing last night, if that doesn't sort out the bum nothing will!) Fat% test sounds interesting. Is that a man…

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