Noorkitty

absolutely right !

Sorry one more thing to add - muscle will come, just doing 'weight bearing' exercise is fine like walking- up and downhills etc. For now just concentrate on cardio. And building core like planks pose, or boat pose.

I agree, do lots of cardio and then strength to tone up. Like even once or twice a week weights is fine. But I think the problem could be calorie intake. Sugar and wheat are culprits. Mainly sugar. Reduce sugar and let me know what happened. I do heaps of hard cardio etc but sugar is my downfall so been struggling to lose…

I also cook quinoa like I cook rice. Because all this 1 cup this to 2 cups that used to drive me mad and I used to get real soggy results. So now do open pot cooking whee I can watch, just like pasta actually.

Brown rice is a nice nutty flavour which I love. And yes takes a bit longer to cook than white, so make it how I and my granny has been cooking rice for generations :) Also I eat it like I have rice with curries or dry veg or even as a salad. But if you want to spice it up a bit.... Some easy combos Heat oil Crack whole…

Ok make it like this. The Bengali way. Take saucepan Rinse rice Cover with water about 3 fingers up. Cover pan and let it boil Then reduce heat Watch it. Stir from time to time. Check rice, when done Take colander Strain out the starch. Let rice sit and rain. You can not go wrong - we are rice eaters !

Oh my god, whhaatttt ? What a b*****. I can not believe it. And your hubby's response. typical 'son' response. But seriously she is mean and meant to hurt you. Grrrr

Thank you so much, this is really very helpful, ESP the slow running bit. You are right that is the mistake I am making. I feel better now. Slower 'jogs' while I build my fitness

Me, I am am Valentine on MFP coz I really need to love myself more !

When I was around 12-13 the boys in the neighbourhood would yell "fatty fatty". More recently "congratulations" I said "thank you". They saw me a few weeks later in the lift and were dying of embarassment themselves, they realised I wasnt pregnant. hehe

Sarah dont lose heart. I am a constant snacker and kind of still fighting to get to my goal weight, but what I can vouch for sure is 2000 I was 56 kilos and today I fluctuate between 48-49 kilos (11 years on) The thing that was consistent with me was excercise.....3 times a week (cardio) and once a week Yoga. all these…

C25K....it's an awesome program, and there's a group you can join on here for C25K! [/quote] oh very good esp the metric one ! The catch I must , must run 3 times a week instead of the once a week that I manage to fit into my schedule. (thinking aloud how do I do that ? mm )

I kick *kitten* well and good, count me in !

thank you for the C25K..checking it out.

Running is my weakest "talent" how did you build up to 5k ? thats my dream. To give you an idea of my fitness level.. I workout 3-4 times a week Spinning, Boxing, Stregth training and Yoga I can only run one day and I can only manage a max of 5 mins.