LazyDavid

I was thinking of doing my benchmark stats either this weekend or next weekend. What we did before was once everyone had recorded their benchmark we agreed to do updates at the end of each month.

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OMG!!! I'm glad you posted this as I've never heard of this before! When I get to work on Monday I'll be passing it round the office and see how many recruits I can get! But I will def' be doing the North of England Dash! Cheers and good luck to you!

Hello! (hello hello helloooooo) I guess by the vast responses and the echo when I said 'hello' there's no crossfitters on here! lol! (Walks off listening to the echo his footsteps!) :o)

It's been known for me to put on two stones (or more) over Christmas and the New Year! Living in Holland as a Brit ex-pat we used to celebrate a lot of the holidays with folk from work so the back end of the year was usually pretty sociable with lots of socialising, eating and drinking!: October 31at: Halloween parties…

Leeds, West Yorkshire here! Repatriated to the UK two and a bit years ago and went from 205 lbs/13% body fat to 230 lbs/28% body fat! Go figure! Anyhoo working to get back to my fighting weight and it's great to find a forum dedicated to us folks from the UK!

Well you're never too old to learn! I'd never heard of Park Runs before and thanks to your post I've now registered and hope to be hitting my local run soon! Cheers!

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Hi there... I'm David. Not only am I proud Brit but also a very proud Tyke! Apart from that I'm the wrong side 40 BUT the right side of 50 (for now)! The goal I'm currently working towards is to get down to 200 lbs and 17% body fat through a combination of cardio, crossfit and strength training. As an ex-project manager I…

Oh yeah! I can agree with that statement! The saying 'ignorance is bliss' springs to mind and if I don't know what what I'm eating it's so easy for me to enjoy my food way tooooo much and ramp up the portion sizes! :o)

I've always got my best results when I count calories BUT one trick I learnt is to count the calories in a set meal and save it. That way you always know that when you eat that meal how many calories you are eating without adding it up all the time. The one day I don't count calories is on my cheat day which is also one of…

welcome one and all and echoing the posts above feel free to add lil' ol' moi! :o)

I fall into the 'Get the Kinect instead' camp! At one point we had the PS3 and WII, bought the WII for the fitness games, but after all while we got bored. F@rting around with the balance board etc soon became a pain. The we traded the WII for the Kinect and never looked back!

Just one muscle group??? Noooooooo! Okay if I have to I'd have to say my waist. Okay not technically on muscle group but I need to bust my paunch and luv handles! My perfect result would be to have a proportional body built on the Greek ideal physique.

Pretty much all of the above (including the steak!) but dependent on what I'm eating with it I'll use either a balsalmic vinaigrette or an olive oil based dressing. If I'm having cheese on it; it has to be Feta as in: Crumbled feta cheese, cherry tomatoes, diced red onions, olive oil and lemon juice served on a bed of…

I've followed cyclical ketogenic diets in the past and a good starting point is this link: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=36497&highlight=cyclic+keto+diet Not only does it go into diet requirements Mon to Fri but also covers weekend carb re-loading as well as training on whilst on the CKD.

Yay me! Thanks for the support and here's to another successful week for us all!

Hi Nicky, If only one my friends would come to the same conclusion as you have! It's a difficult but rewarding journey when you achieve goals through hard work, sweat and determination! Wishing you all the best as you travel towards your goals!

I totally agree that HRM are one of the most accurate ways to track your cal burn rate but unless you are in a controlled environment with a couple of scientist that have you plugged up to the latest technology running supercomputers everything else is going to be a best guess guesstimate based on some mathematical…

You can still sort out a pretty good workout with just dumbbells. However I would question whether or not 2.5kgs would provide enough of a challenge? If you are limited for equipment you might want to check out something like Crossfit (crossfit.com) or body weight workouts. As for protein what I have done in the past…

Luke, Congrats on your weight loss so far and just following on from my last post; based on you being an 18 year old male, with the age/weight/height stats you provided, you have a Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) of approx 1865 cals per day. Your BMR is the amount of calories you would need each day to survive if you were…

A gym is a great place to go and be motivated. You see other people working out, you make face to face friends that are travelling the same path as you and it can also be a great place to socialise (remember though that you are there to train and not mainly socialise!). However there are as many different types of gyms as…

Thanks for the welcome ladies; I don't feel so alone now! LOL!