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Huel is vegan and tastes very good. I got the vanilla v2.3 and I'm super happy with it.

Me too. All natural ingredients got me and we've been having a shake a day, sometimes two for a week now and both feel a lot better. I have less sugar cravings too and better control over my calorie intake. Totally recommend Huel.

what do you mean by you have done C25K twice now and are on your 3rd round. once you completed that you got to up your routine a bit and not go back again to the start. Running doesn't make you fat. too many calories do.

http://www.bhf.org.uk/default.aspx?page=12920 nope, they apparently aren't according to the bhf, the way you prepare them is sometimes though

Try to eat later! :smile: I had the same problem, I now don't eat until 9-9.15am, I get up at 6.45 and I cycle 4km/2.6miles into work. Doing this, I feel fine until 2pm without problems, could possibly go even an hour longer. My mornings are so much more pleasant since I postponed breakfast. At 9am I eat 2 boiled eggs,…

if you want to start lifting look into www.stronglifts.com - 5x5 is an awesome program. :)

I would! Oh, that wasn't the question, was it :blushing:

Going in tonight after Tuesday night was a write off. Got home 30mins late, then there were 7 guys doing inclined press ups in the rack and I only got to use it 40mins before gym closes and had a guy jumping in with me, which was fine, but no time for the rest of the workout. :S So tonight, hopeful face, I will attempt…

yay, great idea!

Thank you all for your response. I stick to no belt then, I doubt I will ever go that heavy to really 'need' one anyway.

Yay, well done! You'll see it's a lot easier than you think.

Hello all. Hope everyone is having a good day. I'm on day 7 today, had 4 days of attack phase, so today is a PV day. As per this mornings weigh-in I dropped 2kg in the last 7 days. Whoop! I'm currently weigh-in daily to see if there's any sort of trend and to stay on top of my goals. Additional motivation is my upcoming…

Check out this http://youtu.be/VnV7vEi7Sz8 - helped me a lot, I do have my feet out more though, by about 30 degrees and to get your fleibility going do these, like everyday, to stretch, till you can get down properly http://stronglifts.com/squats-improve-hip-flexibility-exercise/ - just my two pennies - I've been doing…

Day four of attack phase and I'm still feeling great. I managed to attend a party last night and only have coke zero LOL - well proud today, and enjoying the hangover free Saturday!

Makes total sense! Glad it's working so well for you. Keep up the good work :flowerforyou:

I have been lifting since February, started with NROL4W and then swapped to stronglifts 5x5 on the 19.06. - so about 6 weeks now Barbell squats today 57.5kg 5x5 - gonna up to 60kg ( that's a 132 pounds :D ) DL 60kg 1x5 OHP 30kg 55,4,3,2 - still working on that weight BP 35kg 5,5,5,4,3 - still working on that weight rows…

So today was very mixed, workout A: squats 5 x 5 57,5kg - so proud, didn't think I can get my *kitten* out the hole for the last two but I did it! BP 35kg 5,5,5,4,3 - I had to be rescued from under the bar LOL :embarassed: - had it rolled down to my thighs and a guy came over helped me. He then spotted me for my last set,…

hahaha, yay! Thanks! I'm looking forward to lifting tomorrow! target the 57.5kg squats and 35kg BP and rows! :tongue:

Wow! Well done! Do you think the diet has 'reprogrammed' you regarding your view on bread, pasta, potatoes...?

Hi Cath, Thanks very much! I'm going to be on this for four days in total. I'm thrilled by everyone's great results. Good luck with maintaining it now! I only got 49 days of cruise phase, it says overall I should be done and dusted and going into maintaining it by December, just in time for Christmas and to be able to eat…

I wear a heart rate monitor and I'm doing Stronglifts 5x5. The more I up the weight the more I burn, as I work harder now than say three weeks ago. This will vary from person to person and sometimes from workout to workout. Invest in a HRM if you want to know how HARD you work yourself. Edited to add: Three weeks ago my…

wow, well done! I was staring the 55kg squats bar into submission on my last workout. Like I suddenly felt fear on my 3rd set onwards. Wondering how 57.5 will go on Friday :huh:

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Thanks for your response. I will go with how I feel then, but not increase but just maintain. it's only a few days after all :smile:

Hi, I cycle from/to work four times a week which sums up to about 30mins per day plus leisure rides on my days off ( my bike is my commute tool) + I do 20mins cardio on one of my lifting days, after lifting, mostly jogging to mix up the movements a bit to my cycling. I found just lifting isn't getting me enough exercise…

OMG :laugh:

I watched this bloke on Monday squatting - but outside the rack using the squat rack! so he loads his bar, gets under it, walks four, five steps BACKWARDS out of the rack, balancing past the front posts of it and then squats in the middle of the gym floor :noway: I was waiting for him to tip over or fail :ohwell:

well done! Thanks for sharing your menu, I just started today and got 4 days of attack to do and really don't want to fail on getting bored by my choices. Will most likely copy some of yours now :happy: Keep us updated :flowerforyou:

Great job!!! I experience those surprise moments too. it's awesome, isn't it. you struggle one day and the next it just works! Keep up the great work :happy:

So maybe try and up your cals slowly, check your macros as well and try to get more of your daily from protein. To build muscle you need to fuel, so eating to little may hold you back on your progress. I find it really hard as I try to loose the last 10 pounds whilst trying not to loose this in muscle mass if that makes…