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Explanation: I'm really lazy in the kitchen and I hate spending ages at the stove. Dishes. Urgh. This is my default chicken starter, which can then be thrown into a salad, or combined with stir-fry vege, or wrapped up inside sushi rolls, or picked out of the pan, hot, and eaten in your fingers. The whole exercise should…
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I upped my weights by 1kg and still completed the gym exercise class. Whee! Also, my boyfriend said my double-chin is vanishing... ummm... good?
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I'm tired of being the token fat girl at glamour parties! And I want to buy clothes from the normal-people shops during sale season (yup, motivations are shallow AND cheap). Living longer, being healthier etc are secondary motivations. Or public reasons when people challenge me about…
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Oooh it's looking good so far! ' I just came in to say, cool nickname. It must be time for more tenacity now, although the closest smiley-face MFP offers is this week cross-eyed dude :angry: He's so focused on the goal, he can't look anywhere else. So keep on going!!
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hehehe by the time you reached 179 pounds, you looked COMPLETELY different! Seriously though, it's a huge change. And it's cool to see how your face gained definition as you lost weight. Thanks for sharing :)
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During my weekend bike rides (fourth week) I've increased the average speed from 12kph to 16kph! It only took 2 hours to travel 34km, including 15 minutes pushing the bike up a steep bit.
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That definitely seems too fast. If you go on a crash diet or begin a massive exercise plan, the change could hurt your body and probably won't last. What about aiming to be fitter and stronger by the time you go on holiday instead? Check out the Success Stories forum for PS90x or Ripped in 30 before-and-after photos. There…
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Wow, look at the change in your profile and around your bra-line at the back! Amazing - only 30 days? Imagine what you'll look like after 60 :D
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http://flintland.blogspot.ca/2012/05/hey-fat-girl.html This link was posted in the "Motivation" forum (I think it's been doing the rounds by email as well). I'll try quoting it here - not sure it will work...
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Now THAT'S a lifestyle change. You're an inspiration to anyone who, having got the weight off, wants to keep it off. Have you been calorie counting all this time?!
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The heptathlon women are all built like goddesses; you can imagine Artemis recruiting them to her hunting parties. I don't know what I'd prefer... anything which propels my body across the finish line will be fine!
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I've set the daily activity level to 'sedentary' (because 5 days of the week, my school day consists of sitting around writing stuff) so to get the calories right, I log any intentional exercise of 5 minutes or longer. Everyday stuff like cleaning, walking to the supermarket, or going up and down the stairs at home doesn't…
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Thank you for posting this! I was so afraid of joining the gym and having everyone stare at "the fat girl" sweating it out in a room full of fit people. Now, having been there for a month, I realize the person I most want to emulate the obese guy on the exercycle. Day in, day out, he's there every morning, working much…
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For the NZ quandary! Check the local 2nd hand stores - I know, ewww 2nd-hand underwear, but I've had phenomenally good luck at SaveMart recently. Some kind plus-sized ladies had given up their new (tags attached) UK and USA-bought sports tops (not actual bras, but heavy-elastic support tops). 2x tops and 2x 'active wear'…
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Whee, congratulations! Hope you get some nice nearly-summer weather for the 21km run, and good luck with it.
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I'd say, go for the maximum support affordable. I'm a little over your size and even for low-impact stuff like riding a bike, life is SO MUCH more comfortable with less bounce. It can be cheaper to get the tight fitting crop-tops used by joggers. I generally use a normal underwire bra with a cross-strap sports top over…
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Hooping hasn't directly helped me to lose weight, but it has got me outside and active on sunny days, which tends to lead into walking or cycling further afield. It definitely stretches out my mid-section abs and back! It's hard to find adult-sized hula hoops in NZ, so I've made my own out of flexible garden piping and…
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That's a nifty idea! I'm not so dedicated - the closet I get is eating last night's dinner for this morning's healthy, protein-rich breakfast. But thanks for the interesting links. Mostly tuned in to say - I keep misreading the topic title as "Prevention with Pepperoni" :laugh:
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The answer to this is very straightforward: 1) nothing special and 2) no, you're doing nothing wrong. If we consider your calorie intake over the week, you're under by ~250 calories for 6 days, and over by ~200 calories for 1 day. In a seven day period, then, you're under by about 1500 calories! Gosh! Are you still losing…
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You have a higher BMI than 93% of females aged 15-29 in your country You have a higher BMI than 99% of females aged 15-29 in the world Did you know? If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would add 100,094,466 tonnes to the total weight of the world's population Good grief. Lucky I'm doing somethin' about…
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Pretty sure the person was telling me off for eating sugary food because I looked breathless and overweight... why else would you butt in on someone else's sitting-on-the-beach-watching-seagulls time? And yeah, I'm stoked about surviving the new exercise - only managed 2/3 of the distance last weekend, so this is a big…
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Actually yes, but you'd have to drink a lot more to OD. Happy birthday!
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About the swimming: there's an odd exercise I've picked up from Japanese friends - hopping into a deep pool and simply walking from end to end. The water both supports and resists your body, so it's gentle on the knees and tough on the core. You can use your arms to help push or to pull you along a lane-divider but it's…
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There's this soft, apricot-coloured summer dress in my wardrobe... purchased on sale 12 months ago. It's the perfect shade and cut for my body type - but two sizes too small. There are five months before SUMMER arrives and I will be rockin' that dress to the beach and back.
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It's not so much that I hate exercise, as that I hate being unfit. Since I joined a gym, every week my body has improved in some measurable way and this partially makes up for the indignities of being unco-ordinated in public. It's also quite fun to play with the cardio machine pre-sets: the flashing lights and progress…
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I beat yesterday's treadmill distance by 100 metres this morning and I'm still upright. My favourite corset laces one inch less across the back than last month.
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I started the slow-carb diet two weeks ago to see what it's like. Some of the changes - such as substituting chickpeas or beans in place of white starches - are easily done and it seems a healthier way to eat entirely 'no-carb'. Other requirements - giving up fresh fruit and avoiding dairy products - strike me as…
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There are some really good posts about shin splints from trainers & gym people on here - search for old topics. Look for the posts with reasons behind the instructions. It's mostly about how to reduce impact, build stamina, and when you might need to take a break. Here' one!…
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I think your chin looks pointer :D Mine does too, and every little (even 8 pounds!) counts towards that gooooaaaal!
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Ooh, I'm going to breaking the mold here. I want to get to 160 and re-assess there, with a probable shift away from cardio into weight lifting. Next year I change occupation to something that will demand a lot of strength and endurance, manipulating 2 - 10kg weights for half the day, while sweating it out in front of a…
