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Your trainer is right, shouldnt minimize your accomplishments! Each step helps. We all have to start somewhere. If doing half/quarter squat with more weight is more motivating than doing parallel/below parallel with less then its that persons issue and not someone elses. I am working on getting heavier with below parallel,…

Weighing every day for a few months helped me see a pattern in the fluctuations. One of those is my period cycle, it has a big influence on the fluctuations. Also exercise, waterintake, and food.. and its not a simple "more food = more weight" equation, there are delays and other dynamics in play that can mean that a day…

If you doubt your numbers, then post your height, weight, and activities so someone can double check. In general, yes you will lose weight at TDEE -20%. Doesnt matter if its 2000 or 4000 as long as its correctly calculated. Over the summer I was losing while eating ca 3000 calories a day.. but over the winter I need to…

None. It makes me sad :( ...then again Icecream rarely lasts longer than 2 days.. we usually buy frozen yoghurt (belgian chocolate, or brownies, or..random) rather than icecream. Tastes the same and is less calories :P

Welcome to MFP! It changes when you find something you enjoy. Try different things and see if you find something you think is either fun or challenging enough to make you want to do better. Also, if you want the chemicals to kick in you need to exercise to a point where you are exhausted but feel this happy feeling and…

:flowerforyou: I very much agree! Size or age doesnt define who can be baddass, its the attitute in overcoming difficulties You probably look awesome. So what if you still have a belly, you are exercising and that's enough :drinker:

Whatever s/he is doing that is pushing her/him to the limit and really doing it well. While there are certain lifts I like doing more than others I will admire another person doing all kinds of lifts when done properly and when its obviously pushing the person (doesnt really matter how much weight there is on the person or…

Yubb lack of bodyweight + less core involvement in the legpress seems logical to me.

True, and I have pretty much been doing the same here.. poking with a stick. I find making fun of national stereotypes amusing (I always maintain that there is a reason the stereotypes exist and its not "cause everone hates us") and I like considering differences and why there are differences (why there are bigger portion…

I want a castle! And yes anyone from the UK = British = English. It works the other way so must work that way.

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: .. I mean.. I AM SO SO SORRY!!! I DIDNT MEAN TO JUDGE!!! ... :bigsmile:

Hmmm reading fail there? They = the people I was referring to in the previous sentence = The people who think that pointing out differences/asking questions is the same as bashing. *shrugs*

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I prefer hot cocoa but thats just cause I generally dislike beer. Next time, make sure to enjoy the alcohol in a hottup.. especially if you are travelling during the winter. Lounging in the hottub with a bevarage of your choosing, watching the stars above the snowline is really magical :love:

It was right after work, on a Friday, with a home game that weekend and a bankholiday right after.. so.. yeah not a usual day.:laugh: And, as we found out the day after, if we had gone to a different part (really just a few streets over from where we were looking) we would have found eating places a-plenty. You really do…

In all honesty I think it would be the culture in Iceland as well.. if alcohol in bars wasnt so damn expensive. We have a culture of drinking at home before going out because its a whole lot cheaper, and yet even when its cheaper its more expensive than a pint at a pub in the UK (or close to that pricetag, depending on how…

Best of luck on the 5k! :flowerforyou:

Mmm yes.. somehow pointing out differences = bashing in some peoples eyes. I guess they dont get it.

Yes I know how large and diverse it is, which is why I am saying the cities, and not "the USA". I would appreciate if you realised there is a difference between countries within Europe.. you know.. actual different countries with their own culture.. but alas.. You also spot any tourist in Iceland cause.. well.. they are…

But I want the Whale & Chips! Whale is so much better than cod! Cooked right its absolutely delish!

Björk is cute, and nice.. and just a little weird.. it can get much much worse, trust me ;) and I am not blonde.. though I have been asked why I am not, cause you know scandinavians are supposed to be blonde all over top and bottom and all between. Also blue eyed and can drink anyone under the table.. except the irish.

How much have you travelled outside the US? People in Atlanta and Washington were VERY loud.. and I mean the US people, not the tourists. You recognise the accent (before you ask me how I know where they are from). Its one of the things I didnt really notice (I am good at opting out of hearing things) but my hubby…

No we just really like jam! Seriously we love our jam! We have it on EVERYTHING! Its also a cultural habit to make jams, because for the longest time you couldnt store berries or other things properly so everything had to go into jams or be dried and salted. How sugary the jam is depends on the culture as well.. Maybe we…

This is cool! Much better to see it in a graphic than a list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption

but but.. I as a tourist must have food when I want it and how I want it! Its just rude to stop serving food so early in the day and with drunk people in the way all over the place! :laugh:

I must admitt I have yet to taste Finnish alchohol.. did have a cousin who went there to artschool and he was drunk/being pressured to drink the whole semester (the drinking started on day one, when his new classmates invided him over for a start of semester party) Then again that might have been the artschool part, not…

completely offtopic but its also interesting to read ancient greek and roman texts about "northern" europe (includes what we now talk about as france, germany and the UK).. I really love reading how the (what we now call scandinavians) worshipped Mars and Athena and all the other roman gods.. except sometimes they had…

Nah the Swedes and Danes betrayed us.. jealous of our fisheries they left us for the southerners.. except when it comes to Eurovision, then they still vote for us! (sometimes)

I just want to throw this in here, completely on topic (or rather on the topic the thread went to): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption OMG the UK is really kicking Iceland/Norway butt! Must up my alchohol consumption to do my part! Too bad its not socially acceptable to drink out in bars…

OMG neither is Iceland.. and a bunch of other (fake?) european countries (mostly in the east).. we must not be proper European then! Must join the Union or be forever outcasts! oh wait.. to us that would actually sound like a good thing so.. never mind! :drinker:

anything that starts with "omg u r" is not taken seriously ;)