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So basically introduce them before and after a workout, wait for my body to adjust, and keep adding them as time goes by in a slow and steady manner?

20 here, going to be 21 in June!

Would it be possible to kind of limit the 'collateral damage' as it were from water weight gain by going to the gym 4-5 times a week and incorporating more weightlifting exercises alongside cardio?

I tend to take my time with weight exercises, because I'm not one for doing as many reps as fast as possible. I'd rather do them slowly but properly. Also, my recovery time after each set is still relatively slow, especially with NO glycogen in my body at all, so I do struggle after a while, but manage to push through.…

Thanks! I'm sticking to 3-4 days a week workout in the meantime, filling the in-between days with a run or a walk in Hyde Park in London. Will be upping it to 4-5 days a week soon though :) It was unnerving how I was the only woman in the free weights section at that point and time lol, kept getting people staring at me in…

I tend to take my time with weight exercises, because I'm not one for doing as many reps as fast as possible. I'd rather do them slowly but properly. Also, my recovery time after each set is still relatively slow, especially with NO glycogen in my body at all, so I do struggle after a while, but manage to push through.…

Was on depo for one dose (3 months). Gained 20lbs in 3 months - I was tired all of the time (so sedentary) and ravenous (eating about 2000-3000 calories a day). Though funnily enough it all went to my boobs, *kitten* and thighs lol. Lost 20lbs of that though and toning up as well :) Personally I wouldn't go back on depo,…

I've had a few people who are happy. And I've had women act like complete snarky arseholes and tell me my 'journey wasn't important' because I didn't have 'genuine weight issues to begin with'. Right, as if they knew EXACTLY what my psychological problems with my appearance were and the extent of my borderline depression…

Thank you very much :) I want to lose an additional 5-10lbs (just to try and shift some more weight off my thighs), but because I've started weights, I don't think I'm going to worry about the numbers on the scale as much as I will be focusing on the inches I'm losing. I'll be on a deficit for a little longer, see how…

Argh, I guess my *kitten* and lips lol (maybe eyes too?)

My ex (whom I was regrettably with for two years, horrible horrible relationship) dumped me because I tried hookah/shisha (whatever you call it) once. Once. Yup. But I thank him for it because the guy I'm with now (7 months and still counting!) is bloody amazing and everything I wanted whilst the ex is (from what I hear)…

Hey, no biggie! Just work it off and don't feel like it's thrown you off course - it's only one meal! :)

Excellent - patience is the key it seems, and I'm really enjoying it as well, I wish I had started doing weights earlier (but I didn't have access to a gym before). Thank you all very very much for your help!

Yup, I've been told to start off and keep going until I fail on the last rep, at which point to just stop that certain exercise for the day and move on. My max for bench press is 10kg at the moment (fairly pathetic but there you go, only starting out...) I'm trying to group my workouts into working specific areas of the…

To become stronger, get a better body which is nicely toned, ESPECIALLY my thighs, I want them to become smaller - those are my goals at the moment Understandably it will take some time, I'm not worried about that. And whilst at the moment they are painful to do, I quite enjoy doing them so I doubt I will stop doing them…

At the moment I'm still working to lose weight so on a calorie deficit still (eating about 1600 a day). However, I figured I would start weights to kind of get into a routine of some sort. Eating about 80g of protein a day and was on a temporary low-carb diet BUT will be slowly bringing carbs back in because I need…

Whilst it IS mainly about what you eat, exercise DOES help with weight loss in many ways. Not only that, your general fitness levels will increase as well.

Doctors do not know everything. This is a fact. At the end of the day, they are only human. Having said that, parading around such incorrect information is absolutely ridiculous. I told both my parents (both excellent doctors) about the advice in the OP, and they could not believe that a legitimate doctor had said those…

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Meee! Got between 10-20lbs left to lose :)

I'd do B :) Maybe have a cup of tea and introduce ourselves and talk about random stuff

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I graduated in 2010. Really not very long ago at all. At my May Ball, I wore a sari. Won the Best dressed Female award :) (It had a Hollywood theme, and the awards ceremony was a result of that).

Eyes and hair - you have beautiful long brown hair (I love long hair on girls!) and hot blue piercing eyes!

Looks like a country guy!

Nice smile!

ORIGINALLY (my ethnic origins) - India. Both parents are Indian. But from within England, near Cambridge (in a posh area on the Norfolk/Suffolk border).

Your dog is BEAUTIFUL! I love GRs, super duper cute