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I log my weigh-in once a week, Sunday morning :) I went through a phase of using my Wii Fit to weigh, but that made me weigh every day and yelled at me if I'd put on even an ounce. I found that so demoralising, it doesn't take into account the random fluctuations. Instead it was like "WHAT DID YOU DO TO FAIL LIKE THIS??!!"…

Ok so I read this as "lighthouse cleaning". I was thinking "that'd be an AWESOME way to exercise!" :blushing: But seriously, if it works for people to include that, then that's for them to decide. They're up on their feet, not vegetating in front of the idiot box. Personal choices, one step at a time.

In my beginners running class we get taught that the arms come in a lot in keeping up your momentum, so if you swing your arms about a lot (or hunch your shoulders and tense up) then yeah it'll hurt if you're not used to it! Apparently they should be bent 90 degrees at the elbows, but not tensed, and you should bring them…

I've had Implanon 2 years now and in that time I've gained around 20lbs, give or take. Now, I can't honestly say with any certainty that it *IS* to do with the implant, but I have a hunch. Hormones are known to make you more disposed to weight gain, and the point of the implant is to trick the body into thinking its…

Bump, I'd like to see answers. I have Implanon and really want it out. It has to come out in 12 months anyway so I'm thinking of getting it out sooner rather than later. Since getting it in I've gained around 1.5-2 stone and honestly I don't know if it's the implant or if I would've gained it anyway but I'm interested in…

I want to lose around 4lb. Obviously any more would be amazing, but I've deliberately set myself that target for every month up until July. I'd rather keep it low and achieve it, maybe even beat it, than set it higher and feel like I failed if I *only* managed 4. 4lb down is still success and I want to make sure I remember…

I too have heard that exercise helps...but yesterday when I started 30DS I literally made it through the warm up and the first set of pushups and squats before giving in. Like, 4 minutes. The day before I made it through but trying to haul myself off the floor after the first cycle of abs nearly killed me. I think my body…

Swimming is virtually non-impact but can be pretty high cardio so if you have access to a pool that might work well for you. Only thing that might be an issue for you would be the action of your knees as you kick but it might not be a problem given that your weight is supported by the water?

Personally I have had to concentrate quite hard to get used to working it out in just lbs. I've spent my whole life dealing in stones and lbs so trying to divide everything by 14 doesn't work well :-/

"And I'll be sworn 'tis true: Travellers ne'er did lie," Yes, I'm a uni student, and I'm currently writing an essay on Shakespeare :laugh:

The hrm will be giving readings according to your height/weight/age stats so as long as those are close to correct then the burn ought to be pretty accurate. The machines will be using generic stats which probably wouldn't fit yours very closely so basically its a random guess! Trust the hrm :)

I log once a week, Sunday mornings, and I take measurements at the same time. I try to avoid the scale throughout the week otherwise but I do sometimes check up once or twice just to see how I'm getting on. I never expect to have lost when I weigh out of those times so I don't beat myself up if I'm the same or slightly…

Awesome, that's good to hear!! I'm planning on starting the 30DS on Monday so I'll maybe plan to start the hundredpushups program once I've finished that :)

Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I found an online program called hundredpushups.com It's a 6 week program which in theory takes you from whatever you can manage at the start up to 100 (or more?!) push ups. I'm thinking of giving it a go soon :) Obviously press ups are a great way of using your own body…

In my beginners running class on Saturday we were told the best thing is to take around 180 steps per minute. So, 90 steps on each leg. I've also been given the tip to play mindgames with myself to distract myself from concentrating on how tough it is. Try timing yourself for 1 minute while counting your steps, if you're…

Personally I look at it as more of a weekly thing than a daily one. I try to stay within 100 cals day to day, but if there's something I'm desperate for one day, it's late at night so I can't exercise to earn more, I sometimes (within reason!) have it and just balance up over the next couple days. Oh, and I reserve sundays…

Someone else suggested Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred because it's so short - this is what I do! I live in a 1st floor flat so when I was doing 30DS I made sure to do it during the daytime, kinda before 3pm since either they'd be out working and wouldn't know anyway or it wasn't exactly an unreasonable time to be making…

I feel your pain. I've had the exact same thing (TOM sickness, moving into other sickness) and yesterday in my fitness class in the park I had to walk pretty much all of it coz every time I did *anything* I was burping up c***. I was so annoyed coz I had the breath to keep going but my stomach just wouldn't let me! Hope…

I've mentioned that I've lost weight but I haven't shared the fact that I'm on here or what my goal weight is. I want to do it on my terms and i feel like if I decide to have a bar of chocolate with any leftover cals I have then I'll have people on my back saying "should you be having that?!" and I know from experience…

bump for future reference - thanks for sharing :)

I'm setting myself goals at every 5lb loss. I've only recently decided this so I have a backlog haha :) For each 5lb loss I'll put £10 away somewhere. At some point, I'm going to *need*, like, really NEED new clothes haha :D So then I'll have a fund aside to get a small number of things with. I'm a student so I can't…

I see Slimfast as more of an occasional thing...like, if I'm not very hungry but haven't eaten in aaaaages then instead of waiting til I'm suddenly starving I'll have a slimfast for lunch or something. If you need to eat breakfast on the go then maybe stick to just the one a day and have 2 balanced meals at lunchtime and…

So...you would just ditch all your friends the minute you got married? What if the OP is truly *friends* with these people? Does she not have the right to keep in contact with those friends and not be controlled by her husband's jelousy? OP, I see your point. If there really isn't anything else going on, I don't see why…

:noway: Never?? Wow. You've missed so much gooey, marshmallowey goodness!! And something I've picked up from my American cousins...smores. A-mazin :love:

When I was in first year at Uni I lived in Halls. We had one laundry for 3 buildings: we started the year with about 10 washers and 10 dryers for somewhere in the region of 300 people. By the end of the year we were down to 9 washers and 7 dryers. Nightmare doesn't even come into it. The rule I tried to stick to was if any…

Definately work on the stamina first. Its all very well being able to sprint, but not much good in a 5k race if you can only go at that speed for 10 seconds :laugh: If you want to stick to the treadmill for now I'd say stick with the speed you're comfortable at. Get up to the 5k mark and then move to outside. You might…

IMO he's already *got* a punishment...he got the ticket and the fine. Since he's 17 maybe you need to sit down, have a proper, non-confrontational talk about it explaining why you feel strongly about his speeding, point out that it'll be on his record now for however long (in the UK it's 3 years) and his insurance will be…

30DS is amazing! I only got through Level 1 because christmas got in the way but I'm hoping to start over in the next couple weeks. Maybe start Feb 1st or something :) Last time I dropped about 5-7inches all over in just the first 5 or 6 days - it's like magic :D

Why not box up each size of clothes and put them away somewhere so all you have in your wardrobes are things that fit NOW? Then, set yourself small goals, like 5lb, 10lb, whatever, and each time you make those goals put a little bit of money aside. Then when you reach the next size down, as a reward to cheer yourself on,…