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I have hyper tension (medicated) so I am watching my sodium intake .. sometimes it slips beyond the level set by MFP but mostly I try to avoid salty foods, fast food, etc.

Wow a gallon of water? My regular intake is 1.5 - 2 litres a day, but on a work out day it can go up to a gallon easily. But thanks for your talk up there, it gives a bit of hope that its not just me who arent budging off the scale :) I guess also the age factor has a hand in it, I am 37 years old and I am sure I wont…

Thank you :)

Yeah pretty much, I even got a digital food scale to try and be as accurate as possible

Hi Tavistock , MFP put me at 1790 calories per day to loose 1 KG per week

I log everything in my diary, and try to get the weights and type of food I add as accurate as possible. And every day for the past 45 days I was under my goal. I did a one week plan where I cut off caffeine, dairy, meats, wheat , and lost 2 kg .. could those be the same 2 kg after I came back to eating non veg and…

Thanks Ldysw357 I accepted it :)

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How can I add by using the email? Seems it will only accept it by name only :-/ Anyway, my name on UP is: Ahmed Darwish (living it UP since April 27 2013 !) Email : aadarwish@gmail.com

Never heard of foam rolling before, will deff get one and give it a try and check some moves on YouTube :) Thanks all

Thank you, I do enjoy swimming, but not having proper access here in Saudi to public pools without having to pay loads of money for a yearly membership has cut my swimming enjoyment :(

Yes, the doctor told me to avoid anything that has to do with squats, lunges, tuck jumps, etc. I need to get more walking and swimming into my routine

Hi MyownSunshine, actually it was a typo and I meant 3 times a week, each session is 1 hour :) but thank you for the input and I do like your analysis of the injury. The doctor at the first visit checked the knee by presses and pressure and found nothing, when then he asked for an X-Ray this showed the contusion and…

add me : Ahmed Darwish or aadarwish@gmail.com :)

Thank you frangrann .. I guess I will put my BC days on hold for now

Thanks for the advice knight, this will be my new task to get back to BC asap !

Hi, I agree with the "feel good" part, I was thinking its just some article with some weird program, but I actually really felt "different" when I cut out lots of those foods and caffeine. I don't drink anyway so it was easy sticking to that rule lol

Thank you :)

Hi all, excuse my late responses as it seems I didnt get notified by email when I got replies :( Anyway, I am all done with this trial for 5 days, the results: 1- I lost 2.6Kg (5.73 pounds) in 5 days 2- I felt less bloated, lighter, and surprisingly more concentrated (despite the lack of coffee!) I'm a coffee craze as…

Feel free to add me as well, I still have a long journey and need the encouragement :)

yeah I know how you feel! I used to be in love with the gym and swimming and actually look forward to it. Now I dont know whats got into me and I just feel so lazy and no interest to go ... I think its like a dead battery where you have to jump start it to get it running again.. it will seem like a push in the start but…

Thank you very much you are all so kind :) I already lost 1kg in my first week here so I hope its a good start! BUT I am going for training for a week in the Middle East and its not so healthy-friendly over there so I hope I can actually find something low calorie to eat! 12kgs is my goal for 2010, but reaching my ideal…