kazpixie

I'm so glad there are other people on here that get it. After reading a stream of posts with people idolising airbrushed model bodies, aiming to get to 130-140lbs and setting sky-high targets I was feeling a bit de-motivated and like what I was aiming for was totally wrong. I feel better now reading these posts.

Thank Christ there's someone else in the world that doesn't feel a need to be superskinny! I'm not this tall - Only 5'5" in fact and i'd be quite happy at 154-168, It would put me above my BMI for a "healthy" weight and I don't care.

This.

I'm the opposite to you - I massively prefer running outside to running on the treadmill but where it's (literally) freezing at the moment I can't deal with it in my mind so i'm getting up at 5am monday to friday, getting into the gym for 6am and doing a 6km run there every morning. Much like you I didn't really have the…

I second this - it depends on your fitness levels and what you're looking to get out of a workout, personally I go in for intensive workouts because i'm short on time, and the hour that I spent in Zumba always left me wondering what I could do that would be a more productive use of my hour for either training or calorie…

I'm not a teacher but I don't have long for lunch and there aren't that many lunch on the go places near me that help much with the diet. My staple is sweet potato (in the microwave - 6 minutes) with cherry tomatoes and sliced chorizo and then an apple for lunch desert. It's really filling, gives me enough energy for my…

I haven't heard of any of them actually - maybe we don't have them in the UK :( I'm an avid follower of the Les Mills classes but they're more classes than a program and just included in my gym membership. I shall have a google. Thank you for the reply.

Awesome, thank you - maybe slightly OT but what's the beachbodies thing on your profile? I've never heard of it - but might be a UK/USA divide thing.

Totally boredom eating, if I'm running around all day then i'll barely even think about food until my tummy starts being vocal!

I'm 28 and looking to lose about 30lbs as well - feel free to add :)

I'm trying to do both :)

Sounds like you've been doing really well so far, good luck with getting the rest of the way there :)

Fab Idea: Stats! GW: 168 CW: 196 SW: 216 Height: 5'5" Age: 27 Sex: Female

I need the motivation as well - hopefully we can keep each other on track!

I'm running both simultaneously as well! Just had my first weigh-in today...think I need the regular weigh-ins to keep me motivated but I like this for monitoring my calorie intake and the support better. Good luck with it :)

27, female and friendly - feel free to add me :)