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Cardio day for me 22 mins treadmill 40 mins bike 15 mins rowing hanging leg raise 2 x 15 crunch machine 2 x 10 and mowed the lawn...

I used to be a chocoholic but now I don't eat any. I refuse to have it in the house. If it's there I know I won't be able to resist it. For snacks I have fruit, museli bars, the occasional Vegemite & cheese sandwich, low fat yogurt & stuff like that.

That's a good idea for me to try. I've never really given it much thought. I usually go to the gym after work before dinner of an evening so am training on an empty stomach. Maybe having a protien milk drink before would give me more energy for my workout.

I got rid of my old jeans because they got baggy & had to buy smaller ones.

In reply to Mietzekatze78 > Thanks a lot for this info as it is very informative & helpful. I've been trying to increase my cardio this week by going to the gym for "cardio only" workouts between my weight training days of Sun, Tue, Thur. Prior to that I was only doing 5 mins treadmill for a warm up before weight training…

Thanks for the info everyone as I couldn't find regular treadmill & had no idea what a stair treadmill was either so I just used that in place of treadmill. I never thought to just put it in as walking/jogging.

I cut out salt from my diet years ago. I stopped cold turkey & everything tasted so bland without it. I persisted & once I got used to I could actually taste the food better rather than mostly the taste of salt. Maybe try cutting down on the amount of salt you use gradually. I've read that there's enough natural salt in…