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I've been divorced for 5 years now, and I've decided last week that I'm going back to my maiden name as my 30th birthday present to myself :smile:

Crazy cat lady in training here :laugh: I used to want kids from when I was kid myself right up to around age 20. In the last 10 years though, I've done a complete 180 and really do not want any children of my own. Don't get me wrong. I love kids. I think my little brother, my nephews and my niece are amazing, but I love…

I'm 1lb up from last week too. The weight gain itself doesn't bother me... the fact that this particular pound puts me back into the Obese BMI kind of narks me a bit though lol :laugh: The way I see it is that you have to accept that it will go up, and it will go down. Even when you are at maintenance, you will never be…

I used to be a chocoholic. I *had* to have at least two or three bars of chocolate a day, and if I couldn't get my fix, then anyone who crossed my path was in deep trouble. I could easily have demolished a 1kg bar of Dairy Milk in one sitting... yes I really was that bad. That was years ago though, and I've learned a lot…

It's been said many times already, but you look AMAZING! I'm the same height as you and I hope I look half as good as you when I get to that weight! Congratulations on what you have achieved! x :flowerforyou:

I found that if I leave the workout til after work, it's more than likely not going to get done. If I want to get anything done, I have to do it before I go out, so I've started getting up an hour or two earlier on my workout days. I don't have kids to worry about though so don't know if this would be feasible for you.

You can see them if you right click on the image and click "View Image". You look great! Such a difference by the end! Well done! :happy:

Not read whole topic, so not sure if this has been mentioned but this websites meal plans mean that you should be able to feed a family of four (two adults, two teenagers) for £100 a month. It's all homemade, a lot of batch cooking, and it ensures minimum 5 a day fruit and veg. www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/ Edit: not…

Bump :smile:

It gave me 134.2, and my current goal is 132, so not too far off what I was aiming for :smile:

So, $10k = approx £6.2k = £74k pa - Oh how I wish I could earn something even close to that - it would be AMAZING! :happy: * I'd pay off my mortgage quicker and get my ex's name removed from it, so it would be mine all mine. * I'd buy myself a Smart ForTwo, simply because I like them and I've wanted one for ages. * I'd…

YAY! Completed Day 3 of week 6 on Saturday. I was supposed to be out on Day 1 Week 7 this morning, but I've had some bad stuff going on over the weekend and really didn't feel up to it. I'm going on a "gym date" with my best friend this evening so I can catch up, so I'm actually going to be running on a treadmill instead…

I'm in too! I've not listened to the podcasts yet, but I've read up around it. I'm following the second method that you mentioned - I've set my calories to sedentary and add in (and eat!) my exercise calories. I feel more in control this way, and it helps until I get myself into a proper exercise routine. I only started…

I made scrambled eggs this morning using the following: 3 eggs 50g greek yogurt black pepper Mix up and put in microwave for 2 mins (850W). Give it another stir when it's done and it was all good. It was a little bit bland, so next time I might try adding in a bit of salt, or maybe some other herbs or spices. Will have to…

On Monday 7th May 2012 I will have been smoke free for 2 years exactly. I gained some weight when I quit, but I don't think I can blame it on that entirely. It was also totally worth it. I feel so much better, my asthma has calmed down and I started to notice my breathlessness reducing fairly soon afterwards. I was smoking…

That needs to be my mantra lol! I've completed Day 2 this morning. I found it harder to get going on the second set of running, and was thinking afterwards that I might have found it easier with no walking breaks at all, strange as that sounds. I seemed to lose momentum with having to slow down, so I'm hoping that Day 3…

Don't get discouraged! Think on how far you've come, and how well you've done so far. I've just done W6D3 this morning, and I have to say that I think it has been the worst one so far. I run up quite a big hill on my route, and I think if I'd have kept going instead of having the walking break I would have been fine, but I…

The thing that kicked me into changing was finding a bright red stretch mark running right down past my belly button :cry: I've not had a new stretch mark before that since late teens / early twenties when my body was still finding its shape. I found MFP, started logging everything that I ate and upped the amount of water…

I have asthma and hayfever. I've just been taking a hayfever tablet before going out for the run, to stop my eyes from getting so itchy. I'm supposed to keep my inhaler with me just in case, but I've been naughty and not taking it with me. However, I have found that as soon as I start getting warmed up, my nose runs…

I've been using the podcasts from the UK NHS website: www.nhs.uk/LiveWell/c25k I tried using an app that just beeped when I needed to change pace, but sometimes I missed it. I've found using the podcasts is better for me as the music speeds up or slows down depending on which bit you are on, and the woman is encouraging…

Hi Week Sixers! I've just completed Day 1 yesterday - I was up and out running by 5:30am! I didn't find it too bad, though I did make the mistake of thinking I could run faster than I really could again on the first running section. I managed to recover and reined it in a bit for the following ones. It is frustrating…

Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing :flowerforyou:

This morning I used the last seeded wrap, and spread houmous on it. I then realised that I had no ham left in the fridge to put in it, so I had a slight panic and then a think. I suddenly remembered about the mini chicken fillets I have in the freezer, so I got one out and cooked it on the "George" while I was eating my…

Congratulations! :happy:

My suggestion is to see what fat2fitradio.com gives you for TDEE at your goal weight. See how it compares to what you've already got, and choose something that fits in with all of them but that is still over your BMR :smile:

Week 5 Day 3 done! :happy: :happy: :happy: So proud and so happy. Started to flag in the last 60 seconds, but talked myself into keeping going because I knew I could do it! :bigsmile:

I weigh myself near enough every morning, however I only track it on here on Mondays or if it's the 1st of the month. I just *have* to know what I weigh first thing, but it only counts on my official weigh in day. If I've gained, so what, and if I've lost, I'm glad :smile: ETA: I do have an excel spreadsheet that I use to…

Bump. Thanks for sharing. Will try some of these at some point.

I get up between 6 - 6:30am on weekdays and usually eat breakfast at around 7:30. On weekends, it's normally around an hour or so after I get up.

As no one else is posting, and it's just me checking in each week, I'm not going to post here anymore. I will continue to check in like this, but it will be on my blog instead. If you want to keep up to date with how I'm doing, feel free to follow me there! When I have more time available and have got myself more…