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Thank you to those have completed it so far. I love you all!

38? Edit: I've just checked your profile and in my defense you can't really see your face in the little picture.

That's one of the ones I used :smile: I'm a big fan of meat, nuts and protein shakes so hopefully that shouldn't be a problem! I moved house in August and haven't had any scales until this weekend and I've just bought some calipers (I was using the handheld electric body fat estimators before, but I've heard they can be…

I haven't been tracking for the last 8 weeks. When I was tracking last I was very slowly losing at 1400, but I was also doing less resistance training then.

Those posts and the websites are great, thanks. According to a couple of online TDEE calculators I've found my TDEE is around 1900, so I should be eating around 1500 - 1700 calories a day to decrease fat right? And then after that cycle between 2000 and 2200 calories to gain muscle?

Thanks :) Regarding the HIIT, I only do it with my trainer once a week, and we usually only do it for about 15 mins max (often less). How long do you suggest I do it on my own each time? The same amount or more?

Thanks all for your advice. It seems like it's more difficult to figure out than I thought it would be! Mutant13, that's what I meant. I was just too lazy to type it. Good advice though, I'll try it. How long should each cycle last for? Jjrichard, my workout is pretty much like that already. I have a personal trainer and…

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Cake. Giving up cake is a big deal for me. Also putting effort into making fresh, healthy meals in the evening when I'm really tired from work, whereas in the past I would have just stuck a ready-meal in the microwave.

£10/month.

Thanks :) To be honest I'm more freaked out about the possibility of having to have a blood test. I'm massively scared of needles!

I've just looked at my iron and it always seems really low. So that could be it.

I also eat lots of broccoli, asparagus and spinach, so I don't think it's that either :(

It's definitely not this. I eat so much vitamin C.

I doubt I'll be able to get one for a while too. Hopefully I'll be able to get in next week.

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll book an appointment with my doctor asap!

Force myself to go to the gym. I tend to feel much better after (even if I didn't really feel like going before).

That one's great!

Boring white English. My mum's ancestors are originally romany gypsy and my dad's are Norman nobility though (my great great great etc. granddad is William the Conqueror), so that's a bit less boring.

Yummy thanks for sharing - I've got to try these out at the weekend!

Sometimes, but it just comes up with websites about aquamarine lifeforms.

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I read through this and didn't recognise any of these in me thanks to my personal trainer. If I can add one onto this list it would be invest in a personal trainer! They'll make sure you're not making any of the mistakes in the article. It was one of the best investments I made :bigsmile:

You know those dirty messages i mentioned? They include pictures.

Yeah I've started taking measurements but I'm going to wait a while to do my next lot. At the moment I only do weight training on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Tuesdays and Thursdays I just do cardio and core exercises to give my muscles some recovery time.

Perhaps. I'm taking my food diary for this week to my personal trainer on Friday to see what she says. However I did manually adjust my macros on here as per http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ so I assumed they were OK.

Also I know it's not muscle - I'm not going to increase my muscle mass in four weeks of weight training.

You have our summer temperatures in your winters!