Barkley87 Member

66 F (19 C) in Lincoln, UK. It actually feels very warm to my English senses.

I work out every day as well, and I eat clean. Stupid body.

I'm trying to do this but nothing is happening! How much did you go up by? I originally tried increasing by 400 calories/day, but I just couldn't eat that much so I've now increased it by 200 calories/day on what I had originally.

Only messing when I say it. Trust you.

That's amazing! I can only hope to be where you are in 9 months - so inspiring!

This isn't nearly as good as some of the others on here, but here's mine. I was living in Berlin and went on a date with an American guy I had met at a party who was also living in Berlin. It was all going well for a while, until about half way through he told me he was still in love with his ex-girlfriend (who was still…

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OKCupid. We're moving in together in a few months :bigsmile:

There's a bit more to building muscle than saying no to junk food...

My personal trainer is the best investment I made. She pushes me harder than I could or would ever do myself and knows how to reach my goals better than I do (she IS trained in it, after all). She also helps me with my nutritional queries and teaches me loads of new things about exercising. Going to her is one of the…

That's realy useful, thanks. I try to eat clean anyway so I'm going to go for around 85% my TDEE for a couple of weeks and see how it goes. I don't think I could eat any less than that without being hungry all the time!

I've been trying to figure out my calories to lose fat and add lean mass as well. What would you call a moderate calorie deficit? 100-200 calories? Or more?

This is too cute.

I've just started protein shakes and my housemate (who's been using them for a long time) recommends Impact whey protein. You can get it from myprotein.co.uk and it seems pretty good value! Also the flavoured stuff tastes just like milkshake. It's amazing.

We have a weird running guy like this at our gym too. He just runs and talks really loudly to himself. If there are any females in the area he will also try to hit on them (while still running and not actually looking at them). I now use the treadmills on the other side of the room. He may have a condition but I don't know.

Yep. This.

I've said it before and I'll say it again - you are one hot lady! I haven't seen your before pictures before, you've done so amazing! Well done! Especially coming back from an eating disorder to be healthy and happy :)

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Thanks all! Good idea about the sample - I'll try that before I invest in a load of it. I love the pancakes idea, sounds so tasty! Unfortunately I don't have time for that on weekday mornings so that'll have to be a weekend treat :bigsmile:

I have either Warburtons sandwich thins (thin slices of bread for only 100 calories per pair) or Kingsmill 50/50 pockets (pitta bread type things: 93 calories each) with cooked slices of chicken breast and cucumber and a piece of fruit. I'm usually OK until home time, but if I get peckish I'll have some rice cakes or nuts…

I love chips (fries) dipped in ice cream. So good!

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I'm between Zambia and Cambodia. Lovely.

Barkley the Jack Russell. He's such a GOOD BOY!

Somewhere sunny. I'm sick of all this rain. Where's summer?!

Don't worry about it, when I first started with a personal trainer she told me most people either faint or are sick during their first session. (I wasn't though :tongue: )

This is really interesting, thanks for posting!

That sounds vile.

This.

Hi! I've only recently got into cooking from scratch, but now I've started doing it I love it. I used to eat a lot of processed food out of pure laziness, but since I've started eating properly I can really feel the benefits and would never go back! Of course I do sometimes slip up (how could I say no to the slice of pizza…