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Thank you. I am hopefully going to book in for a massage on Saturday. I might try with the bar again on Monday and grip wider. I think my problem is not rest it actually on my neck and actually bringing my arms back.

I came on here in Jan 2012 fully intending to lose weight, but life got in the and all the other excuses you can think of. I did however cut my portion sizes down quite a bit, but still ate crap. In Jan this year I stepped on scales again and... LOST 10lbs!!! I was gobsmacked! I thought if I could lose 10lb over the course…

thank you for the reply. Yesterday (the day after my first heavy lifting workout) I was actually really hungry, more so than I usually am so I guess I will have to learn to listen to my body rather than read a screen LOL..

I usually use the machines at the gym to gauge how many calories I have burned, otherwise, how else would you know how much you have done? Sorry for the daft questions LOL. Oh an also, how do you work out/find out/know how many calories you burn when heavy lifting?

I also put on weight about that time as well. I also get a massive sweet craving! I will be making my kids dinner and opening up cupboards to see what I can find. On occasion I had had about three spoons of chocolate spread, one of my kids lollypops, a Muller crunch corner yoghurt and a fairy cake! That was in just 20…

I can do sit ups until the cows come home, all different variations, they can hurt as I do them, but I don't seem to feel like I have really worked them. I did my first ever heavy lifting on Monday night and OMG! I cannot even sneeze without feeling it. I actually really do feel I have done more for my abs all round with…

Thank you for your reply. Have you got the link to your blog? I enjoy reading other peoples stories as well, it keeps me going when I am having an "off day" Also if anyone else has blogs, post your links... :)

EDIT: Posted in wrong thread... Ooopsie

I really love how some people have really got their knickers in a twist and taken what I said totally out of context. Saying things like "get over it"... erm I was never "under it" in the first place LOL! Also saying I am judging them, because you people quite obviously have some amazing abilities to see in to people's…

LOL... I blame my embarrassment and insecurity for my crazy lady brain going in to overdrive. Thank you x

Thanks again. I just don't want to increase my calories with the wrong things. I have been enjoying a light chocolate bar most days (two today thanks to mother-in-law... "My Emma, haven't you lost weight. here have a chocolate"lol) Also having a packet of Skips and a muller crunch corner as a snack, but is that going to…

Thank you. I do need to be careful with the amount of protein in my diet as I have stage 3 kidney disease with a fairly consistent protein leakage which is making my disease progressively worse to the point I will eventually end up with renal failure (talking like 30+ years though... I hope) I don't like any nuts, or…

Thank you guys. The people I was with last night were great, the bigger guy spotted me and as I was coming back up asked if I was OK, if I said yes he just guided my waist (I was beginning to shake) then the next one (usually the last) I felt his hands hovering near my arms. He was also awfully close, but I felt safer…

OK, so in all honesty, I am very worried about you... Do you have some unresolved issues? Do people judge you? Are you taking out your frustration on me and mis-reading EVERYTHING? Do you need a friend? Do you need a pill? I have some genuine concerns about you now... I have no idea how else I can say this or how else I…

Because I felt it, a pointless thread just to get talking about something. No ulterior motive. You have said it yourself, you have some pointless threads, this is just yet another pointless thread in among the thousands of pointless threads I really do feel you might need to get out, speak to someone, or do something...…

You have some issue my love... talk about 2 add 2 making 10... Please could you point out where I said they had an annoying giggle? Where did I say they use the gym for make-up? (I said they put on "gymmake-up") Yes sometime they sit about on machines, but I can work around that, if they are hanging about the leg press, I…

WOW... seriously what crawled up your *kitten* and died? I was merely making an observation. It was something I had noticed and wondered if others had noticed. I don't have an issue with them, they are young girls having a bit of fun, I said it made me smile. I am a little curious as to why they would pay a membership for…

I thought that too, but now I am not so sure. the gym is on two levels, all the machines on the top floor with all the weights and things on the bottom. You enter and leave the gym on the bottom floor and they tend to spend all their time upstairs. One girl said she would not be caught dead on the bottom because it smells…

I have just started lifting, so am very interested in this thread.

"She just needs to make sure the last few reps of each set are difficult to finish with good form" Well this morning was not a proper workout, just a showing me how everything is done and having a go. I left feeling that I had somehow cheated, so when DH came back, I went back to the gym to do the workout. There were 3…

BRILLIANT advice, all taken on board! Bostonwolf He guy in the gym did show me where all the extra weights were and also said as soon as I can to 6 reps fairly easily (or if I think I can do 7), to up the weight in 2.5kg increments either side, or until I can feel it again. Philllbis That sounds great to me. Like I said I…

Sorry to ask another question about this LOL... So if I do the above program Monday and Wednesday at the gym, with a home work out Friday and Saturday (something like 30DS/HiiT cardio) How soon will I begin to see results? Don't get me wrong I am not expecting a beach perfect body in 2 weeks, I am not stupid LOL. However I…

Thank you. When he first showed me each one (squat, deadlift etc), I did with it with just the 20kg bar and did 10 reps just to check my form was correct. Then he added the 5kg each side, I managed to get to 5 fairly easily on the first rep although did "feel it, then on the next sets I was REALLY feeling by rep 4! I could…

Sorry for not being clear... 20kg barbell :)

The guy said the bar is 20kg, so with the 5kg either side it is actually 30kg.

Yes they were both very lucky! Because my sister obviously knew about my Mum, she started having yearly mammograms from about 40. She had her mammogram in July 2011, all clear, not due another until July 2011. April found the lump it was already quite big and aggressive and had just started spreading to her lymph nodes. If…

Thank you guys. Can some one please clarify something for me... When you say "strength training" what exactly do you mean? I go to the gym and do a bit of cardio, I also do a fair bit on the machines (leg press, curl, arms - don't know all the names) I also do a lot of weighted squats and the 30DS work out most days. What…

I am definitely loving the fact mine are getting smaller. I was about 32GG/30H (UK sizes) but had a breast reduction. My Mum had a breast reduction when she was 42 and during the OP they found a lump very deep inside the breast tissue, it turned out to be cancer. She was told she was incredibly lucky as if she had not had…

I don't generally eat over 1200, I really do struggle, some days I can do i (like Sundays when having a big breakfast and Sunday roast) As for eating back my calories... Nope, not that I don't 2want" do, more that I feel full and feel if I ate I would literally burst! I eat when I am hungry, I eat what I fancy, If I want…

I really enjoy it, I do it everyday, only because to me, it is my 30 minutes daily exercise... If I fancy a few days off, I will have a few days off and not boo about it. I use it to compliment my going to the gym twice a week. I like that it is short and can be easily fitted in the day, I also like the fact it feels like…