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I had to buy new bras in September and I might have to again - I'm on the tightest hook and it still feels loose. Plus for the first time in probably a decade I'm wearing a men's L T-shirt and it fits properly (graphics on front aren't stretched out, it's not tight)! I was with my mum when I bought it and she tried to get…

i've gained maybe a kilo but i don't mind and i'm not beating myself up over it - which is a victory :) i don't want that kilo, and i'll have to lose it again, but i have had a horrid headcold for the past week (and i have pretty bad asthma at the best of times, so it really hasn't been fun) and so i've definitely been…

I'm 15 lbs down and I don't see the difference in myself visually, except that I have noticed that you can occasionally see a bit of definition in my collarbone area (am still 240 - so it's only a hint of a collarbone but that's a big deal to me! Never had it before). But I am several inches down too. I still wear the same…

Sometimes I don't notice the progress. The other day I realised that I was having to buckle my belt for my jeans on the third hole. A month ago, it was on the first hole and that was super uncomfortable. So there's obviously some progress!

Today I asked one of the trainers at my gym to check my form on a lift. They were the ones who set my lift amount 4 weeks ago. Today they said I was lifting way too light and got me to lift with an extra 13kg on. I didn't think I could, but I did my reps! :smile: I've also been increasing some of my other weights…

at my new gym i'm doing cardio with an interval intensity program (rather than interval training with different speeds). i used to do this at my old gym with different cardio machines, but could never do it on the elliptical. now i am. last week i could only manage 10 mins; this week i managed 15 :) i think my form is…

thanks for the inspiration guys! i have just moved to a new gym where they encourage lifting, and had a free PT session where we worked on free weights. my routine's now totally changed and i'm looking forward to seeing the difference after putting in some hard work :)

honestly, it's been enjoying working out. i never thought i'd enjoy it - i have always hated 'exercise' (in quotation marks because i used to love cycling, but i never saw it as exercise - it gave me freedom) and now i push myself to do more because i enjoy it, actually love the elliptical (which used to be my worst…

So the last few weeks I have dropped off a bit - have moved house twice, so I haven't really been to the gym for a month and I've eaten out a lot and have typically hit or gone over my TDEE. I kept logging but hadn't weighed. Today I'm in my new place (home for next 9 months) and: 1) when I was brushing my teeth I noticed…

a few here :) since i began working out again, i've gone from hating the elliptical to it being the favourite part of my workout. i really, really enjoy it, and i'm maintaining higher speeds on it for the entire duration. sometimes i'll do an extra 10 mins for fun because i don't want to get off it yet. also, really…

Thanks so much for posting this! I'm 25, 5'4 and about 250 (highest ever prob 280). Really inspiring to see pictures from someone the same age, and with the kind of weight loss I'm hoping to eventually achieve. I know I'll have loose skin at the end (or at least I expect it) and having a visual of what that could be is…

I have to sync my HRM with an app to pick up the data - the H7 doesn't come with a watch. So basically I've synced the HRM with two sources - 1) my gym equipment, 2) Endomondo - and whilst they produce the same calorie burn estimate for all other activities, they differ significantly on calories burned for any form of…

Thanks guys - I did some reading on HRMs and I think you're right, that's much more suited to what I want :) just ordered a polar h7!

Anyone? :)

As a relative gym newbie, I'd welcome advice/help in the gym. Not sure I'd feel the same in a class though.

for me, it depends. i like to finish a workout drenched in sweat, with aching quads and jelly legs. if i'm like that at the end of a workout then i get such a workout high and am really, really positive. today was a rubbish workout tho, even tho i burned more than the usual amount of cals. i didn't push myself as hard as i…

the general goal is to help my body be capable of all the awesome things it can do. that's been my epiphany and, although it wasn't the initial reason for changing my lifestyle, it's pretty much my central motivation right now (esp with the olympics!). seeing my fitness improve, being able to do cardio for longer, at…

congratulations, that's a great nsv! it's really inspiring actually as i'm in a plateau - in my first week had a 5lb drop, but in the last few weeks the numbers aren't shifting. but i've lost inches all over, feel firmer and my fitness is improving, so i know that it's all working, but i've been fixated on numbers on the…