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I never weigh myself. But I get weighed once every two years as part of a general health check (a legal requirement for working people in this country).

I have a couple of pairs of yoga pants, fabric is on the heavier side as I found it more forgiving. In my experience the lighter ones tend to show off every lump and bump you've got so they are not flattering - on me anyway. But I don't wear them when it's hot, they're too heavy. I had way more success with hiking trousers…

Context can play a role, as well as individual preferences. I love swimming in the sea but I've never liked swimming in pools. I really enjoy rowing when I'm in a boat but I hate the rowing machine with a passion. On the other hand I love cycling both outdoors and on a stationary bike. As for running, I think I'm just too…

To answer the original question, both I and my father have tried cutting out added sugar and sugary food e.g. breakfast cereals, jam, condiments like ketchup, shop-bought pasta sauce etc., out of our diets in the recent past (1-2 years ago). Some background info: me - late 30's, my father - late 70's. Both of us already…

I thought this was going to be a discussion about the ST movies, in which case: Wrath of Khan! In lesser hands the character of Khan could have been a laughing stock but Ricardo Montalban played it perfectly. I remember seeing the film when I was very small and being scared of the ear-creatures.

Raw apples. 2 bites and I have a pain, it's been like that as long as I can remember. Cooked apple is OK though. I react similarly to raw pears but at larger amounts. I can still eat small pears. Also sorbitol. I once ate a whole packet of Werther's Originals over a two-hour period and it turned me into a crampy, bloated…

"Cleanses" and "detoxes" are just new words for what used to be called crash diets, and they work about as well. But if it's just the case that you have indulged in a lot of rich food recently and feel a bit bloated and unwell you could try cutting out all sugary food for a week, as well as very oily/heavy food. For about…

I reckon Secret Eaters would have been an eye-opener for my mother if she'd ever taken part. When I was younger my brothers and sister and I used to wonder how she had ever managed to get fat because she never ate large amounts at mealtimes. But she drank 12-13 cups of tea a day... with one heaped tsp of sugar and a few ml…

1. Very dark chocolate. Same calories as milk but the flavour is so strong you only need a very small amount to get your choc hit. 2. (Don't laugh) Bovril. Best comfort drink ever invented. I stopped eating all sweet stuff 6-7 weeks ago and Bovril was great for tiding me over the first couple of weeks. It's great to have…

As several other posters have pointed out it's not a question of "liking" so much as obsessively doing. I've been a nail biter for as long as I can remember. It was especially bad if I was anxious or stressed. I was only able to stop once I started college and spent so much time taking notes that I didn't have time to bite…

You can't change what other people think or say but you do control how you react. Try thinking about incidents like this from another angle. It was an idea I got from watching an interview with Werner Herzog and a column once written by Cary Tennis on salon.com. Herzog describes himself as a "soldier of truth" and…

I must agree with the posters above. I too am a pear who would love to be able to wear skinny jeans and have even given in to the temptation to try them on in shops. I can con myself on the shop floor but the dressing room mirror invariably tells the truth - they look awful, no matter what colour or fabric, because they…

This arcle might be relevant for you: http://www.leangains.com/2012/06/why-does-breakfast-make-me-hungry.html

You said that your last relationship ended last year and this one is new. But if you feel like this about your boyfriend THIS early on it's really not a good sign is it? I don't think this relationship has any staying power, sorry.

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I love pickled beetroot so much that when I'm finished the slices in the jar I drink the vinegar as well cos I love the beet-y flavour.

I started yesterday, did 40 (20/20).Today will try 45.

Yes, never had a single problem with knees before but while doing level 3 I got a sudden twinge behind my kneecap. I knew it wasn't a muscle pain so I stopped immediately in case I was actually doing damage. Never having had any knee pain I looked up my symptoms on the net and the closest match is runner's knee. Upon…

I'm doing this at the moment (on level 2). I have never been able to do a full pushup but after 9 days of shredding I was able to do 2 and was thrilled! Pushups require so many parts of the body to be strong especially the core, that I didn't expect to be able to do them for the whole of the strength parts of level 1 after…

Fyi I bought my 30DS DVD from play.com and it's region-free so it plays on everything (I'm in region 2).

Found this info in an article - a description of lightheadedness (here is the link with the full text: http://www.pneuro.com/publications/dizzy/): *** This is what you feel when you get up too fast, as if not enough blood is getting to your brain. A certain small amount of transient lightheadedness is normal, but sometimes…

Oh shame I saw this too late to join the group! I finished day 3 of level 1 yesterday. My thigh muscles are very VERY sore from days 1 and 2 but I wanted to keep doing this every day as it's only 20 mins so last night after finishing the session I rubbed some Deep Heat into my arms and legs and it has made a huge…

To answer the question the first poster had about rice: shredded cauliflower is a great substitute, very low in cals. The taste is different of course but with a sauce (especially curry) it's not that noticeable, and the texture is very similar. If you don't want to go without rice completely you could mix half rice, half…

As a dip with bell peppers cut in strips, either raw or baked in the oven. Or as a topping for toast with slices of cherry tomato on top.

Further to what the OP mentioned about losing weight after drinking: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html Quoted from McDonald's article: "many have reported whooshes following an evening which included alcohol. A mild diuretic, this would also tend to implicate water balance issues in…

Are you sure what you're feeling is actual hunger? For the first 5 daysor so after I started on here I felt hungry at the times I normally do but also... not a craving exactly, more of a knawing feeling of want, that didn't ever really go away. Can't think of any better way to describe it. I chalked it up to either sugar…

To the poster above with the weight loss question: if you eat your recommended calories for the day without exercising you will still lose weight. I have an injured foot so I can't do any exercise for the moment, I can only restrict my calories. I've been doing this for a few weeks and have been losing weight slowly and…

The article is confusing. It says: "a report released this week from the Trust for America's Health [...] found that nearly two-thirds of states now have adult obesity rates above 25 percent." and: "a Belgian named Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet [...] produced the formula to give a quick and easy way to measure the…

Yes I get mentrual migraines. They started all of a sudden about 2 years ago. The headache can arrive up to 4 days prior to my period and continue throughout for around 4 days. Sometimes I get them around ovulation time too. I used to wonder if it was a symptom of early menopause or something and I was going through…

My brother always laughs when I talk about the fear of getting bulky as looking really muscular is very hard even for men to achieve. But I'm never talking about Arnie-type muscles, I just mean I don't want to look 'beefy'; I never look particularly feminine even at the best of times (my dinosaur bones don't help) and I…