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Hi all :) Back on MFP after a long hiatus. I've cycled on and off for the last couple of years but mostly only to work and back, so only 6 or so miles a day. Since lock down started been doing lot more! Longest ride to date 32 miles. Total for June 104.93 but have really been struggling with motivation to get out riding.…

Cheers. I will keep slogging and hope for a whoosh!!

Hi all, thanks for replies. Been waiting till I could actually get to a laptop to type!! In answer to various questions (rubbish at quoting): Kshama: TOM - just sort of had that (on the pill where you don't really have a break, as such) so I was sort of hoping that was what had bumped me back up those 4-odd lbs. Exercise…

Thank you, that's useful to know. I used to run at 6.30am fasted with no problem, but not anymore. I'll just have to get up earlier I guess and have a banana or something!

Never managed to multi quote on this site... For some of the points made - no, I have never ever seen a pro Ana site before. I had no clue at all that such sites existed :( I absolutely 100% would NEVER promote something like that, I was just so shocked to see it. The only reason I clicked on the link was because it seemed…

I wouldn't worry too much, I have just finished week 1 of beta and I have lost no weight at all so far. Zip. Nada. I did briefly drop about 3lbs but it came straight back *sigh*. However - here's the good bit lol - I have lost an inch each from both waist and bust. You may not see results on the 'sad step' but you will…

Whoop whoop t25 alpha phase complete. Start beta on sunday - gulp!!! :o

Snap, I was meant to do week 5 last week but was on hols, so although I did my weights I was naughty and gave myself a break from t25. So tonight was chalean extreme week 4 push circuit 1 and then t25 week 5 day 2 ab intervals. Gah. :# BTW If it helps at all, according to my scales, the 5lbs I managed to lose, magically…

If you're in the UK and you don't run in the rain you'd only get out about twice a year lol! :D I used to enjoy running in the rain, I found it quite refreshing. I made sure I had a couple of pairs of running shoes so that when they got wet they had a good chance to dry out.

Best. Thread. Ever!!!!! :D <3 I'm supposed to have started making my tea half an hour ago and instead have been giggling on the sofa. That's dinner btw rather than hot drink! ;)

Hi all! I'm repeating alpha week 4 as I missed half the workouts last week due to tummy cramps/back ache - bleugh :s so it was lower focus for me today. Can't believe there's a second TBC tomorrow - argh!!!!!

Argh - I was due 2nd round of total body circuit this week after I completed my Chalean push circuit - but I'm ashamed to say I sat down for a quick breather and fell asleep on the sofa - for an hour!! :o I have decided that my body was getting a point across tonight so I will do the workout tomorrow instead and just…

Not so much an oblique knee push up as an oblique collapse face down on the floor lol

Week 4 workout 1 complete - cardio. I've also been unfaithful to Shaun T...!! >:) B) Just for kicks (and because I recently signed up for beachbody on demand and can't stop fiddling about!) I then did the first workout from the Hammer & Chisel programme - Chisel Balance. My legs feel like jelly...... The last exercise is a…

Hallelujah.... I have had the same issue - used to be regular as clockwork in the morning, then that gradually changed to mid-afternoon and now it's every couple of days. Got quite worried about it all, but reading this makes me think it may be a lack of fat in my diet. That doesn't mean im going to run out and start…

OMG sorry for double post but having said that I wasn't seeing any results from t25 and Chalean extreme, I've just done my measurements. Holy cow, as Chalene would say!!! Weight has only gone down 1lb, but I've lost almost an inch from my chest and an inch from my waist. whoop whoop!!!!! :D

Cheers Silver :) diet has been pretty crap the last few months for a number of personal reasons (including no will power lmao) so I'm really trying to focus on sorting that out. Thing is now I'm eating more 'cleanly' I'm struggling to hit my calorie goal. Also seem to have an, er, issue that seems to be related to wheat -…

Thank you! Seeing the example you've given makes it more logical. Protein was rubbish today, hopefully I will get closer to goal tomorrow. However it might explain a bit why I've been really hungry all day, even though I've been eating!

Aha!!!! Thank you, I think that makes sense - I'm not a numbers person by any stretch of the imagination. Er.... how can I be under on the gram-wise carb goal, but over the 40% mark - isn't it worked out that whatever your grams are = the percentage on the goals? Sorry, I'm really dim with these things....

Hi! Sorry, been lazy about checking in for a bit, though I have been doing the workouts.... I don't have any kiddies and I'm horrible in the mornings (think snooze....snoooze....snoooooze....crap I'm late LOL). I do my workouts as soon as I get home from work, so in the door, changed, bounce round like a wally (and…

Thanks all. I know 2 weeks isn't long but it still feels like 'grrrrrrrr'!!! He's lovely isn't he - very sadly he's not actually mine!

Cardio for me tonight - it's double day tomorrow (i start my workout week on a Sunday rather than Monday). Eeeeek. Lower focus and ab intervals....I may not make it off the floor afterwards ;)

Woooo week 2 total body circuit done. Knackered - lol who knew 25 minutes could last a day!!!!! :p

Lol know that feeling - I can never quite push enough to finish the last few seconds of each set but am hopeful it will all improve ,)

Thanks both, very helpful. I will have a think on best way :) for info, Ann, I'm 43, female, current weight 156 lbs, want to lose about 30 lbs. Chalean Extreme is weights based, lift heavy as you can go for 12 reps etc. T25 = jumping about like a total idiot for 25 minutes, no breaks.

I did know that about mfp, mostly because I've seen a few threads where ninerbuff mentions it - it's the tools based on TDEE where exercise is already accounted for, yes? I'm currently walking a couple of miles a day plus which I am doing beachbody Chalean Extreme and T25. Having thought about it I'm going to set my…

Lol what haven't I tried.... my ex fiance and I did 2 months of insanity last year but didnt manage to finish it. got results even in those 2 months - it was odd, i didnt lose any weight or even seem to lose measurable inches but everything got smaller and tighter/leaner - but an hour of jumping about every day just gets…

Very interesting article on this subjectct, on this website that I found a while ago: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/eating-back-calories-burned/ Whatever I try though my body hates me and i continually seem to gain and lose the same pound (157 to 158 and back again). :/

How do you feel after your first week? :)

Does anyone know whether ZR would work with the amazon music player app? Cheers.