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That's so nice! And good for you :) Actually in my pump class last night a middle aged lady opted for squats when we were doing lunges (bad knees?). Anyway there wasn't much room so I ended up turning sideways to face her to do my lunges. The muscle definition on her thighs was absolutely AMAZING!! I really wanted to say…

Build your muscles!! At risk of sounding like one of those 'lift lift lift' preachy types, I started running and found I was rendered almost disabled the day after a run so I invested in knee supports which really helped (after seeing the dr who confirmed there was nothing seriously wrong). This was back in January. I also…

Build your muscles!! At risk of sounding like one of those 'lift lift lift' preachy types, I started running and found I was rendered almost disabled the day after a run so I invested in knee supports which really helped (after seeing the dr who confirmed there was nothing seriously wrong). This was back in January. I also…

I'm in the same boat as you and I have just this week started stronglifts 5x5. You can sign up for free and you get a load of info sent to you, but there is a group for women doing stronglifts on mfp with an amazing summary of what you need to know. The scariest thing was braving the free weight room but I just asked one…

Beautiful in Bristol today! Going for a run round harbour side later :)

Hi everyone, Carly: 8 Binge: 3 Also lost another 2lbs this week so I'm only 1.75lbs of my pre most recent 2 week binge weight! :) Keep it up everyone, you CAN do this

Ok so as of, but not including today - 9th April Carly: 5 Binge: 3 Weekend was terrible, feeling more positive for the week though. Edit because I clearly can't add up :/

Carly: 4 Binge: 2 :/

Haha brilliant! Welcome aboard, I'm Carly in south west :) Good luck to you!

I am so sorry :( I can't offer any advice I'm afraid. If it were me I would really calmly ask to talk to him tonight, sit him down and just explain how you feel now, generally and how he made you feel when he said that. Tell him it doesn't help and makers you feel a hundred times worse and that is more likely to make you…

I am so sorry you are feeling like this :'(. I wish there was something I could say or do. Just keep battling, there is a world where things are not like this. Please please go and see a doctor. You don't even need to say anything just take that post you just wrote and show it to a professional. Please. They are not the…

Hey guys, I'm 24 and 5'7 :) anyone is welcome to add me. I'm from the UK.

Hi all, Carly: 3 Binge: 1 I was wondering about whether to give myself and the binge half a point each for yesterday but I decided to stay positive. The reason for this is that I did show binge like tendencies in my eating last night but because my calories had been fairly low for the day and also there was nothing in the…

Hey a, I'm an active logger - racked up a few days now too. Similar situation to you - I'm a 'healthy' weight but right at the top of the range so looking to lose about a stone and improve my fitness. Feel free to add me if you want :)

Carly 2 Binge 1 Still brain fuzzy and exhausted from new meds so still haven't been able to bring myself to exercise. I'm going to brave a weigh day tomorrow and see how that goes. Great effort everyone, keep it up :)

Hello, This is my first challenge. Binge : 1 Carly: 1 Easter weekend was crazy out of control :(

Hi Everyone, I am new to this group so just wanted to say hello. My name is Carly and im 24. I need to get a grip on my eating because it is out of control. I went to the Doctor today and he prescribed me Citalopram, which helped with feeling low before. As the two (feeling low and binging) are likely to be linked…

I think you are me! Except I'm at 148 (150 this morning :( ) and trying to get to 140!

Hey, I am also vegetarian an have been working at getting my macros at 40:30:30 for carbs:protein:fat In particular I have been trying to increase my protein intake without supplements. My diary isn't public but feel free to add me if you want to take a look. Yesterday I hit my macro goal dead on for the first time and…

Similar to you both! 5'7, 148lbs, eat around 1500 a day and do strength classes an cardio (running and spinning) 3-5 hrs a week.

Sports direct is good. You can get 'tested' for the right type of shoe - I've heard that sports direct do this too but if not any local speciality sports/running place will test you - they film the way you run on a treadmill and analyse it (sounds horrendous but apparently it's worth it) costs about a tenner then they tell…

Hi! I'm sorry about your nanna, but well done for making the decision to do the race for life. I've never done it but everyone says is great fun :) If you've never/hardly ever run check out couch to 5k, or c25k. It's a week by week programme designed to get you to run 5k. It's 8 weeks so depending on your current fitness…

I believe it refers to the items that you buy, for example if you buy a yoghurt, but it has a million flavourings or chemicals in it. So it isn't the amount of ingredients you use to cook something, but making sure each individual item is as clean and 'simple' as possible. I don't know if I've explained that very well!…

Hey! Veggie for 10 years here. There's a whole group of us - search for happy herbivores :) Feel free to add me if you would like. I love cooking and finding new veggie recipes :)

Dry brushing actually helps the appearance. I have no 'peer reviewed scientific research' to quote you other than it worked for me! But obviously alongside water and exercise (which I do anyway before anyone starts!! The only change I made was dry brushing in the few months up to summer and it really helped reduce the…

Sounds like you just need to tone up? There's a tonne of posts on here about why strength training is good. In my personal experience I have barely lost any weight on the scale but have lost inches and a dress size. I do mainly strength classes like body pump and kettlebell but lots of people recommend focused lifting and…

Ok you need to find some kind of exercise that you enjoy! It can't be a chore, and definitely should not be something that you are only doing to lose weight - it should be part of your new healthy lifestyle (totally my opinion, obviously). If you're struggling with motivation then you obviously don't enjoy your work out.…

Hiya! I'm from Bath, work in Bristol, always looking for new friends. Only have around 7lbs to lose so my focuses are eating well and properly and I have fitness/exercise goals I want to achieve too :) feel free to add me.

If what you're doing now is working and your happy then I wouldn't worry too much. People say A LOT of stuff and of course everyone's an expert!! But if you're ok doing what you're doing then stick with it. Revisit if you stall/get unhappy?

I've asked this same question and yes it is the same - just stewed apples. I bought some morrisons savers applesauce (because it looked smooth an was cheap) for this purpose and it worked but tasted a bit chemically. An American on my friends list said it is literally just stewed apples so my advice would be make your own…