carly_am Member

Hey! I eat maybe 75% clean. The only processed foods I eat are cereal as snacks, low cal hot chocolate, I eat a lot of quorn and cheese. I also use Splenda. Other than that I cook everything from scratch. I wouldn't say I'm a strict clean eater as I don't follow the 5 ingredient rule (for some people it's less than 3!!) I…

Hello I have this problem with shoulders and knees. Although I also have joint pain, but not whilst doing exercise, ie the crunching itself is not painful but just during a regular day I have joint pain. I have notice that since my muscles on my legs and shoulders got stronger there is less pain - no pain in my shoulders…

You have an amazing attitude! I seriously wish you all the luck in the world, but with that attitude I don't think you'll need luck, you'll do just great :) Keep it up!

Thanks. Maybe ill check out level 2. I like that the workouts are 30mins though because I can fit them in before work so I don't think I'd do one after the other :)

Ok firstly something is better than nothing. If you only do 30 mins a few days a week that's better than doing 0mins. Don't tell yourself that the gym and working out has to be a massive gruel. If you think that every time you go to the gym you have to work out solidly for 1hr minimum to the point where you feel like you…

Greek yoghurt Cottage cheese Almonds Eggs ALL the vegetables!!! and again, all bought at the supermarket :)

I home made my own pizza once around 2.5 years ago. It was so dam good I have never had a shop bought pizza since. Once you get the hang of the dough (which only takes aroun 10 mins to make and doesn't need proving) it is so quick. Plus you can chose your own toppings adding more or less depending on the calories you want…

Welcome and good luck!!

Hi both, I dot necessarily crave bad stuff but I can never seem to stop eating once I start dinner!! Ill have dinner but then just keep going and going an going. So one thing that has helped me is that once dinner is done I sit for a while and then I go and make myself a HUGE mug of low cal hot chocolate (Cadbury…

Hi Ben, I'm afraid I can't help as I have the same issue - the guy at my gym looked at me as if I was mad!! Also as I'm not 'unhealthy' I feel a bit silly going to the drs. I would be interested to know if you find an answer/solution. All the best Carly

Age: 23 (24 next month) Height: 5'8" Province: South West UK Starting weight: my highest ever was around 170-177, but then I dropped back down to around 161 for a couple years. Current weight: it was 145 but I've had a really bad few weeks and been too scared to weigh so I'm gonna guess around 148 Goal Weight: initially…

Bump! I want to see more results. I'm 145lbs UK size 12 and 5'8" but don't look anywhere near as good as any if you even heavier gals :(

Hiya I'm in bath :)

Hi everyone, I just ordered some weights so will be starting next week. I want to use it alongside my current classes/running and hope to do maybe 3 days per week of 30ds (alongside 3-4 classes and 2-3 30 min runs). Do you still see results if you do it intermittently? I would love to hear from people who do it a few times…

Hey Unfortunately everything has totally got on top of me the past few weeks and it all came to a head this weekend :( I would really like to continue this challenge, as a 'goal' especially because st paddys day is actually the day after my birthday. However because of all the craziness I won't be weighing myself for a few…

Thanks everyone for taking the time to reply. I will take these suggestions to the dr and see what she says. I'm just so fed up :( My friend recommended accutain but I have a history of depression so don't want to risk it. I do feel like the only things I haven't tried are diet adjustments (aside for the mostly clean…

Okay thank you :)

Sorry to hijack but I've just started today on tdee -20%. My question is that I only have 13lbs to lose anyway. I haven't lost a whole load of weight and now I'm down to my last 13lbs, I only have a small amount to lose to begin with. So should I be doing tdee -10%? Or is that for people who have lost a lot and are now…

I can't edit my original post, so posting again with my starting weight. I've gained 2.25lbs in a week. My goal loss is now7.25lbs :( Name/ real name: carly_am, Carly Goal weight on February 28: 140lbs 2/1: 147.25 2/4: 2/11: 2/18: 2/25: 2/28:

So I weighed in this morning and I've gained 3.25 lbs. wtf. I know there could be a million reasons behind it so I might just weigh in again tomorrow and see what happens. :(

I weighed in this morning and have gained 3.25lbs. In a week. And whilst I KNOW weight fluctuations are normal and a million things could have cause it it makes me SO FRUSTRATED and demotivated :(. Do you mind if I add you? Seems from your ticker we are similar weight with similar goals?

Name/ real name: carly_am, Carly Goal weight on February 28: 140lbs 2/1: 2/4: 2/11: 2/18: 2/25: 2/28:

I'm in!! It's my birthday in march so I would love to be in the 130's by then :)

^^ yea this. Sounds like you just need to tone up so I wouldn't worry about 'weight loss' per se (put the scales away!!) and just focus on hanging your body composition. With regards to when people notice, for me never it seems!! I started at 161lbs (before mfp) and I'm now 145lbs and the only people who say anything are…

I don't know if this will be any help to you, having a family and all (plus it sounds kind of stupidly obvious) but go to bed at like 9pm. Honestly if I want to be up early I have to go to bed SO early. Also just don't even think about it, when your alarm goes off GET UP!! Don't give yourself a second to even think oh it's…

Thanks for doing that :) There's far fewer people posting than were here to begin with - did we lose a few?! Anyway everyone is doing such a good job so keep it up :)

Me too! I only have 13lbs left to lose and my target is by June 2013. I'm also working on toning up and strength. Please add me too :)

Weirdly flour! I used to think my homemade pizzas were really good cause they were, well, homemade! Then I logged it on mfp and found the base alone to be nearly 400 cals. Then add topping. I used to have two!!

Dehydration maybe? My fingers swell when it's hot and I haven't drunk much water.

I think it is so difficult to compare even at same heights. For example I am 5'8 and currently 145lbs (UK size 12) - but I don't look half as good as some girls who are my height and way 10, 20lbs more than me!! I do need to do more strength work on my core but at the same time I also need to lose fat. My goal is 133lbs or…