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She kept taking selfies
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I sold insurance and that has to count as the worst job ever. Cold calling people to book an appointment Going to the appointments and playing on people's sense of fear to make them buy life insurance. There were some really awful tricks, like booking an appointment with a husband and wife timed for when the husband got…
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100% Agree with this. I did exactly the same thing. I lost my first 50lbs by walking and watching what I ate. It was that simple. At -50lbs I started to run and at -70lbs I started cycling.
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My opinion - for what it's worth... "Diet = Failure" Now let me explain why... Going on a "diet" suggests there is an end but most of us got the way we are because our lifestyles were unhealthy. Simply put, we ate the wrong things and we weren't active enough. Success is about changing our lifestyle to something healthier.…
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Absolutely fantastic. You have done a brilliant job and should be very proud of yourself!
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@Sparkle_Princess - I'm useless at this but I'll have a go..... 39?
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Not cheating at all! Fitbit is there primarily to motivate you to move. As long as you do, you are burning energy so walking on the spot is valid exercise. I did it all though winter. Another way to do it is to dance. I danced around my iounge room in winter as well. I walked on the spot when I was doing the washing up or…
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I didnt buy clothes until I was around 40 or 50lbs down. Just used belts. First time I went to buy a new pair of jeans, I ended up crying in the fitting rooms because I have no concept of what size I was and I ended up buying jeans that were 4 sizes smaller than I had been wearing. That was a tough day! Now I buy cheap…
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NSVs? I've been doing this since November and like you am around 30kg down. > Crossing legs... definitely a little freaky but yes, I can do it and I still feel strange each time I do :) > I can run!! I now have 3 x 10km medals > Finding bones... collar bones, hip bones (where were they hiding?) > Being able to shop in…
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Ok... I'll be the first... I absolutely HATE tattoos! Can't stand them at all. When i was about 16 I saw a woman in her 60's walking down the street holding the hand of a very fresh faced 5 year old. The 60 year old woman was covered in old tattoos and piercings. The tatts had faded and were sagging and it probably looked…
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9 - You're a pretty young woman
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Strange... I felt like that for a long time. I knew I was horribly overweight. I hated ding things where my weight was obvious eg. I would avoid going to things like go-karting because you had to wear a karting suit and I didnt think theirs would fit me. I didnt want the embarrassment. Nothing and no one can motivate you…
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I did a 5 mile run that finished in the London Olympic Stadium with 20,000 cheering spectators including my closest friends. Not a lot of things in this world will EVER top that experience for me considering that back in December I could not have even walked 5 miles! Fantastic!
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Weirdly enough, I find coffee makes me feel tired. No idea why
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I discovered the most awesome way of making coffee last weekend! I usually drink black coffee BUT if you add about an inch of orange peel to the coffee, it makes it taste like chocolate orange!! Fantastic!!
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The only way you have ever managed to lose weight in your life is by using technology A fitbit to work out how active you are A garmin to track your runs and your heart rate Withings scales to synch with: MFP fitbit dashboard trendweight You run with two gps devices - just to be sure! (phone) You're running a 10km on the…
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I've smoked since I was 8 years old. I'm now 45. I was ALWAYS the unhealthy person. Like you, I have now lost a lot of weight and I want to give up smoking as well but I havent done it. When I first thought about it I was down about 50lbs and I spoke to a friend of mine who works in sports medicine. She told me not to give…
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You have already been given most of the good tips but the comments above are the most important! Shoes: You need to carry your body properly. Get properly fitted (ie. Gait analysis) at a running shop. DON'T just go and buy any old pair of shoes. 2 reasons for this... 1. If you wreck your knees, it will cost you more to get…
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Actually i lost most of my weight from walking and not all of that was at a fast pace. So... what will make you lose weight? To be honest, any sort of movement at all where you are burning calories and ensuring you consume a calorie deficit. I did it by buying a fitbit. It made me much more aware of how much I moved my…
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PMSL c'mon people... obesity is not a disease! It's a symptom of something else that MAY be medical OR it may just be pure greed and laziness... Whatever....
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I took some business suits to get taken in at a tailor I had never been to back in January. The tailors assistant did all the measurements and I didnt see her again for 3 months. I guess they are probably used to people saying that they are losing weight and asking for things to be taken in but 3 months later I went back…
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Believe me, I've been to more countries than there are states in the US (double in fact)... think I know the difference between Costa Rica and Mexico having actually spent time in both countries. All I was doing (as the last poster in the quote above says) was saying that I had seen quite a number of Americans getting…
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Actually... when i was travelling in Costa Rica a about 7 years ago I met quite a number of Americans who had gone there for dental work. Every single one of them told me it was cheaper than the US and that the work they got done there was as good as, if not better, than the work they would have got in the US. Some of them…
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My diary is private for similar reasons. I got sick of people making comments about what I should and shouldnt be eating. To be honest I eat reasonably healthily but I do have a blow out every now and again. I figure the only person who needs to be satisified with what I eat is me and if I cheat on it I am only cheating…
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Well she knows now :) Lots of exercise is good. The more muscle you build, the faster your metabolism, the easier it is to lose weight, the more your body changes and the healthier you are!
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Actually this is not true. It depends on the body composition. I have lost an overall of 5lbs in the last month but my body composition has changed dramatically. People tell me I lost a lot of "weight" in that time but I really didnt. Sure I lost about 11lbs of fat but I also gained 6lbs of muscle so the overall scale…
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^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^ Fat takes up more space than muscle! Best thing I did was to buy some withings scales which show me body composition. If I hadn't I would be extremely frustrated because I would purely be focusing on weight and that is absolutely incorrect. I lost a lot of fat very quickly (under six months) but I didnt…
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Log it and all the booze you had and learn from it! Now I remember why I gave up drinking.... :)
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You look absolutely fantastic!
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Well done! You have done fantastically!
