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He's been to the doctor, 3 times in all for the same complaint. The anti-inflammatory and heat help, which make it seem like it's most likely arthritis or a trapped nerve. He's not in constant strong pain. He's still at work, in fact the more he moves/walks and doesnt sit down the less the ache is. He only gets pain when…

Thank you for this, I'm going to show him your post. He's on the wait list for an MRI to confirm, but the doctor also suffers from the same symptoms and that is what it is for him. He's currently taking some anti-inflammatory and luckily they're not disagreeing with his stomach too much. He had this same type of pain last…

He's on the waiting list for an MRI, but we'll be waiting for a few months at least.

I have suggested yoga to him but he doesn't enjoy it. We don't have an affordable pool near us either for swimming which is a shame. I'm going to pester him to try yoga again I think!

Invest in a foam roller too. I have a definite love hate relationship with mine because it does hurt (in a good way) to use but it helps a lot to ease your muscles. When I first started running for the first 3 or 4 weeks I found it hard to kneel or squat down after because my legs were so sore, but now I can run 7k and my…

I use Matrix (currently have their Anabolic shake in Caramel Machiato) and Phd - their cherry bakewell is beautiful

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If they're tight enough to do that you're waist training wrong. You're supposed to tight lace very very slowly, and wear in your corset (called seasoning) so it molds to the shape of your body. If you put on a non seasoned corset (or someone elses) it's not formed to your body shape. A good corset will be wide enough for…

Hi! I'm going to add you, and anyone else can add me too! Im Jade, I'm 26 and I have 70lb left to lose after already losing 20. I log every day and post, i'm doing pretty ok at the moment but I know i'll need friends when I do eventually slip!

Oh thank you! I thought Sodium was only in salt. Well, until this whole thread I thought it was just another name for salt (Chemistry never was a strong subject for me). I read this and then changed what nutrition I can see on my MFP food diary and found sodium in things like tomatoes which I didn't expect, so that does…

My target is 2300mg. The soup was 2800mg. But on the can it says it would only be 23% of the recommended daily intake of salt, which is why I'm so confused!

Corset or one of those stupid latex things that the Kardashians wear? While jessef593 is wrong about them restricting your breathing, neither is going to help you in your fitness or weightloss journey. Real, expensive boned corsets can help create an hourglass shape through daily wear, but it's not practical in most cases.…

You mentioned you're not taking anything Anxiety because they're addictive, do you not use beta blockers to tackle Anxiety wherever you are? Unlike stuff like xanax and valium (which we don't use in the UK anywhere near as much as they are over in the states) they're not addictive. They're used mainly to help with high…

Oh I know that. I'm not so bothered, I'm literally just curious as to why MFP is so different. But no one seems to know.

Ordered new work jeans the other day in my usual size. That brand always fits so I ripped the tags off and went to work. Half way to work I realised they were actually too big and I should have ordered a size smaller! Victory, but a bit annoying too lol

I had to go up a whole size for my Asics running shoes

I don't mean those two days only, I'm wondering in general! Because MFP gives me a lower limit than national guidelines I'm wondering WHY it does.

You could also add in some exercise. I love food far too much so I work out to let myself have more! If you're going over, you could easily burn 400cals in a cheeky hour in the gym. If you're going to be busy though, pop a protein bar in your bag, theyre usually between 200 and 300cals, so a much better lunch substitute in…

I can jump 3lb overnight some days if I've eaten differently or its a certain time of the month, so thats not a massive leap at all! And yes, if you havn't 'gone' in 4 days you'll probably lose that weight once you do lol

Not trying to get into an anti-gun argument or anything (I'm from the UK so definitly dont understand the need at all but.. whatever) but how come you need to carry it on your rides? I don't take my bank card or car keys and often not even my phone so a gun seems a little excessive!

Home workouts would be great, there are tonnes of videos for free on youtube, HIIT workouts are super quick too to fit in. I run first thing in the morning before work (6.45am), it's dark but getting lighter, and I find morning darkness feels a lot safe than evening darkness.

You can also buy loads of vegetarian meat replacement things that you just pop in the oven (at least you can here in the UK), such as southern style bean burgers, vegetable tarts, meat alternative sausages etc if its more the eating meat you want to cut back on rather than adding more veg? Swap meat mince for soya mince in…

avocado Chocolate Sweet Potato Mashed potato/other root veg Carbs. Just carbs really. All the carbs.

It may be because your footfall is different when you run to when you walk. I have different trainers for walking in than running, because my running ones are so expensive I don't want to wear them out! It could be that when youre running the stuffing in the shoe has been pushed to mould to how your feet are when you run,…

Walking is good for anyone as long as they have the correct fuel to do power the walking. As TravistockToad said, you do seem to be undereating in a dangerous way, this is not good for your body and tbh with only that amount of food I'd recommend you stop working out altogether before your body stops functioning properly.…

I'm an ex smoker, smoked for around 8 years. I could never push myself even close to how I do now. Honestly giving up smoking is the best thing I've ever done. Personally, i don't even see the point in trying to improve your health in other ways if you're smoking, its so counter productive. I quit using a vape, but I don't…

I agree with the C25k programme. I started running that way. For me it wasn't a good fit to see me through the whole way, I stopped using it after week 4 but by then I had a decent base to start working on running the whole thing myself, and I now can. I'm no where near my goal weight, I'm currently 202lb! Remember most of…

YES! I'm UK size 18 right now, I have tonnes of wobbley bits, you can see some celulite through certain gym leggings, and my stomach turns into about 30 different rolls when I do core work, but I LOVE the gym and the whole point of going is to improve my body so who cares!

Boosts my mood if anything, I just tend to not squat or deadlift when I'm on, but I carry on as normal otherwise.

Start with some basic hand weights and maybe a bar for squats/deadlifts and build up once you find what you feel you're missing. You could spend hundreds on big pieces of equipment and find they don't work well for you. One piece of cardio (either a treadmill or elliptical preferably) will do, you can always run outside…