Kegsey55 Member

Fab! I did a sponsored walk at the weekend and saw the photos yesterday. I wondered who one of the people in the photo was - then realised it was me! I then saw the photos from last year's sponsored walk and the difference was amazing (43 lbs)

You say you have recently changed what you eat and what exercise you do. I find that more exercise means weight gain/no weight loss until the body gets used to it and then it drops again. So keep at it and try to be patient. Also, have you adjusted your calorie requirements as you have lost weight? As you lose weight, you…

My inital goal was just inside normal BMI and when I got there I decided to drop another 7lbs. I don't yet look how I want to but I am doing weights and I'm gradually getting smaller even though my weight is hardly changing. As I get smaller my weight is less important.

I feel so much better than I did. I can do much more (walking/running/housework/chores/gardening) without being tired. Even just sat down I feel healthy and happy. I look so much better. I thought people I saw daily would be getting used to it but I still get comments about how good I look. And, for once, I feel that I do.…

Thanks everyone. This gym has the benefits that it is at work and it is free. I might look into joining a pay-for gym but that will be after the January rush! I'm happy with squatting, I now want to up the weight. I could go back to the smith machine or find an alternative with dumbbells. I know some people recommend not…

The bar I can walk out isn't in a cage - its on a frame which is about chest height and has just one set of hooks to hold it. To walk it where I can squat, I have to sit on the bench and do a bow-legged walk to clear the bench. Putting it back on my own is tricky and that is with hardly any weight. I wondering that it is…

Thanks for all your replies. Sarah - it's more like this (but without the section at the back)…

Another vote for slowing down. Even if you can walk faster, slow down. Also, you say you are gasping for breathe. I find I do unless I watch my breathing. I breathe out for 2 steps and in for two steps. You might find different counts work for you.

Daily, first thing after going to the loo. I'm interested in seeing my daily fluctuations and I'd rather see them daily than not know if I've lost until the following week.

Fruit is healthy but it still has calories so it should be logged. If you are hungry then look at what you are eating and decrease calorie dense food and replace with less calorie dense food like vegetables which will fill you up or eat more protein and fats which will keep you fuller for longer. Also check that you have…

I see what I am doing to lose weight as a lifestyle and not a diet. I'm not going to be happy to give up wine (and, in my case, gin) in the long term. So I fit them into my calories and enjoy. I have been known to go out for a walk (in the rain!) to earn enough for a G&T!

Yay! That's fab! Keep going you can do it all now!

You can. I did it but I can't remember how. I think I googled and it was quite easy.

Do you have to pay for the 1 hour session? If not, then don't worry about not using the whole hour.

As its three times a week, I spread them out so I didn't do consecutive days. I didn't think of trying to organise it any other way!

I felt just the same as you as week 5 came up. I didn't think it was at all possible. However, I did it and its built so you will too. Week 6 drops back to intervals if I remember correctly. I did week 9 day 3 last Friday. I didn't quite manage 5km in 30 minutes so I went out on Sunday and ran the full 5km!

I couldn't survive on less sleep than you are already planning so I wouldn't get up earlier. I find if I'm tired I eat more which more than wipes out any extra exercise I would get. You have 90 minutes in a morning, could you find sometime there to exercise? When you are travelling to/from school/work/home, could you get…

I have the same, so I plan all snacks and build them into my day and my calories. I don't have breakfast but I have a snack about 10, half of lunch at 12, the other half at 1.30, snack at 2.30 and another at 4pm. I bring nuts (carefully measured!), carrot sticks and cauliflower, fruit (particularly berries) so they are all…

Thanks Brian. I haven't been using anything as yet as I didn't know what to look for. Thanks for the information about double counting BMR, thats very useful and I hadn't thought of that.

Do you mean per hour as that sounds really low? Should it be per mile?

I weigh daily but that is just because I have new scales and want to make sure they are going to work right. They are the fitbit ones so they automatically update MFP.

I can't believe there are others doing exercise when going to the bathroom! I do squats in there! When I go to the bathroom I take a detour on the way back - down the far set of steps for two floors, back along the corridor and up the near set of steps.

Hi Minnie! Hi Beattie! Thank you for your comments :smile: My weight loss is set to 1lb (I had to check, I wasn't sure!). I'm still getting used to logging what I eat and keeping it to a certain level. I'm doing OK at keeping under but I'll try to get closer. Thanks for the info about 30DS being similar to circuit…

anyone? :flowerforyou: