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Desika87 - very cute

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Good start! Remember that the warm-up part of any exercise can be the hardest, mentally and physically. I've been using my elliptical for a long time and I still hate the first ten minutes, but love it after that. Keep up the hard work and try to increase your time a little each day. Even if you're barely moving on the…

This might be useful: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/The_Starting_Strength_Novice/Beginner_Programs#Practical_Programming_Novice_Program:

do you even lift? ;)

It is really difficult to get enough without using protein powder. I eat a lot of cottage cheese which is low fat (3%), low cal (about 70kcal per 100g) and 10% protein, so one 300g pot is 30g of protein and only 210 kcal. I add it to salads mostly, mixed with a little hummus, some chilli flakes,tomato, beetroot, brocolli,…

Agreed, all the sweat you should be pumping out will ruin your controller. If you're going at an easy enough pace to be able to concentrate on a computer game, perhaps you might consider going for walk?

Is it an option to run/walk/cycle to and/or from work?

Strength training is great for weight loss, you burn tons of calories!!

Of course it is, as long as it fits in with your overall target for calories(as well as fat and protein). PB is a great quick source of energy but you need to be mindful of it's high calorie content.

This.

EAT BREAKFAST!! (And I don't mean like the one you had last saturday). Oats, fruit etc.

Two pounds is a tiny difference that can be caused by a number of factors (hydration etc). Weigh yourself next monday and if you're still heavier after maintaining a deficit for a week then you have my permission to be angry ;)

beer belly

if it is too uncomfortable try squatting with two dumbells held just above your chest, pay close attention to your form.

FAT RAGE!!! I love it. Don't worry, the rage/sadness/irritability etc will give way to feeling great after a few weeks of clean eating and exercise.

Hey welcome. Ignore the friend, weightloss is about making sustainable changes to your lifestyle, not going on a strict-short term diet. Feel free to add me as a friend.

some simple ideas: tuna salad: can tuna, celery, red onion, gherkin, jalapenos, low fat natural yogurt. tuna pie: saute onion add a can of tomotoes, tuna (chili), (capers), top with mashed potato/sweet potato, bake. tuna fish cake: tuna, mash potato, chilli, onions, (coriander)light mayo, mix it all up and bake or saute,…

Atkins is good for rapid short term weight loss, bad for life. Eating a balanced calorie-controllled diet, combined with regular exercise, (and the occasional dessert/beer/<insert weakness here>) is the only way to lose weight sustainably. People can be annoying, the important thing is not to kill them, prison food is…

Great work! 4lbs is a lot to lose, well done.

your scale is nuts.

My usual healthy and filling breakfast is porridge (oats) or a fruit smoothie (fruit juice, banana, natural yogurt, random stuff thrown in the blender). Both take 3 mins to make.

Plank & running :)

1/2 cup oats, 3 eggs, 1 cup low fat cottage cheese, 1 tsp vanilla extract. Blend to a smooth batter in a food processor. Makes 3 large american style pancakes, about 185 cals each, 18g protein, 12g carbs, 7.5g fat. This isn't my recipe and I've never tried it, so let me know if you do ;)

Soft drink companies spend millions creating demand for their useless products in third world countries, by buying their product you are supporting the expolitation of the planet's most vulnearble people. Drink water.

Turkey mince chilli served in lettuce leaves instead of taco/tortilla, serve with fresh salsa and low fat natural yoghurt.

I'd search the database for a restaurant, generic or homemade version of what you had. Failing that you could break it down into its individual components.

Work towards 140 as a goal, if on the way you decide you've lost enough weight then stop, simple ;)

sashimi! and miso. I'm hungry now.

Eat oatmeal, you'll learn to love it ;) Quick and easy would be banana smoothie; fruit juice/banana/random fruit & veg/muesli etc etc