PennySwimmer Member

I'm trying to give up sugar too. I'm with you!

Look! I found a blog post on MFP which answers all your questions http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/best-way-spend-40-minutes-gym/ AND you get 20 minutes leftover!!!

Strength training is a great way to lose weight; but you can do it in half an hour if you're really efficient about what you do. And then do half an hour cardio. I can't see why you can't do both in a full hour. Do five minutes treadmill as a warm up and then five as a cool down. You'll be bored witless on a treadmill for…

ok then FALL WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGE 2016 (August September October) MY STARTING WEIGHT: 152 8/1/16 8/8/16 8/15/16 8/22/16 8/29/16 9/5/16 9/12/16 9/19/16 9/26/16 10/3/16 10/10/16 10/17/16 10/24/16 10/31/16 WEIGHT LOSS FOR THE WEEK: GOAL WEIGHT LOSS FOR TOTAL CHALLENGE: 12 lbs GOAL WEIGHT RANGE: Around 140lbs ULTIMATE WEIGHT…

I installed the Pacer app and it told me. I set my MFP at Sedentary; if I'm not, the Pacer app automatically adjusts the calories on MFP for me. So some days I'm pretty sedentary, some days I'm 'highly active' (disbelief)

Oh, not to say they are...! I just know myself, and if I see lots of posts about people doing amazing things with their fitness which I can't do with my dodgy knees, I'll just get pissed off and lose motivation. Like-minded friends are more likely to work . There are some really scary ( well to me anyway!) people on here…

I love all these replies! Thank goodness for real human beings :wink: it's great to have more people in my feed doing fun stuff

Also stick with the milk if you like. I'm with you. We eat a tonne of yogurt and no-one would ever stop me doing that. Oatmeal is a good way of using milk - we make ours half milk, half water - since I often find my kids leave milk behind in their empty bowls of cereals, which is just waste.

This website is brilliant - http://agirlcalledjack.com/ - the budget UK cook mentioned further up. As for sandwiches, grated carrot and cheese is cheaper than ham/ sandwich meats (and less processed). You can buy oats that are quicker cooking than steel cut which take about 3 mins in a pan and you can get on with other…

I don't know if that's a picture of you or a stock photo on your profile, but if it's you, you're PERFECT. The only questions should be - are you healthy, do you feel energetic and happy, can you do what you want to do with your life? Some of the people on here, quite frankly, are INSANE. Don't compare yourself with them.…

So. Today I ate a salad and went on a fitness walk. I am STARVING.

I'm 5'3"; 147 at present. Will I do? Be warned though, I am the world's worst at motivation. I cannot do 'LET'S DO THIS!' kind of shouts. I can do sarcasm, and moaning, and occasional miserable walks. I will post no pictures of women running on beaches.