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This. I have never been majorly overweight (only a few pounds), and I have stretch marks all over, just from puberty. And as someone else pointed out, my BF never noticed!
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This happened to me. Commercial bread made me incredibly ill after eating occasionally. As a test I baked my own, ate it like it was going out of fashion and I was fine. Interestingly I've now moved countries, and the bread here is made from different grains and I'm still fine. Maybe I'm just allergic to crappy white…
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Personally, I include cooking and cleaning, if I'm doing unusual or hardcore stuff e.g. kneading bread or mopping floors, both get me into a Jillian Michaels level sweat! But I agree, that you shouldn't include it if you're just chopping veggies, stirring soup etc.
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Sources of protein - eggs, cheese, tofu (my favourite, yum), beans (chickpeas are incredibly versatile). Also think about using wholemeal carbs such as bread, pasta etc as I've found these to have a higher protein content than their regular counterparts. Also, bread made from more unusual flour such as spelt and rye can…
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I'm not sure where you live, but in the UK you can get organic veggie boxes delivered to your door, which sounds like it would be expensive, but I used to get a big box of veggies (potatoes, onions, carrots + 5 randoms) for £20 (~$30). It would last me 2 weeks in combination with a few bits from the supermarket and things…
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Not necessarily, especially at northern latitudes. I currently live at the extreme (near the Arctic circle!) and take a vitamin D supplement, but even in my "motherland" a little further south (UK), the sunlight isn't powerful enough in Autumn/Winter. Here's a link with some more info, OP-…
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I think its doable with a little research. I'm vegetarian but eat a lot of vegan meals, and even over the carb heavy period of Christmas (alcohol, bread, potatoes... mmm...) I'm still only hitting between 150 - 250g of carbs a day on average. Feel free to add me if you want to see what I eat! I cook a lot from scratch…
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Ditto for part 1 and I'm working on part 2 :)
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I find drinking a hot drink soothes me if I'm having trouble sleeping, just some tea or maybe low cal hot chocolate (I drink something called options, its 40kcal per serving but I don't know if that's available in the US).
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I have bad knees too (bad joints all over in fact!), but I find the 30DS fine as long as I really concentrate on my knees, i.e. knees don't go over toes. But I did kickboxing with a trainer for 4.5 years, and she got me into good habits with the knees because I had bad posture. I think physical therapy would be great too,…
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I am on day 6 of the shred and have exactly the same issue. Up until I year ago I did kickboxing one on one for 4 years, and even by the time I'd stopped, I still could not do a full, proper push up. So, I wouldn't worry about it. If you can do all the other moves Natalie style, you're obviously getting fitter. Even though…
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I find that a little frustrating too. I find it helps to search "generic x y z" to cut through the crap.
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As others have posted, don't worry about 0.5, I can "gain" multiple kilos over the weekend from drinking less water, too much beer and too many salty snacks on a Saturday night... I find it's just water weight, that clears after a day or 2 of more water, fruit and veggies. You say you're new to this and that your diet is…
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I'm veggie and I cook a lot with lentils, and I find they are a great replacement for mince e.g. Shepherd's pie, Moussaka, Bolognese. Red lentils tend to "mush" as you cook so are great for the classic dahl/dal as others have mentioned, whilst green hold their shape more and I use them to bulk out veggie burgers (e.g.…