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I had a pretty low fitness level when I started the shred and it kicked my *kitten* into shape. I didn't do that workout exclusively, I used a few of her workouts from youtube two or three times a week and eventually added in some weight training. But she definitely got at least a stone off me and massively improved my…

If you're coming from a pretty low fitness level then you will probably feel this way after workouts for a few weeks until your body gets used to it. (As long as you're not suffering from any medical condition which might be exacerbated by strenuous workouts, like anemia for example.) I started out on MFP after resting up…

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Ok firstly, you are not fat. As a totally impartial observer looking at your pics you do not look overweight at all. You might be feeling fat right now but you don't look it. Most people would be happy with your body! But if you're not happy and want to feel better then, as many other people have suggested, maybe try doing…

Check the info on the foods you log. Sometimes people log foods onto the database without all the information. You might not actually be recording all the salt you take in if the records on the database are incomplete. But really I wouldn't worry about it, a low salt diet is usually a good thing!

Try to focus on the fitness and health benefits every time you work out. That is an improvement you can't necessarily see but your heart and lungs will thank you for it in the long run! Try and shift your perspective a little by not assessing your success or failure solely by the scale. Set yourself fitness goals; if you…

Personally I don't think you should ever have to feel hunger or suffer to lose weight. If you feel bad during the process then where is your incentive to continue it as a lifestyle change? These calculators are a rough guide but clearly they don't take into account people with a lot of lean muscle; much like the BMI…

I weigh in once a week and I take measurements of my waist, hips, thigh and bicep at the widest part as well. It's just another way of tracking progress, as sometimes the scale may not move but the inches can still go down. I didn't find that when I was just doing pure cardio but I do now that I have added strength…

I'm 6ft and I didn't really start to see a difference until the first stone came off. My body shape just changed a little and clothes began to feel looser. People began to really notice the difference and comment on it when I had lost about 2 and a half stone. At that point the back of my hips had flattened out and my…

If you're feeling constant pain and hunger then your body is trying to tell you something. In my opinion most people, unless they're morbidly obese, do not need to cut to 1200 calories to lose weight. I think that is a flaw in MFP because anyone who chooses 2lb a week loss gets that limit, regardless of their stats. Try…

Walking is a great way to get some exericse in, especially if your fitness level isn't great. I brisk walked for an hour most days for the first couple of months of my weightloss and it definitely made a difference. Adding in some kind of weight training, either body weight moves or exercises with dumbbells, could help…

Congrats on an impressive transformation in just 6 months! You can really see the difference in your new body shape and face. Keep it up!

As mentioned by several other people, fitness blender have a really wide variety of workouts online. There are also a lot of Jillian Michaels workouts on youtube now if you're into that sort of circuit training style workout. It's worth checking back every few weeks as new ones seem to pop up. Most recently someone put up…

My motivation has ebbed and flowed over the last 10 months using MFP. On the days when I don't feel like Rocky I try to remember how much worse I felt before I started doing this. How walking up some stairs would make me out of breath or how nothing I tried on ever fitted how I wanted it to. I also remind myself of the…

*runs into thread 3 days late* The Rocky theme tune is playing loud for you right now!

I find what I eat and do the week before is important in reducing tom symptoms. I cut right back on salt, no added salt in meals and I avoid soy sauce as it's full of the stuff and makes me swell up like a blimp. Eating bananas every day helps as the potassium seems to alleviate water retention. Dried apricots help with…

I think it depends on what is heavy for you. When I started out just using my bodyweight or 2lb dumbbells was a challenge during workout videos like Jillian Michaels 30DS etc. After a few months I felt stronger and went up to 6lb dumbbells and another few months later I am using 11lb dumbbells and doing more challenging…

I log it under circuit training, or I find out what the calorie burn would be for circuit training then create my own exercise under the name of the workout i.e 30DS level 1.

The realisation that nothing was going to change if I didn't make it happen. I was about 65lbs overweight when I started and all I did was walk for an hour a day most days of the week and count calories for the first month. I cut down on my snacks and swapped the higher calorie ones for healthier versions. I have some…

Youtube has lots of workouts. I use the Jillian Michaels, Chris Powell and Biggest Loser ones, which are great.

The point at which this becomes a lifestyle change and not just a diet is the choice you make when you overeat. Instead of beating yourself up over it and working out like mad just accept that you overate today, but will do better tomorrow. That simple idea, of accepting what you ate and trying to do better the next day…

I did 30DS level 1 for about a month and then felt I needed something more challenging. There are lots of her workouts up on youtube now so you can mix it up a bit.

I log it under circuit training or you can look up the burn 20 mins of circuit training would give you then add your own exercise under the heading of 30DS level 1.

You are not too fat, it's just the workouts are intense and use muscles you probably haven't used in a long time! I started out doing level 1 of 30DS at 219lbs and the muscle soreness was really bad for the first fortnight of workouts (I took breaks inbetween of 2-3 days as I hate working out through doms.) After about a…

I think the important thing to remember is that muscle is denser than fat, so a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat. In this respect the scale isn't always the most useful measurement as you may gain on the scale or just maintain, but your body could look very different due to lifting weights. Inch…

I would say start slow and make changes you can sustain, rather than going on a mad crash diet and working out like Rocky. Figure out what high calorie foods you like and try to make lower calorie swaps. If you don't do much exercise atm start simple and add an hour of walking to your day; or as much as you can manage. You…

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I don't plan on logging calories forever, I only want to do it whilst I'm still trying to lose weight. I have already formed pretty good habits and can roughly figure out my daily calorie intake but I like logging it just to have that record. It doesn't take that long to log my food and I'm not too obsessed with the…

As mentioned by someone else Fry Light 1 calorie spray works; although I find that normal oil helps give the stir fry a flavour that fry light doesn't. It's about the only meal where I still use normal oil to cook with, just a much smaller amount. Soy sauce adds a bit of extra liquid without the calorie hit of oil, could…

Sometimes coming on these boards feels like gazing at the event horizon of a black hole.