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KEEP TRYING! My target was 7kg loss and that came off in 5 months of doing MFP, stronglifts and some cardio. You can read the long boring story in my profile, but the crux of the matter is that it is WEIGHING and LOGGING food that has made a difference. I was eating a lot more calories than I thought when I was estimating…

Exercise stops me getting stressed. If I do get stressed then exercise reduces it. Alternatively, cleaning, tidying, organising, getting stuff off my to-do list. NEVER food!

I weigh and boil green lentils, let them cool and mix with a huge green salad with loads of vinegar! A great lunch. Or a daal curry: onion, garlic, ginger, chopped tomatoes, cumin, ground coriander, turmeric (or just sharwoods curry powder), and cooked red lentils. Love legumes! Chickpeas are great too. Loads of recipes on…

After a very brief look at your diary: Don't eat below 1200 - it is not good for you, FACT. Try and get approx 1400 without eating your exercise calories back, but if you're very hungry eat them back. If you know you're tired and going to fall asleep when you get in, maybe grab something before you leave work, or take…

Make sure you're eating enough calories to lose weight but also give your body enough nutrition - therefore correct level of deficit. If you're starving yourself then you will lose strength. Have you used the various calculators to estimate how much you should be eating to lose at a healthy rate? I've been "cutting" since…

Agree with you completely!

Abs are made in the kitchen

After continuing with the same weights last week to improve form I upped weights today: Squats 70kg 5,5,5,5,5 OHP 25kg 5,4,5,4,5 Deadlift 80kg 4 Not going low enough on squats at this weight so despite success will stick to this weight this week. OHP hurt (got a bit of a dodgy left shoulder) plus fails so will be…

Thank you for that, it works! So simple, how did I not think of it myself??? Got the smoothest pits I've had in ages!

Everyone does it differently and I'm sure you're going to get lots of different advice, but I would eat 1600-1800 per day and not eat back exercise calories. Also, having peeked at your diary as requested, I would swap the ranch sauce, dip etc for greek yogurt 0% with spices, or a healthy homemade vinaigrette which will…

Starving today! Today's 5x5: Squats 68kg OHP 22.5kg - pleased with this as had loads of shoulder pain last week after climbing Deadlift 77kg Abs random

Hi. I've never done a duathlon, but I did a sprint triathlon a couple of years ago. Doing the "bricks" training near the end of my training was really important. Your muscles feel completely different moving from one exercise to another. So at the moment you know what it feels like to go from running to biking but not the…

Thank you all for your kind words. I like the options Stara. I think I'll go with the first one to 60kg. No pressure though!

About 4-5 litres a day

Chickpeas roasted with a bit of chilli powder and salt. Fantastic snack, replaces peanuts and crisps!

Hi I'm a UK female too. Log on every day. Feel free to add me.

There isn't a general front or back direction. I think I feel most like I'm going to crumple down!

Brilliant! You're a genius! :laugh: Do you lose weight quicker if you always start off on your left foot? What about on Thursdays?

Thank you for your replies. Everything is fine until 60kg. From that weight and up I get the knee wobbles but on the way back up only. Both descent and ascent are relatively smooth and controlled - I don't do fast! Yes i can get my toes up. I have tried going wider which is fine on lighter weights but I feel like I'm going…

The lower back thing puts me off. I feel my lower back working enough with Stronglifts. I'm quite strict with my form with the normal row - I think! Thanks for all the info though.

Just watched the video - thanks for that. There is no way I will be attempting the Pendlay version - looks rather intimidating! I'll just stick to the normal bent over rows, unless of course I can be convinced otherwise ;)

You'll have to log it as a cardio workout. MFP has a strength training option under cardio. I always log under that. I only get 192 calories for the whole hour! Hope this helps.

Hi. I'm the same age as you and started lifting nearly 3 months ago and love it. I follow stronglifts 5x5 so it's free weights with the barbell. You start off with the empty barbell and add weights as you succeed. I am currently lifting 60kg for squats, 22.5kg overhead press, 62.5kg deadlifts, 32.5kg bench press, and 50kg…

Thanks for clearing up my confusion! I will attempt from the ground with lighter weight just to give it a go, but might just stick to my usual bent over ones with the 5x5 program.

So if I've been keeping the bar in the air between each rep is that Pendelay or standard?

Workout A day: Squat 60kg Bench press 32.5kg Row 45kg 1 fail on each so will have to repeat :sad:

Yes thank you, have joined!

Thank you!

Hello! I'm from the UK. 5'7" 39 SW: 70kg CW: 65kg GW: 60-63kg Recently got into Stronglifts 5x5 which I love! Feel free to add me!

I suffered with terrible hives for 2-3 years - at best I had large red itchy ones on my legs; at worst I looked like I'd been beaten up. Same for me, it would flare up after exercise, stress, late nights and too much alcohol. Anyway, I went to see an immunologist who sorted it through medication. I am now hive-free and off…