angela475

I partly blame Nutella for helping me gain so much weight a couple of years ago - we used to keep a big jar in the cupboard and when I was craving chocolate I would just eat it straight from the tub with a spoon! (*Not* a good idea!!) If you're using natural peanut butter then that's pretty healthy - I wouldn't swap that…

Shin splints are terrible! Stretching before you run is important - stretch the back of your calf and the front of your leg, and also remember to stretch after you run too! Agree about the shoes - I was getting really bad shin splints and it turned out that I had the wrong shoe fitted, once I fixed that they were pretty…

"Maybe allow yourself a pepsi as a reward for doing a set of exercises, or set up a limit of say one every other day" Hopefully this doesn't sound harsh, but I'd try and build non-food related rewards into your program, like making time for a relaxing bath or something else you enjoy. I used to reward myself for having a…

I was just thinking this yesterday - one of my very new MFP friends is consistently recording lower than their calorie goal but they're hardly eating any vegetables, fruit or whole grains; they're mainly eating white rice, lamb, chocolate and bread. I feel like if people have constructive feedback on my diary then I'd love…

I've got a Garmin FR60, which is good for running (it's really accurate for distance and min/km without any extra setup) but if you're doing lots of cardio or circuits in the gym for example and not using the foot pod then it overestimates the calories you're using by about a third - this isn't a major issue once you know,…

Hi! I'm also new to the site (after signing up a few months ago, I finally got motivated to start properly on 1 January) - I need to lose about 8 kilos (after losing 15 kilos last year, I was about 5 kilos off my goal but then put a couple of kilos back on by travelling overseas and lapsing back into comfort eating habits)…