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How about Wales? I have about a stone to go and enjoy this place. Feel free to add me.... If you don't mind the welsh!

Pretty much right the way across to the west from you. Holyhead is on a small Island off the coast of Anglesey. This is a great place and it works! all the best for 2012

Like Pyknicpie I am also in the UK in North Wales on a small island which is off the coast of a slightly bigger island. Whereabouts are you Pyknic?

47 and been on MFP sincs April and lost 25lbs and hoping to shed another 15 by the spring. Anyone feel free to add me for accountability or mutual encouragement. I'm from North Wales in the UK.

well (also a child of the 80's) for example last night I put Dire Straits 'Love over gold' on which I really like and can play loud in my garage. Its 42 mins long so thought I would run til it finished which I did then let it play a 2nd time so did an unheard of 84 min workout.... so Dire Straits, any 80's stuff,…

I did pay £8 a week for use of the local leisure centre but its never open when you want it and I think its expensive for what it is. SO - I cleared out my garage, bought a weights bench, some free weights and a treadmill. Now I just added a turbo trainer for my bike. so although its cost me something like £400 (the…

errrr ok - I think I'll stick with my bike and treadmill...... :)

would you like to explain what it is?

people try and get you to join them in their unhealthy choices because it makes THEM feel more comfortable with those choices. Stick with the programme and politely tell them where to get off.

Here in the UK I'm pretty sure allowing your kids to get obese counts as child abuse and people have had their kids taken away as a result. Not sure if saying anything to a stranger without knowing all the facts is a good idea. You have to have the right to say things like that. You have the right by being a friend or…

Maintenance electrician on a port. Dream job? top gear presenter.....

64 miles down so far.....

John, I started training 3 times a week a year ago. 3 strenuous workouts and a half hour of cardio - treadmills etc every time. For the first 4 months I lost no weight at all. It was only after my brother introduced me to the concept of this site and calorie counting every day that I began to see progress. within a month…

dont know about working out straight from work. I need an hour to chill out as my job can be quite physical. Then theres the question of 'what time's dinner?' if its relatively soon then its either get to the gym (my garage) and get on with it or have my dinner and wait a couple of hours before having a slightly later…

its the same with smokers, a person may have made the choice to give up but as people constantly offer cigarettes its inevitable that one day that person will succumb. I think that when someone is making good lifestyle choices and seeing results others are envious and find comfort in other people having the same habits -…

I stopped using my HRM after the battery went flat, All I know is that 10kmh is a good speed and the HRM on my treadmill indicates high 130's when running and after I stop its down to about 115 within a minute. I have a HRM 'app' on my phone that uses the camera and a finger over the lens. Not sure how accurate they are. I…

I usually have whatever comes into my mind while I am running. Its kind of a carrot that focusses me on the goal. (not an actual carrot you understand)..... Last night I ran 75 mins and did 8 miles so fancied a fruit scone and it was great!

dont know about 180BPM I max out at 173 and generally try and stay below 150 never thought about trying to find songs according to BPM but will have a look. I generally run at about 10 - 12 kmh (my machine is metric) and like it when the rhythm matches my pace. Eye of the tiger - fantastic tune!

Not sure about Johnny Cash, Reggaeton or Sex Pistols! I ran my hr again last night and did 20 mins of 'Brothers in Arms' and 40 mins of 'Love over Gold' I guess I really appreciate Dire Straits. Tried Rush 2112 and that didnt cut it so stuck with Dire. I will google good running tracks. Might be good to get spotify on my…

obviously have bad taste in music........

Hi there All I can tell you is that this works! keeping track means getting to know what to avoid - I dont buy anything without checking the cals now! Best wishes for your journey.

Hi there I have been on this site since April and dont have many active friends so a bit of encouragement is good. Makes a difference for sure. I have lost 23lb since April and well on my way to my goal of 168lb (16lb to go)

I have only been at this (losing weight) since April and previously never been calorie concious at all. But now I am! I view everything with suspicion especially anything in pastry so I tend to avoid. I have made good progress but don't want to risk jeopardising that progress. I will probably spend an hr running on my…

didnt realise there was a limit to characters on opening posts? Ignore - the second half of the above post was missing but now its back! tried to delete this reply but cant seem to.

wish I'd seen this earlier. I have done 18 miles this week - mon weds and fri, 1 hr@ 6mph and did about 12 last week so I already have 30 under my belt.... Its been far too windy to get outside for any exercise.

great advice here. I have been doing a lot of running lately and have been experiencing sore achilles. I have never done any warm ups or stretches. So I take it that a good calf stretch on the stairs before running is a good idea as well as after?

I was on holiday recently and noticed there were lots of eastern europeans working at the hotel. It took the cleaner a whole afternoon to hoover the room. Turns out she was a slovac

As above every monday morning. However if I do a long session on the treadmill, I always take my shoes off and jump on the scale at the gym too! sometimes a pleasant surprise, sometimes not!

finding it all a bit confusing. 47 years old resting HR 55 and a max of 173 so 85% works out at 148 - if I run at my normal rate of 10.5kmh it goes to 162 - but I feel fine and could go for an hr like it. Someone told me I was overdoing it so today I tried interval - 5 mins at 60-70% then 5 mins at 85% so watching the HRM…

extra fat loss is achievable by exercising the heart between 70 - 85% innit?