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usually yes as long as i stick to my healthy eating routine again. i might fluctuate the odd hlaf pund or so but its pretty much a downward trend. i was wondering if i overtrain since i do 1 hours hard cardio and i hour weights 6 days a week so now im trying working out every weekday and taking weekends off to rest and…

noooooo. The main reason i go so much is to be able to eat more if im honest. Im not good on low amounts of food and the more i work out the more i can eat. Also im trying to learn to run, trying being the operative word :laugh: So do i take two days off together for best effect or two random spaced apart days?

i take water tablets so its not likely to be this, i did wonder at first too

I'm 5ft 10 and weigh 160lbs right now down from 284lbs but my goal weight is 150lbs and im a uk size 12. I'm a normal bmi but not quite happy with my shape i'm still a little lower half heavy

I have a sudden desire for peanut butter on toast...................... :bigsmile:

You lost a stone in 6 days? when you only weigh 67kg?? pardon me for being sceptical :ohwell: plus thats SUPER unhealthy to lose that much that fast unless youre super morbidly obese!! 2lbs is a good weight loss for a week not almost 14!!

Bread!! I'm such a sandwich junkie i could live on them all day long. Even though i eat oatmeal bread it was still too much so i had to ditch the bread. Now i eat it once a week as a treat but i have to be careful because i can easily go crazy and pig out

i do lift heavy 4 times a week does this count as strength training?

I do keep a food diary i have for a while now and im a real fanatic about logging. I weigh everything on digital scales and never eat or drink a single thing without logging it first. I know to the exact calorie how much i eat per day and i never EVER go over my calorie allowance. Its just frustrating as i hoped i'd be…

Noooooo i hardly ever eat my exercise calories back i'd be clocking almost 2000 calories if i did. I'm struggling to maintain my weight on 1500-1700 right now. I did try intermittent fasting a while back but i was soooo tired and cranky that i switched back

ohhh no i dont want to cut my calories back i want to increase them more if i can. I should easily be able to eat more than 1500 with an average daily burn of 2500 but my body isn't liking it right now. I've only just started running (i run like a hobbled pit pony) and only clocking up 2-3km and topping this up to 8km with…

I'm always tired but the doctor said my thyroid function is fine and that im very healthy. i'm not really eating more carbs im tending to eat more protein if anything. i took herbal water tablets too but it made no difference so i doubt its water :/

C25k if you've never run before. i just started running too and made the huge mistake of going off too fast and not being able to sustain it and almost quit. but my trainer told me plod plod plod at the start then slowly day by day increase. I still can only jog 15mins then run 8 but im getting there

i used to be 284lbs and a uk size 26, i am now 160lbs and a uk 10/12 (i'm 5ft 10) loose skin does happen BUT except in really extreme weight loss cases it often snaps back pretty well. BUT and i say BUT.. it takes time and i mean a long time . i've had to eat really well, moisturise with a vitamin E or shea butter cream or…

CREEPERS!! I have one guy that will not leave me alone, follows me around chatting when i'm trying to concentrate and insists on sitting on the rowing machine right next to the treadmill im on and staring at my butt. I've tried avoiding him but he's really loud and in your face and thinks its a social club Gym boy…

look for sulphate free shampoos or even use baby shampoo its much gentler on the hair and make sure you have a really really good conditioner :)

i'm tall and have a long stride and naturally walk very fast so usually do speed 6.5 (yes walking) and random incline of up to 8 but starting learning to run at the moment although im not getting much faster than 7.6 just yet.

my adorably gorgeous boyfriend is Asian and i love him exactly the way he is. I never once saw a colour when i looked at him i just saw him and nothing but him.

5ft10 160lbs waist 26in, hips 36in , bust 35in, thighs 23in not sure about the rest thats all i measure!!

i LOVE MFP....BUT i don't rely on it for calorie burn it's too generic( ie: someone 10st and all muscle will have an entirely different rate of burn from someone all fat MFP doesnt allow for that so much). I bought myself a fitbit after toying between that and a HRM and i rely on the calories shown on there. I DONT eat my…

exactly the same!!

YES!!! i had awful IBS for years and ive drastically changed my diet. I only get attacks now if i slip and eat something i shouldn't. The trick is to find out what triggers it and cut it out. For me it was anything 'white' like bread, rice, pasta, cake etc and also red meat

This!! Girls lift too, get over it. Plus the creepers who keep trying to bug me while im working out..i dont CARE about your ex wife or your kids theyre not going to burn calories for me and STOP watching my butt!!! People who take up a treadmill wandering along at a snails pace then have the cheek to give us dirty looks…

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i just started doing these too as inner thighs is only place not budging much. Hopefully will see a difference soon :bigsmile:

Oh definitely yes!! he's always been in my top three along with Kiefer sutherland and Ewan Magregor although im not sure if they count as older guys since im 43 :bigsmile:

:love: WEIGHTS!!! seriously a lot of people on here will tell you the same...start lifting!! I have lost more weight and inches through weight training than any cardio ever did for me. I do both because i want to stay fit but its the lifting thats really making it for me

I dont get unmotivated i think im obsessed with diet and exercise!! I get really antsy if i have to miss a day at the gym and i hate rest days because i feel so lazy. I'm loving it!!!

OMG i LOVE this!! i WANT one!! you guy are all awesome i should take you all to the gym with me!! I know i shouldn't complain cos i know i'd be pretty fed up if nobody looked at me ever but this guy is CREEPY!! and WEIRD!! not a good combo :frown:

It depends on the programme you have. Some trainers give you lower weight sets but with high reps so maybe 3 sets of 5kg x 15-20 reps. Others recommend lower reps like i do at as heavy as i can possibly lift x 8 -10 reps. Either way once your body gets used to that weight/ rep combination you will begin to find it easier…