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I feel the same as you when it comes to lifting and the gym, everyone else seems to know what they're doing and I really don't want to be in the way! So now I attend classes at my gym, I've been with a friend and I've been alone, it's still a room full of people getting it wrong with you so you don't have to feel alone.…

Accountability sounds daunting but great! The support and info on this site is so helpful, maybe that's what I'm missing, I clearly can't motivate myself so maybe I can draw on everyone else's success for inspiration and motivation. Where possible I get my protein, but I live alone and am on a very tight budget so meat is…

thanks for the quick and helpful replies! I suspected that really I need a complete overhaul of not just how I use my food for fuel but how I think about it too... but I've gotta admit, both seem like pretty scary steps to take! What's the best way for me to approach this? It's important that I don't put my body through…

Providing you like his music, the Michael Jackson Experience is a great game. I have the Zumba game, and having done classes and in comparison to Just Dance I'm not a fan but it's really all about what you like. It's always worth conisdering ebaying for used older games like the earlier versions of Just Dance, I have 1,2 &…

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Level 2 Day 8 last night, this is where I got to before giving up before. I've not lost any weight and my measurements haven't gone down so trying not to be discouraged again! I know I should do more than the 10 days on level 2 as I've done up to 3 rest days at some points and moved from level 1 early but I just hate level…

Day 5 of Level 2 last night. Is it just me or is anyone else beginning to really hate it? I didn't enjoy it at all last night, I just wanted it to be over!

For me it was just a mater of noticing that I wasn't countng down the circuits until it was over! To begin with, there were certain ones I knew I found really hard and dreaded but eventually I stopped noticing them go by so much, I still never got to like them and I didn't find them super easy, but I was ready for another…

I managed to survive yesterday injury free so did Level 2 Day 1. I think I may have gone a bit to easy on myself as I remember sweat running into my eyes last time I did it for the first time and this one wasn't so bad. There were a few moves I couldn't achieve good enough form on, so that'll be what I work on tonight.…

Took a rest day Sunday with plans to move to Level 2 yesterday but took a bad knock to the head last night so couldn't do it and felt really bad about it. I'm going to attempt Level 2 day 1 tonight, if I manage not to knock myself out again!

I'm going to be brave and start on level 2 tonight, I'll report back on if I manage it! I forgot to say, but anyone wanting to can add me

Day 6 done just before I left for Aqua Zumba last night. In my attempts to not annoy the neighbours below me and do it barefooted I think I may have done some damage to my ankle from the jumping. I keep thinking about moving on, but the planks, oh I'm so scared of all the planks!

I did my day 5 last night, I really really didn't want to as I was so tired, but forced myself too and it was worth it, finally managed to keep up with all the push ups (far back on my knees, no proper ones for me yet!) and all the anterior raises which have been difficult for me from lifelong shoulder problems. I'm…

I'm in! I'm on day 4 today. I got up to day 18 last time and started to see small changes, but illness got in the way. This time round I need to make sure I don't have any rest days as they cause me to lose enthusiasm a bit. I'll be mixing it with Aqua Zumba twice a week too.

ooooh, bump!

Thanks for replying, I'll use those numbers as a very general idea of my body composition from now on! Thanks Leni x

I love frozen grapes! I now buy bags of frozen fruit salad with grapes, melon, pear, tangerine and pineapple in and don't bother to defrost it, I just go ahead and it eat frozen. It takes longer to eat and is lovely on a hot day (and cheap!) but I do find myself digging out the grapes and melon first!

I'm 27, 5'5 and 137lbs Arms at biggest point - 12" Bust (under bra strap) - 31" Waist - 28.5" Thigh - 21" Waist at belly button - 34" Hips at widest part - 34" and 31" in between those last two so I am curvy (always wanted to be!) but in all the wrong places and only when I stand to the side! :blushing: :laugh:

Me too!

Thanks for this one, I came out large framed which in some respects is true, but I also currently weigh the lowest suggested at 138 and i'm much heavier than looks healthy for me. I have a very large rib cage (but strangely small chested sadly!) and small hips and carry almost all of my weight around my waist, which…

I have requested you as I also log in daily and that I'm a bit sad that I haven't got many friends! I think the more the better. My diary is closed for now, but mainly as I'm using a Ki Fit/ Bodybugg/bodymedia and I use my daily burn to see my deficit which can look confusing. I'm happy to open it to anyone if they're just…

I did level 1 last night with youtube on my TV when I got home from the gym. I was curious to see if it involved much jumping because the guy that lives below me doesnt allow noise of any sort (he once called the police on my cat running around!) but I felt so pumped after I think I'll continue! I only had small wrist…

Thats exactly how I thought about it too, and although I also couldn't understand (I can't argue with science), there may be other factors involved. Now I'm no expert at all, so I can only tell you what I think was happening with me but I hope it helps. Stress from the pressure I was puting on myself to lose from the…

I have the UK version called a Ki Fit and its taken a while for my weight loss to kick in. I think it's because although my lifestyle feels drastically different to me because I can see the numbers and I'm concentrating so much on the daily burn, I'm really not burning much more than I was before, I can just see the…

I'm a brit too, from Essex, feel free to add me too (and that goes for anyone else). I promise I'm not a stereotypical Essex girl in any way!

Hi! Everyone feel free to add me too, not quite new to this, but newly serious about it I guess. I am new to these boards though so could do with some friends!

I'm 5'4 (and 3/4!) and currently at 144, my goal is 125. I'm using a Ki Fit/bodybugg and am managing to defy science by losing only 1lb in 3 months . I've been planning to post for ages but keep backing out. I have the added bonus of fighting against my body telling me I need carbs due to my medication for M.E. so any…