cassbam

I love carbs...i love bread, i love potatoes (especially roasted), i love sticky buns..... but they dont love me. While i was pregnant i had gestational diabetes, so had to cut carbs WAY down. After having my second son, i was given the all clear for diabetes - yay. I stuck to the same diet after in an attempt to lose the…

Thanks ladies.... I have built up muscle, but i wouldn't have expected that to blow my weight loss out so far. Yes muscle weighs more than fat, but extra muscle helps burn fat & increase metablolism. I'm not keen to eat more cals, i don't think i can, not without increasing my carbs. I can't increase carbs -…

hormones?/emotional eating? I have bad days...lots of them. I am a shift worker with 2 young boys (6mths & 3 yrs), and suffer from the 'I cant help myself's. I seem to eat to a point where I feel very guilty, but then jump back on the wagon of eating right the next day & try to do a little extra exercise to negate the…

Get yourself a heart rate monitor...you can personalise it to your own weight/height/etc & it will give you an accurate way of counting exercise calories :) mine also helps to keep me motivated

Also on this then...how often a week should i be seeing a personal trainer? Cass

I'm using it just for self, the iPhone app makes it easier to log food on the go rather that carrying a pen & paper around with me ('cos I usually forget to add things if i left it to the end of the day too)

Hi!!!!!!!!! first time poster :) I started the C25K yesterday and felt really great afterwards. Great to read that there is some extra motivation out there! C