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thanks so much for this, i really appreciate it! I have a much better understanding of what I need and think I will get what i NEED but modify with for now and stalk ebay for the more expensive items along the way! I am under no illusions that this will be a quick journey so I can do what I can for now and keep looking for…

THANKS FOR THAT REPLY, IT WAS HELPFUL. I HAVE STRONG LEGS (OR AT LEAST I THINK I DO) BUT I HAVE A WEAK WRIST THAT I BROKE AND HAS NEVER BEEN THE SAME AND "GIRLY" ARMS THAT ARE NOT STRONG! THEY HOPEFULLY WILL BE WHEN i GET INTO THIS! mY CORE MUSCLES ARE ALSO VERY WEAK AFTER A VERY BAD BIRTH WITH MY FIRST DAUGHTER (NOW 2)…

i've been chacking out newspapers but i don't know how much weight i need and really if there is any difference in the cheap ones or the expensive ones? particually with the benches?

you don't have to do lots of cardio to lose weight. As long as you maintain a decent deficit, you will lose weight. Go ahead and do the p90x if you want to, see how it makes you feel. If you find yourself craving more cardio, add in a day or two, but I'm betting you'll feel like it's enough. [/quote] this is the other…

it really is just will power. i think being on here helps me. I log everything BEFORE i eat it. so sometimes if that naughty side of my brain is winning, I'll get my phone out and log the calories, then something in me realises that 1 slice of hubbys bbq dominos pizza, whilst delicous, will equate to the 45 run I went for…

its not just "eating for 2" that makes people put on weight whilst pregant! I hate this stigma that we must have stuffed our faces with chocolate cake for 9 months. In my case I have penecious anemia and in BOTH my pregnancies I was very ill and had "at risk" pregnancies, 20weeks in the 1st and 7 week sin the 2nd I was…

Maybe realistically I need a gym to pursue this? Maybe I will try the kettle bell DVD for now :(

200lb of weight? Wow? That one only goes to 30kg! See I have no idea how heavy I need at all! I've always been a cardio gal!!

Just having a look, would something like this do for the new rules program? http://www.argos.co.uk/m/static/Product/partNumber/9237245/c_1/1|category_root|Sports+and+Leisure|33006346/Trail/searchtext%3EBENCH.htm It's cheap enough for me to buy (if hubby lets me totally take over the conservatory?

Well that's interesting. So as long as I eat my calories and appropriate nutritional content I could have 3 500 kcal meals as opposed to 5 300kcal ones? To be honest I kind of believed it because everyone always says you need to eat breakfast to "start your metabolism" and that's why eating breakfast on a diet is so…

honestly, my hubby is supportive to an extent, but he finds the whole gym and eating right thing annoying. He always says he doesn't really see the problem with how I look anyway. in fairness I have never been ginormous or anything but it really bothers me when I am bigger. I have no confidence and just feel like crap. so…

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Hi. My newest arrival was born on 27th may. No 2 for me. Have a look through my posts and I posted on the success stories board to show my post pregnancy weight loss last time. (My 1st is now 23months) I got huge both pregnancies, both were high risk and this time I had a csection. I've been calorie counting for 4 weeks…

I started today. Have to say I don't think I pushed myself enough on the fit test, reading what other people are like after, ie dying I think I could have tried harder. I'm 5'8 currently 158lbs BUT i'm also 6 weeks post partum (2nd child) after having a C-section so i'm trying to test myself to se how far I can push it.…

there's a really obvious point that totally disproves the whole "starvation mode' ideology..... IF the starvation mode really did exist, if it stopped you from losing weight then WHY would an "emergency" diet work? I;m not getting into a debate about wether its right or wrong to restrict calories to such a level, but…

I'm starting Monday too! Picking the box set up tomorrow! Sure hope its worth the money!! I've joined a group on here that are all starting Monday. Add me as a friend and check it out!!

oops! sorry, never posted pics before!! the giant me is now on there!!!

this was my last success story, I'm now back on the wagon after having my second child. I have very difficult pregnancies be warned so that's why I balloon!!! So, I'm 5ft 7 and maybe a half!!! My normal weight is anywhere from 130-144, I've always fluctuated. Usually a uk 10, sometimes higher sometimes lower. think that's…

SW: 173 GW: 130 by October please!! CW: 160

also looking at lauren brooks kettle bell dvds. any thoughts???

my goal is to use a home workout program to get toned/develop muscle definition particually arms, top of thighs and of course my mummy tummy. as I said, I do cardio anyway and am not looking for this to help lose weight, if that happens then fine but I want it to tone me up/build muscle I guess. Never really had a goal…

I'm hoping to find the answer to this to, I have this weird line of like fat/skin that's appeared across my lower stomach, like a giant wrinkle where theres a bit of excess skin etc. Its horrid!! I'm going to start with 30 DS and then hopefully moe onto other things that work so look forward to reading other ideas on this…

Hi there. Firstly with the calories, use the tool on here to see what you should be eating to lose the weight you want, its not an exact science but will give you some idea of the calories you need/don't need to be eating. Once you've done that try loggin EVERYTHING! literally down to the last grape for a few days and see…

am messaging you now. been there done that bought the t-shirt. Can definitely help you through this!

mine are big!! my 23 month old girl has been in age 2-3 clothes since 18 months, weighs about 23lbs, my 5 week old got weighed last Thursday and is on the 98th percentile! he's 12lb 9!!! he's in proportion though as they measured his length and head circumference and these are on the 95th percentile so he's just a very big…

Hi!! the more friends the merrier!!! im a mummy of 2 from the uk dd is just about 23 months and ds is 5 weeks old on Friday!(gone so quick I cannot tell you!!) (I have penecious anemia that have lead to additional complicaions in both pregnancies, total bed rest with 1st and although I was supposed to be on bed rest with…

So I have succesfully not weighed myself today.I think its somewhat like when you start a diet, knowing you can't have it makes you want it all the more, so I have been thinking, can I really do this all day, But I can and I am going to! I need to stop letting that scale dictate how I feel that day! I don't look any…

Hi! I have 6lbs left to lose! my goal is 130lb and currently just over 136! I go on holiday in 53days and so determined to get there for it! what are you doing to lose it? as of tomorrow i am determined to up my workouts to 5 times a week and have just dropped my kcal goal by 200. the last stretch is always the hardest!

i personally think that there is so much information out there for young girls or anyone else to find that its not something we can sensor anymore. anyone that develo[ps a serious eatinjg disorder does so through lack of proper nutritional education, low self esteem and probably out of confusion as to what a healthy…

Count me in! SW 196 CW139 gw 134 UTG 130