SimonLondon

I really miss having a gut to rest my arms on when I'm sat here crossing my arms. A rib cage is not nearly as comfy as my 45lb stomach was. Saying that, I wouldn't change it back for anything :laugh:

Our bodies change a lot as we get more accustomed to fitness. When I first started I didn't sweat too much but would have a very high heart rate just on the 2 minute warm up. Then a month later it changed so I sweated more but could run longer. Move forward again and now it takes 3k just to start breaking a sweat but once…

I really like your thinking and dedication! I have a pull-up bar permanently up so each time I go past it I do 10 pull ups (which means I do around 60 to 70 a day). I never take the lift at work. During some advert breaks I try to lift some weights. It all adds up That is pretty much what I do and I like it because I am…

If you can't do that then a good heart rate monitor (one with the chest strap) will also give you a more accurate estimate. My HRM gives me way less than this site but then I am a lot fitter than I was 5 months ago so I wouldn't expect it to be the same now.

Running is very good if you do intensity running (short bursts of running flat out followed by jog/slow run). You can do this on a treadmill but it isn't as good because it takes a few seconds to get up to sprint speed and what you're really looking for is instant sprints. An Elliptical trainer is also good as you can…

I don't think anyone has the right to judge. There are many medical and psychological reasons why people struggle to lose weight. I would call having this fitted as a last resort and not a quick fix. We all know people who have been on every diet conceivable and yet still have lost no weight. If you've spent most of life…

Wow Bab's, as a first post that was extremely helpful and well written, thank you! :flowerforyou: Thanks for the explanation, that does make a lot more sense to me now!

The secret to abs is cardio, cardio, cardio. Your abs are already there but are surrounded by fat. Our bodies store fat in many places but the stomach always seems to be the last place it goes and is also the place your body will fight the hardest against losing. I'm so close and I can feel them just under the last…

Get a heart rate monitor and keep your HB in the cardio zone as that will build up your stamnia much more quickly.

Yay well done you!! :flowerforyou:

I work in a VERY large web team (around 1,000) and most people here are shocked at how much I've lost and how much better I look. There are some that say they really want to lose some weight and I just reply when you're ready for a lifestyle change I'll be here to help and support. No takers once "lifestyle change" gets…

Special K bars, fat free yogurt and bananas all work for me (but not at the same time :wink: )

I ended mine by accident... I over indulged over Easter and that kick started a 5 week plateau...

Plateau's must cause thousands of people to give up. I know mine lasted almost 5 weeks and it was debilitating to see 1 to 2 hours in the gym every night and keeping under my calories account for squat for such a long time. I'm really glad you didn't cave in. it is so easy to do but you stood up to your plateau and you're…

Special K bars (80cal) - I love 'em :laugh:

There is NOTHING pitiful about that! You did an amazing job and you rightly deserve to boast about it on here. I respect anyone who can jog/run 5k regardless of the time it takes :laugh:

A huge congrats on reaching your goal weight. I only recently hit mine and I'm still buzzing that I made it :laugh: Starting off was so hard because a complete lifestyle change seemed so daunting. As you progress you learn more and more about your body. Once you hit your goal weight you have such a brilliant new lifestyle…

I resisted eating anything after 9pm last night. Unusually I was feeling quite peckish around 11pm but stuck to water. Felt great this morning that I didn't eat anything :smile:

This site and the community are AMAZING! I sure couldn't have done it without them :laugh:

Carrying on from my last - I worked out my V02 Max at the weekend and tonight I tested out my heart rate monitor (polar RS400) based on having ALL the details it needs. After 30 minutes on the Elliptical trainer covering 4 miles it gave a calorie count of 320. I was thinking it would be quite a bit lower considering the…

The HRM made a whopping difference to the calorie count (50% difference from the results here) and it is the main reason I never eat all my exercise calories because I just don't know how accurate any of it is...

We all have those situations. I've just had a weekend where I was out Friday, out Saturday and out Sunday. I've just gained 2 1/2lb over the weekend but it is so rare that I have so many meals out with friends and family in one hit that I'm not sweating it. The thing is we know why we gained and we equally know how to…

There are two types of sugar - natural and processed. It is the processed which is the bad one. Your body can much more easily deal with the natural sugar you find in fruit so don't panic. I eat a lot of fruit and I took sugar off the list because it said I was always going over but I was only going over because of fruit…

Some good advice here.Only thing I would add is get a heart rate monitor and keep your heart rate the cardio zone so you really build up the stamina. I very quickly got to 5k and I was even quicker getting from 5k to 10k.

I could not have done it without this site and the support of the community behind it. You have come to the right place for sure :laugh:

I stay motivated by associating food with my gym routine. Bar of chocolate - 20 minutes to burn off Burger - 1 hour to burn off Thanks to this site I know what the calories are for most of the junk I used to eat so when I think of them I then remember the sweat and achy bones needed to burn it off and that puts me off…

The weight loss is sooooooo noticeable. Great job so far!!

Hi Ruth, I'm close to your age and I've lost close to your weight so I'm proof it can be done. Add me as a friend if you need some motivation :smile:

Well done you :flowerforyou:

Wow I thought it was just me regarding coke and chocolate. Coke was the first thing I quit when I started a few months ago but whenever I have had a coke I've ended up getting some chocolate soon after. I realised there want isn't any point so stopped altogether. I was out with the kids last weekend and the only drink I…