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I've done a few! I like the dance moves. It's good to do on a rainy evening to get my steps up.

35 min interval training with weights via YouTube plus 30 min slow run. The penultimate run of couch to 5k!

Are you measuring the calorie burn from exercise by a HRM or by what it says on here/the machines? If I run on a treadmill for 40 mins the machine says I've burn around 500 calories but my HRM says 300. Also a spin class can say you burn "up to 800 calories" in a class but again I'm more likely around the 300 mark.…

I've just booked a half marathon for September.... My first one! I've done 10ks previously but not for over a year. I've been running 2- 3 times a week for the past few months varying 2- 5 miles so I think I should be ok. Just need to start gradually increasing a long run once a week! Am looking at training plans now.

Personally, I just use what fitbit says and I don't log anything else. I either run or lift weights. I also try and walk as much as I can. Its hard to judge the calorie burn from weights so I don't log anything and I've found my HRM tends to match (roughly) what my fitbit says. I'd rather have a conservative estimate on…

I have half a carton of soup and a couple of boiled eggs. I vary the soup to keep it interesting.

I've had Type 1 for nearly 20 years and this is spot on. We can eat what we want, its better to not have a haribo party though as its hard to balance it out afterwards. I also find coffee really affects me. Having coffee in the morning tends to cause a big spike even if that's the only thing I've consumed. Tea is fine,…

I'm the same! Doesn't really matter what I eat during the day but as soon as I get home I'm the Queen of grazing. So I try to leave as many calories as possible for the evening and make sure I have things to have a healthy snack as soon as I get in. Wholemeal toast with cottage cheese and marmite and a mint tea was last…

I had a surgery in March which was meant to take two weeks to recover from. Eleven weeks later I was finally healed and able to start doing gentle exercise. I'd like to say I was careful and didn't put on any weight but I put on 6kg. It was a really rubbish time and I couldn't leave the house much for the first month so I…

I have a desk job from 8 -5 every day with a 20 min train commute and 15 min walk each side of the train. I get up 15 mins earlier than I need to and walk to the next station. Then I get off the train a stop early. That's 60 mins walk before work. Its a struggle when its cold and wet but you get used to it! I have a radio…

A friend of mine lost 10 kg doing it! I couldn't do it though, too restrictive. She has put on 5 kilos since going back to normal eating and is trying to do it again with varying amounts of success.

Five minute walk down four flights of stairs. Its in the basement of my office. No excuses sadly!!

I can recommend cucumber and lemon water! Leave it in the fridge overnight for a tasty morning drink.

I found not going out helped! Good luck in the pub! I did go to a cheese and wine night a few weeks ago and brought my own grape beverage. It was made easier as quite a few others weren't drinking either. Find a nice non-alcoholic drink to have and stick with that.

Good work! I did dry January and still haven't had any alcohol. I like feeling fresh in the morning. My diet has improved, no hangover induced fry ups. Not missing it at all! Its nice to have a break but don't think I could do it permanently.

Nope! As long as you've linked your fitbit it will add these burnt calories on for you.

I'm type 1 diabetic and can confirm that diet drinks so nothing to my blood sugar, so in a non-diabetic I wouldn't have though it would "spike the release of insulin" :)

I boil a load of eggs every sunday and keep them in the fridge at work. Try to get at least 2 a day in.

I aim for 15,000 a day, usually achieve it on weekdays. If I get 10,000 on the weekends I'm pleased with that. Most I ever got was 47,000 when I was on holiday in Paris and walked all day! Sadly my fondue and crepe consumption cancelled that all out...

I'm not sure how accurate it is. Mine sometimes adds over 1,000 calories if I've been really active. Today I'm on 355 already.

I am too! Its so annoying... Have a great diet day and then a low out of nowhere....

I had the same issue. Contact Polar online and they'll tell you to send it all in and they'll check it all. They sent me a new strap and now it works fine. Annoying though isnt it!