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I've been wondering on that one myself - was hoping others would see it, just not on my feed as it was my status.

He definitely covers a lot of angles/perspectives/factors and I'm addicted to using the relaxation/visualisation track to go to sleep at night - I rarely actually listen but I'm out like a light!

Interesting given there's currently a young Australian guy modelling womens clothes!!!!

I never really noticed it physically myself but, since checking my numbers weekly for the last year, I've noticed a spike the week before in hydration, body fat and muscle proportion - sadly, I never see a drop in weight the following week!

I just have a rule that I don't drink on 'school nights' and on weekends try only to do it if I'm socialising. Having said that, if there's nothing happening on my Saturday night the routine is homemade pizza and red wine (at least 1/2 a litre) in front of the tv. If you're having some every night then you're going to have…

I was reading about Primal Blueprint today and really need to work more towards that but I'm going to find it really difficult!

I think it depends on intensity/length of workout - I tend to spend 2 hours at a time on workouts so if I try to do 3 days in a row it's a waste of a workout (no strength/energy on day 3). However, where people are only spending 45-60 minutes they can probaly easily workout 5-6 days straight.

Good on you for keeping it up - it should help with both delivery and post-pregnancy recovery!

Eat More, do Resistance Training, not just cardio.

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Corn Thins with low-fat cottage cheese and chives (less than 100cal and the corn thins help satisfy carb cravings). Plain cottage cheese can also be mixed with a little brown sugar, optional cocoa powder and a few sultanas to eat with corn thins as a dessert.

Lean Muscle requires more calories at rest than fat tissue. If you are exercising, particularly resistance, and not providing your body with enough protein, it may break down other muscle tissue to get the nutrients it needs to repair the muscles you've just worked. If you are not maintaining lean muscle mass while losing…

That's what I thought, pan fry it into fritters.

Looking at your food diary, you still have a lot of calories available after exercise - maybe you need to try eating more of them.

I'd be enjoying some brownie, obviously not a heap though.

Push Ups

Like a lot of people, I weigh myself daily but only log it once a week on the same day of the week. I find that weighing daily is manageable with the following mindset: * if I lost - good, must keep working on it * if I gained - resolve to do better today and get back on top of it This risk is if you lose and think you…

I'm used to Ramen Noodles being in a soup but they could probably be used in a stir fry as well.

I'm inclined to suspect the difference is that if they agree that you are fat then they might have to acknowledge that they need to make changes as well.

Iron? B Vitamins? Enough sleep? If you're working out at a decent level of intensity every day you may be overtraining - take a rest/recovery day.

On a cardio only workout I tend to go for 800-900 but if I've done resistance training as well then I can be happy with 600-700.

I've had to accept that, as I can't seem to control my eating well enough, I have to work out (weights and cardio) about 8 hours a week if I want to stay the size I like. It took me a couple of years to accept it and the exercise is done for weight management but I know it will also give me a multitude of benefits as I get…

In a country town in northern NSW

That's a good point I hadn't thought of. Either one will make sure you get good practical experience, distance learning can be more difficult.

Add cocoa powder to a couple of teaspoons of pure/natural nut butter for a chocolate fix that doesn't include all the fats/sugar of a chocolate bar and also has protein and good fats. Or, a little bit of brown sugar to a few teaspoons of non-fat natural yoghurt with cocoa powder and cinnamon for a chocolate paste. Whack in…

Our standard square punnet is 250 grams if that helps - I tend to eat about half the punnet so enter it as 1.25 x 100grams. No idea how it all converts to ozs.

I've been known to do a cardio workout 6-7 hours after giving blood but I couldn't do anywhere near the normal intensity and there was definitely some light-headedness. I definitely wouldn't suggest resistance traning. Not sure of your time zone but if you give blood Thurs evening then weights Fri evening should be okay,…

Yep, grams - use the information for 100grams and enter a quantity of 1.24.

Great - came out less that 1lb lower than the weight I am usually happiest at from past experience!

Weight loss doesn't go in a straight line so just hold on to that motivation. Also keep in mind that, as your weight reduces, the energy required to make any movement is less - resistance training to build/maintain muscle mass can help.