ElliieMental

Yes!! And I always crave crap food for some reason :/

Are you supposed to do two days in a row?? I'm sure that's harder than alternate fast and feed days!

Wow these are really great ideas I will definitely look into them! Thanks guys :)

Yeh it would be fine if I were eating the good stuff but because it makes me crave instant energy (high carb/high fat/high sugar) it triggers off binges in me more often than making me reach for something healthy. I'm lucky that I enjoy exercise just need to work on the cals in part of the equation. I could always do with…

They give the money to me and I give it to charity but like all events, you have to take it on trust really! A lot of actual charities don't always spend the money on what they should, sad fact of life!

I guess it was the pressure that attracted me to it but as a previous poster pointed out, if I fail I will have added guilt and humiliation :frown:

I am on week 4 of the couch to 5k but its my eating that lets me down. I am not against eating back my exercise calories but I find cardio makes my appetite rage! I am trying to plan more strength training into my routine rather than pounding the treadmill all the time now as I'm hoping that will help, but I dont want to…

Also very true! Thanks for all the replies - it has given me plenty of things to consider :glasses: :happy:

Thanks for that :smile: I'm still aching from my charity ventures at the weekend which is what made me think of it. You have raised some very valid cons though!

Well maintenance is another bridge to cross but I'm thinking maybe deep down I self sabotage for whatever reasons, doing it for a selfless reason might be the answer :/ Perhaps not though from the responses I got :laugh:

No its a fair comment but you would be giving lots up for the cause else people just wouldnt sponsor you lol. I just did a big physical event for charity and it was a whole day of fun and games and no one thought less of us doing that. The event raised thousands for various charities so can't really see the harm?

Wow didn't realise it was so unknown! Its like you would get sponsors for a sponsored walk, sponsored silence , wearing your clothes backwards for a day only people would sponsor you to lose so much weight in say (for example) the space of 3 months. Maybe sponsor an amount for reaching goal or so much per LB lost. You…

Where people sponsor you to lose weight and the money goes to charity

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You can really get to sleep 30 mins after working out?? Takes me a good couple of hours for me to sleep. And my appetite is usually raging after the gym!

Oh my god! This has just happened to me. I mean I look in the mirror and think I look ok, i have a great night, boogy with my hubby and feel like a princess (even though i know i'm not really a princess) then the next day i see a picture and it takes me 6 months to summon the courage to go out again :grumble: I am supposed…

Its all about the protein!!

You will probably get loads of different answers here, but as an ex atkins/low carber I would say you can never have too much protein! So long as you're under all your carbs/fat etc. Its excellent for muscle repair and so much more filling than any other food type :)

This is probably the most helpful post I've ever read on this forum, thank you so much!

added you , anyone else wanna add me too feel free - my buddies are very quiet lately!!

I have some feedback/suggestions relating to this post...... Don't post ANYTHING on MFP unless you want your opinions, morals, character and mood thrown to the lions...... Apparently exercise does not make people cheerful and friendly - on the web at least ??? :) For the record, I understand that you declared your issue as…

Exactly this...... so pizza is obviously like double kryptonite !

I have a hubby like that!! grrrr lol

Atkinites eat 20g on induction, this is a carb feast in comparison :)

oh yeah of course. Peanuts!! They help too :) good idea!

:) Cheese is my new chocolate!!! lol

I am staying under 50g carbs too but my cheese addiction means i always bump my cals right up :) so unhealthy I know b4 any lectures me lol

I am really focused on doing the c25k tho and it's just too dark to do it outside at the moment. I spoke to the gym lady, we think it might be the treadmills!

You could probably run rings around the little oik too!!

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