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Just do the beginner version. Its well worth it. My only problem with Gillian is the time limit. 30 days is a nice achieveable goal. But you need to make a LIFESTYLE change, like forever. Not just 30 days. So you should make a plan now for what exercise you will do after the 30 days and make sure you keep to it, otherwise…

OMG!!!! AB-S0-BLOODY-LUTELY!!!!! Benefits aren't an alternative lifestyle, a kind of retainer until you figure yourself out and find something you like. You work to live (i.e. feed and house yourself) first. The other bits, are up to YOU and you certainly won't get those benefits or progress if you don't get out and do…

Probably the things that infuriate me the most as well. His stubborness, his strength of character. His alpha male personality. (oh and his muscles! :) )

I think many unemployed persons want to find a job that they "like" and that is "fun". They are kind of missing the point that this isn't the primary purpose of working. My sister is 45 and had this attitude. She's still looking. I get very cross about it you have such a circular argument with people with this sense of…

I definitely do, if I'm hungry while I'm asleep. I've even woke up "sleep eating" I think I'm about to bite something delicious then I wake up and I'm actually biting (but still in bed no food there!). And once I did sleep eat. Maybe I wasn't eating enough!

I think if you've reached your goal you should not be so obsessed with numbers. Eat clean, eat healthy. Start weight training if you're not already.

I got a Mirena for the first time last year. I was down to 58 kgs. Then for reasons of work etc I couldn't train for about 3 months, I was good in the first month and then after that started guzzling wine when I came home. Weight piled on. Blamed the Mirena. Really struggled for a few months but now I've tweaked diet,…

don't eat for taste. eat for health and for fuel. Green veges are great for antioxidants, fibre etc. But as long as you get some veges!

I make a simple turkey bolognaise on a sunday - turkey mince, cooked with a can of diced tomatoes and a clove of garlic. Simmer it for a while. Can chop up into little bits onions, peppers, put it all through it. handful of peas. Easy. all week we have it different ways, with potato mash, brown rice, pasta, coucous. She…

I had a break from cardio and then jumped into it, doing way intense stuff like spin classes and running at +160 bpm for 40 minutes. Then I read somewhere that pushing yourself like that can stress your body, cause you to produce cortisol which is a stress hormone and makes you hang on to weight and causes bloating. I was…

it drives me crazy when people call looking after their own kids babysitting. Its not babysitting! Its like, existing!!! when you're a parent its what you do! its a bit like calling parenting a job. not a job.

I wouldn't, not if the child is under 13 anyway. Absolutely note. I'd be too worried if something happened while i was out.

cardio after weights. only moderate cardio. Weights or intense cardio will burn into your glycogen which can last only 30-40 mins. after that you start burning muscle. so if burn all your glycogen doing weights then after do moderate cardio which will cut into your fat you will burn fat. if you do intense cardio after…

I've given up tracking and i have to say I'm much happier for it. I think I was focusing too much on MFP and tracking and not enough on ME on MY eating and my workouts. Feel so much more motivated and way less stressed. I'm monitoring and if I start gaining as a result I'll go back to it but at the mo I am doing actually…

think he's looking for something more specific without having to do all the research himself. eat three or four meals a day. eat lean meat, lots of veges, wholegrain carbs, non processed foods. Don't eat takeaways, cakes, fries, chips, chocolate bars, soda drinks. try to exercise most days. find a sport you love. weight…

I normally weigh around 65 kgs and the heaviest I got (with 6lb baby inside) was 73 kgs. So I didn't gain much. I did however gain a lot more from breastfeeding which I found a very sedentary process, and not being able to get to the gym between baby and working full time. It was more the lifestyle change of having a baby…

I did it to the letter, and although I did get results not nearly as good or as big a change as the marketing material would have you believe. So I wouldn't worry. you can't gain that much muscle in 2-3 months and I found she got me to eat too much, I wish I ate less and leaned out more.

I didn't know we did?! gone to gyms for 25 years! Some women love it, some women hate it. Kind of like men really!

You sound like a right pain, and a drama queen. You say you don't want the night to be about you but its already all about you, isn't it! Making a drama about not going is making it about you. Show some manners and go, order a fish dish , eat the sides and leave the fish with absolutely no comment to anyone. if you are…

My pet peeve in today's world is how there seems to be "children's" food and "adults " food. When I was growing up we all ate the same, just smaller amounts. and yeah, some of us picked at our greens or didn't like pumpkin or whatever but no one really made a fuss, and one day the child grew out of it and started eating…

I had a quick look at your diary. You eat mostly rubbish if you want to be vegetarian thats fine, but then learn how to eat vegetarian you can't omit a food group entirely like that without substituting it with good quality food. Also B6 in particular is good for energy . So eat better, take a multi vitamin daily. You…

You're allowed to do more than one thing! both have their advantages and disadvantages, do both. 15minutes on one 15 minutes on the other. change it up, mix and match.

Nice strong looking toned stomach.

Jeolous and nasty old bag! are you able to leave home at all???!

I'm 45 and I got a tattoo when I was 18. I feel sorry for the way its got so fashionable everyone seems to think they almost have to have one. I now look at the types that tattoo people and think what arrogant so and so's to want to put something permanent on somebody else's body. Some studios even do tattoo removal as…

I eat loads of salmon, it satisfies my fat cravings and its all good fats. You don't need to use oil to cook it you can poach or microwave it instead

it might be a nurturing thing, dogs eat their puppies poos up to clean up?

personally I think 2000 cal a day is a lot. I am 67 kgs and would never eat that in a day. I've tried some diet pills once or twice in my life, most of them are dangerous and its sad but true, there is no easy, risk free or quick way to lose the weight. I think if you're feeling that desperate you do need some support, so…

I feel ideally you need to kick the snacking habit altogether. Delve into the reasons why you do it (boredom?) and find another way to entertain yourself other than food. Apart from birthdays and other celebrations, food is not entertainment, first and foremost its something we do to fuel and feed our bodies. 3 decent…

I used to have this cutest tiny fluffy tabby cat who when she wanted me to get up and feed her, she would gently take my eyelids between her teeth and try to open my eyes! She was sooo gentle and it was kinda cute. Poor little girl she couldn't mieouw for some reason, wass completely silent. just opened her mouth but no…