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Oh, I accept that fluctuations can be minimized by matching weighing times, ie in the morning, no clothes, etc.. But there are lots of variables, such as sodium levels etc that may throw one measurement out and make us feel bad if we dont understand the big picture.

I think I am an anomaly when it comes to weighing myself. I will weigh myself about 4 times a day. Before you react, think about this. I am giving myself a lot more data then someone who only weighs themselves once a week or once a fortnight. For instance, I know my weekly max and my weekly min. This week for instance I…

You cant undo 4 weeks of good work with 2 days of bad :-) Keep up the good habits.

It is hard, but is is one of THE best ways to cut empty calories. I am off them now, I have had two glasses of rasberry soda with a cheat meal this week. You can try adding flavoring to soda water, that can be quite low cal, or even adding lemon juice to soda water. But there is some good diet drinks on the market. Some…

Even graduates will still be fooled by research papers. Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard, but they are not created equal. Was there a control group? Was there allocation blinding? Subject blinding? Clinician blinding? Assessor blinding? Was intention to treat analysis used? Did the participants that…

You don't have to start off at it, but try and build to walking an hour a day, it will be great for your health and well being, but also give you some calories to play with.

Ice it, if it keeps going on and becomes an issue, it may be worth a visit to a Physio to get their input. The pain and the cramp may not neccesarily be related. Was the pain at the front of the leg or the back?

I find headbutting useful? Lol, sorry, I have a friend like this so I know how you feel. To be honest I found them too toxic to be around and withdrew from them.

Lol, one binge? Check out my diary for the 28th and 29th :) accept you are human and as so we binge occasionally.

This entire thread is dreadfully amusing.

Atheist looking forward to (and witnessing) the increasing spread of a rationalist meme and more probability based thinking.

I have lost 8% of my sw and my gw would be 26.5% of my sw. Cool! I am 30% of the way!

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Love it! :-)

Very good question, I am looking at getting a hrm as well, the Polar ft7 is a standout so far, but I know their must be other options, my budget is around 70-80 dollars Australian. Other names have been Timex and Suunto. But I am thinking I just need something that will tell me HR and calories, are their cheaper options?

I was looking around trying to find exactly what it is they do, I think it is something like below 1- Exercising muscles use oxygen (please lets not get into too much detail here people!) 2- The heart delivers oxygen to the muscles 3- Oxygen consumption can be correlated with heart rate Hence knowing the heart rate lets us…

I see you put 760 for 120 minutes of this, I am not a expert on it, but that seems to be a reasonable amount, possibly even a little underestimation. Depends on the intensity. I am thinking the HRM may be a good idea, doing a quick look at the research suggests it is pretty accurate and correlates well with oxygen…

Keep doing what is right and focus on your long term goal, delaying gratification is a sign of intelligence, weekly variation will occur, but keep logging and training and you will achieve your goals :-)

I was just going to post this very thing, but checked the forum first. I have set myself some specific goals, and I think it is really important that I reward myself on achieving them. What are some ideas people have or use for reward systems?

I preplan, but I log as I go as I find I have one or 2 things change on any given day. It is good to have a plan I think.

Brilliant work. Strength training can be a lot of fun, do you have a program, or are you going to a personal trainer?

I am studying physiotherapy. I will be assisting suffers of ME in the near future, I would love to hear any information on coping strategies you use, or anything that aggrevates/eases. It is a difficult condition, it is good the stigma associated with it is being lifted. We have a Me/cfs Organisation in Aus…

Back for more motivation :-)

I will have another go :-) It is motivating reading everyones progress!

So a cyclist may be seeing hypertrophy of the type 2a fibres, though I would have to research that fiirst. But they also undergo short sprints which would increase type2b fibres for sure. All exercise really has components of strength, aerobic and anaerobic involved, so multiple changes would be seen. The body would adapt…

Aerobic exercise will induce changes in the oxidative muscle fibres, because these fibres are under oxidative stress they will adapt with increased mitochondria etc.. (http://jap.physiology.org/content/104/5/1436.full.pdf+html) Every muscle is always active, that is there is a base level of contraction at all times,…

The old 8 glasses in a myth. The position of the Australian kidney association is now drinks as thirst dictates. http://www.kidney.org.au/KidneyDisease/Drinkwaterinstead/tabid/703/Default.aspx But drinking more than 4 litres has been shown to increase the risk of proteinuria (inc protein levels in urine) Clark, W. F.;…

I just paid $100 for a table tennis table. Great to play on, and you move a lot when playing it! Depending on you kids ages, they will be happy to challenge you I would think :)

32 :) I think there are lots of ages on here though, we are just bubs!

I am a grad student as well, doing graduate Physiotherapy.We may face some similar challenges along the way! It can be tough time and money wise, but I think getting involved on here is a big help.