Anaris2014 Member

That's a good point I do 14k steps a day but consider myself sedentary because I sit at a desk all day. That said, I still don't lose weight (probably because I binge eat).

To be fair to the trainer, the trainer did talk to me and set original weights based on the work I had been doing (none), and ensuring that I got comfortable with the weights and movements, before pushing for increase in strength. He also suggested the increments that I have been doing (both sets and reps) and yes, I could…

3 June : 18,087 4 June : 14,655 5 June : 13,843 (June total: 74,794, avg: 15,158)

2 June: 15,236 ( June total: 29,209)

Thank you all for the tips suggestions. In practice I go out, eat and then regret it. I suppose the point is I need to do that less regularly. Someone else can tell my wife ;)

I generally use mine while running. Unfortunately I have an LG G4 and there is not much in the way of comfortable arm straps or the likes for carrying my phone while running, hence the advantage of a watch. Maybe the phone will be the only reasonable option - once you add the GPS the price of a watch goes up significantly.…

I'm in. I am aiming for at least 12,000 a day and I consider myself to be "inactive" for the purposes of determining calories - hopefully any deficit in my tracking will be covered by the steps. 1 June: 13,973

I must confess my colleagues think that I am mad because I have a set of scale at my desk at work (measuring out oats for my breakfast) - insisting that I should just use a measuring cup. I might have to print out that photo and put it upon my wall to get people to stop with the comments. Meanwhile, my wife makes a similar…

Married, 8 or 9 years, somewhere around there...

On the topic of HRM, I've struggled to find the entry level, basic featured, HRM/calorie counter watch/chest strap combo for a reasonable price. It seems that the marked has moved from offering these to offering a write based solution that has the steps and everything in it, or far more expensive watch that also includes…

I too am a former WW participant. I find the app for this to be far superior to the WW app.

I'm willing to bet @BoryBreezy5 is fitter and faster than me. This means I get to lay about doing the good things in life while she keeps the zombies away. @slimgirljo15 and I would be fine so long as we remember to stop drinking scotch and defend ourselves. To this end we will be training with a zombie pinata and a 7-iron.

We should be safe, so long as @borybreezy5 protects me.

I understand that challenge. It means that there's always junk food around the house, temptation is always at hand and the opportunities to slip into old habits abound. My wife is in exactly that role at the moment. I'll get home from work to find her on the lounge in her PJ's with a block of chocolate. First and foremost,…

As a person in a similar position, there's no way to convince her. The best I can suggest (and this is something that I have tried in my situation) is to convince her to eat the meals that you cook. not for the health benefits, but for the financial benefits and for the bonding benefits. Tell her the truth, you want to…

I was so happy to see that someone else went with the simple "Shorts and a t-shirt" option. That said, I tend to wear a compression shirt under the t-shirt, but that's just to keep my rolls of flab under control. (I don't have body image problems at all :/ )

I wouldn't expect to be able to do (both in terms of weights and cardio) what you could do a week ago. Depending on the reason for your absence (i.e poor health) I would be particularly mindful of easing back into it - especially cardio work. I'm doing the same thing this evening actually - I've been out for about 2 weeks.…

Salads are a really good way of padding out a meal so that you feel full and are better able to resist the temptation of the dessert tray.

Comfort food when sick is completely normal. Gaining a little bit of weight as a result is just one of life's little challenges. Me, I'd go for the comfort food when sick and then work a little bit harder when I was well again to get back to where I want to be. It's bad enough feeling like rubbish when you're sick, no…

That theory of "if people stop buying it..." is a good theory. But, in Australia for example, the major supermarket chains appear to be significantly reducing the availability of non-store branded products. The consequence is that there really is no choice. Of that's full of sugar, bad luck, there's no viable alternative.

I fear you may be correct. Much like GMO labelling.

I may regret this suggestion... Ingress: an augmented reality game that can help you move if you're so inclined - may even help you notice some things in your neighbourhood that you've never paid any attention to before [caution: may be addictive]. Also, I tend to go with the podcast approach - there's almost certainly a…

I, too, assumed that the success rate for that approach must be close to zero. I'd never considered that, like spam emails or the "Nigerian money scams", it costs nothing to go 'fishing'. The nerd in me is curious as to whether odds are better or worse than playing the lottery. The human in me says, its not worth the hurt…

It turns out that a gram of sugar contains about 4 calories, regardless of the source of that sugar (I wasn't aware of this). 9 calories per gram of fat and 4 calories per gram of protein. I know that there' argument that the difference in health outcomes for saturated vs unstaturated fats (despite both having 9 calories…

That's also plausible. I know two TBL contestants personally. One is doing very well, the other struggling (but still doing OK). Neither is close to their starting weight, both now have a generally healthy weight. The one that is doing really seems to live clean, the other has a cycle of "binge eating/binge dieting". I…

I suppose the question becomes whether the show's producers were negligent. If they have suffered ongoing harm (i.e particularly decreased metabolism) that are, or out reasonable have been anticipated by the producers (and their medical advice). If they were denied access, or discouraged from seeking independent medical…

Hope: That with weight loss some important things in life will be better. Fear: That I'll give up before it does get better.

....just before (or after) punching them in the face. You're doing it your way, and it's working for you. Sounds like a perfect result to me. [The author of this post does not advocate, nor condone, violence].

Not a dumb question at all. Thats what we are all here for - to ask questions and to learn from each other. Sadly, as I understand it, none of those supplements have been demonstrated to work reliably in a manner that the benefit outweighs the potential harm. Also, no! Don't feel that you have to research before asking a…