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Can I create habit without routine?
Since I was here last, probably around a year ago, I've suffered a bout of depression, resulting in my changing jobs. Last time round, I managed to lose a stone, gain lots of strength and create some enviable glutes and abs, not to mention, clear skin, sparkly eyes, and the stamina of Pheidippides. I did this by creating…
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Who logs their commute?
For those who routinely walk, run, or cycle to work and for errands, do you log your daily commute in your diary?
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Your Excuses?
Mine today are: I have depression - it's just too hard to do anything. It's cold outside. I don't want to wear jodhpurs again today. I'm still aching from yesterday. Now I've got those out of the way, I'm going to take my pills, put on a jumper, a pair of jodhpurs (with the promise that I can wear a dress later) and hop on…
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Any Girl Guide/Girl Scout leaders?
I'm a girl guide leader in the UK - I have a small unit of five Guides (guides are ages 10-14) who, I couldn't be more proud of but honestly would bake cookies and cakes at every meeting if I let them. I have still not figured out how to say "I can't have those" without giving the impression that counting calories is a…
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bar masters xtreme
Has anyone from the UK heard of this? I'm looking for a similar workout philosophy, in the form of a book, availiable in the UK quickly and without a ridiculous shipping cost. I've been looking at calisthenics books, but a lot of them look a bit girly TBH. I've looked a convict conditioning and solitary fitness, just…
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What do you do when you're upset?
With all the threads about emotional eating, I thought it might be helpful if we had a place where people put their go-to strategies for NOT eating their feelings. I still haven't quite worked mine out so I tend to wallow - though there are have been days where I just didn't have the strength to NOT eat. When I'm upset I'd…
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when did you drop a clothes size?
I started trying to lose weight in January. since then I've lost 19lb and at the last measurement (two weeks ago) 4-8cm on every measurement. But my clothes are not fitting any differently. Jeans that were tight are still tight, tops that used to gape still gape (despite my feeling like I need to hold a funeral for the…
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Your best healthy food surprise?
This morning I had Banana, crunchy peanut butter and local honey on brown toast. I kept seeing pics of it on health and fitness blogs but since I thought I didn't like ANY of the ingredients on their own, I didn't think I'd enjoy them all together. How wrong I was, it's SO delicious, I might be having that for breakfast…
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Working out on consecutive days
I pretty much do some form of cardio every day, either becaue I enjoy it, in the case of running, horse riding and swimming, or because it's transport and I enjoy it, in the case of cycling. Suggestions are usually to add in 3 sessions of strength training per week, but what if your schedule gives you four consecutive gym…
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Why do digital scales jump about before setting on a weight?
My scales are a few years old and were fairly cheap, IIRC. Every time I weigh myself they jump about for a few seconds before setting on what they're going to tell me. If I weigh myself often, they'll stick at the same figure for a day or so, no matter what I've changed. (hair wet or dry, dressed or un-dressed, wether I've…
