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The dreaded weight loss plateau
Hi everyone It seems that the weight loss plateau happens to pretty much everyone, as they edge nearer and nearer to their goal weight. I have read many different suggestions for busting through it, but I just wondered what had worked for people here? Things I've read include: - Changing the exercise you do - Changing your…
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No alcohol in 2012 - I did it!
Hi everyone Hurrah! I did it! Unless you count the liqueur chocolates I had in Sept but, as a friend said, if they sell it to kids then it doesn't count as proper alcohol! High point: Well, none of it was especially enjoyable, but not having hangovers was a gift from heaven. Low point: Lots to choose from, but probably the…
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Eating at friends' houses
So you're going to a friend's place for dinner, and they utter the dreaded words: "Let me know if there's anything you don't eat." Gaah. How much time have you got? I just wondered what people's response is when friends ask this. Do you hit them with the full list? Or an edited version? Or do you just say you'll eat…
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For how long can you safely reduce/cut out carbs?
Hi everyone I recently reduced carbs for 5 days (didn't completely cut them out - still ate them in the form of fruit and pulses) and, although I didn't lose any lbs on the scales, I seemed to lose a lot of flab and am now much firmer where I used to be wobbly. Clothes are much looser, and the jeans that didn't fit me last…
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Is anyone familiar with Neris & India's Idiot Proof Diet?
I started it a week ago after my sister recommended it; it involves cutting all carbs for Phase 1 (whose duration is unclear - they state "2 weeks, or until you are within a stone of your goal" which is quite a spectrum!), reintroducing fruit and pulses for Phase 2, and wholegrain non-wheaty carbs for Phase 3. It seems to…
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How to deal with the diet-saboteur friend
Hi everyone Apologies in advance to everyone on my Friends list who may have already heard me moan about this ... On 1st Jan I gave up alcohol to try and lose weight, and my friend and former drinking buddy seems to have a hard time accepting this. By and large she has been positive about what I am doing, but every so…
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Any ideas for a non-gym, non-impact warm up?
Hi everyone Due to the calf muscle still causing me discomfort, running is still off the menu. I have a set of kettle bells that I used to use after my short runs and would like to start using them, but wasn't sure how to warm up (I'm assuming going into the workout "cold" is bad?). Walking doesn't make me break enough of…
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I have been really stupid ...
... and I carried on running despite feeling calf muscle tightness/pain. It now really, really hurts to walk. I warmed up beforehand (obviously not properly, although I thought I'd done it properly at the time) and stretched afterwards (ditto), but it hasn't helped. I have also applied some muscle strain cream but it's not…
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My skin looks like the surface of the moon ...
No, not luminous and glowing, but rough and full of craters and bumps. I'm 6 weeks into a booze ban, and one very nasty side effect is terrible acne of the type that I haven't had since I was a teenager! I understand that this could be part of the cleansing process, but I expected it to last a week or two at the most -…
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I've gone almost a month without alcohol!
Woo-hoo! I usually do a dry January every year but then I end up going back to my old habits on 1st February, thus making the dry January completely pointless. This year I decided to do something different and give up drink until my 40th birthday which is mid-Oct. I've almost done a month - only 8 and a half to go! I must…
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The user formerly known as petitfilou
Hi everyone I used to be called petitfilou until I deactivated my account, thinking it would wipe my nasty weight gain off my record. Unfortunately it wiped literally EVERYTHING, including the username petitfilou which I really liked but apparently cannot use anymore ... If you were my friend before (or even if not), it…
