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Self sabotage
Ugh. I'm frustrated. I want to lose about 30 pounds. Back story is as a teenager I suffered from bulimia and anorexia. I recovered for a few years and maintained 140lbs. I was very happy with my body and confident at this weight. I felt free for the first time from worrying about my size. About two years ago life fell…
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Overeating/binging - would this help? Thoughts please
To cut a long story short, ive suffered from disordered eating most of my life. I recovered for a few years then relapsed badly last year, first dropping over three stone in 6 weeks then falling into a terrible bulimic cycle where I was binging and purging around 8 times a day. Ive gotten a lot better and have been in…
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Best exercises for core strength?
That I can do at home? I have 1.5kg weights, that it for equipment. Basically I'm an aerialist and struggling with a couple of moves for a routine I'm doing in April. Increasing My core strength is key, I have about 6 weeks (that's when the routine needs to be sorted). What sort of things can I do at home, and how often,…
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Lunch ideas? Often on the go
The meal I most struggle with calories wise is lunch. For years and years this has been a sandwich, crisps and fruit. But this seems to clock in at around 700 calories in total and given it doesn't even keep Me full for very long it seems such a waste! I'm trying to come up with some ideas that will be around the 300-400…
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Strong - but no muscle endurance - how to increase?
I've been doing aerial silks and pole dancing for about 5 months now - and I LOVE it - I've noticed huge increased in my upper body and core strength - obviously, as I'm constantly lifting my own body weight. However I've recently begun to work on a couple of routines and I've snagged an issue. In classes we tend to share…
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Started counting calories and now my running sucks
So I'm coming to the end of a half marathon training programme (I'm doing a tough mudder on the 17th August). It was going really well and a couple of weeks ago my long run was 9 miles which I finished tired but not absolutely dead either. That was running 5 times a week, I was doing about 32km a week (although increasing…
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Started counting, losing weight but my running now sucks
So I'm coming to the end of a half marathon training programme (I'm doing a tough mudder on the 17th August). It was going really well and a couple of weeks ago my long run was 9 miles which I finished tired but not absolutely dead either. That was running 5 times a week, I was doing about 32km a week (although increasing…
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Is running 3/4 times a week enough
I'm training for a tough mudder (12 miles) which is in just under a month. I've been running 5 times a week following a Nike training programme. Recently my work has increased - I'm a freelance horse rider so my job is very physical, and to keep the running going I'm getting up at 4am and rarely get home before 8pm/9pm so…
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Should I rest? How long for?
Since starting running its because a big part of my life and I look forward to it and mostly (!) enjoy it. I'm training for a tough mudder in August so following a Nike half marathon training plan. Yesterday my left hip was twinging occasionally but I had a 5k run scheduled so I thought I'd start and see how it went. It…
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Food has taken over my life and I'm so fed up
I'm afraid I have to write a bit of an essay...I'm waiting for professional help but getting very desperate and frustrated. I'm 22. Since I was 12 I have struggled on and off with eating disorders. I've spent years dodging between bulimia and anorexia. A couple of years ago I started working with horses and this was a big…
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Can someone reassure me I do enough exercise? (do I?)
I'm a healthy BMI and have a history of disordered eating, and making this thread for a bit of reassurance. I gained 20 pounds over the winter after a bad break up where I relapsed first with anorexia which later turned to bulimia. Getting out the bulimic cycle ended up with me gaining 20 pounds where I was able to stop…
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Thoughts on how to make my exercise regime "well rounded"
Not sure if that title makes sense but hope you get my gist! I LOVE to be active, it makes me feel awesome and I'm trying to create the best body I can have. My day to day life is active anyway as I have horses plus work with them - I ride between 2 and 5 horses a day plus do some stable work. I've recently begun taking a…
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Can't stick to it for more than a few days without binging!
I'm trying to lose some vanity pounds - after a big break up last year I relapsed first with Anorexia and later bulimia. Initially I lost 35 pounds very fast then regained it with the bulimia. I'm now generally eating well but I still have a binge every days, sometimes purging, sometimes not. I really want to about 10…
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Help - eating to forget and to escape
I have a recently developed binge eating problem When I was a teenager I suffered from bulimia and anorexia but fully recovered. 4 months ago my long term partner/fiancée left me. I have been very depressed since, and am still struggling with losing him. I had a very traumatic childhood and he was the only person I could…
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Will I retain water tomorrow?
I'm not sure if I've done something silly. I had a rare ready meal for lunch (normally cook from scratch but I was in a rush and it looked nice), and gammon steak for dinner. I weigh in on Thursdays and suddenly paranoid I'll retain water and it wont be an accurate weigh in. Thoughts? I do drink lots of water. I know its…
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Staying motivated?
How do you stay motivated? I started a running programme a few weeks ago and was actually really enjoying it but I've slipped a bit. I've started doing some more hours at work so when I get home (I get up at 5am as it is so running before work is a no go!) I'm tired and cold and keep diving into a packet of biscuits grin…
