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12 weeks pregnant
Hi Everyone Well I've been taking a bit of a break from my weight loss journey as I'm pregnant with my first and going on to maintenance whilst the baby develops. (and I've been terrible at logging since I found out but intend to rectify that) I'm going to try to stay on here and log to try and maintain a healthy(ish) diet…
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Spironolactone advice
Hi everyone I have really bad acne I used to have it 80-90% under control with the combined pill but have been taken off it (18 months ago) due to age and threat of blood clots. My acne is the worst its been in years and I want to discuss hormonal medication specifically spironolactone with my doctor (antibiotics and…
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xmas party dress slightly too tight help
Hi ladies any recommendations for tummy control lingerie (eg spanx) I bought a dress (last one) size UK10 (US 6), I can zip it up with a bit of wiggling but it looks a touch tight around the torso (perfect fit on the hips) The works party is next Thursday any tips for dropping an inch temporarily for a dress (obvs nothing…
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moderately irregular periods improving?
I was diagnosed by my doctor after an ultrasound at the beginning of the year and my periods were usually over 5 weeks apart (I know not terribly out of whack compared to some sufferers) last month my period was only 35 days (5 weeks) which is getting into the normal range and today only 25 days later (although I was…
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Should I slow my rate of loss? I don't want to lose too much muscle.
Hi Folks I'm nearly at goal, however is a pound a week too detrimental? I average net about 1500 cals and never gross less than my BMR on any given day I also eat at maintenance on the weekends (so a kind of intermittent fasting I guess), I don't cut anything out although I do try to get a bit of extra protein in (but…
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NSV Purple dress but need shoe help!
So I have managed to drop a dress size for my sister in laws wedding ,went and bought a Karen Millen size (UK)12 to celebrate, came home with this purple number and now need help with what colours go! I need a jacket and shoes. Black feels too cold and I'm worried silver makes me look like a chocolate bar. Any tips? Help…
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Vinegar and lowering GI
...Or any acetic acid. I've had a look in the forums and couldn't find a related post asking this question just people asking if this will aid weight loss (which I'm not asking) Actually this is a serious question for those on GI diets apparently adding vinegar lowers the GL of a meal according to a few studies* and…
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Diagnosed today after ultrasound, feeling a bit lost
Hi, so I didn't actually expect to be diagnosed with PCOS I was expecting this to be eliminated in the search for my acne root cause even though I have some symptoms but now I've been told I have PCOS (or at least according to ultrasound waiting on my blood test) I'm kind of lost and trying to find some info or if anyone…
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Weird foot injury from jump lunges
Okay weirdest injury ever, turned my foot doing jumping lunges earlier when landing hard on my back foot slightly off, it hurt but was fine after a couple of minutes so carried on, burpies jump squats etc on a HIIT circuit and walked a mile home no symptoms no pain, not even an ache then 5 hours later sitting on the sofa,…
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Game devs and "crunch" food
Hi I was wondering if anyone here is a game dev (or has any other job that requires extended periods of crunching) and can give me tips how to stay on track (or at least damage control) during a crunch? We've just started a crunch period at my studio which may last at least a month, basically if I'm not at work I'm at home…
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Females with really broad necks regardless of weight :/
Bit of a random, although genuine question, have any girls lost inches from their neck? I'm 5'5" 138.5 pounds and my neck is 14.5", I'm kind of a top heavy shape, is it wishful thinking that the my neck might shrink along with the old gut or have I been buggered by random thick neck genetics. :P Cheers for anyone who…
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Visualising weight loss, 1 pound of fat in volume
Basically it's all very well knowing you've lost 8 and a half pounds of (hopefully) fat, but I wanted to know what that looked like in volume (procrastinating master class), so in doing a half arsed bit of internet research found a lipo clinic website that was explaining that the most they usually extract in a session is…
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What's your groom wearing?
Was just helping my man look for wedding shoes online and thought I'd do some research into which shoes look best with a charcoal grey morning suit and whether patents were appropriate since I saw some nice ones in Kurt Geigers sale (apparently they're not :( , although thinking about it not sure they'd go... anyway )…
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FU Dolphin! FU Scales!
That is all
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Ode to December
Oh December, you gigilo, you are just not a good month to diet with your various parties and with the self pity inducing diseases you secrete into my face by administering arseholes to cough in a lift without covering their mouths. Two more weeks together my treacherous love before I leave you for January who's strict…
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Argh Motivation whereart thou!
Right! I've hit goal weight 2 (9and a half stone 5'5") and I'm starting to feel myself thinking "you've been dieting for over half a year you've dropped a dress size, relaaaaax guy you look fine you haven't been this weight since university" I don't know why but that little voice sounded in my head like the south park…
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weight exercise advice for flatter tummy perter bum
Hi I'm sorry if this has been asked before but I couldn't find a specific thread during a search so apologies in advance. Right basically I've been hearing all this stuff about how heavy weights can help flatten the tummy guts and pert up the posterior and I wanna get in on that action since I'm on the last 10 pound…
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NSV back in my old clothes!!!
Yesterday when I was fannying about sorting the house out for my bridemaids to come for their dress fittings, I had a little thought that as I'm approaching my second milestone (get back down to your average Uni weight of 9 and a half stone) I wonder if any of the clothes that have been stored away in the back of my…
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Gender Envy ;P
I was just checking how long I would need to exercise tonight to burn off some excess cals and then out of curiousity put my H2B's stats in to see how many cals he'd burn with the same level of exertion ie Heart rate average of 150BPM for 1hr (I usually average that at Zumba) and FYI he's 10 pounds heavier than me and only…
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30 day shred, I think I've sprained my tricep tendon
Hi, I've just started the 30DS dvd (well I've done it 5 times now only missing Sunday as I was away from home) After the first couple of days my upper body muscles were so painful and weak I had a job raising a glass to my mouth or pushing myself out of a chair, however I burned through it and only have very minor aches…
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Polar FT4F HRM Crediting too many cals?
Hi I've just started using a HRM montitor and tried it this weekend whilst mowing the lawn (we have a rubbish mower so it usually leaves me a bit worked out) Anyhow I really put my back into it, kept my HR up to about 140-145 for the most part and after 45 mins checked my cals and apparently 386 burned. Now this seems a…
