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Puregym Pure Loser Lite (weight loss course)
Has anybody done this course or signed up for it? I have and I'm a bit apprehensive! I know nothing about it, but had a google and it seems it involves quite a restrictive diet and is competitive? Not sure if there's an exercise class included as well? The website just says "the next six weeks won't be easy", but doesn't…
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Anyone else with heart disease?
I have ischaemic heart disease and am looking for friends in the same position. I've found that it has affected me mentally as much as physically, so I'm dealing with both those aspects! Mentally, I'm much more risk-averse than I was, but now I'm trying to face the fear (including fear of exercise!). Physically, I do get…
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Hypertrophy or strength?
I understand that as a rule, people lift weights with a low number of reps per set for strength, a medium number for hypertrophy and a higher number for endurance. Up until now I've been doing sets of 5, and aiming for strength. Up till now, I've been aiming for strength. But it occurred to me, that maybe my goal is…
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Hot crispy bacon maple doughnut sandwich - very simple
This wasn't my idea, originally. I got the idea of using a doughnut instead of bread from a Man v Food which was shown a few months ago. I think it was used for a burger in that programme, but I thought it would be delicious as a bacon sandwich. However, it needed a glazed doughnut, and we don't seem to have a lot of…
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Exercises with a 40kg-ish bar and no equipment?
To explain my situation: I'm not using the gym at the moment, so can't do exercises that need a squat rack/power cage/bench, etc. I have been doing bodyweight exercises as well as the occasional exercise with home weights, mainly OHP. As far as home weights go, I have one of those flimsy-looking bars and have four 10kg…
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Any obese women doing pistol squats, pushups, pullups?
I have been trying for months to do pistol squats, pushups and pullups and finding them very challenging! I wondered if any other obese women were doing them and how hard they found them to achieve. (By "obese" I mean carrying a fair bit of fat, to be honest. I know there are some very strong, muscular women who fall into…
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When TDEE - 20% < MFP goal
My current TDEE - 20% figure works out as less than what MFP gives me. Obviously this is no longer EatMore2WL. More like EatLESS2WL! :laugh: :sad: To be honest, neither figure is that great for me. I suppose the trouble with being very overweight and losing weight, is that the more you lose, the less you can eat, and I'm…
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Woman who has to eat 5000 calories a day!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2288359/The-woman-eats-5-000-calories-DAY-stay-alive-gastric-bypass-surgery-went-horribly-wrong.html "Most people who undergo weight loss surgery expect to eat less after the operation. But one desperate woman now has to consume up to 5,000 calories a day in order to stay alive,…
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What counts as inches lost?
Just a quick question! I sometimes read that people have lost a certain number of inches. Judging from the amount, these are not all from one place (e.g waist)! I know they can't just be added from anywhere, or I could just measure my body at a slightly different place hundreds of times and find that I'd lost yards! So is…
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Clothing size guide (UK)
I was struggling to work out my clothes size as the sizing doesn't seem to be standard between makes. I came across this site: http://sizes.darkgreener.com/ You put in your measurements and it tells you what makes and sizes would be the best fit for you. I haven't tested it out, so can't vouch for its accuracy, but it…
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Hairy Dieters
I'm watching this on Iplayer. It's the Hairy Bikers, but trying to lose weight. One of them put on weight as he got older, and the other had always been big (it was so sad when he told the story about the whole school being told not to give him food as he was on a diet). It looks like they'd been eating good food, but too…
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Your Olympic athlete body match
I thought this was fun! Compare yourself to Olympic athletes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19050139 (Team GB, and 10% of the others). The smallest woman they have there is a 30 kg/ 66 lb gymnast! So tiny for an athlete! I came out closest to a male canoe sprinter and a female hammer thrower. I have a feeling that their…
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Help! Worried about maintenance
I know that most people regain weight eventually after dieting, so I'm worried about how I'm going to cope in maintenance (if/when I get to that point). I put my stats into http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/bmr/ and it told me that if I got back to my original (healthy BMI, before getting fat) I would need only 1498…
