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Feel the burn? Jalapeno jelly legs!
If I've done a really good workout, for a few hours afterwards my legs feel like they're made from jalapeño jelly. Tingly and slightly wobbly ! I'm a geek at heart, so can one of you clever peeps provide me with a technical explanation of what the heck my muscles are up to? Is it lactic acid? Or are my muscles still…
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Shoulder pops
My right shoulder pops :frown: Doing Fitness Blender's 'Upper Body Functional Strength Training Workout with Dumbbells', I cant do the pullovers. It feels like it pops out at the front as soon as I get my arm 1/4 of the way up. Not like I dislocated it or anything tragic, just pops out and pops back in. With an audible…
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Stand up press-ups
Hi guys. Just wanted to share. I REALLY struggle with press-ups (push-ups, whatever you call them). Even the girl ones. I just haven't got the shoulder strength to get my nose out of the carpet. But an accidental discovery on the internet while looking for shoulder strengthening, I have discovered you can do them standing…
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I hate lettuce
Can I just mention, I bloody hate lettuce. Sodding miserable stuff. And iceberg is the worst, tastes of absolutely nothing :( ...just saying
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Sugar - WTF?
I've had a banana and a bowl of fruit and fibre, but my nutrition says I'm -3 for sugar, so I've eaten too much sugar today already. The heck with that! I've had totally the right kind of sugar. But if the system is going to behave like that at me I might as well stuff a mars bar in my face
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Tempted to weigh in every day
OK, I'm a newbie, so I'm all keen and motivated right now But seriously I want to weigh myself and see if I lost anything yesterday. YESTERDAY. That's ridiculous, right? :embarassed: Somebody tell me, with a tone of authority, how often I should weigh in. Then I can stop having an argument with myself. Please and thank you.
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End of day one and I'm flagging
End of day one and I fear I may have set unrealistic targets :frown: I figured it was better to start with a tough target (1250 calories a day) and see if I could do it. Exercised more so that I could add some calories and have a couple of beers. But now I've got 600 calories left for dinner today and I'm hungry!! 600…
