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Help advice needed ...please
Hi, everyone I have come back to this site to see if I can get any help. I have been here on and off for years. Last year I put on weight very suddenly I shot up from 8stone 10 to 9 stone I am 5ft 2 I am also a very active person and watch what I eat I don't really eat junk food very often sometimes half a Chinese in a…
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How do I change my habits advice needed
I haven't been here in a very long time. Like a lot of individuals it's now nearing new year and thoughts turn to healthier eating habits. I really would appreciate some advice. All my life I seemed to have struggled with my weight it feels like I can't enjoy food for the fear of gaining. I'm very clued up of how many…
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Scales!
I've just bought a new scale because that weighs your muscle mass bone density water etc, I'm 8 stone 8 which I'm fine about But in the last couple of days my scale has told me my body fat is 28 percent and now today it's 30 percent
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I don't want to give up ...
hi I've posted a few times before and I probably sound impatient here ... I have been doing an hour on the treadmill for 6 weeks now jogging and walking uphill as fast as I can ...I also have a fit bit flex and average between 18 thousand and up to 23 thousand steps a day as I also walk everywhere when I can .. I started…
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How long
How long did it take for any of you to see results from excercise ? When did you notice a change in your body ..I can't get to a gym so may I add I am doing an hour on a treadmill and exercises on my core will this change my body at all ? Or do I have to be lifting weights to see much better results ? Sorry so many…
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Confused
Hi can anyone advise me , I've recently started to excercise doing between an hour and an hour and a half a day Ive also totally upped my water intake drinking between 8 and 10 cups a day I was very poor at drinking water before water be..eating healthy which I do anyway My weight is always consistent and stays the same…
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Stepping up my steps no weight loss
I've got a fit bit and have made a very big effort to up my steps .. .I've went from between 7 and 10 thousand to 20 thousand a day I follow this with a healthy eating plan... However after all this ive still not lost a pound which I find really odd surely I should loose something ? I'm not going over on my calories as I'm…
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Argh help me stay motivated
I bought a Fitbit flex for Christmas ..so far so good I love it have just started using it in the last week ...can't believe how much more motivated to move myself I am ... My question is ive been healthy eating this week and walking between 1700 and 2000 steps daily Before I averaged at about 7000 to 1000 steps daily I…
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Steps in a day
How many steps do you do in a day ? What do you average out at ...does this really make a big differance to weight loss ?
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What's going on with my body
I am feeling mystified as to what's going on with my body right now ...I have been ill with a flu type virus since Boxing Day . have had very little to eat for days and no I am not kidding myself I have only been able to manage a few crackers and half a sandwich most days ...and very few drinks So imagine my shock when I…
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Best activity tracker your advice please :)
Well it's a few days after Christmas shock horror up 3lbs :( ! How did that happen ?? ...like many I suppose I am looking to make healthier choices in the new year I have some Christmas money and was thinking about purchasing a fitbit or another activity tracker.. Can anyone advise me here are they any good ? which is best…
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Is it possible to lose weight on beta blockers ?
Doctor has put me on Beta Blockers for Panic attacks propranolol slow release ....however I am reading everywhere it causes massive weight gain ....I am very self conscious and if that happened it would make me feel really upset Please can anyone that's taken these reassure me or tell me their experience ...it almost makes…
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Do I eat back excercise calories ?
Can anyone advise me as I don't know if I am supposed to eat back exercise calories or just leve them? Do you lose weight faster if you don't eat them back ...I do my treadmill every night at an incline of 7 walking very fast for an hour...have started to actually log my food again and want to do this properly ..what…
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Feeling disheartened
I have been doing my treadmill for the last 6 weeks along with a healthy diet ...at least 4 times a week for 45 minutes ...I really push myself and mix it up going fast slow incline jogging etc...but I am feeling totally dismayed to find I have no lost a single pound or dropped any inches anywhere ..feel like the last…
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Extra help with excersice
Could anyone advise me what extra help I could do at home as regarding exercise I am looking to tone up I have a running machine which I use 4 to 5 times a week it doesn't seem to be making much differance I would like to do something extra on top of that to firm up a bit ! I can't get to the gym so I am looking to do…
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How often ?
How often should I work out for and for how long on my running machine during the week? and how many weeks was it before you noticed any change in your body ?
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Thoughts on treadmill and weight loss?
Was just wondering what everyone's thoughts are on using a treadmill to help lose weight and tone up a bit ..? I use mine everyday for 45 minutes 20 jogging and the rest a mix of sprinting fast slow and on incline...did anyone get good results using theirs and how long did it take to see a difference in your body ..I also…
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Very confused !
Have been trying to eat healthy but noticed the scale doesn't want to budge ! Just thought I would try a dress on that usually tells me the truth and I could do it up easily ? I am very confused at this because the scale tells me different? Have just recently came off beta blockers could that have been the reason why I was…
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Is this possible
Weighed myself this morning and I was nearly 4 pounds down from yesterday ....my scales are from what I can gather accurate ..... I find this hard to believe though ...the only thing I did notice was that I couldn't stop peeing all day yesterday Was on and off the toilet all day ? But is it really possible to have a drop…
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Argh weekend weight gain
Here we go again ...I seem to have no self control at the weekends ...during the week I am so good and strict ...come Friday I think I deserve a reward so I have a blow out that lasts the whole weekend ...come Monday I step on the scales to see a 2lb weight gain it serves me right ...does anyone else do the same ...feels…
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Any ladies lost weight on their monthly?
Just curious to know if anyone ever manages to loose weight when it's that dreaded time of the month ? No matter how careful I am I always gain a few pound that can stick around for up to 10 days...so if your dieting does anyone actually manage to still loose any weight ?
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Dukan can anyone help
I have started the dukan and have done the attack for two days I can now move on to the next phase the problem is I am starting to feel sick already of protien ...anyone got any tips to motivate me and keep me going ? And did you find you find this diet easy ?
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Totally stuck !
I really do not know what I am doing wrong ? I have come back here to start again ...but I can't seem to loose a pound ? I have been trying now for nearly 2 years ... I go down maybe two pounds then go back up.... I am ashamed to say that I have tried everything ....I've tried totally starving myself and allowing myself a…
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Argh big Tom jump :(
Please cheer me up ...have stepped on the scales to see a big 4 pounds gain !! I usually only gain a pound extra when it's the time of the month ...what crazy numbers do you ladies get and how long does it take you before it's gone again ....mine can be up to ten days ...feeling very disheartened :(
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Is bread evil !
Thoughts please , do you think bread is bad when included in your diet , and I am talking about wholemeal seeded bread...I only have a couple of slices a day...I have heard people say it's better to cut out all together ! What do you think ?
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Scale moving up
Ok so I am back here again and I am sorry for all the questions that I keep posting...but I am determined to try and get this right ...I am trying to be healthy and make wise food choices but I weighed myself and already the scale seems to be moving up ...how do I stop myself from getting disheartened ...this is when I…
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Foods and weight gain
Does anyone here find if they eat certain foods they gain weight the next day and I am not talking about cookies sweets etc, i can eat mushrooms sweet baked potato with nothing on it and for some reason the scale goes up ? Is this just me and why would this be ? Some of these foods are healthy I promise I don't add butter…
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how to handle a cheat day
Just want to know how to handle a cheat day I have been so good all week but would like to have a day off tomorrow will this totally blow all my good work...:ohwell: Am I allowed to do this?
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So healthy eating does work!!
I was on this a few weeks ago moaning that even with healthy eating my weight was just staying the same.:angry: ..infact I got so demotivated I decided the other week to just give up...I then went back to eating hardly anything to see if that worked...it didnt I just felt hungry miserable and fed up:frown: ...so I decided…
