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~60lbs down ~30lbs to go PICS :D
NSFW, underwear pics! These 'befores' aren't my heaviest but they're close enough haha and sadly I never took a starting pic Before 220lbs During 183lbs Got another 2 stone (28lbs) to lose before I'm smack bang in the middle of my healthy weight range and I'm so excited to see where more healthy eating and working out will…
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What book are you reading at the moment:?
MFP peeps what books are currently occupying your bedside table (or are sat in the bathroom if you're anything like my dad and only read on the can haha) I just finished The Cider House Rules by John Irving which I thought was fab and now I'm about halfway through A Dance with Dragons: Dreams and Dust by George R. R…
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Ran the furthest I ever have today!
So I'm training to do a 10k in June and today I ran 7.5k in about 46 minutes. I am so chuffed! As someone who's still quite overweight and could hardly run 5 minutes without feeling like their lungs were about to explode only earlier this year I am continuously amazed by how quickly the human body can change :D I just…
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40 lbs down, 40lbs to go - Pics
Just wanted to share some pictures of my progress so far! It helps me to look at these when I start getting down because the scale hasn't been as kind as I wanted it to. Highest weight: 240lbs Current weight: ~195lbs Done the usual way! Eating less and moving more :D My goal for 2014 is to get smack bang into the middle of…
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Overcoming binge eating
So I have suffered from binge eating problems for many many years of my life. And yes, I say 'suffered' because it's horrible. I can honestly say it has negatively impacted my physical and mental health in a myriad of ways. I've had long, long periods of a vicious cycle of self loathing, which I numbed with copious amounts…
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My favourite motivational quote at the moment!
It's a long read but worth it in my opinion and it can be applied to weight loss or to your life as a whole http://www.reddit.com/r/getdisciplined/comments/1q96b5/i_just_dont_care_about_myself/cdah4af?context=3 If you really don't have much time here is a brief summary: Rule 1: There are no more zero days. Every day you…
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Favourite NSV?
I'll start! I think (so far - I'm only half way!) it was going to a hotel and after a shower being able to wrap the towel completely around me! That had literally never happened before and I think I burst into tears.
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How far do we trust the machines?
Ok so I know exercise machines can overestimate your caloric expenditure while you're on said machine by a fair amount but I just wanted to know by approximately how much? 25%? More? The ones at my gym are Matrix machines and you don't put your weight in (which immediately says to me they're absolutely not going to be 100%…
