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12 months, 90kg
In December 2012 my brother got married, the most important day of his life, and I hated the photos that had me in because I was so grossly fat. Combined with a few other things that prompted me to decide it was time to do something about it... In January 2013 I set myself a challenge of losing 90kg before the end of the…
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Squats - Ouch!
So I've added aerobics to my workout schedule in the form of BodyPump, which is mostly good but the squats just kick my *kitten* even without any weights and I can only just manage lunges without falling over. I still weigh 135kg so as excuses go I don't think that's a bad one, however I want to get fitter not make…
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Ok, how does this work then?
I'm familiar with most of the rubbish spoken about diet but I'm a little more vague about exercise beyond being aware there's a similar amount of confused people who can't tell the difference between how a fit person's body works and how a fat person trying to lose weight works. My question is really simple: I've started…
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Calorie counts wildly misleading
Think you know how many calories are in what you eat? Think again, it turns out the UK doesn't count calories from fibre and the formula for protein may be over-estimating by around 20%. There's also no account taken for the difference between cooked and raw foods, 10-30% more in cooked foods (less effort required to break…
