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Whats your favourite....
Hi just starting this up....you answer the question above and then post a question for the next person down, starting with 'whats your favourite' Whats your favourite colour?
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Off the wagon and feeling like crap
I was doing very well this week and lost a 3 lbs but today everything went pear shaped I went for a run, did weights...etc and then DH and me went out for lunch and I ate a little too much, and then he got ice cream. Feeling so bad, I went for a small nap and woke up to some coffee and 5 chocolate fingers :( I did not have…
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Weighing food help
Hi how does the weighing food thing work? I will buy some scales but what am I aiming for? I am looking around the internet to some advice and I haven't come across anything clear and explains step by stem how/what I should be doing I really need to step it up, I am doing exercising 5/7 and cutting out bad food, but still…
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Gaining weight
Hi I started off at 12lb 10 and I started running again, I went down to 12lb 6 in a week :) I had made small changes to my diet, but I still find I am terrible in the evenings Anyhow I have had bad evenings last week and this week I find I have put on weight, going to 12lb 11 I am completely devastated and de motivated. I…
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A question re skinny people
Hi there Having been obsessively calorie counting for a week now with the general emphasis that one should eat as much as they put out, I was thinking- does it work for skinny people? Looking at every day examples.....for instance my husband, he is 6ft 3 and has weighed 10 stones for as long as i can remember. I highly…
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Stalled :(
Hi I have lost 25lbs since May which is great, I am averaging 1,400 a day .... However, I have stalled....not lost anything for three weeks now, I work out up to 400-500 a day and do strengths exercise too Do u think I should go down to 1,200 kcal a day? but I do find myself getting hungry in the evenings, any advice will…
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Anyone look older than their age?
Today we had a 'guess the age' survey in our office- one lady 'im really good at guessing peoples ages' estimated me at 35-36, another guy 'im generally good at guessing ages' put me at 41, someone else suggested 34 .......in a total of 12, the average was 35 I am going to be 29 in October. I dont drink, i dont smoke and i…
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How many calories do you have a day?
Hi what is your calorie allowance? Initial W: 182 CW: 170 GW: 154 I am currently on 1,100 a day but find myself going over to 1, 300. Is this realistic if I want to be 154 by October? I lost 13 lbs pretty quickly, the last 6 is getting v hard to shift and I was wondering if I should drop it to 1000 a day any help/support…
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Strengths training
Hi there I work out every day but i think its time i started to tone up....but i am not part of a gym and dont really have the money to invest in expensive equipment. Is there a way i can do effective strength and weight training without spending too much.......??
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Eaten too much
I have eaten too much chinese food and my stomach hurts I exercise every day but did not today....and i have eaten too much Does this mean I have put all the lbs i have lost back on? Or gained a few pounds? I sure feel like it and i feel terrible...
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Loss in motivation :(
it was my sisters birthday yesterday so we went to a Greek restaurant and i was trying to be careful but overstepped by entitlements (consumed total of 1, 560) and then today in depression from last night (and the fact i couldnt exercise this morning as the baby was up all night with colic) ate a whole cheesecake- coming…
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Weght loss booster pills
Hi there, I am really pleased to be loosing the weight and I am exercising every day- however to 'encourage' wieght loss i am contempalting trying the XLS-Fat Binder from Boots Has anyone tried these and do they work? Has anyone tried any other weight loss pills and have they been successful?
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How many rest days?
Hi there how many rest days do u have from dieting and exercise in a week and are they the same day? what i mean is...do u have one day where u go all crazy and eat anything u like? and then another day where u refrain from running/exercising? I read it was good to take rest days from running- i have started running- but i…
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Whats your favourite.....
Hi thought to start a new game up....its called whats your favourite So I ask....whats your favorite _____________ and the next person answers and then posts their own, whats your favorite _____________ and round and round we go :-) So to begin... whats your favorite colour?
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Smoking thread
Just wanted to thank everyone who contributed- esp those who didnt judge me or preach to me or tell me how stupid i was to want to start back thanks to those who actually shared their thoughts about what they thought the future held for smokers/non smokers alike and how the world might be in the future.
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Will smoking be banned?
Hi there This is just a question i am putting out there- do u think all smoking will be banned in the future and ciggerates will be illegal? I am a non smoker of four years and my husband and me always said when we stopped smoking- it will not be forever. Once our youngest- who is ten weeks now- turns 18 and leaves home…
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The morning run
Hi there i am a new here.....my name is sunshine and i am trying to loose the pounds which have kept me comfortable and padded for many many years. I had an idea to go running....its cheaper than paying £5 a class and £8 to hire a tennis/badminton court (per week that builds up) however....how does one get up in the…