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Making friends in Real Life
Ok so this might seem like a real stupid and sad post but I think I just need to get it off my chest. I dont have many friends in real life that I hang out reguallry or can clal up and ask if they want to go out spontaneously. Recently this has been getting me down quite badly, espeically with my eating and excersinsg as I…
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Healthy birthday cake recipes help!
Its my boyfriends birthday in a few weeks and we are wantingto get back on the heathly lifestlye again and lose some more weight. So I need a good heathy birthday cake idea, he likes my lemon cake so if anyone has any recipes for that that would be fantastic, I know I could use sweetener and yoghurt instead I just dont…
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August miles goals
Mile goal 100 miles in August. Average 25miles a week mixture of cycling, running and walking
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Things you LOVE seeing in the gym
I eep seeing all these hreads about what people hate seeing or what annoys them in the gym and I thought I'd start a more POSITIVE one about what people love seeing. 1) I love seeing overweight people in the gym and pushing themselves, that courage just to come down and get on the bike is amazing :) 2) people really…
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WEEK 1
So how has everyone gotten on with week 1? I managed to exceed my mile goal by a few miles but fell off the exercise wagon the past couple of days so could have gotten a lot 'further'. But this is all a learning process and I'm finding out how much I can push myself and build endurance. Hope everyone had a Great week and…
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MASSSIIIIIIIVE Rant
Wow, yet another job rejection today. yet this was at my current job i applied for a permant trainee pensions admin and they manager emailed me to go for a chat so I got hopes up.. (should realise by now) just for him to tell me no they want some with experience, for a trainee role! And then even said 'I don't know how you…
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my 3 NSV's of yesterday
So my day yesterday started badly when I couldn't be bothered to get up for my run in the morning. Then at work someone brough in cakes as it had been thier birthday, I managed to stay away for awhile but hunger overcame me and I went to the kitchen with the intention of having some cake. I looked, I looked at calorie…
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Sad Realisation
I just realised something while writing a blog post. 'In the 23yrs I've been here, I have NEVER been happy with myself, been healthy, fit and active or live my life to the full that I could and should' Don't get me wrong I have had happy times in my life and fantastic memories but they alwasy seem to be over shadowed by my…
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August Spreadsheet
*Sorry about that guys, completely forgot to click the share and disable the auto lock on the spreadsheet. Should all be working now and you can add on your goals etc. Any other problems let me know* https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmtA-bNLsCdddDZLM0pHTGkycWZzTU4wNHNsX01tdFE&pli=1#gid=0 Sorry for delay, re did…
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London motivating friends wanted please enquire within :)
Hey, Been on this journey a while. I keep feeling 'I've got it' then my motivation goes or I 'just don't care' what I eat even though I've worked hard. It mainly happens at the weekend where I'm bored and don't really have structure to my day. Anyway just looking for some people that are in the same area as me (I live Just…
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creepy.
Went out this morning at half 5 and turned my music off so that it would just continue with the story and I might actually get through mission one! It didn't and after each section it was just silence and me plodding along and zombies everywhere! Awesome though!
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Sugars in myprotein whey
Hey, I've ordered some packs of the myprotein 'Impact Whey Protein Undenatured Whey Protein Concentrate' but i noticed that on the website nor on here does it have the sugar content and as like to watch and know how much sugar I'm consuming I was wondering if anyone had that info :)
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Monthly mile challenge
I started this group off last month and just expected to do it for July but it helps to keep the group motivated and pushing hard to met and beat goals. Its August tomorrow so lets get a new challenge set. Come join the group and amaze yourself with how many miles you can do in a month!…
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*Important info about the group*
So July is (nearly) over. I hope everyone pushed themselves and reached to goals came targets they wanted. As you might have noticed I've changed the name of group. This is because me and a few others wanted to continue this challenge and I felt it was easy to keep it all in one place rather than moving and creating a new…
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diabetic chocolate/sweets
*I AM NOT DIABETIC JUST LOOKING FOR OPINIONS' so I'm currently trying to keep to a high protein and low carb and sugar diet to lose weight. I recently really fancied chocolate but have been told that I should have food that has less than 2grams sugar in it, so obv regular chocolate bar is out and I usually have a protein…
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same again?
So July is nearly over. Well done to EVERYONE with this challenge I hope you pushed yourselves and realised how much you can do! So the question is do people want to keep the mile challenge and keep pushing themselves or want to do a whole new challenge?
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Weekly goal Tracker
For each week I want to have peoples goals and accomplishments as I think this will help us to stay on track. So for week 1 what are you hoping to acheive...miles/speed/time/going out everyday Then at the end of the week we come back and say if we have or have not acheived or beaten or target for the week and if so set a…
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Tuesday 24th Week 4 Day 3
Did 2.46 (so close to 2.5...annoying!) this morning. And hopingto get to spin class tonight. No idea what miles I'll spin to...was thinking of just putting down around 2.5/3 miles for the classs which is 45mins long.
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spin class
Went to a spin class yesterday after not being for months! Do you think I can include the 'miles' from it. There wasn't a distance tracker on the bike but I've looked it up and on average you go 15-20. What are your thoughts guys? Am I allowed heh
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Spinning miles?
So Strange question, I going to a spin class tonight which lasts 45mins obv lots of hard work and cals burnt. But I was wondering if anyone worked out how many 'miles' you potentially go? Strange question I know but I cant think of a way for me to measure it.
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Looking for Real Life weightloss Buddies
Hey, So I live in Surrey, Uk. In Epsom to be exact. Looking for some people to meet up with and go walks/chats/workouts/runs etc to help keep me motivated through this journey. so If you live in Epsom or the surrounding area (Wimbledon, Leathehead, Ashtead etc etc) Send me a message :)
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app on android
Literally just updated this app a few mins ago on android and now every time I try and open it it keeps crashing and I have to force close it. Anyone else having this problem with it?
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week 3 day 1 and 2 (Sunday and Monday.)
Sunday did a 2.56mile run :-) This morning got off the bus early as I was gonna be 45mins early for work and we don't get paid over time. Did a small 17min walk which was apparently 1.3 miles woot :-) Might start doing that every morning now
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The afternoons.....
I start off well in the morning, protein shake check, mid morning snack check, lunch ready to take to work check check. Then I get bored, or annoyed...today I fancied a snickers so 'I'll be good the rest of the day and i'll go get one' so I did.... .then got home 'screw it I've already failed when getting that snickers…
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MIA
So so so Sorry guys. I only managed one run this week last sunday and then just didnt get out at all! I've been so stressed and fed up a work, so much so I'm thinking of quitting as I am just not happy about being there at all. (its only a temp job so they can just fire me when they like) Good news though got 2 interviews…
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Goal Spreadsheet
Ok So i had a request from JJacobs80 to create a spreadsheet where everyone can enter in their goals and miles and whether they reach them. So here it is...I hope https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmtA-bNLsCdddHowaklib0N5UlFBZzgtOURKX2RQR1E I've NEVER done this before so if this is wrong or you don't like the…
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Getting a stitch quickly when running
So I have been running for a while (inconsistently I might add) but I got to the point where I was able to run about 25-30 mins without having to take walking breaks. But recently the past few weeks I have been really struggling with the running. I can just push myself to get to about 5 mins and then I'm getting really…
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are you ready?!
It's this Sunday people so two days to go till your challenge begins. Who's ready excited and wanting to start this challenge up!
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Motivation Area
Lagging abit? Don't wanna go out for your mile or 2? TOUGH! GO DO IT! It won't take long and you'll feel so much better afterwards :) Lets make this a motivational place we can add pics or just put our own quotes up or if anyone has any good motivational songs they use which helps keep them pushing harder! So If one day we…
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Day 1
So did a 2.5 mile run today so 1.5 miles more than my target will be awesome if I can keep that up for the week :) How has everyone else done today :)