-
Scooby or fitbit?
Hi I'm pretty sure I know the answer - but want to check. I've been wearing a fitbit for a few months now - so have a good idea what it says my average burn is. Scooby comes in lower than this (just under 100 calories a day). I'm thinking that as fitbit has been tracking my movement for the last few months I should start…
-
How accurate if you think MFP's maintenance calories are?
I'm a weightloss person - I have a long way to go there. But I've been struggling the last week. I think I've been trying to train too hard on too big a deficit. So I've decided to do eating at maintenance for a couple of weeks - training the way I have been - then slowly reduce calories from there, until I find a goal…
-
I think I might cry
I decided tonight was Chinese takeaway night. I was hungry - so I ordered my favourite starter as well as main. The starter was suddenly far too fatty to enjoy. The main, way too salty!! I know this is a good thing. I just want to believe that it is a good thing. Chinese food night was always my favourite night. I feel so…
-
DOMS - when to go back to the gym?
So I lifted for the first time on Monday night. The last 2 days have been painful. It's started to ease a little today - my thighs no longer feel like they may explode with every step I take - and I can now slowly and painfully drag myself up 2 flights of stairs at a time, but sitting down and walking down the stairs is…
-
Today is NSV day!
I'm just taking moment to celebrate myself. It's exactly a month since I first dragged my fat *kitten* into the free weight section - so I took comparison photos this morning. I was a little disappointed with the face forward one - I could see a bit of a difference, but not much. Compared the side on ones and Wooahhh!!…
-
Picking up heavy stuff - will it always hurt?
Ok - so I've been lifting for a few weeks now. The post exercise pain has lessened significantly! I mean I can sit down - I can walk down stairs etc. But the truth is it still hurts (especially in my thighs - bloody squats!). And this is impacting on my life. I'm a dancer - and the pain I'm experiencing makes the dancing…
-
Going to start lifting
Hi all I'm after a bit of advice from some of the women who lift. After reading these forms for a few weeks I'm inspired and ready to give lifting a try. I'm heading to the gym after work to get started. The thing is now I don't know what I shuld do with my diet. Should I continue eating at a deficit whilst also lifting -…
-
Comfort Eating Strategies
Help!! I'm having the day from hell. I'm currently fighting the urge to comfort eat. Nothing sounds more appealling right now than drowning myself in a tub of ice cream and downing a bottle of wine. I don't want to do this - doing this over an exended period of bad days seriously didn't help with gaining all the extra…
