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Milestone hit!
I've managed to get to nine stone! This is the lightest I've been since 2011 - maybe even earlier. Since I started on here in 2013 I've had bouts of terrible neurological illness that doctors have really struggled to work out - turns out I have a rare migraine disorder linked to my hormones. It's laid me very low, even…
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Running tracker that allows me to delete splits?
Hi everyone, I am currently using a TomTom Runner and went out this morning to see if I could beat my 5km time. When the distance was up I was presented with a little award and I stopped, not realising that the watch hadn't... I now have a horrible little extra split of 120m which was me walking that I'd like to get rid of…
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Body Power Expo!
Just got back from this and had a great time! Did anyone else go? I picked up several personalised photographs with inspirational messages from the athletes, which was awesome. I also stood in a LOT of queues and came back with a lot of stuff, but got back to my hotel to discover that the hour+ sent in the Bodybuilding.com…
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Cheapest GPS watch with 'race yourself' function?
Hi everyone, I'd like a GPS watch with the function to see my last time and race against it (it must be a watch, not a phone app). Does anybody know what the cheapest option on this is likely to be, please?
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First run in nine months...and no longer overweight!!
What a morning...went for my first run in nine months. Last year I fell really quite unwell for reasons that I won't go in to, but started to find that any form of exercise caused me real problems. I started to get more and more down and eventually had to give up to stop absences from work and being in pain. Since January…
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Body fat %
A really, really minor one this morning but my body fat percentage has gone below 25%! It was a touch over 30% when I started so it is rather gratifying to see it still going the right way - DOWN!!!
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Hemiplegic Migraine
Hi everyone, I wanted to see whether anyone out there suffers from hemiplegic migraine? I understand it's quite a rare condition and I would love to be in touch with anyone else who has it.
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Running: suddenly a problem
Hi all, I don't really know whether it's worth putting this out here or not, but I thought I would ask whether anyone else has experienced the same thing. I've been running since June and go out three or four times a week to do distances between 3km and 10km. As time has gone on it's got a lot easier and while I'll never…
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NSV: They really are too big!
I've just spent all day walking around having to make sure my trousers aren't about to fall down...I think these can finally be decommissioned for the next size down!!
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Very much an SV - I've lost a stone!
It's four months to the day since I started all this and I honestly thought it would take a lot longer - there is 14lbs less of me than there was at the end of May! I read somewhere this morning that 'calories counting doesn't work'. Well, it certainly seems to when combined with going for the odd run or two :D Thanks to…
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Slightly daft NSV
I was in work yesterday and a colleague of mine was telling a story about a very tiny woman she'd met who turned out to be a black belt in karate. Her description of this woman was, "Even shorter than me, and even slighter than [LearnFromTheRed]!" It took me quite a while to realise what she'd actually said!! What on earth…
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NSV: I tapped my calves and...
...they don't wobble any more...my thighs are still like poorly-inflated water balloons...but my calves don't wobble any more!!
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Just ran 15km/9 miles
...I can't think of anything else to say, I'm so stunned. I am now eating pizza, in the morning, which I don't think I've ever done before :D
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Take THAT, 10k!!!
I can't believe it...I have just run 10km. At 9.5km, the unthinkable happened. No word of a lie...AN OXFAM FUNDRAISER TRIED TO STOP ME IN THE STREET. Imagine being in the last 500m of the longest distance you have managed yet, preparing to come off the last bend...visualising a grandstand of everyone that matters grinning…
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Creating my own duathlon
Hi all, I've been training on a stationary bike for a while, and recently took up running rather more seriously after discovering I can actually do it again. I had an operation for endometriosis two years ago and it's all been pretty much downhill both weight- and fitness-wise since then, as I wasn't able to do anything…
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Just entered a competition...
This isn't really fitness-related but it has come along with the increase in confidence I've got from getting out and running, wearing shorts, pushing myself and all that other stuff! I've just entered a composition into the London Sinfonietta's 'RSVP' project, in which you write a piece on the back of a postcard:…
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Anyone just watched 'Monitor Me' on BBC2? (UK)
What a great programme! Nice to see (what could ultimately by surveillance-type) technology used for something useful...the guy monitoring his entire life was mind-blowing :D Just goes to show that apps for calories-counting are just the tip of the iceberg...
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Take THAT, 5k!!!!
I can't believe it...I just went out and did 5km. I've had a terrible day today, feeling really rough, and then suddenly started feeling better. I'd really wanted to get a run in tonight, so I went out with the intention of doing 3km. First one was hell. Second one, I thought I was going to die. Third one, I knew I was…
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I can't believe I've just done this...
On Tuesday I forced myself to go out running in the rain, as my theory was that if I could get used to that, nothing else could be as bad. As it happened, I discovered that running in the rain is much easier for me, and managed 2km without stopping for the first time. Today, I must have been the only person in my town…
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NSV: The Wrong Trousers
I own two pairs of black corduroys - one a size 12, the other a size 10. The 10 pair has been too small for some time. I put what I thought was the 12 on this morning and discovered it was the 10! Just very slightly tight, but certainly wearable and fine around the waist. The number on the scale hasn't budged in a while -…
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Wonderful comments from my mother...
Apologies, I just had to vent this - it's something and nothing but I could just do with putting it in writing. When I spoke to my mother on the phone last week she enquired about my health and I excitedly told her I had lost ten pounds. Most people's reaction to this would be "Ooh, well done!" but not her - instead she…
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This is probably a bit sad, but...
...I just managed to run for two minutes. That sounds pathetic. But two years ago my life was completely changed by a diagnosis of endometriosis, and the idea of doing anything involving that much impact has been a complete no-go. I've been trying to find solutions for ages, sometimes helped by the medical profession and…
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Tiny, tiny little bit of progress...
...at 9:30am this morning I was out running xD How long have I told myself I need to be doing this? It's even really hot today (I hate exercising in any kind of heat) but I got my damn kit on and went. Yes, it was 'only' a kilometre, but I just hope I can start doing so more often. I then got home and plonked myself into…
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I'm on it!!
Hi guys, I hope you don't mind me joining but you sound like my kind of people :D I am using my super-fit manager as inspiration and one of our catchphrases is "I'm on it" - it's about time I was! Hoping to lose a couple of stone and not look like a massive water balloon any more...
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Alternatives to swimming
Hi everyone, For various reasons I am unable to go swimming and would like to know if there are any exercises that would achieve similar results (I'm probably thinking in terms of toning legs and arms, but anything will do). I read somewhere that high-rep, low-weight weight training might help, but don't really what counts…
