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Need an external opinion
So, I think I weigh about 128 lbs. I don't own scales and don't weigh myself regularly, but that's what I weighed last time I checked, about 3 months ago. I am wearing a UK size 8 (26 inch jeans), but they are getting rather baggy on me. My waist is 27, hips 34, bust 28F. So I would say I am fairly normal sized. My weight…
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Are you as attractive as you think you are?
I always thought of myself as attractive, in that a lot of people used to hit on me before I had children. Then for years no one did ever, at all. Which is understandable, I looked like a haggard mother. But now I have lost weight and am looking after myself, I think I look ok, most of the time, but then occasionally get…
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Unattainable ideals
Sorry about the source of this. I hate the DM! But I found this article really interesting. I know there are a lot of stories out there about retouching, but this really hammers home quite how ubiquitous it is!…
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Sweating
Does anyone else find they sweat more the fitter they get? I need help!
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Salt
Catherine Collins, chief dietician at St George's Hospital, London, states that although reducing salt intake lowers blood pressure in patients with severe hypertension, but if you have normal blood pressure, the amount of salt in your diet has no effect on your health whatsoever. Salt reduction has no beneficial effect in…
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FAO people who think we shouldn't eat grains
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15674998 2 million people. It's a big study.
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Children's food
Why do people feed children different food from adults? When my oldest son was a baby and toddler he was a terrible eater, we couldn't get him to eat anything, it drove me insane, he just wouldn't eat. We still have this now when we go out because he simply won't eat the children's meals in restaurants, however he has…
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Is there such a thing as a slow metabolism?
I know people talk about this a lot, but all the evidence I have actually seen/read suggests it's a myth. The thinner you are, the slower your metabolism, pretty much across the board, exercise aside.
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What do you do when you have no goals?
Having reached a weight I am happy with, I am struggling a bit with my lack of goal. It's very hard to work towards nothing. How do you keep yourself motivated once you are where you want to be? Is there even any point in continual motivation?
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Clothing sizes
I am not sure what category this should be under really, and it's a problem, but one I know would get most people's back's up. Not one to broach with RL friends as it sounds like bragging, which it isn't at all. So, now that I am at a healthy weight, I am finding it impossible to buy clothes that fit. I have a very small…
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Sinewy women
Sort of following on from do men like skinny women. Do most men (obviously there are people who find the full spectrum of female form attractive) find really muscular or sinewy women attractive? In my experience, men seem to prefer soft looking women, not the pumped up ones with muscles on show. I don't mean necessarily…
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I am having a really bad week
On Friday morning our house flooded, for the second time in 4 years, due to the city council failing to unblock a drain I had called them out SEVEN times about in the last 3 months. The ground floor is wrecked, we have dehumidifiers in trying to dry it out, and have to have totally new flooring. This morning my cat got run…
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Anyone else hate sport?
I love exercising, but I have never had the slightest, tiniest interest in team sports. I don't like playing them because I am not a team player, and I don't watch them because I have less than no interest in sitting on my *kitten* watching other people exercise. I'd rather spend the time doing it myself. Anyone else?
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PB2
Anyone know if this is going to be available in the UK any time soon?
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Body Fat % calculator
I have just done a BF% thing online, and it came up with four results, ranging from 19% to 29%, based on the same measurements, according to the body fat algorithms developed by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corp and the YMCA. Does anyone know which algorithm is the most accurate?
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Running shoes
I have always used asics running shoes, but started getting knee pain from my kayanos a few months ago. I got some new kinseis about 5 weeks ago, and have run 2 races in them, but they gave me the worst blisters I have ever seen, so went and got gait analysis done this week, and the man recommended I try Brooks instead. He…
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How much do you eat vs how much you think you eat?
I am always surprised by people's own assessments of how much they eat. I often here larger people say they eat almost nothing, but when I have meals with them, they eat far more than I could. Likewise I have several very thin friends and relatives who claim to eat constantly, and yet when I spend the day with them and…
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Abs for women
Can women have visible abs healthily? From what I have read the body fat required for woman to have visible abs is 14-18% (though tbh, mine didn't show properly even when I was at 14%), and yet the WHO states that it isn't healthy for women to have less that 20% BF, and under 17% is really quite dangerous in terms of…
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Debating styles
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Do you want people drooling over your profile?
I just wonder, looking at some people's profiles. Are you simply showing off your best bits in a being proud of you achievements way, or are you trying to look hot to the opposite sex?
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Mature students
This isn't so much of an introduction as I've been on here for months, but I am just wondering if there are any other mature students on here, especially ones trying to balance uni with real life and how you manage to fit exercise into your routine? My evening circuits classes have finished for a while, and though I still…
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Drinking water in the winter
How do you do it! I drink masses of water when it's warm, but the very idea of it today makes my lips turn blue! I just want tea!
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Skin breakout
Since I cut right back on wheat my skin has gone mental. I have wrinkles where I didn't have them, and teenage acne. All the bad things at once. I am 34, I shouldn't have either problem! Heeeelp meeeeeeee!
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TOM question
As you have lost weight have your periods got less frequent?
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Maintenance calories
Is anyone else maintaining, but on what seems like pathetically low calories to do so? I get really down when I hear about people still losing on 1700 net, when I am stuck at 1500 or 1600 if I want to stay this weight for ever. I exercise a lot and do eat back those calories, but I burn a freakishly low number compared to…
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Jogging or running?
Which do you feel you do? I get irrationally cross when people mention me "jogging". I don't jog. I don't poodle along putting no effort in, I run, and I run fast. It's one of the 365 million things that gives me THE RAGE.
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How photogenic are you?
I am really really not. I always look awful in photos. Some people look much better in photos than real life, though. Which are you? I always wish there were a couple of nice pictures of me. I know when I am old I will wish there were pictures of me young.
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Asthma
I have had mild asthma since I was 10. It hasn't ever stopped me doing sport, in fact, it's usually better the fitter I am. The last 2 days it has been really bad in the evenings, though. Anyone know what can trigger it? We were staying in a hotel last night, and I think despite the smoking ban people had been smoking…
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Vitamin A
I have heard repeatedly that too much vitamin A is bad for you, as it prevents you using vitamin C, and causes scurvy. It's why polar bear livers are toxic, and I was repeatedly told in pregnancy not to have supplements with vitamin A in. Things like pumpkin always put me over my vitamin A recommendation by about 3 or 4…
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10k - 9 miles
How long do you think it would take to go from training for a 10k to a 9 mile race? 10k is 6.5 miles ish. Should I do any extra training or just stick with what I have been doing? I did a competitive off road 10k in 54 minutes yesterday, which was challenging but not super hard. I feel fine today.
