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Calories v looking good
How do people manage to diet and still look good? I mean this morning, I already had 2000 calories before breakfast! Damn that mascara..... And don't get me started on the lip plumper! What if I go organic? What that save me some cals? I could MAYBE go without make up on a Sunday, but the rest of the week, I just couldn't…
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Halloween - I'm back baby!
Halloween is coming up and every year, friends of mine have a comic book/sci-fi themed party. Five years ago, I carried off a spandex one-piece as Firestar (I still love that costume) - the intervening years and added poundage meant body hugging lycra was not a good look....... but thanks to MFP, I'm shoe-horning myself…
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I've lost Rupert, the world's biggest cat!
I was looking through some old bits and pieces at the weekend, including some notes about my weight and measurement and I suddently realised that I have lost 20 lbs in the last 6 months. To put this in perspective: In six months, 20lb is equal to almost 12% of my starting bodyweight It is just over 9kg It is the weight of…
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Aaaaarrgghhh! Boredom snacking!!
My job is pretty seasonal - meaning that it's often crazy busy in the summer and pretty quiet in the winter. We are entering quiet time now and it means I'm quite sedentary, beiing office based most of the time. The problem is - without the urgency of things being hectic, I find myself getting bored and wanting to snack. I…
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No alcohol = MASSIVE shoe habit
I have been on a health kick for 4 weeks now - more or less knocking alcohol on the head as well. This is quite a change for me and aside from my friends looking confused and warily asking if I'm pregnant, the social side is the only real side effect..... or so I thought! It has been brought to my attention that I have…
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Losing motivation!
Help! I've been on a huge health kick now for three weeks - this includes eating a very healthy low calorie & low carb diet, really ramping up my excercise and cutting out alcohol. I generally eat quite healthily anyway, but I have made an extra effort to cut out the snacking and more importantly, the beer & wine! 40…
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Elliptical trainer speed settings
Hi, I've been training regularly on my cross trainer - it's a pretty basic model but does the job! However, I'm not convinced that the distances it tells me I am doing are correct. Is it normal for elliptical trainers record a faster speed than running on a treadmill? For example, it tells me I have completed 10km in…
