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Feeling rubbish, so easy to lose motivation
I have let myself slip over the last week, it was a kind of planned thing, I was really struggling to go to the gym and it was just feeling like a constant chore so I thought I'd give myself a week off and then get back on it. Well I just jumped on the scales and now I'm feeling really demotivated, I've put on 4 lbs in the…
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Do you want people to comment on your weight loss?
I mentioned in a post that I made yesterday that I'm quite a solitary creature, I don't do things to please other people, I do them for myself. It has got me to thinking, do other people enjoy others commenting on their weight loss? I'm pretty sure that my weight loss must be noticeable (I've gotta buy some new jeans, and…
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Gym staff are starting to bother me
I've been going to the gym for the last few months now, I don't follow any plan I just get in there and get on the treadmill and run for 3k or 5k then I go home, every now and again I'll jump on the bike and do 30 minutes on that. I go on my own and do what I enjoy, I've lost 20lbs in the past few months so whatever I am…
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Just ran 3k
OK first thing, I'm 34 years old I weigh 20st (280lbs) and Ive had a few false starts when it comes to trying to improve my health in the past, I previously joined a gym but it was in the centre of town which meant I could only go after work, I stuck it out for a while doing C25K but I lost interest after a short while.…
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New runner - pain - recovery period
I started running just 6 weeks ago, in that time I've gone from not being able to run 2k without stopping to running 5k in 37 minutes, I usually run 4k four times a week. Since I ran 5k last Friday I've been getting a little bit of pain deep in my groin, it's nothing bad, I've been to the gym and ran twice since then. It…
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Can someone take a look at my weight loss and tell me if its ok
I've been back on it for just over a month and so far I've found it pretty easy, I'm setting myself small goals, at the minute I want to get myself down to 19st (from 21.5st) I've been weighing myself daily and these are the results so far, its been just over a month and whilst I've lost weight I was really hoping for a…
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Feeling positive - 1 month in and 11lbs down
Well I'm back again and bigger than ever, I couldn't tell you why I quit last time, I think I had one bad day which led to another and another. The thing is that over the past 12 months I didn't think I was eating too poorly, once I started on MFP again I saw that I wasn't eating a lot but I was eating absolute rubbish.…
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General update/C25K
Well I've just finished the second week of C25K, I feel bloody great. Week one was tough, day one of week 2 was tough and then it started getting easier, next step will be week 3. I'm terrified, it feels like this is when things start ramping up, I'm quarter of the way through now but week 3 looks pretty damn hard. On the…
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Letting people know what you are doing.
Whenever I have tried to lose weight before I've done it on my own, no one at all knew about it. I've joined a gym and I'm going to start going directly from work, this means that everyone will know what I'm doing as I'll be rocking up to work with my (limited) gear. I'm expecting a few shocked comments when people catch…
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Beginner runner (C25K) - question about pain
I've just started C25K, I'm a big lad and pretty overweight, I've just done W1D1 and I managed it alright, I was pretty shattered by the end of it but nothing too bad. My muscles feel really sore now though just 45 minutes post workout, I never used to get this when I was using my exercise bike. Should I wait until the…
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Back again, no weighing myself this time
I was going pretty damn well up until about 6 months ago. Moved house, no space for my exercise bike, nowhere to store a real bike, money worries, threat of redundancy, problems with the female of the species etc etc Basically exercise and healthy eating was pretty much the last thing on my mind and without my bike I felt…
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Struggling but still determined
I was off work last week so I was always going to end up eating and drinking a little more than I have been and just generally treating myself. I have weighed myself today and following my week of indulgence and I haven't gained or lost any weight which I'm quite pleased about (I want to stress it wasn't massive indulgence…
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First time that someone noticed that I have lost weight yesterday...well kind of
well last time I weighed myself I had lost 1st 6lbs no one has mentioned anything to me up until yesterday. I saw my mom and she said to me 'have you lost weight?' I just kind of shrugged and said I don't know, she continued with 'I think you have lost weight, its that or its the light in here' after a pause of a few…
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Having a rubbish week but trying to stay focused and positive
Last week I made a post saying I'd hit my first milestone and lost my first stone (14lbs) I've had a rubbish week with my food so far, I always knew I was going to struggle this week and I jumped on the scales and I've gained a few lbs. Now normally after a few rubbish days I would end up slipping back into old habits but…
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My first milestone
Ten weeks in and I've lost my first stone (14lbs) Just over 1lb a week so I'm pretty happy with that, I've still got a fair few stones to go but I'm feeling pretty damn confident right now. I could still kill a bacon and sausage sarnie for breakfast and kebab meat and chips for dinner every day but once I tell myself 'no'…
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How do you deal with social commitments
For the first time since starting my little weight loss kick the scales have been flying down this week, I have been really enjoying my progress. Then I realised that this weekend and next weekend I am goin to be drinking a hell of a lot (and I mean a HELL of a lot) It's a stag do so I can't really refuse to drink. I'm…
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A few questions about weight loss in the beginning
Ok I seem to have found a good level between my food intake/exercise/weight loss, I'm losing weight at a nice quick rate and I'm comfortable when doing it which is good so this isn't anot her questions of 'why am I not losing weight' When I started after the first few days and weighing myself regularly (same time, same…
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Doing it on your own with no support.
Is anyone else here suffering in silence with their weight loss journey? I haven't told anyone about it, I know that I would get extremely annoyed if I had people pulling me up if I decide to have a little treat, the only thing that makes it difficult is when food is offered and I have to turn it down and people get a…
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Not hitting your calorie goal for the day
I had a pretty naughty weekend (hot day, BBQ etc) and today I've just had a check and I am only at 832 calories for today, I've had breakfast, lunch and dinner but I haven't felt like eating a fat lot so it was weetabix for breakfast a turkey sarnie for lunch and a tin of soup for dinner. I've just not been hungry today. I…
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Goodbye to alcohol :-(
It's with a heavy heart that I must say 'fare thee well' to my old friend We've had some good times, some happy times, some sad times and some rough times. I used to be a real big drinker but don't throw back half the amount that I used to, on Friday though I had 8 cans, I didn't really thing about it, it was just a…
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Having a bad day, feel like quitting, need to vent
It's been 4 or 5 weeks now, I've been doing between 20 and 40 minutes a day on my stationary bike (been doing HIIT for the last 2 weeks) living on rice tuna and chicken for dinner and weetabix for breakfast. I weighed myself today abd barely any change since the first week, I thought 'ok don't panic, take some photos and…
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Just started out, don't seem to be losing weight
Ok I know you lot will have seen hundreds of posts like this before but I thought I'd throw another one in. I'm 6ft and weigh 20st, I'm a big lad and I've always carried my weight well so I'm never going to be 'skinny' and I'm happy with that, at the moment however I'm bigger than I ever have been and definitely need to…
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I'm back for another try
OK then so last year I got myself an exercise bike and started eating a little better, I think I had one heavy weekend on the beer where I was hungover for two day's and after that it completely threw me out of my routine and the bike got put under my bed and I went back to crappy oven meals. I pulled my bike out yesterday…
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unable to exercise properly due to hip problems
Hi everyone, ok I'll tell you all a little about my situation and then a little about my problem, any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I'm 29, 6ft and weigh about 19st, I went out and bought an exercise bike on Saturday after deciding that losing a bit of weight would do me no harm at all and would hopefully…
