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cous cous and calories
This has been bugging me for a while and I'm hoping some-one out there knows the answer. I like to have cous cous to bulk my meal out if I have underestimated the amount of veg or just sometimes because I like it. I have noticed that on the back of the pack with the calories there are two values. One for the raw weight at…
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Effect of Alcohol
I just wondered how big/long an effect alcohol had on weight loss. I know that when you drink alcohol the body metabolises that before anything else, however I'm wondering how long that process takes. Obviously this depends on how much is drunk and varies slightly from person to person. My problem is I'm not dropping any…
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Change of focus
So I have been on my most recent weightloss journey for about 2.5 years since I started with my PT. Its been a bit of a slog, although an enjoyable one. I amazed myself with how exceptionally unfit I was and when you tied this in with joint and back problems its been a slow journey. Over this time I have been focussed…
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Fat loss frustrations
I'm getting a little disheartened with my percentage fat loss it doesn't make any sense to me so hoping some-one can explain. I'm 5' 6" weigh about 82kg and according to my withing scale have a body fat %age of about 42%. To be honest this seems a little high for my size compared to the size of people on the TV with…
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First gym session since before Christmas
So this is just a bit of a self-indulgent moan/whine Just finished my first gym session with my PT since about the 19th December. I was on holiday for 2 weeks and did about 4 sessions when I was away I am so surprised at how quickly I have lost the strength I had and how much it hurt. It wasn't even really all that a tough…
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Excercises to strengthen wrists
My PT has recently started doing weights with me again and after some training he has been on the technique has changed. Just to clarify it wasn't wrong before just different. I like the weights and I'm making progress I have in the last week achieved an extra 2kg on my strict shoulder press, 5kg on my push press and 10kg…
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Hunger and the cold
Does anyone else get really hungry when they have a cold? I have a cold and although yesterday when I felt rubbish I wasn't all that hungry, today I am starving. Don't seem to be able to get enough food into me and of course I want to eat all the 'wrong' things. I want pasta and cheese and pastry and chocolate, in huge…
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GI foods, the GI diet and recipes
I was looking for some advice on what to eat while being mindful of the Glycaemic Index of food stufts. I have been 'dieting' for a couple of years and to be honest the scales haven't been moving much. Most of this is probably down to an excess of calories but even when I am really good, measure everything and exercise…
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I think I'm part camel
It is the only sensible reason I can think of for why I have managed to gain weight while upping my exercise and eating at a deficit. Yes a real deficit I weigh everything and log every morsel of food I eat. I know it must be water retention but seeing as my weight has gone up 4lb since the beginning of the January during…
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Yet another attempt to lose weight and get fit
Hi I've been using MFP for a good couple of years now to try and control my almost constant desire to eat and the equally strong desire to be fit and healthy and yes I admit it thin. I've been working out with a personal trainer ( or torturer depending on your viewpoint) for about a year now, and I admit for the first 6…
