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I like to calorie chase on the cross trainer and bike becaue it makes the time go quicker if I'm in competition with something.

I use the ones at the gym every time I go to the gym. They don't read the same as the slimming world ones so I don't use them for that I just use them for a bit of motivation and because they're a analogue not digital I like to see where I used to be and set my next target for where I want to...

Heya all. I've been away for a while over christmas and new year and with working shifts. Put on 4.5 over christmas/new year but all things considered I was ok with that. Lost 6lbs this week! Very pleased with that! :) For those who were on plan all week and still gained... maybe your body...

I do exercise because it keeps me sane but it also builds muscle and speeds up your metabolism which means you'll lose even more weight.

Sorry about your job dude. That sucks! I find hitting the punchbag or weights helps... if I can't get to either anything punchbag like will do: a rolled up duvet, a couch cushion, or at a push a tree will do!

-3 this week. Was well off plan this week, jumping from munchies to forgetting to eat at all. Must have been the new body magic activity of running that did it.

Heya, I have a cheap slow cooker from tesco I think it was. Anyway the high setting on mine is the equivalent to low on other models. I made chicken and veg soup in it in about 9 hours. Sounds like yours might be malfunctioning. Have you still got the reciept to take it back?

My dad and brother managed to get rid of theirs because they work with concrete. I'd imagine it's the acidity in the pineapple juice that had the same effect as the abrasiveness of concrete.

Hehe! I really want to try the fingerprint thing now!! :D

Canned Tomatoes are superfree. Canned Pineapple in juice are 1syn per pineapple ring or 2.5 syns per 100g.

I tried to remember what weight I was when I was in my early teens and a size 12... I haven't got any taller since them so I'm just aiming to go back to the weight I once was.

Does the 1/3 superfree rule count on red/green days too?

:D You know it's true though!

Congrats on your weight loss so far!! I don't know much about a gastric band so I could be way off here but I definately think for the amount of exercise you do, you need to be eating more food. If you are happy with the size of your meals, maybe you could increase the number of meals you have...

I agree with Chelle. The best exercise is whichever one you enjoy and want to keep doing. Personally, I most enjoy going to the gym and I'm starting to add running because these are things that you can see progress in by adding weight/reps/time/distance etc. I can't take the DVDs seriously when...

Heya, As the title says really. I live in Lossiemouth, near Elgin and was wondering if anyone in the local area wants to buddy up for gym/running etc?

I've never used kettleballs but even with conventional weights you wouldn't need to worry about this. Women have a different chemical makeup to men with one difference being much less testosterone so we don't build the same kinds of muscle mass as men. We can still benefit from the same kind of...

Well done everyone! -0.5 this week, not bad considering I had to work 4 different shifts, including one night shift, over a 5 day working week.

Well, didn't get a chance to speak to her this week, there were a few newbies but she was a bit less forceful. If she wasn't more than twice my age and didn't know where I work, I might consider evethewitch's idea. As it is that's not gonna be an option. I can do stubborn very well though. :)...

Yay!! Well done! :D

Some of the things I do are: martial arts (don't be put off thinking that everyone who goes is super fit... they're not but going to martial arts classes helps them get fitter), cross trainer, cycling, interval training, circuit classes.

1.5lbs off this week. Not bad considering I didn't stay on plan very well at all!

A banana, an alpen light bar and a babybel light. :) Gotta be quick and easy and ok to chuck back in the fridge if I get called out to a job before I finish eating it at work! :)

If I'm craving something, I look at the calories and calculate how long it would take me in the gym to burn it off. Then I ask myself 'is it worth all that time and effort?' and if the answer is yes then I have it and make sure I go to the gym later to do damage control. :)

Thanks. :) Think I'll try this when I go to my mam's house. She has an oven. :)

Is it only the peach ones that are synned?

Vanilla Activia Fat Free yoghurts are yummy! They're my new faves.

whoop whoop. 4.5lbs gone in the first week. :)

Veggie Soup on noodles. :)

Lol. If I knew them better, or was better at talking to strangers I might try this. :)

Gutted for ya! I love fried chicken... so I'm very glad the nearest KFC to me is over 30 miles away! Maybe make some of your own? I wonder if there's a way to adapt the recipe for normal fried chicken to make it SW friendly. Hang in there dude, train journey's gotta end sometime. :S

PMSL! :D

Thanks for all the comments guys. Glad to see it's not just me that doesn't like them. There are a couple of others in the group who initially says no but she manages to push some of them into setting a weekly target.

Thanks guys, I'll try and speak to her at the beginning of next week's session. Don't really want to turn around in group when she says I have to set a target and say 'no I don't, you can't make me' coz that might be a little childish! :s

Heya all, Sorry just a little rant. :S My consultant insists on people setting a weight loss target for the following week. I said no last week, which I was allowed to do because it was only my second meeting but she was quite forceful in her insistance that I will set weekly targets in the...

Good luck at SW tonight. I hope you like your new consulatant. :)

Hiya. :)

pineapple

nougat

Jelly. :D

Heya Lynn, Thanks for the gen. Think I'm deffo gonna start saving for one. Shelz, Sometimes an ebook is just more practical. I've lost count of the number of books I've had to sell/send to charity shops because I was moving home yet again and just didn't have the space for them... wouldn't...

Gravy :)

Heya well done on your weight loss so far and good luck with the rest of it. :)

Hiya!! :)

Have you tried varying the speed on the treadmill? One that worked for me was to find a comfortable pace that I could maintain for a while. Then every 30 secs (or every minute) increase the pace by one level (or half a level) until I got to the fastest I could go. I then ran that for as long as...

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Hiya!! Welcome and Good luck!! I'm new too. :)

Heya, This might help. :)

Heya Laura, Hows the wifi/3g on the kindle? The wifi on my samsung never worked, which is part of why I took it back. The page turning was erratic too. :S

Heya!! Congrats with your amazing success so far!! And best of luck with SW! :)

Heya Ninapne! Welcome to the forum and congrats on your weight loss success so far!!

Thanks Hondapeeps. I think I'm actually looking forward to going to my first meeting on Thursday now. I wasn't so sure but from what I've read on this forum I recon it could deffo be a push in the right direction for me. :)

I would take a foreign language book so that I could learn a new language while I was away. :)

I had the Samsung one that WHSmith sells. I like eReaders but that one was rubbish. Might get a Kindle before I go away with work in April if I manage to lose at leat 40lbs by then... If not it'll be every spare minute in the gym while I'm away. :)

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I tend to have the same reaction as Gemmm... if the abuse is about my weight I'll give them a piece of my mind... if they're driving past, I'll give them the finger (unless there's a lil kid withing view). I like conflict and enjoy arguing/fighting with people though. ;) I figure I can lose...

Heya Hondapeeps! I'm new here too. Thinking about joining SW but gonna check both SW and WW out, see which I think I could stick to better. :) How are you finding SW? :)

Heya Lights! I'm new here too! Forums are great if you're a bit shy, you don't need to worry about bumping into the person you're chatting with in the street or at work. :) Best of luck on your weight loss journey. :)

Heya Miss Mango! Thanks for the encouragement and congrats on your success so far. :) With the enthusiasm... I have an obsessive personality so when I get interested in something I become obsessed with it. I'm hoping to make learning about healthy eating and losing weight my new obsession. :D...

Heya Edith, Try this tutorial for the tracker. :)

Hiya! Welcome! I'm new too so I might be wrong here but won't 1000 to 1300 cals be a little too low to exercise efficiently? Best of luck anyway. :)

Thanks for the gen Kagome. That definately sounds like a good change. :) Heya Gonnabethin! Good luck with SW tomorrow! :)

Hiya! :D

Changing how?

Yes there's a weight watchers nearby. Maybe I should check out both? See which one I prefer. I dunno. :)

Heya Kagome. I'm not sure yet. I've started a food diary this week to try and make me more aware of what I'm eating. The next SW meeting in my area is Thursday, so I'm going to go to that and see what I think. I've tried some of the WW ready meals but I'm not a huge fan (too much of a fussy...

Thanks Ange, good luck to you too. I'm sure with time the forum will become easier to navigate ;) Thanks 16to10, congrats on your weight loss so far. Thanks for the gen Joe, I've tried counting calories but I always end up just eating junk and running out of calories so I get hungry. Or I eat...

I love tats. Never really got interested in piercings though. I have a large, colourful tat on my upper right arm that's a work in progress. It's my clan crest, a poppy, a green rose (in memory of my uncle), a scottish flag, an english flag and a snare drum (in memory of a friend). All that's...

Thanks. You too. Which methods have you found that work/don't work? I'm thinking I'll probably join SW on Thursday but there seems to be mixed opinions on their plan.

Heya Joe, Good luck with Weight Watchers. Hope it works for you.

Congrats Robert!

Heya, Nice one on finding something that works for you. I'm still looking. :S I tried some fitness programmes but find it really difficult to take them seriously. I think I'll have to stick to classes where there's an instructor who'll push me to try harder. Good on you for having the self...

Heya everybody! Well as you might have guessed, I'm new. I'm 22 and have been overweight for 6 years! And oh my god I only just realised how long I have been overweight for. Anyway, I've gone through phases of losing weight, then gaining weight, then loosing some and gaining more and I figure...