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I used to get loads too (word to the unwise - they never stopped me from exercising). Things that seemed to bring on a turnabout; Running shoes from a non-chain store that doesn't have quotas to fill Rubbing my calf muscles after warming down Protein - within half an hour of working out, 1/2...

Hey Nic - I think I have the same problem and I also use Asics as a correction. Their trainers are fabulous, never let me down. Well done judimac, you'll be buff in no time! I had a good day today - went to my first running event this time round, a 12 miler no less. I've run over 14 miles...

There is a 'pyramid' programme that I sometimes use in my fartlek training. This is when you run a few short sprints with recovery in between. basically 1 min jog, 1 min run, 1 min jog, 2 min run, 1 min jog, 3 min run... all the way up to five minutes then back down again 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2...

beccy - I would be delighted if I could get under 2:10 (I am WAAAY slow on long distance runs) but anything will do really, thats what being a noob is all about. You need a personal best to improve on. I think I might have just recently discovered my 'goal' 10k pace, so I am going to try some...

Pompy as in Portsmouth, not Pompeii. Sadly.

Further bizarre news... I am now a 'core member' of a running club, whatever the hell that means. Something to do with a free t-shirt, entry into competitions and working to get the club off its feet. I only wanted to go for a run.. :P beccy, which half-marathon are you doing? I've got the...

What fun... I got lost on my last long run and accidentally ran... 12.19 miles. :) one more to make it a half-marathon :D

I've not done so well this week, tried running on the road a few times, but the ice is lethal and there aren't any parks nearby (yes, I could walk to another one, but at -2 degrees my running kit won't exactly keep me toasty). I managed to belt out a 7-miler in London and, interval training at...

Oh okay, as long as you know what you're doing. My training programme is 3/4 runs per week at 4-6 miles then a long run of about 10+ miles. I make sure to do 27 miles per week now. I am going to start attending a running club as well to get some interval training to pep up my speed for 5/10k...

Whoa, WHOA! "I'm planning on doing running, fitness DVDs, the gym, some yoga (using books and the DS) and various games on the Wii." Yikes... don't know if I'm going solo on this, but I think you might be asking too much of yourself. If you take on everything at once odds are you might start...

1) Run a minimum 27 miles every week and improve running speed (9:20 min/mile is not so good), thus ready to take on a full marathon in 2011 2) Curb self-harming habits for good 3) Relax Hand-in-hand, no?

Not at all Justin, I am always interested to learn the physiology behind it all, and I wouldn't want to have egg on my face either :P I am a bit of a cardio romantic really, I LOVE running (did 26 miles this week, woot!) and HATE weight training. There are other ways to work your muscles in...

Also... cardio IS more important at this stage. You will need to lower your blood pressure slightly and strengthen your heart in order to do a lot of muscle building.

That sounds like a plan you can download online. Not worth the money, no. Really when you join a gym, you should be given two induction sessions, one to show you all the equipment and give you a lowdown on how to use the cardio stuff, the second to show you more specifics e.g. weights and...

Thank you both :)

Hello everybody, just a little shoutout to anybody who has been following my story (I know its been a long time), just thought I'd give you a recap in order to let you know that this morning I realised I was alive :) So whats been happening... I passed my A-levels with flying colours (AAA) and...

Hmm... this sounds like a classic case of the media giving people what they want. Stories like this always get blow out of proportion - anything that says a diet is dangerous, being overweight has benefits or genetics possibly-might-no-definitive-proof predispose you to obesity. A report was...

Interesting points Justin, your estimates sound pretty accurate. From your post I presume you are a fitness instructor or personal trainer, in which case I kindof wish you were my one :D Sounds like you can bring out some pretty spectacular results in clients. Hey KD, thanks again for the...

I've noticed something strange, statistically speaking looking back, I've been able to run nearly 6 miles non-stop at 6.1 mph. This is the speed I have adapted on my treadmill runs because it is the most comfortable, and I now look to simply extend the distance I run (I don't like to sprint). I...

Hey, well done on taking action, you'll be fine :D You are actually pretty lucky because you are aiming to loose less than 2 stone altogether which (seeing as you've gained weight recently) looks like it would put you close to your natural healthy weight so it should be easy to keep off. In...

I loooooove the treadmill. Theres no better way to realise how great a runner you are becoming. I've run up to 5 1/2 miles in one shot at 6.2 mph - thats something I don't think I could have acomplished by sticking to the roads, all those numbers just egg you on its all like 'I'll get this far'...

Thank you ab, its good to be back :)

I can't remember the name of the character... but its the main character in Keep The Aspidistra Flying by George Orwell. The guy who hates capitalism and throws away every opportunity he gets just to fight The Man and never stops whining :) I think I've learned to be helpless too.

Hey, just noticed this un. I totally understand where you are all coming from, I am 100% addicted to food also. I eat too much all the time, the only thing that keeps me slim is that I suffer from bulimia nervosa - do not think for a SECOND I am condoning it though. I really hate hearing people...

I thank you all so very, very much for caring. You're all so wonderful and sweet (especially you KD, never loosing faith in me when I loose faith in myself :) ). I've been given so much sympathy, support and hope on this site, I admire you all for your strength and kindness, there's many a role...

My salt imbalences are keeping me awake again it would seem... I thought I would write a little poem about my bulimia, its not very good I don't feel, nor very insightful away from what people already know, but at least it gave me something to do for a while. I shon like a star in the sky...

I used to smoke too. But I found exercise was far more addictive :)

Hey, I just want to thank everybody for their inputs to this post. I know it was made a long time ago, but I was in a very dark cloud when I wrote it and almost completely forgot, I've only read some of the replies thouroughly now. I'm glad to see I'm not alone on this, I am still struggling...

Are you talking about the post-exercise aching? Two things cause that - you are training above your aerobic threshold and you aren't repaying your oxygen debt. When you train above your aerobic threshold lactate begins to build up in your muscles which is what causes the pain. To stop this, you...

Oh, and I've definatley managed to gain some weight. I try not to weigh myself anymore (its triggering) but I estimate I am about 5lb heavier than my info says.

Hey there, long time no see :) How are you? I'm so-so I suppose, I had an awful relapse recently because of a knee injury that stopped me going to the gym, but I got back today and I feel WONDERFUL - walked 2 miles, ran 3 and cycled 6 :D its like my whole body woke up again. I imagine my life is...

NEVER fast on water. As a recovering anorexic/bulimic I think I am a reliable enough source to say it is a bad idea. For a start, the preliminary stage of fasting causes your body to derive energy from your muscle tissue, not your fat i.e. it depletes your muscles. This is incredibly painful and...

Its really annoying, this has happened a couple of times, especially when cycling; the energy is all there but my muscles begin to ache, especially the ones around the upper thigh and hips. Its irritating because normally the other way round, as in my muscles are up for it but I have no...

Hey everyone, thanks for all your support, things have really improved. I am not 'cured', dear god, nothing close to it but my life has become a lot happier. Firstly, due to some good drugs and lots of TLC my cat's brain tumour has miraculously stopped bothering him, he has gotten a lot of...

Brave New world was by Aldous Huxley... if I'm not mistaken. But if you liked that, also check out "We" by Yevgeny Zamyatin. Its along the same lines, George Orwell was a big fan of that guy.

Okay... its been an eventful few weeks. I seem to finally be coming to terms with my aunty's death, I still think its awful that it happened to her, so undeserved, but whats done is done. I have not been good by any means - no sooner was I starting to get over her death then I found out my pet...

Hey guys, its been a while, so here's an update. I am hit by another crisis - my auntie died last week. It was such a shock and she didn't deserve to die at all, she lived a very healthy lifestyle and was always very good to everyone, she could never pass a homeless person in a street, not only...

I've read many a thread on here and it shocks me to see how many people seem to associate their weight issues with a mental illness of some sort. I'm not just talking about compulsive overeating or binge eating - a handful of people talk about the bipolar disorder and psychosis as a factor in...

On this subject, I tried working out my basic metabolic rate today and it came up as 1363.8. That seems awfully high... have I done it wrong or am I just fortunate?

I can't understand it... I don't have children myself but it sounds as though its pretty straightforward to get them into a healthy routine - Cook them a healthy meal. If they don't eat it... they don't eat at all. Few children have the stamina to go on hunger strike just to get a burger.

Um... I'm not an expert on these things, but I find it difficult to burn just 400 calories in an hour at the gym - I think it would take a very intensive activity such as running (6mph) or doing a cycling class at your local gym, but even those classes are normally only 45 minutes because its...

Catch 22, all the characters are so bizarre! Who knew there were so many different expressions of war-trauma. No-one tell me how it ends!

Chekov - The Exclimation Mark Orwell - 1984 Burgess - A Clockwork Orange Steinbeck - The Grapes Of Wrath I have to say (no offence to anyone) but I loathe all books by Brontes and Austen... I blame them for stimulating the phrase "Pah... women".

Thank you for all the praise everybody! I'm not getting a lot of reinforcement in the 'real' world so to speak. Oh dear Georgiestar, I'm sorry, did you have schizophrenia? I unfortunately don't really seem to be able to keep appointments with my psychiatrist but I always have a nice chat with...

* Restrict the telly. Try and pinpoint the part of the day that you seem to loose it the most and KEEP BUSY. I find that if I sit in front of the telly during the evening I tend to be more vunerable. I often write myself a little timetable for the evening to keep me focused on things other than...

Hey everyone, thanks for the concern. My foot is feeling a little bit better now, it only hurts if I flex it so I'm back to jogging and it doesn't seem to be doing any more harm. I had another awful inconveniece - my gym is closed on sunday (yes, I understand, they need to sleep too) so I...

I have sprained my foot :( This means that it is too sore to use the treadmill. I can still use exercise bike but I never get as intense a workout. I am recovering from an eating disorder and its tiny things like this that tend to throw me off track. So tell me what you do when a little...

Its all fun and games untill you get to the ruddy plank pose! Remember, the positions are harder than they look - do NOT force yourself, listen to your body. It is a wonderful, relaxing and rejuvinating activity but be careful.

1. Drink a nice hot drink. I don't know why but I tend to be a little worse for bingeing if I'm cold, it makes me want "comfort" foods. Grab a nice cup of tea (try peppermint, the tastier the better) and dive under your duvet with a Nick Hornby book :) 2. Don't drink ice-cold water. For some...

Day three of no bingeing/purgeing. That prozac did me some good :D

I'm just going to warn you (and this may not be true of all gyms) but at my gym there is no heating at all and the cardio section is in a conservatory so it is FREEZING all the time. You really have to work up quite a sweat just to stop shivering, which is of course good because it makes you...

It shocked me to hear on the news the other day that they are going to consider making obesity in minors a form of child abuse. Considering? Whats there to consider fools?!

Oh my goodness everyone... look what I did today... Breakfast : 40g bran with soya milk Snack: Apple Lunch: Small salad; beans, 1/4 boiled egg, lettuce, potato salad, carrot, cottage cheese, cucumber. This is AMAZING, look how much protein I've eaten! And I got lots of carbs too. And I...

How long has it been since you had an exercise programme? If you haven't exercised in a long time you may be very unfit. If thats the case, I wouldn't go burning money on a gym because you may have to start on low-intensity aerobic exercises, and you can do those fairly easily without joining a...

I have thought about this a few times. You are right, so right, and I recognise that. The desire to be super-thin is like being 'tied up', I hate it but I can't get away from it. I want to recover but letting go of the weight loss is as scary as sawing off one of your legs. Even the thought of...

Yes, definately go shopping with your mum. Fill your trolley with delicious healthy snacks, something you will look forward to eating. Sugar snap peas, melon and carrots I find are always quite the treat :D See if you can get your mum to switch to lowfat everything. This means that any 'slips'...

Hi BBlilsis, thanks for keeping track. I don't think I'm quite ready for multiple days in a row yet, my self control seems so much better if I do a workout in the morning though. I'm going to see my doctor today and DEMAND a higher dosage of prozac. I know I'm very young but I really don't...

Hey guys, hope you all had a wonderful christmas and are keeping your new years resos in track :D Because I did not and am not :( Christmas was awful, I had some sort of nervous breakdown just before because my mother began to bully me AGAIN and on top of that told me that I was pale and ugly...

Hey there nex, I am glad as anything you've popped up because all the sympathy and medical research doesn't generally solve the fact that not many people understand the extent of control the illness has over you. (Not at all suggesting I am 'glad' you have the illness :8855:) I want you to...

Another magic day happened :D No bingeing. I had a relapse the next day but we seem to be getting in a system of every other day which is better than before. My next big goal is two days. Thank you for all of your advice about carbs, I'll really try to throw some in. I did manage to keep some...

I am half and half dieting for myself. I suffer quite badly from unipolar depression, since my boyfriend found out he has done everything in his power to help me get better, he takes such good care of me and always tells me I'm beautiful. On a day when I'm stuck in a 'dark cloud' these words...

Can someone please help me... I'm not so good with this. I'm currently attempting to recover from bulimia nervosa on a diet that is healthy but won't cause me to gain weight. I seem to find it extremely difficult to get enough carbs into my body and find myself exhausted, faint and starving on...

Ah sadly I didn't make it through day 2, but I was good to my word and still only vomited once. I cheered myself up a bit later by playing Wii Fit then made up with my boyfriend. Confronting a problem is somehow more gratifying than putting my head down a toilet. Funny that. Anyway, I am...

Wonderful news! I made it through one day without vomiting! I am reading a good book called 'Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e)' which I would seriously reccomend to anyone else suffering from bulimia nervosa or emotional eating problems. Anyway, this book reccomended keeping a food-diary, daily...

Oh dear... here it goes again. I've failed to make it even one day sadly :( Some improvements have been noted though - I turned the calorie ticker off on ALL my gym machines and set myself time targets and started listening to my body instead of the machines ie I say "half an hour on the...

I have seen several people posting their weight loss journals online here, and it seems to do you a great deal of good to have others watching your progress, but not judging. I'm sure the encouragement is nice - I expect the paranoia of being observed pushes you a little bit more to carry on...

Is it any worse than drinking Yakult? The bacteria in which is of course extracted from poo :)

Perhaps you haven't learned to enjoy the exercise or aren't doing it right? For example, when I started jogging I found it really exhausting and overbearing, I just couldn't see the fun in it at all and thus began to dread it. When I started going to the gym someone who saw me on the treadmill...

For those who followed, I had a huge eye-opener yesterday. Yup, I had my first oesophagal tear :( It wasn't that painful and I didn't go to hospital but it was very scary. The doctor told me if I purge one more time I could make it bigger and it could potentially be fatal. So here it is, I...

If you are getting muscle weight and fat weight confused then get a set of scales that scans your body for fat. I got a good set for £20, it sends an electrical impulse through your body and tells you what % is fat, this is what you should be looking to decrease. You have to make sure you do it...

I mean during your 'workouts', not including walks during the day, dancing at clubs or anything like that. I go to the gym about 4 times a week now, the machines at my gym allow you to enter your weight and give you an estimate of how many calories you are burning during your workout. At the...

I love using the treadmills at the gym. I used to go jogging outside in the mornings aiming to do about 2 miles a session. But the thing is, I kept myself going by saying "you can walk for a while when you reach that lampost/bench/road" which made me a little bit lazy and kindof shook my...

Oh, thats nothing out of the ordinary my love, my boobs are TINY I mean, only just fill a BB cup but it still takes me at least an hour to get comfy with them at night. And then my boyfriend, whom I hug from behind at night, rolls over and trappes one of them making me yelp. And then it...

Oh guys its been awfuuuuul... My course of antidepressants ran out ages ago, I can't quite bring myself to go back to her because I just feel too ashamed. I got referred to a specialist ages ago but because the clinic is so understaffed I've been waiting weeks for an appointment. I've...

Its hard to explain why I binge, it tends to happen when I am tired and hungry, or there is a high-calorie food I like nearby. Its sort of a way of "giving up" so to speak - you don't want to be fat but you don't want to be hungry either. I don't eat untill I feel sick, I eat untill the pressure...

Hey everyone, thanks for the encouragement again, its really helped. I'm not feeling so tired anymore, perhaps I just needed some protein or something. I've had another slightly shaky two days - last night and this morning I binged again, I couldn't tell you why, and I purged too. But to be...

:cry:Okay, today wasn't quite so good - I woke up this morning completely exhausted. I think this was because I managed to eat small amounts of food the day before with the 'little and often' method, but did two hours of very intensive exercise. Anyway, I eat my one weetabix and walk (1/2 an...

I've been on the pill for two years now, and I haven't noticed any change. However, when reading the leaflet for it, I did notice that the active ingredients are those released naturally by the body during pregnancy - this is to stop you getting pregnant when already pregnant. Maybe this is what...

Oh, and food for today was; 2 weetabix 1 bannana 1 slice of toast 1 slice of pineapple 1 slice of watermelon 6 slices of cucumber 3 spoonfulls of kidney beans with lettuce and chilli sauce 2 pieces of sushi 1 cheese sandwich 1 mini pain au chocolate (only 120 calories, madness!)

Hello everybody, thanks for all of the support and helpful comments, its really reassuring that you all seem to have an idea what it is like to feel this way even if you haven't had to stoop as low as me. Mixxi, I am so unbelivably sorry you are going through this too - I'm sure you know if I...

...Otis Redding :)

Oof! This show went seriously downhill after the second series :( Why did they have to turn Vince into a total *****? He was such a lovable rascal before. And I miss Bob Fossil, dear god I miss him... if anyone were to break into my house and violate me... you know :)

Radiohead - Kid A This song is truely beautiful, it make me cry whenever I hear it, its so delacate. Patrick Wolf - Augustine One song I wish I could have written. For my boyfriend. Tom Waits - Flower's Grave I can't explain it, you'll just have to listen to it.

:wave_cry:Thank you all so much, all this support is very overwhelming, brings a tear to the eye to think so many people would take their time to send this love and support, people I don't even know. I am very grateful. Actually, I am starting to feel a little bit better. My food consumption...

Okay, so I saw the doctor this morning. Suprisingly it went better than I thought - she immidiatly identified that my problem was with my bingeing not purgeing, following my theory that if I cut out the bingeing, the purgeing will leave on its own accord. She gave me some antidepressants and a...

"Its So Hard I Know, Ive Thought Of Bulimia Myself But Then Its Like No." WELL DONE. I'm not joking, you are such a strong person and it is so tempting, it may not sound like much, but I admire you so much for turning away from it. "Check your mail as I have just E-Mailed you." Thank...

Most likely she's been feeling the same way about you for ages :) Karma Police.

I want to say a big sorry to everybody right this very second. So many people have given me good advice, empathy and support, and every bit of it has bounced right off me. The reason being is that my conflict is with my mind, not my weight. Before I "got serious" about dieting I was already...

:D:D7st 10lb. Not a huge change but still delightful:D:D

7st 11lb :D Getting there!

Back to 8st. Fiddlesticks.

A popular folk remedy I am told - sesamin is the active ingredient in sesame seeds and oil which can apparantly reduce fat storage in the body. It does this by stimulating the production of enzymes which oxidise triglycerides ie fats are more likely to be used than stored. Unfortunatly there...

Bless you, what a sweet thing to say :D

Oh I'm not going to loose that much more, just enough so I don't have a muffin-top when I sit down :D

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Karina, you do have a point and its on something which has been bugging me for a while. I'm not sure how far so to speak I 'believe' in the BMI scale - it suggests very peculiar things such as that over 50% of Americans are overweight. As fat a nation as they are known to be, I find that very...

Oh sorry, I don't really have a specific diet, I'm just trying to get in as many low-fat foods as possible and eat lots of fruit. Thats all really, I'm not good at calorie counting.

Lots of coffee and lots of water. Flushes you out and keeps your metabolism up. Make sure you get at least half an hour of cardio done EVERY day. This also kicks up your metabolism a bit. I'm not really sure about how much more I want to loose to be honest - I have passed all my weight goals...

All of those concequences of anorexia/bulimia listed do sound awful, I'd never wish them upon anybody and hope to never suffer them myself. However, I still feel as though they are irrelevant - for a start, I am not anorexic, I do not 'starve' myself. People tell me that if you starve your body...

KD, I really appreciate your concern, but the thing is I was runing my life before because I wasn't loosing any weight, I've had to take several days off college this year because I just couldn't bear to leave the house - seriously I was crying at my front door. Now I'm starting to feel better...

8st 1lb! I thought I'd never get lower than 8st 3lb but its actually happening. Now I only have 5lb to loose, I'm so happy:D:D:D

You know something, many people have said this to me and to be honest, I don't really understand it at all. MacDonalds are promoting sports, fitness and teamwork... the problem lies where? I would have said people have a responsibility to themselves and their children to make sure they don't...

Walking makes no difference for me sadly as I have to walk at least 2.5miles per day anyway because I can't afford but or car. I tend to do one cardio workout per day just for good health and to bump up my metabolism a bit. Every day I do at half an hour of either jogging or skipping. I find...

I had a similar experience a while ago - I ate loads of meat, pasta and dairy products then decided to eat a portion of vegetables with every meal (other than breakfast), only one meat/dairy product per day and only eat fresh fruit as a 'sweet'. It will slow down soon enough not to worry, the...

:DHey everyone, thanks for all the advice, already I seem to be down to about 8st 3lb (fluctuating a bit as always, but this seems to be the average). Much obliged, things are looking up

Okay, well the majority of opinion here is that I should focus on toning certain areas of my body as opposed to loosing weight. That is very good advice and I will certainly look into it, especially as there are several cheap yoga and aerobic classes around my community. I'm going to keep the...

Hmmm... this has me wondering, is this actually a body issue or fad thats going around with children or just another way of feeling grown up? My younger cousins always say, "I think I'm going to go on a diet" then five minutes later they reconsider as soon as I start cooking the supernoodles:D...

Well I have tried talking to him several times. Normally it ends in him ignoring what I'm saying and insisting I'm thin enough. What he doesn't seem to understand is that he isn't the only one worried - he has several girl friends (not girlfriends, at least I hope) who all seem much thinner and...

Hmm, well I do think its a bit odd myself, my weight and appearance don't really seem to match up. I seem to be carrying fat mostly in my waist, calves and the tops of my arms. People have told me it is possible to tone up these areas but for stomache toning I'd see better benefits from cutting...

I must say I know exactly how this feels, I've been in and out of diets for ages (what with being a woman and all that) which has annoyed my boyfriend a little, and recently I've taken to eating healthier and taking more exercise. I thought this was the kind of thing he would prefer (over my...

Thank you for that list of foods, I'll definately buy some as one of my most frequent temptations is pasta (a carb addiction or something? I'm not sure). I normally only eat about 3 energy bars per week as a snack when I'm at college as they only serve vending machine goods and fast food...

Hello, I need some help with my diet. I am 18 and 8 stone 7, I would prefer to be 8 stoneish, I feel really uncomfortable in all my clothes and consistantly fat. For the last two weeks I have been cutting down on everything I eat plus eating more healthy things - wraps, humous, celery, small...