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A good rule of thumb is if it is above the neck ie runny nose, headache it is fine to work out. If it is below the neck ie chesty cough, muscle aches, shivers then rest until well.

Ran 13 miles this morning = 1300. Yay!

Such sensible advice Jennyonaplate! :)

I like to run and that burns about 100 per mile. I run about 30 miles a week (minimum) and I also do a 1 mile swim, 1 hour circuit session and 1 hour with a trainer. So the answer is a lot! :) Add in the dog walking, a wee bit of fell walking ...! I never really thought about it before...

The general consensus is that if it's above the neck ie a cold, sniffles, headache etc then it's OK to carry on with your normal exercise schedule. If it's below the neck ie sickness, chesty cough, shivers, muscle aches or squity bum (sorry to have to mention it!) lay off the exercise. I have...

You cannot spot reduce fat unfortunately, just as you cannot choose where your body decides to store it. Sit ups will help tone and strengthen the underlying core muscles but if you still need to lose weight and are reducing calories it will come off all over. Carry on with doing the core work...

Any exercise will help you lose weight as long as you have a calorie defecit ie you are using more calories than you are consuming. FitDay is useful to track what you are eating versus what you are using as energy. Well done with starting the cycling.

This is a complicated one really! The chest heart rate monitor is useful for working out your comfortable running pace and the pace you run at just before you start working anaerobically. One you have these figures you can just set your pace via the watch and you know that if you are running at...

Try exercising first thing in a morning before you eat anything. The body stores glycogen to use as fuel during exercise and it takes about an hour of exercise to burn off the stored glycogen before the body starts to use fat as fuel. So, if you have brekkie you are giving the glycogen a real...

I started running again nine weeks ago after a six year lay-off. I was sooo unfit and couldn't run half a mile. I went out every day on a 2.5m circuit doing a run/walk. At week seven I ran 13miles non stop. It was hard, but I could have gone on a bit further. I now average 30miles a week, plus a...

Tried to make butterscotch porridge with psyllium husks as mentioned by another member. It was a cold day and thought I could do with something warming as had no soups left. I must have done something wrong because it made me gag. It was thick, lumpy and gloopy. Urrgh never again. How can you...

Thank-you Dancing. I'm confident that I will this time. Feel in a more positive place and this is making me more focused than on previous diets. I would always get down to about 10st 12ish and then lose the plot and it would just start creeping back on again. I'm just sick and tired of clothes...

I have been SSing for six weeks now and still have about 2 stones (ish...) to go and have been 100%. Got into size 12 jeans today and I am so pleased. I am just under 11 stone at the moment and would like to get back to 9 stone or there abouts. I don't like to go by the numbers, so I will decide...

I have the implant and have bleeds every other week with it. The doctor gives me a top up of Depo which usually keeps me period free for about 5-6 months. I still get all the bloating and tiredness unfortunately just not the period. I am due for another top up, so must make that appt. It has...

I have the contraceptive implant and have been having periods every other week. It makes me feel exhausted.

I was wondering if anyone runs/jogs whilst SSing. I would like to start getting fitter and tone up and would probably only run about 2 miles x 3 days a week. I was wondering if anyone does this at the moment.

Thanks for all the advice. I must have been tired too last night as I read it as 1 teaspoon! I will carry on and see what happens and keep checking the ketostixs. I will just put a quarter teaspoon in my 500ml bottles. I can't use the larger bottles as I get overfaced with the size and can't get...

This is what I thought but my CDC said that so long as I was in ketosis it wouldn't matter. I have been having a small half teaspoon in 500mls of water at a time but I can drink up to six or seven litres a day which is quite a lot. I have been checking my ketone levels morning and night and am...

Minimum of 5 but usually between 6 and 8. Depends how close to a loo I am. Have always drunk a lot anyway.

I drink loads of water but hate the taste so have been using the flavourings. I checked with my CDC about quantity as the book says 1tsp in 1Ltr and I had been doing that but in approx 6ltrs a day. Had a 3lb loss on Saturday (second WI) but the scales haven't shifted since. My CDC doesn't have a...

I have been SS for 16 days now and drinking 5lts of water a day and no cheating. First WI 7lb's, second 3lbs but the scales have not moved for five days now. I have about three stones to lose but it is disheartening to abstain and see no result. I'm just going to hang in there because it has to...

I am 5'4" and currently weigh about 11.7. Have been ss for 10 days and lost 14lb's. Still feel really flabby and just fitting into my Next size 16 jeans. I do look better but wouldn't be happy swanning around a communal changing room. I think it does depend on your build. I have set my target at...

I know you feel really low right now but hang on in there as you will feel so much better knowing that you have stuck to the plan. I drink about six litres a day and don't feel hungry. Yeah sure I could eat, but it isn't physical hunger it is just a craving now and again but I ignore it and do...

This is my second time on CD. The first time I gave up due to migranes especially initially and from then on daily headaches. This time I reduced my carbs for about a week before, booked a few days off work just in case I wasn't well initially and took paracetamol every six hours or so until I...