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This is: Healthy New You: Your Change For Life #2

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Hello Everyone!

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First of all, welcome to the thread. This is for anyone who would like to make positive and healthy steps towards changing their life. This could be losing weight, gaining weight, gaining muscle, improving your stamina- whatever you like.

Please remember that it is normal to experience weight changes during your teenage years. Don't mistake these weight changes for changes that will remain with you for your entire life. If you feel as though this is you, then simply ensure that you're eating healthily and doing a good amount of exercise (3 x 30 mins per week). If you are are school, then you should find that you get enough exercise during your PE lessons. We don't know how old you are when you join this thread, so we will just answer your questions as needed, however be aware that we will not promote unhealthy weight loss or fad diets.

Please feel free to post helpful links and resources, I will be more than happy to add them into this starting post if they're helpful. Also, when you post for the first time, please introduce yourself and include your aims, stats and a little bit about your situation!

Please be aware that we will only be supporting healthy and realistic aims, but we will be able to offer support to everyone.


Useful Links/Resources

BMI Calculator
Although BMI is not the be all and end all, it can give you a rough indication of how much weight you have to lose, or whether you're a healthy weight. Obviously if you're building muscle this will not be entirely accurate for you; but for most who are trying to lose weight this is helpful.

BMR Calculator
Your BMR is basically how many calories you'd burn on an average day if you did nothing. You should eat over your BMR if you're gaining weight, and under it if you're losing weight. Obviously you have to factor in how many calories you're burning during exercise, too.

MyFitnessPal
This allows you to keep a track of how much you're eating and how much exercise you're doing. The forums are helpful for specialist advice and there are lots of progress photos which I always find to be very helpful and motivating.

List of TSR users' MFP names (to add as friends if you wish):

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phiddy23
cakemunch
drixa
Aemiliana
cheesegromit
__natalie__
HugeBum
boba92
thesilvermagnolia
cinderella3011
conway1992
tiente
StirFriedGiblets

SparkPeople
Similar to MFP, also includes exercise videos, workout/stretch routines and healthy lifestyle articles.

TickerFactory
If you want to keep everyone updated with your progress, a ticker is very helpful (like the one I have in my sig). It helps to show how far you've come, and how far you have left to go. You can update your ticker at any time simply by clicking on it in your sig.

LoserTown Maintenance Calculator

Exercise Websites

About- Exercise

Weights; Workout Ideas

Full Workouts Available on YouTube (Thanks to Sorani)

Bodyweight Exercises

List of LOTS of video workouts. (Thanks SoapyDish).

Old School Training

Support Groups

If you feel as though this thread is not enough, there are Slimming World/Weight Watchers meetings literally all over the country. Try out the websites to see where your nearest one is. They're not free, but a good option if you find that face to face meetings are more effective for you than online support groups.

Slimming World

Weight Watchers

Diet/Recipe Websites

Recipe Videos

BBC GoodFood

Healthy Recipes & Recipe Calculator

Protein Meal Recipes

Style That Food

Protein Treats

SkinnyTaste: Healthy Meals and Recipes

Body Building
Any additional resources in this category will be much appreciated, as I (OP) know next to nothing about body building at the moment, so I'm relying on everyone else posting some good info!

Jamie Eason's 12 Week Live Fit Trainer

Personalised fat burning and muscle building guides.

Helpful Threads
These threads are all from TSR and are more specialist if you need any additional information.

Barbelles Society: Ladies Who Lift

For The Girls- Toning, Diet and Exercise a very basic guide

Workout Music Thread

Miscellaneous

Nutrition articles

Transformation Photos (Inspiring)


..Obviously I will add more links and information as the time goes on, just thought we'd get the thread up and running so as many people could contribute as possible! I don't have much of a clue about anything other than losing weight, so if anyone wants to add weight gain websites, quote me.

Our Success Stories:

outlaw-torn

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Hey I'm outlaw-torn and before I started posting on Healthy New You I was over 13 stone. I'm now 11 and a half stone and much healthier I am also fitter which is a first for me! I still want to lose a stone. This thread has helped me to stick to a routine (most of the time!), discover MFP and also even help me through tough times unrelated to healthy lifestyles which I think is definitely the beauty of this thread - it is a place to make friends and have people to turn to if there is nobody else!

xoxAngel_Kxox

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Hi, I'm xoxAngel_Kxox and before I started Healthy New You: Your Change For Life I weighed almost 20 stones. I was 20 years old, at University, and completely fed up. With the help of the lovely people in this thread, I have managed to get down to just over 11 stone which is a normal weight for the first time in my life. I wouldn't have been able to do it without them. They have taught me to eat healthily, to exercise, and more importantly to enjoy it.

Before and After photo:

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AndromedaLight

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In January 2010 I weighed my heaviest. 24 stone (Around 340lbs).
I went vegetarian and lost about 30 pounds. After this initial loss I started hiking. Easier on my body than running but still good cardio.
Later in 2010 I became vegan and lost another 30 pounds. I hiked occasionally. Sometimes went swimming. This is when I bought a longboard (skateboard) and started skating for fun. Not very often though.
Through all of 2011 I maintained. I didn't really focus on my diet or exercise, but I stayed between 20 stone 10lbs and 20 stone (290-280lbs).

When 2012 hit I decided to get back to losing weight. Still, it was months and months of delay.
In July, after taking a Women's Health class online, where an assignment was to make a commitment and stick with it. I chose to eat healthier and exercise at least 3 days per week. I started tracking my calories on MyFitnessPal and I started running.
My current diet is gluten-free vegan with a goal of eating as much raw food as possible.
My starting weight was 283lbs. I weighed myself today and I'm 257lbs now. I can't believe I've gone from 24 stone to 18 stone 5lbs...

I'm not sure what I want my goal weight to be. I am trying to measure my success in terms of fitness, not the number on the scale. I'm running around 5 days per week. I still have a long way to go, but a short term goal would be to lose another stone before uni and add another mile to my running distance.

isawsparks89

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Hi I'm isawsparks89. Since beginning my health kick, I've lost 17lbs. Having finished university, I decided a while before that this would be the time now to take responsibility and improve myself, my fitness, my health and confidence. I attend a Slimming World group every week and I generally follow the Red Plan. I want to lose 90lbs overall over the next year or so, or more if it takes it and I'm taking it one half stone at a time, so that my journey's broken up into mini-goals. I've found my main inspiration from reading the other users' stories here and blogs, some of which I found here.

Chrisateen

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Hi I am Chrisateen and went from 18st 8lbs in October 2010 to 11st in October 2011 and lost a few more pounds since then

The main reason why I decided to lose weight was because I was sick and tried of being fat. I felt like a 40year old in a 20year old body and was physically and mentally exhausted. I was sick of tired of struggling to do the basic things plus I just wanted to feel and look young again. A part of me did it for vanity reasons as I always wanted to shop in places where girls my age shop at but never could as a result of my weight. Also I wanted to prove to others that I could lose the weight.

I also have my full story on here if you would like to know more (by the way the picture is a stock picture and not a picture of me)

amizzle91

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I'm Amy (amizzle91) and on the 1st September 2010, aged 19 I walked into a Rosemary Conley class and weighed in at 19 stone even (266lbs). I was a size 24 in clothes and couldn't even go upstairs without getting out of breath.

In May 2011 I joined myfitnesspal and I have been using that to count calories ever since. Then I found this wonderful thread and I have been charting my progress and getting loads of advice, support and help as well

It's coming up to my 2 year 'diet-a-vesary' and I currently weigh 11st 7lbs (161lbs) and wear size 14 clothes. I go to the gym 3-4 times a week and I can run 5k without too much trouble. I have lost 7 and a half stone (105lbs) and I've never felt better!

areebmazhar

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Alright I'll give it a go as well, although be warned I've only lost about 3.5/4st so my before and after pics won't be as dramatic as some of the others on here.

I've always been a chubby kid, and as I passed through secondary school the weight just began to pile on. After college had nearly finished I was just over 18st and depressed about it. I was embarrassed to even walk in public and would send my little brother to the shops to get me sweets and chocolates and fish and chips etc as I was too ashamed. I was bullied throughout secondary school by the younger kids about my weight and appearance and this made me turn to bingeing on junk food to make me feel better, so I got fatter, felt more depressed and thus ate more-it was a vicious cycle and pretty typical of how a lot of people become overweight.

At college things did get a little better as there was no bullying any more and the students seemed much more mature. But there were still some snide remarks by students and even teachers on my weight and some embarrassing moments as well. When I did my work experience at a hospital the nurse was showing us how to take blood and we were all sat watching (about 20 of us) then she told me to stand up and used me as an example of an overweight person that had difficult to see veins. Absolutely humiliating.

Another incident which stands out is in y12 volunteering for our "studentcrew" to help the prospective students on open day. We had to be given t-shirts with the college logo and coloured red so the students could recognise us to ask for help. The biggest size was xl and I was xxl, I couldn't fit into it, so just followed my friend around for the rest of the evening just to tag-a-long. Nobody asked me for help. Doesn't sound like much bit it made me really upset.

About 4 months ago it finally hit me that I might be going to medical school this September and having been obese at school and college I wanted a fresh start at university. So I started to count calories and go on short runs in the morning. Slowly but surely people began to notice I had lost weight and this motivated me even more. I finally plucked up the courage to go to the gym and start working out and I have never looked back since. I have become somewhat addicted to the gym now and feel depressed on my recovery days. It also helps to relieve my stress as well instead of turning to junk food like I used to.

Unfortunately my before pics aren't too accurate because they are of me in y11 at 16st. In college I gained another 2st (up to 18st) but didn't allow anyone to take any pics of me due to the sheer humiliation of my appearance. Today for this success story I took the first pic of myself in ages!

Sorry the before pics are terrible quality they are pictures of pictures if you get what I mean..

A big thanks to the mods and other users on tsr fitness forum who gave me advice, help and encouragement and also complied those useful stickies!

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[mikestraws]

I welcome #2 of this thread. Will be starting a new training routine soon after a few weeks of chinning it off. Good luck to everyone else who posts

[Scoobiedoobiedo]

(Original post by mikestraws)
Will be starting a new training routine soon after a few weeks of chinning it off.

What's your routine?

[mikestraws]

(Original post by Scoobiedoobiedo)
What's your routine?

Troll Routine

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One bodypart a day, 10 sets of 20 reps, five exercises. Avoiding all forms of cardio at all costs, eating whatever I like as long as it fits into a calorie limit, while avoiding most fruits and vegetables and definately avoiding pure water.

Actual Routine

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Either SS or SL5x5, I know SS is probably better so I will probably be following it. However I'll be doing it pretty much by the book, starting from the bar etc.
Have read the book and watched the DVD and am keeping them handy for reference. I will be doing 15 mins of HIIT after my workout on the monday and the friday, adding one minute each workout and slowely building up till I hit 30 minutes (yeah right) or can't do it anymore. However if I stall on lifts I'll be stopping the cardio untill I am back on track. Will re-evaluate goals every 3 months and change the routine accordingly. Clean diet, much cleaner than in recent weeks. This will be the hardest part of the challenge, don't the know the specifics yet.

Yeah I'll be trying to keep a training log with food and workouts and pics etc but we'll see how that goes!

[Scoobiedoobiedo]

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Troll Routine

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One bodypart a day, 10 sets of 20 reps, five exercises. Avoiding all forms of cardio at all costs, eating whatever I like as long as it fits into a calorie limit, while avoiding most fruits and vegetables and definately avoiding pure water.

Actual Routine

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Either SS or SL5x5, I know SS is probably better so I will probably be following it. However I'll be doing it pretty much by the book, starting from the bar etc.
Have read the book and watched the DVD and am keeping them handy for reference. I will be doing 15 mins of HIIT after my workout on the monday and the friday, adding one minute each workout and slowely building up till I hit 30 minutes (yeah right) or can't do it anymore. However if I stall on lifts I'll be stopping the cardio untill I am back on track. Will re-evaluate goals every 3 months and change the routine accordingly. Clean diet, much cleaner than in recent weeks. This will be the hardest part of the challenge, don't the know the specifics yet.

Yeah I'll be trying to keep a training log with food and workouts and pics etc but we'll see how that goes!

Your troll routine reminds me of somebody hmmm....

Routine sounds solid, good luck. 30mins of HIIT is the holy grail! We can dream!

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

Old thread hasn't even reached 10,000 yet, you eager beavers ;-).

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

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Good spinning sesh again! such a good stress reliever!!

SO close to normal BMI now

(Original post by Flo[ProActiv])
I'm really craving a tiger roll.
I have 4 downstairs, and it would fit in with my calories (currently on quite a low net), but I'm not sure whether to have one - I'm not really feeling hungry, but at the same time, I want one

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I know how you feel...ate 500 calories all day because I just didn't get time so planned a really healthy dinner and would have been under 1200 to make up for how much I've eaten recently. Got in from shopping and everyone was eating pizza and my dad stresses out when I don't eat so really angrily told me to 'sit down and eat'. I didn't have to have 3 slices though followed by two mini danish pastries...doh We'll be good tomorrow promise?!! (although it is my dads birthday)

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Really happy that you're listening to your body and mind's needs "Being good" is a concept which is often distorted in dieting mentality to mean quite the opposite-the best way to be good is to be good to yourself. Treat your body as you would your child-with plenty of respect and TLC. And sometimes that means giving it a break ^_^

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Haha I totally know what you mean! My Dad's exactly the same! To be fair to you, control around pizza and cakes is incredibly hard, I don't blame you! Haha, yeah, definetely going to be good tomorrow. Just annoyed because I was doing so well!

WELCOME TO THE NEW THREAD!

Just "quoted" everyone on the last page of the other one, will post an ending message on that now and link to this thread. We were almost at 10,000 so I started it just incase, people posted, so might as well pop over now (you can jog, if you wish).

Raise a glass to thread 2!

[Scoobiedoobiedo]

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In my humble opinion adding these may be of use to some people.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jami...t-trainer.html
http://www.bodybuilding.com/guides/f...fat-loss/intro

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

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In my humble opinion adding these may be of use to some people.
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jami...t-trainer.html
http://www.bodybuilding.com/guides/f...fat-loss/intro

Thank you, I'll add these to the original post now. I'll take your word for it that they're good sources as I know nothing about body building myself!

[blahhh]

This is the thread in which I'll reach my 11 stone...

[Scoobiedoobiedo]

(Original post by xoxAngel_Kxox)
Thank you, I'll add these to the original post now. I'll take your word for it that they're good sources as I know nothing about body building myself!

It's Jamie Eason. Google her, she speaks for herself.

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

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This is the thread in which I'll reach my 11 stone...

YES that's the spirit! This is the thread I'll run outside again ha ha I only managed it once in the last thread, this thread I'm aiming for at least twice ;-).

[Flo[ProActiv]]

Oh hai there

Early night for me I think. I'm absolutely knackered, and still feeling rather headachey/generally rubbish, although I've worked out why - TOTM

Might go for a run tomorrow morning, depending on (a) how early I get up, and (b) how achy I feel - we were using the spinny pole tonight at pole dance, which always leaves me far more achy than normal (probably due to the fact that I spend most of the time clinging on for dear life )

[caiitlinz]

I made another amazing rye bread discovery: rye bread, light Philadelphia and fried courgettes. SO GOOD!

Seeing as all I ate today was pretty much rye bread, I decided to have a Crunchie to help me finish my coursework due tomorrow. Still 80cals under my daily limit without counting my morning jog XD

[amizzle91]

Saw 'thread closed' at the end of the old thread and thought what the? Haha but yay thread 2! Look forward to more success for all x

[Kate.]

A good healthy recipe site is Skinny Taste, if you were looking for more links to add to the first post!

Just got back from swimming, tried another new pool this week (the last 'new' pool I tried was foul...dirty and full of people just floating around chatting, absolutely no room if you wanted to swim proper lengths). This one was good - quiet, clean and easy to get to Think I've found my new place! It's only open Monday and Wednesday nights but both are good for me, so hopefully can keep it up regularly (and Saturday afternoon but I doubt I'll go to that session).

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

(Original post by amizzle91)
Saw 'thread closed' at the end of the old thread and thought what the? Haha but yay thread 2! Look forward to more success for all x

Well we were almost at 10,000 so I made this (I was bored) and people started posting so thought we may as well move over otherwise it'd make things confusing! My fault for doing it so early though.

(Original post by Kate.)
A good healthy recipe site is Skinny Taste, if you were looking for more links to add to the first post!

Just got back from swimming, tried another new pool this week (the last 'new' pool I tried was foul...dirty and full of people just floating around chatting, absolutely no room if you wanted to swim proper lengths). This one was good - quiet, clean and easy to get to Think I've found my new place! It's only open Monday and Wednesday nights but both are good for me, so hopefully can keep it up regularly (and Saturday afternoon but I doubt I'll go to that session).

Thank you! I shall add it now :-).

[Sarang_assa]

Haha had a bit of a panic when I saw the last thread was closed!!

[Floob]

I have a feeling I'll be doing lots of exercise for the next 2 weeks... my pole has just arrived (X-pole XPERT, both static and spinning in case anyone is interested)
Also just signed up for a 5 week beginner's trapeze course AND to top it all off my uni timetable has been reduced from 9-5 to pretty much mornings only, so no more excuses!

[xoxAngel_Kxox]

(Original post by Sarang_assa)
Haha had a bit of a panic when I saw the last thread was closed!!

Sorry :P xx

(Original post by Floob)
I have a feeling I'll be doing lots of exercise for the next 2 weeks... my pole has just arrived (X-pole XPERT, both static and spinning in case anyone is interested)
Also just signed up for a 5 week beginner's trapeze course AND to top it all off my uni timetable has been reduced from 9-5 to pretty much mornings only, so no more excuses!

Ooh you have a pole lucky you! That's something I'd LOVE to do, but don't think anyone needs to see my body dancing round a pole at present ;-).