Healthy New You: Your Change For Life #2

Sounds good! What's a cross ramp?

Was just trying to gauge what kind of things you do compared to me to burn the cals haha!

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Had a good gym sesh; 10 minutes HIIT on the treadmill + 10 minutes HIIT on the cross trainer (as well as 5 minutes warm up on the treadmill + 5 minutes cool down on the cross trainer). Followed by hip abductor and adductor, free weights (Shoulder press with squat, lateral raises, forward raises with side lunge, bicep curls-half then full into shoulder press, tricep kickbacks + extensions and chest fly). Then attempted some press ups, but my arms were so tired I managed about 20 full press ups before giving in and doing 20 'lady' press ups . Finished off with some standard crunches, bicycle crunches, leg raises, plate twist (although with a dumbbell not a plate) and a 1min plank.

I. am. tired.

Feeling proud though

I'm getting right back to this tomorrow. Think I've gained 3lbs in the past week, and I plan to lose them just as quickly, and then finish with the last few pounds that I've been putting off.

Gained this week because I've been home alone all week, boyfriend and parents are all away (not together of course) and I cannot control myself when I don't have anyone to answer to. But as of lunchtime tomorrow it will no longer be an issue, and I won't have to wait in all day for builders/gardeners/deliveries and I'll be able to get out and exercise again. I can hardly wait.

Feeling positive about life in general as well. It's amazing what a good chat with a genuinely nice person can do.

Same Need to sort my motivation out - going to actually call the gynm I'm thinking of joining on my lunch hour and see if they can do my induction this weekend it's 6 weeks for £40 so I didn't think it was a bad deal. Only need to go to one class and swim once per week to make it better value than pay as you go

Not been well so not stuck to it. Stayed the same so better than gaining. I was thinking of doing the NHS couch to 5k, is it hard?

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The scales say 11st 13lbs this morning! In the elevens finally! I don't think I've been this light since I was about 12/13 years old

Also 1lb off 100lbs lost


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The scales say 11st 13lbs this morning! In the elevens finally! I don't think I've been this light since I was about 12/13 years old

Also 1lb off 100lbs lost


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Wow, well done!

I would be one very happy chappy if I got into the elevens. What's your target weight?

Thank you!

I'm aiming for 10 stone, maybe 9 and a half I have a big build (although not particularly tall at 5'5'') so I'll see how that looks and go from there

Been stuck at the same weight for ages now, so taken the plunge and changed my calorie goal up to 1800. It should still be below my BMR (around 1900 when considered lightly active 1-3 days a week), so fingers crossed it works.

Same... My bmr is 1400 but I have been eating around 1200. I usually burn around five hundred calories at the gym so I suspect my deficit has been too big. Consequently? I am going to try and eat 1400-1600.


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I increased to 1400 a while ago and lost a bit more, and then stopped again, tried 1500 but nothing seems to have changed so I think I have to up a larger amount. It just seems strange eating so much when I've been used to less. Slightly paranoid about putting it back on now, even though I know that's impossible at that amount.

Let me know how it goes for you!

I've no doubt you'll achieve it

Question for pretty much everyone here. Do you tend to have one day a week where you do everything you shouldn't? Generally once a weekend I'll go out on the beers, eat out if im in a pub then probably have something in the early hours if I've gone to a club. I'm about to embark on a 24 hours like that once I finish work later. Uni reunion so it would be rude not to really.