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Hi guys, Ive been going to the gym and swimming 3 times a week (mon, weds, fri) for the last month or so and I've managed to not miss a session, this week however I'm on a training course in a town 2hrs commute away that starts at 9am and finishes at 5pm so its getting kind of late when I get home. Also I have a little admin job two evenings a week and due to the very imminent death of one of my cats I need to make up the time tomorrow night totally throwing off my routine. Do you guys have any tips on how to gwt back into a routine after unforeseen circumstances forced you out of it? (I realise that I may sound a bit mercenary about my cat but shes 22 and its been expected for quite sometime, please note I do love her very very much, Im just horrified that if I fall out of routine the whole thing will fall apart.)

Its been a god week I think, Ive worked my butt off, eaten like a queen (its been a week of celebrations and Ive been equally good and bad on the food front!) and generally been really proud of my accomplishments. This week has marked a month swimming and 2 weeks of gym and swimming and I feel really proud about that, its the longest ive ever stuck with a fitness regime and for the first time ever I don't feel like working out is a punishment, I love it and even when I hurt my knee about 5 weeks ago while running I managed to keep going by switching to swimming until it felt better instead of using it as an excuse to just give up and slide back into being happy with my fat security blanket. Ive got a holiday coming up and I'm not even dreading being in a bikini, even though Ive still got a long way to go in terms of weight loss, I feel so much happier in my body that I just can't wait to do some lengths in a beautiful turkish pool Anyway, I weighed myself this morning and I've lost 10lbs over 5 weeks and I'm super amazed and happy with that, I can feel the difference in my clothes but more importantly I can feel myself getting strong

Woohoo! Well done!

Aww you guys are sweethearts! Thanks for the encouragement!

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Went for my gym and swim yesterday and something amazing happened while I was in the gym. I RAN. I never run, ever, I've never been able to run past the end of my street without getting out of breath for as long as I can remember but when I was warming my leggies up on the treadmill I got the overwhelming urge to just run, So I cranked the treadmill up from 7.5kph to 11kph and busted my ass for a full 5 minutes. I know 5 minutes probably isnt a lot for a lot of you guys on here but for me to be able to do that and not stop or cry or keel over, but for me its a huge achievement that over the space of a month Ive gone from not being able to get past the end of my road to being able to run at all, let alone for a full 5 minute block I just wanted to share that cos I think if I can do it, pretty much anyone can!

Just got back into gaming after buying a PS3 this week (my blu ray player died and I figured it would be a sound investment). Currently Playing Batman: Arkham Asylum as even though I wasnt playing much at the time I couldnt help but be really excited about it when it came out, was the first game I bought Just finished Portal 2 on my mac. Super excited about playing Bioshock Infinate and The Last of Us!

Thanks I'm not Paleo....yet, though Ive cut back massively on grains/wheat and have been introducing a lot more meat and fish for protein in. I'm doing some research before I start going all the way with it as I'm diabetic and want to be sure it wont send my blood sugars spiraling and what I can eat if I start to feel ill that would be within the Paleo regime. I'm a bit of a worrier so I want to have a plan of action before I commit myself to it

Ok, I got over the hump from earlier and I made it to the gym and then for a swim afterwards and even managed a decent post work out snack! Managed to sweat my ass off like a beast mixing weights and cardio which went like this, shame I couldnt get into the free weights cos of a group of blokes standing around and talking and taking up all the space. 10 mins Stationary bike on Level 4 (5.2km) 10 mins Wave Machine on Level 4 10 Mins Rowing Machine (2.5km) 3x10 Leg Press - 30kg (66lbs) 3x10 Leg Extension - 25kg (55lbs) 3x10 Leg Curl - 25kg (55lbs) 3x10 Lat Pull Down - 25kg (55lbs) 3x10 Chest Press - 30kg (66lbs) 20 sit ups 30 lengths of the pool (1km) at a more leisurely pace to cool down. When I got back I went to the take away next door which I know sounds bad, but they grilled and sliced me a chicken breast without any cooking fat and put it in a pitta with lots of lovely salad for which I felt kind of virtuous! All in all I'm glad I pulled out of my slump, I came out of the gym feeling like I'd achieved something (all PB on weights and reps) and like regardless of the punds that are coming off (or not) I feel like I'm doing something good for myself.

'You'd be really pretty if you lost some weight'

So today has been really really frustrating. Ive done more this week than I have in the last month since I started making changes. Ive had my induction at the gym and kicked my own ass 3 times for a full hour each time followed by a swim and Ive felt amazing for it. Ive been drinking a ton of water, sleeping better and just generally feeling like I'm on the right track for kicking ass and taking names. I know that this should be enough, that I'm making these changes and feeling good about it, but today was my weigh in day and I've lost absolutely no weight since last week and I feel like all the extra effort warranted at least pound you know? (Now 215lbs - 7lbs lost over the month). I don't know I'm having an hour of feeling totally deflated and demotivated and now I'm questioning everything Ive been doing. Ive been eating well, lots and lots of veggies and fresh fish and chicken, not even a little slip up in terms of food. Ive been meeting my calorie quota all week and not over or under eating so I just don't know whats going wrong. I'm hoping that this will pass in time for me to go to the gym/swimming tonight because right now I feel awful.

I've been meaning to make one of these for a while and I think its about time I started! Starting Stats Height: 5'8 Weight: 222lbs (15st 12lbs) BMI: 33.8 (Obese) Body Fat: 41% Waist: 38in Chest: 40in Hips: 45in Upper Arm: 14in Top of Thigh: 28.5in Mid-Thigh: 22in A little bit of background I've always been big, for the last few years I've sort of embraced being big if I'm perfectly honest. Since I was a teenager I've been the tallest and fattest in my family my mum and dad being 5'1 and 5'4 respectively and relatively slim. I've literally never been anything other than overweight, so I can't really say that this or that happened and I got fat because of it because I've always been this way. Which is ok, I'm OK with being big (though if I could be a few inches shorter that would be cool!) I dont hate myself. The main reason I've started to make this change is because I don't want to be ok with just not hating myself anymore, thats just not good enough, I want to start to love myself and I think the only real way to do this is to move past the laziness I've been content with for so long and start being good to myself and I know that I have to work hard to do that. So I'm ready to slay my dragons and kick some ass. I learned last year when my brother had a major stroke at age 29 and very very nearly died that life is too short to treat your body badly and not love yourself. So here I am, I'm ready to change. Goals Weight: 160lbs (11st 6lbs) BMI: 24.6 Body Fat: 25% To Be able to run a 5k without stopping or walking.To become stronger (I don't want to put a limit on this but this is a general goal). How I'm gonna slay my dragons Eating as well as I can, using MFP to track calories. Eating more veggies and healthy protein - Understanding there will be bad days and good days and not falling back into apathetic eating.Exercising! - Swimming and the gym for focused weights and cardio.Im not really sure theres much else to say for now, I've been going for almost a month so I'm gonna write up my progress since I started a little later.

Hes beautiful! Congratulations!

Thank you! Ive never head of TDEE before but Ive had a good read through some articles and it just makes much more sense to me for the sake of ease and not having to worry im not getting enough/eating over when i exercise! Thanks for your help, I feel like I'm finally going in the right direction for me