Healthy living support thread for feminists

I think if you could figure out why people eat when they're not hungry you could fell the entire diet industry in one swoop

Oof, sounds like you've had a rough run of it Buffy. I had a rubbish time at the beginning of the year where I seemed to be ill with one thing after another, always knackered. It wipes you out when your body hasn't really recovered from one thing when another hits. I hope you feel well enough to walk the dog soon.

C25K is great (as I think I may have mentioned...), I can also recommend seeing if there's a running club in your area that has a beginners group. It helped when I wasn't too confident with running outside, and also with the commitment of going each week.

I'm flirting with the idea of signing up to a 10K race in November. I did it a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it, but I'm a long way off the fitness I had then. It would be a good goal to have though.

I'd like to join please. I'd like to sort out why I eat when I'm not hungry, when in fact i actively don't enjoy it

I'd love to do c25k too.

Mind if I join? I need to lose about a stone and trying to focus on the health benefits rather than vanity.
Did a brief walk at lunchtime but planning to re-start the 30 day shred over the weekend.
Thanks for the pelvic floor reminders, Yonic, I discovered recently that i have been doing them wrong for years. Apparently you have to extend the muscles before you contract them?
I know what you mean scallops I don't think I've ever regretted exercising but still can't force myself to actually do it.

Thanks feckity. that's really helpful. Yes it's getting those first couple of runs under my belt. I'm nervous, unfit and a bit swamped at the moment (new job).

I just need to bite the bullet, basically! And the stupid thing is I know I'll feel great after doing it.

PELVIC FLOOR!

Go for it scallops. I don't know where you're at with fitness at the moment, but I know I found the first few run/walks pretty hard when I did it first time round. But if you stick with it you can make progress really quickly, it's amazing. And the lovely Laura on the NHS podcasts is so great, she says all the right things at the right time and you feel she's really talking you through the whole thing. Well I did anyway

Right I need some motivation to getting on the trainers and out of the door for the first run of the C25K. Not now I hasten to add as I am at work and got a plateful!

But some time in the next week I need to get off my arse and do something!

Parkrun sounds great. We've got one near us. I'd like to be able to do that (and not come last).

FF- I think that's a good idea. Once you've got form sorted then there are plenty of good programs to follow on the net. A P.t can help with your form and then you can follow a program you've got else where or follow the P.Ts program if it's good.

Without getting too meatheady into it, IMO your better off starting with big multi joint exercises like a squat or bench press. These will help you use my calories, build muscle, help your movement overall.

Parkrun is great, definitely give that a go. I got really into it a while back, I want to go back at some point but Saturday mornings have got busy recently.

I have to think about this personal trainer thing. You can buy packs of sessions at my gym, rather than sign up to sessions every week for however long. Would there be any point to having a session every two weeks to give me the pointers and train by myself in between?

I have a personal trainer (who is wonderful) and she encouraged me to try a lot heavier than I would have naturally gone for. She was really good for showing me the right form and correcting anything I was doing wrong so I didn't injure myself. Quite often gyms will give you free sessions or point you in the right direction if you get a friendly one.

We do a mix of hand weights, barbells and some of the machines in the gym (mainly the cable ones). I'd recommend body pump classes which are great fun. Normally it's heavy weight fewer reps or light weight with lots of reps. I'd still class myself as a bit of a novice and what I'd class as heavy I'm sure proper lifters would laugh at but I've actually got shape to my arms for the first time in my life. There's actually a weights section on here somewhere which would be worth a look.

Thanks for suggesting looking for more podcasts-I don't know why I didn't think of that! I might try improving my 5k time first before looking at going further. There's a park run here with massive hills which looks good but scary so maybe I'll brace that. First goal might be to run the whole thing!

What do you do with the weights Purple? (Besides lift them, I mean...) I want to get into weights but I'm not sure whether I should be aiming for the small barbells (one in each hand things), the machines or the big bench press type things.

There are some other podcasts on the nhs page for once you've finished C25K. I didn't get on with them particularly, with the one I tried you were supposed to use the music to match your pace and I almost died the first time I tried it. Though I never got to running 5K in 30 minutes, if you're managing that you might be better placed to have a go.

Well done on weights purple!

I actually didn''t snack today - it helped i'd pre bought lunch and dinner and only just had time to stop and eat them. Had a mini magnum tonight but that was conscious and worth it

Hi everyone, can I invite myself to join in? I was on an old three healthy meals and no snacking thread that faded away, and with the death of the thread my motivation has disappeared too. It being the school holidays hasn't helped either.

I'm lifting weights at the gym and absolutely loving feeling stronger. I've also recently graduated from the c25k and struggling to know what to do next.

Today has been a write off food wise (chip shop take away tonight) but tomorrow is a new day.

I'm planning on swimming again this evening, if dd2 goes to sleep early enough. I've promised myself that if I can get out of the house by 8:30 then I'll go, but if it's later then I won't because the pool closes at 9:30.

I really haven't done well on the food front today though I've had sausage and chips for dinner because dd1 has a very fussy friend round for dinner and I refuse to cook different meals for different people. I also had ice cream at the park with dd2. I'll do it properly again tomorrow.

Sera There's nothing like promising a bunch of strangers on the internet that you're going to do something for motivation.

It's also almost impossible to lie, because what would be the point?

I did well at the cafe in the park earlier. The dds both asked for a chocolate crispy cake, I just had a tea. Then dd1 said she didn't like hers, so then it was staring at me, challenging me not to waste food. However, I had a narrow escape as just as I decided to eat it, dd2 managed to drop hers on the floor, so I swapped it for dd1s. Phew. I only had a brief internal tussle over whether to still eat the one that had fallen on the floor

It's a pain in the arse this dieting business. Also, my triceps hurt from the training session yesterday. And I was awake from 3am to 5am this morning. Frankly it's amazing I haven't scarfed a whole packet of biscuits.

Pilates tomorrow, and the gym with DH on Saturday. He's offered to spot me so I can have another go at the bench press. But I think that might be weird.

When DH comes to the gym on a guest pass we tend to spend a fair proportion of the time floating in the jacuzzi, but I'll attempt to work a bit harder this time.

mermaid, I've had the exact opposite few days - pretty good on the food side, but really inactive. I've also had three full days being alcohol free and I'm driving to a birthday party tonight so I won't drink there either.

Hi, I've name changed with all the password reset things going on.

I've not been brilliant on the food front, I took dd1 school uniform shopping yesterday which we both hate, so I bribed both of us with lunch out and an ice cream. Oh well, its not like we do that every day.

On the plus side, I have been more active this week. My pedometer app says I've done 10000 steps each day, as well as swimming twice this week so far.

Me too Yonic. Rubbish night's sleep, and that always makes me want to eat sugary crap all day. Which only ever makes me feel worse, so it's completely pointless.

Very tired today so need to avoid my usual recourse to snacking!

Not done any exercise today but got bought lunch yesterday and are only half of it because I was full enough after that