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New threads ladies!

I really think Asics trainers are great, although when I first switched from Nike Air types I really suffered! But once I'd got used to them, they were fab. They are expensive - about £90. But so worth it if you do a fair bit of running.

£90...[falling of the chair emoticon]

Yes, the same hear.
Now, how about having a differnce between 2 and 2.5 kg between morning and evening? Is this normal? I know some people don't weigh that often but I do because I suddenly find my skirts are tight in the evenings and I get my skirts very comfortable. I just don't like tight clothes. Anyway, do you if you weigh yourself find that your weight keeps going up and up during the day even if you eat really carefully with all the so called right stuff?

Fedda, I too have a weighing myself obsession but I know you shouldn't! Do you suffer from bloating? I used to terribly, (tummy like a balloon by aftternoon) but I cut out milk in my tea & it seemed to do the trick..

Fedda it's completely normal that weight fluctuates...and it is even more normal that clothes would fit tighter in the evening then the morning...for many reasons...
Over night our system flushes out a bit...well...as you probably know, the morning pee tends to be quite large....lol...
also, obviosuly the food you eat will make you feel heavier and will extent the tummy.
Also, we often swallow a fair amount of air whilest going about our business....at night we breeth differently...and the air get's also expelled ;)
Having a poo will also make a difference...by this I don't mean to imply though that taking laxatives is the answer...just that, when having a poo, we will loose that weight...
And I am sure there are many other reasons...
what I would suggest is chuck the scales or lock them away and make yourself only use them weekly or better even fortnightly...measuring yourself is actually a far better way to see how you progress...as fat is lighter then muscle...so, if you do more exercise you gain muscle and tone yourself...but this may well doens't reflect on teh scales...so, you can loose inches without actually loosing any weight on the scales...and surely those inches are far more telling then the number on the scale

blousy, i've stopped milk in my tea too but my tummy is stil like a baloon.
3andnomore, i do measure myself and stay firm on the same line for all the time even when my scales show 2.5 kg less then my usual weight. Anyway, I've seen your info with some photoes. you don't nee to worry about anything! We;;, I wouldn't if i looked like you.

aww...ty....but well...after 3 children my tummy has certainly not improved...iykwim...
Also, I really do have a odd shaped upper body....and I have always had that...as a child I was like pretty skinny and even then I always had a round/sticky out tummy....looked well weird...you know,a lot of Toddlers have that...and it's cute on a Toddler...but well, not so cute later...

Btw. for me it's wheat that bloats me somewhat cronic...especially bread....ryebread seems for me a better option...!
Pasta is another bloaty food...well, for me...

3anm, I think it's necessary to spend about £60/£70 or more to get a decent pair of supportive trainers. I usually try to wait for the sale at my local sports shop and then buy them when there's a good discount. A gait assessment is important as different shoes provide different kinds of stability. Some places have fancy treadmills to analyse how your foot strikes the ground, others will only examine your old trainers to see where the most wear is. See here for more info!

I'm going to take a look at the 10/10 thread mentioned, I'm also becoming disillusioned with low fat diets etc. The more I think about wanting to lose a few pounds and try to control what I eat, the more I seem to crave unhealthy things and go overboard. Before ds2 I never really had an issue with my weight, I just ate what I wanted when I was hungry and stayed at a stable weight right at the middle of my BMI range. Now that I've been focused on following diet plans all I seem to do is lose a few lbs, feel deprived then eat the wrong foods and put it back on again.I would like to get back into routine of eating tasty, wholesome food without over-analysing how many grams of this or that are in it. (Can you tell I've been reading my Jason Vale book over the weekend, lol)!

laloop - I've been thinking about looking into the Jason Vale thing a bit. 3and mentioned him ages ago and it sounds good. I'm OK when I'm being really strict but as soon as I let things go just a little my eating goes to pot .

I managed a short run yesterday. About 2.5 miles but with a break in the middle when my leg started to ache a bit. Sore this morning but not agony. The worst thing is that I don't feel I can trust it not to go again.

Hi Orm
Good for you on the 2.5 miles. Sorry to hear that your leg's still giving you trouble. Have you been able to get a physio to have a look at it or give you some advice? Must be frustrating to want to get out and running but have the worry of the same thing happening again. Know what you mean about the eating thing, I'm exactly the same. But having read Paul McKenna and Jason Vale, I am starting to agree with them that we have been brainwashed by the diet industry and that we should trust our own bodies to respond to hunger and feeling full. That's the theory anyway...it's the putting it into practice that I'll struggle with.

laloop...PaulMcKenna and Jason Vale really do tie in well together, don't they...I just finished MCKennas book...and again, just like JV he does make so much sense....it really is, teh minute you try NOT to eat something you want it more, and you will only be able to "deprive" youself so long before caving in and then you are bound to severely binge on it...

I am actually considering to try that visiualisation technique that makes you completely go off something....but I am scared...isn't that weird...I mena, what would I actually have to loose if I never ever touched chocolate ever again....so, why the heck am I scared...our mind is a weird thing....

Oh and between £60/70 for a pair of trainers...sigh....that sounds an awful lot....sigh....

Orm, sorry your leg is still giving you trouble

OH, I did Kate's Cardio Combat this morning...I found it really difficult to get my butt out of bed though....because, well, at 5am it's still so dark I hate getting up in darkness!

5am start, wow! Wish I could get up that early and still function, lol. Our 2yo still wakes up frequently in the night (every night!) so I tend to lie on until the last minute when I have to get up in the mornings to squeeze in as much sleep as possible.

I tried that Paul McKenna visualisation technique when I first read his book. Decided to give it a go to try to stop me reaching for a biscuit with a cup of tea (one biscuit always leading to far, far too many...). Had real difficulty finding something that would repulse me enough to work (there are so few foods that I really dislike). In the end, visualised them mixed in with baby octopus (or rather octopi, as there were more definitely more than than one in the mental picture ), bleurgggh!! Definitely worked for a few weeks, didn't venture anywhere near the biccie box. But think this technique must need re-inforced every so often because the effects wore off eventually. But might give it a try again, he has some craving buster techniques as well which might be useful too.

Re the trainers, keep checking out when the sales are on..I try to get my shoes then so don't normally pay over £40 or £50 for shoes that were originally RRP £70 or so.

JJB's has got a sale on right now...but not sure about their reputation, lol....

Oh, on the visualisation thing...I think I would just need to visualise vomit...that would do the trick, I think ...I wonder if it would work for alcohol aswell...hm....
however, I am a bit worried that I use vomit and it would work that well, any contact with chocolate/alcohol might aswell be vomit inducing....shudder...

laloop, how about you if you imagine if you eat your buiscuit, it will turn into sand in your body? When that wears off think of something else you disclike. Whatever works really. The thing is i personally have to have 6 buiscuits with my tea with sugar in it and the buiscuits should be the most unhealthy once, yes, the once which taste good so in a way it's easier for me not to have any buiscuit then to stop at one. The same goes for ice-cream, not 6, lol... but I have been known to have 3 one after another 9the once with a stick and covered in chocolate and nuts. I think they are called feast or something like that). With the ice-cream you can imagine how it rolles around your stomach and makes you sooo bloated (wel, not difficult for me to imagine anyway).

hmmmm...icecream.....I go through phases where I could eat loads...especially when I am home in germany, as that is the land of fabulous icecream parlours...and I get so rarely to germany, I always have to make up for lost times...lol!
I have just watched Extreme: celebraty yoyo dieter....now, I always thought I can binge...but well, apparently I am not all that bad, lol!

Good morning

Going to do an exercise DVD very soon, maybe Harvey or Davina. Would love to do a blast of TaeBo but might be too much as neck still recovering although much better than before.

Might try the visualisation thing today. I ate healthily all day yesterday and then thought I would have just the one biscuit with a cup of tea. Of course I ended up having many more than one..grr! Think I'll try the sand one, fedda, sounds effective. I'll start by imagining that all the biscuits in the tin have been out on one of our family picnics to the beach...sand everywhere within a few secs of the food being unpacked due to my children's uncanny knack of starting their sandcastles upwind of the picnic rug. Sets my teeth on edge just thinking of our last one, chicken and sand wraps[boke]!

OK - back from hols - have put on 4lbs while away.
Am starting my DVD's today as DD1 starting nursery - going to aim to do one a day ..... which one shall I start with - Tae-Bo - Abs And Glutes, Tae-Bo Active, Get Ripped or TaeBo Energise?

I'm pretty out of shape (well very) but have quite good stamina so can keep going for a while and am very determined

Hi FoghornLeghorn
Unfortunately I'm quite new to Tae Bo too, some of the others are better qualified to advise (speedy and 3anm are the resident experts on it here ). TaeBo Abs and gluts gets a few mentions iirc and Get Ripped. All the best with whichever one you try, it's a very good workout once you get the moves perfected (difficult at the beginning but the others assure me they get easier). If you're looking to expand your DVD collection and don't have any Davina ones yet then I can highly recommend her "Power of 3" and "3x30 min" workouts, both excellent.

Off now to do DVD myself

Couldn't get Harvey's DVD to work (this is my second copy from Amazon, last one was defective too). Decided to do TaeBo after all with a good warmup first. Did the TaeBO Active, thought it was fine for beginners to this type of workout. Most of the moves are pretty easy to follow, only had some difficulty with some of the "kick, then jab, then turn then kick, then other arm..." sequences which should get easier with a bit of practice. Oh, and the balance on one leg ones weren't the simplest either wobble, wobble. So this could be a good one to start out with too, foghornleghorn.

hi , well, I did Nell's Maximum IMpact this morning...so, pleased with myself!

Foghorn....I find the abs and gluts quite difficult...well, the floor exercises of it anyway (and tehre are quite a few)...as they are really fast repeated...and I know that if I try to keep up, I am only ending up pulling a muscle.
my favourite is get ripped, although everybody get ripped is also very good, and so are active/energise, aswell..those 2 are the same workouts by the way...who ever came up with that boxset didn't know their stuff, lol!

I personally think, that all the Tae bo basic workouts, as a rule, are really easy to follow....the advanced ones can be more difficult, and obviously you have to be at a good fitness level for those...I know that, right now, I would not be able to get through it to well, lol!

Hi all

I did not go running at the weekend as planned because I could still twinges in my achilles. I have not done any DVDs for a couple of weeks either but have been exercising with DH using weights. I need some cardio though so plan to go for a lunch time run on Thursday.

I went to a specialist running shop to buy my trainers because I need special motion control trainers because of my flat feet. Cost me £70. Excellent value for money because they really cushion me feet/legs from the impact.

I know what you all mean about diets. I have read Paul Mckenna's I can make you thin and Jason Vale's book. I think Vale is on some dodgy ground with the pseuodo science he discusses but other than that, he and Mckenna are correct in that until we change our attitude as well as approach towards food and diet, we will forever be battling with our weight.

Foghorn

My favourite Taebo is Everybody get ripped, especially the advanced work-out - ouch!

know what you mean about some of the pseudo science...but all in all, he is onto something!

Hi all and welcome to new people. Have to be very quick as home broadband is down again and using my husbands work one (at home).

Fedda. If you're eating a balanced diet and not seeing any improvement you could have some intolerances, or a thyroid imbalance. Have you seen the doctor about this?

Laloop - i'll try and post some stats soon about fatty food and visualisation etc.! Glad to hear your neck is a bit better

Ormirian - did you see my post about sports therapists for your leg/foot?

Speedy - did you see my post about hastings???

Trainers - I wear acics or sometimes new blance. An independant sports shops would help you more that JJB. I don't even know if they stock acics. If they do then you'll probably be ok just buying them off the shelf.

Oh btw I passed by Level 3 Pilates yeh!!!

Well done Lorns...that is fantastic

I don't think there are any independent sports shops around, tbh...grrr...will check out if there are in Northampton or Leicester maybe...hm...saying that, you never know what nice shops we will be getting, as the towncentre is being revamped

OH, btw, when I said about low fat diets and what I think of them...I don't mean stuff yourself with unhealthy stuff , just that well, good wholesome food with healthy fats are the way to go