Posts by lara_86

The answer is no - fat is hydrophbic, muscle is hydrophillic. This means that fat repels water, which would mean it doesn't retain it as well as muscle.

Both, I think you're right. I might have worked myself up over nothing! I'll just relax and see how it pans out...

pgeorgian - its not that great ;) Pollution and a high cost of living mostly!

Do what I did and get a 12-month contract for £50 a month - then for every day you don't go think about all the money you're wasting. Trust me, you will go from then on!

On a serious note though, just go after work. Straight away! Don't go home to change or you'll never end up leaving - take your gym bag with you. You will feel tired but once you get on that treadmill it will wake you right up. Then at the end of your work out, have a nice refreshing shower and go home to a nice dinner. You will feel so much more refreshed and what's more it will enable you to have a nice relaxed sleep (you will want to sleep at about 10-11ish).

jrise:    I totally know what you mean. I'm 5'7 and 125lbs, and every TOTM i gain about 3 lbs. I instantly feel fatter, and I swear my clothes don't fit rightly. As a result I feel demotivated and ugly. Ugh. But it's just a matter of letting it go and realising that theyre just temporary.

chelseagirl:     I had the same goals as you and have *just* hit them. You can check out my pics if you want, although they arent the best!

At first I felt the same an could literally taste the aspartame every time I had Sweet n' Low or Sugar-Free anything. So in addition to avoiding the real deserts, I found I'd begun cutting down on the SF stuff too. Now whenever I have a SF jelly or sweet n Low in my tea (maybe once or twice a week, max) I find it's been so long since tasting real sugar (about 4-5 months?) that I've forgotten what it tastes like :) In sum, I can't remember what the real deal tastes like!

Original Post by bjben:

Hi,

I've definitely experienced what you're talking about - and on occasion still do, just not to the same extreme. For me the key has been to allow those things on a regular basis in "normal" amounts. The more forbidden foods I have, the likelier it is I will binge. This is borne out in the binging research as well. Everyday I allow myself some REAL chocolate. Somedays it's one Ghiradelli Mint Bliss dark choc. (Heaven in a wrapper for 55 calories.) I really work on savoring it and enjoying it. When it's done and I want more, I get out of the kitchen (just being in the kitchen is a trigger for me.) I also tell myself that this urge to binge WILL pass, I'm not powerless, I can do something else until it passes.

I also allow myself some bread everyday because I so love it. I'm still a work in progress, but I know my binging and cravings have gotten better since I've given myself permission to have those things I crave on a regular basis and am not depriving myself so severely. Also, I've found that in the choc./carb category, I do the same thing you do - if I buy a low-carb, low-fat, low-whatever version, I just eat more of it. I now buy the "real" thing and enjoy it thoroughly. I hope this helps!! I know how frustrating it can be!!

See, I can't even allow myself a little. Because EVERY time I do this happens. Everytime without fail. If I allowed myself a bit of chocolate every day I would easily eat maybe 5 bars a day!

Original Post by spoiled_candy:

Timbits are donut holes.  

Donut holes? Like the holes from within the donuts? So, they are like nothing? I am confused  Please elaborate.

I would LOVE to try this!!! But my gym only has straight forward elliptical trainers, which are getting old now. *sigh*

Hi all! Late reply here. I live in Wales (was living in Cardiff with partner, now live in the valleys) but am off to London to live and work by June/July. Am currently 5ft 7.5 and 9st 2, and hope to maintain and tone up by then (maybe lose the odd 2lb too, but we'll see). Nice to see so many UK faces here :)

Thnaks guys! I will take the reading with a pinch of salt from now on! But is there another, more ACCURATE way to get my body fat %? I heard something about using callipers/measuring tapes somewhere I think....

As a snack, beef jerky is HIGH in protein and low in fat - the bag I had today was 44% Protein (25g protein to a 57g bag) and only about 2% fat (no saturates!). But obviously don't try and live off it.