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by LastChance

14 Apr 2013, 10:51

 

Forum: Progress Diaries & Journals

Topic: LastChance's Progress....

Replies: 125

Views: 5449

... zone whilst aiming for a target cadence of 90. This was going well, I'd been reading that it's good to do short sessions with the cadence at 105-110, so I did a few of these and was sensible and lowered the level even further, but my pulse was 140+, but it was fun! So I threw caution to the ...

by badalya

10 Apr 2013, 09:00

 

Forum: The 5:2 Lab

Topic: Lost in the supermarket - processed "foods"

Replies: 3

Views: 489

... the Subway Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki sandwich. (The name alone feels like it took five geniuses two weeks of brainstorming to devise.) “Of the 105 ingredients,” (you read that right) “55 are dry, dusty substances” whose names sound familiar only to those who read labels, names like disodium ...

by StowgateResident

08 Apr 2013, 14:16

 

Forum: Progress Diaries & Journals

Topic: Short cut to lose weight - carbs?

Replies: 63

Views: 3698

... 110 75g wholemeal bread 190 1 crème caramel 110 545g Tortellini & sauce 545 Green salad 20 125ml red wine 85 150g melon 30 1 Solero lolly 105 Total - Kcal 1405 Tuesday 29th January 45g Tesco's Luxury muesli 180 100g Alpro soya light 30 1 M&S Chicken & Ham sandwich 260 1 pkt M&S ...

by Sincere24

02 Apr 2013, 04:12

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: Does this diet work if you are already at a healthy weight??

Replies: 26

Views: 973

... what you've got...small boned or otherwise always have your health in mind. I'm about your height 5'2 actually and can't possibly imagine being 105 let alone 98lbs. Just focus on exercises such as squats, lunges,and dead-lifts to tighten your legs up a bit. Lastly be patient, at this point you ...

by Peta

26 Mar 2013, 09:19

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: WHO HAS MANY STONES TO LOSE? I have 5 I want rid of...

Replies: 32

Views: 1457

... about 5:2 (he didn't really know anything about it) and he said I weighed 88 kilos in 1997. I was so surprised and couldn't believe it as am now 105 kgs. I am just post menopause and gave up smoking 7 years ago and the weight has piled on in a blink - or so it seems to me! It takes a long time ...

by BBT053

24 Mar 2013, 22:17

 

Forum: General 5:2 and Fasting Chat

Topic: The moment that made you start 5:2

Replies: 35

Views: 1209

Yeah, my bp measuring 160/105. I'm 41 and was heading for diabetes and a stroke. Had seen the programme and done some research but that was the decider, started on Dec 31st. Now, I'm killing it in Crossfit twice a week, worked out I'm ...

by carorees

21 Mar 2013, 11:43

 

Forum: The 5:2 Lab

Topic: Big losses vs small losses: how can we analyse the factors?

Replies: 90

Views: 3383

Yes, I do actually...105 kg before starting, 90 kg a couple of weeks ago so that's 15kg, which agrees with the change on my scales if not the actual numbers on the dial! But thinking about it, even if the scales are not accurate in ...

by SianS

28 Feb 2013, 07:12

 

Forum: Fasting today?

Topic: Fasting today - 28 February

Replies: 63

Views: 1696

... lower calories meals and have put together a package of 2 meals a day for a week for a total of 4400 calories. Not cheap at £60 for 1 person or £105 for 2 people, but if I didn't have a permanently-hungry teenager to cater for it would suit my husband and I. I probably didn't explain that very ...

by PennyForthem

20 Feb 2013, 19:20

 

Forum: 5:2 Diet Recipes

Topic: Fit to bust cheat's chillI - 269 cal

Replies: 3

Views: 1200

It always fills me up! Quorn mince 100g 105 cals Heinz baked beans (150g pot) 109 cals Cooking onion, diced, 50g 21 cals Oxo cube (beef/veg) 13 cals Crushed chilli flakes half tsp 3 cals A little water to make a bit of stock. Cook together till ...

by mattyboy

11 Feb 2013, 17:30

 

Forum: Progress Diaries & Journals

Topic: My progress so far

Replies: 5

Views: 560

... started this 5:2 fasting in November after I saw the Horizon program, it's certainly working well for me. Starting weight: 117 kg Current weight: 105 kg Target weight: 86 kg Height: 176cm Build: stocky Sex: male Age: 42 About 5-6 weeks ago I started doing the 4:3 diet which has sped up the weight ...

by mattyboy

11 Feb 2013, 17:09

 

Forum: Introduce Yourself!

Topic: Introduction from newbie to the forum - 12 kg lost so far.

Replies: 1

Views: 128

... fairly overweight, but have always been fairly stocky, my aim is to get down to around 86 kg, and wouldn't want to lose more than that. I'm now at 105 kg, and plan to continue the 4:3 until I get down to around 95 at which point will start back on 5:2.

by Tryinghard

20 Jan 2013, 12:05

 

Forum: Introduce Yourself!

Topic: Just started

Replies: 1

Views: 415

... cube, kale,courgettes, spinach,onion,leeks,green beans,herbs,tinned tomatoes.I also had with soup 3 25 calorie crackers & mini pot hummus 105 calories. Any ideas for what I did wrong ?

by bilkis jam

11 Jan 2013, 18:03

 

Forum: Progress Diaries & Journals

Topic: bilkis jam progress report

Replies: 4

Views: 484

... monitoring my bp twicce morning and night (i thought i had the white coat syndrome) but clearly not my bp is still hovering around 140-150 over 95-105, and thats with double dose! by the way im 37yr old...really dissapointed with my bp