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fitorbust

chopandchange wrote: »

Oh no, I feel so stupid now! There was me blabbing away telling you all about overpronation and trying to keep it simple, and all the time you were a podiatrist! LOL. Feel like a toddler explaining something to a scientist. I'm really sorry, I was only trying to help (crawls back into hole in ground blushing).

I was caught out in the beginning phase of my jogging in buying some "genuine" Reebock trainers on ebay that within days were falling apart, so I know what you mean. One of the sellers I have bought from now was actually the small running shop in Edinburgh where I got fitted originally - Footworks. They have an ebay shop where they sell some of their stock, so I knew it was them and I could trust them!

I didn't want it to sound like that at all - sorry! Any chat about feet and shoes is good in my book! I just don't like to give advice and become the resident 'expert'....
Footworks are a great company so you got some really good advice.
Sizing is also a nightmare - you are right Bails - I always think if you wiggle your big toe, and can see the end of your toe about a cm from the end you should be OK. I am usually a 6 and these are a 6 and a half. The other thing is that they are often US sizes converted to UK sizes and that's where reason goes out of the window! Try a few on and don't be lead by the size on the box.
L x

chopandchange

Thank you for your kind words. I hope it does help someone anyway!

Back on the subject of eating, I was a bit naughty and decided I would have some of OH's chocolate cereal for supper. (I am a health freak, he is a junk food freak who is skinny as a rake no matter what he eats. It's VERY HARD living in a house where half of what is in the cupboard is junk, and you're trying to slim!)

So I was feeling a bit guilty because normally for supper I have rice pudding or a slice of toast - I start to feel hungry in the evenings and my motto is, if I'm hungry, eat. I do not believe in starving myself. But today I just felt like something chocolatey - must have been the jogging.

Anyway I put some in a bowl with some hot soya milk - mmmm! Then it turned out to be chewy. I made inquiries ,since I know nothing about said box of chocolate cereal, and OH said innocently, "yeah, the box has been in there for months, but it's still two weeks away from its sell-by date." I explained to him that sell-by dates no longer apply once you have opened the packet and it starts to go off!!!! Doh!

So the dog was very pleased. He got coco pops for supper, and I had my toast instead.

midnightoil

Hi all, been lurking for a while and thought I would join. New year..New me :j

Im hoping to lose 3 stone by the July, I previously lost 1 stone just over a year ago but it went back on due to the loss of a loved one, but I know I can do it. I plan on just cutting out the junk crips/sweets etc, this is how I done it before.

Anyway enough ramblng from me, I have to set my first target, no idea what a good target would be, any ideas? Perhaps set it for March to begin with.

Thanks all for reading and good luck xx

funkyfunkymonkey

Hello Midnightoil, :hello:

3 stones = 42 lbs, weeks to July = approx 26

So, at a rate of 1-2lbs per week should be achievable on a sensible diet.

FFM

Somnium

I just found this place and wow am really impressed. You guys are such an inspiration, I hope I can follow in your footsteps.

I've been trying to loose weight for approximatley 3 months now and for a good reason. In the next few months I will be starting IVF but in order to do that I have to have a BMI of less than 29, when I started I was 14.7stone and had a BMI of 32 but after a bit of excercise most days and reasonibly sensible eating Im sat at about 13.11stone and a BMI of approx 29.4.

So am only a few pounds off my target but would like to be healthy for my IVF and so have decided I would like to be nearer 12.10stone. Using Food Focus who's link I found on the first page I calculated I can reach this target by March 6th without too much more effort. This will put me at 27.3 BMI much better I think you'll agree.

So I thought you guys would be fab for moral support and help. Hope thats ok with you. I dont get huge amounts of free time but I'll check in as much as I can. Well off to do 20 minutes step on the Wii before bed

fredsnail

Welcome midnightoil and Somnium :j everyone's very supportive and you'll find lots of help and advice and tips - if we don't know it someone will be along soon who does :T

fs

midnightoil

Hi thank you for the welcomes

FFM - thank you for your reply :cheesy:

katiepoppycat

morning all! the ladies enjoyed my talk especially the rude bits! reporting a sts this week - my scales think i've gained and the wii fit thinks i've lost so i'll stay with a happy medium i think. welcome to new guys, love your avatar somnium!

Annie021063

Hi
Sorry, I didn't say welcome yesterday to all the newbies.
I'm so excited cos it's my weigh day and this morning I weighed in and have lost an amazing:

5.5lbs

This means I am into a new stone and one I want to see the back of because it has been a loooooooooooooong time since I was under this.
Hope you all have good losses today.
HHE later on around 4 or 5.30

Somnium

katiepoppycat the avatar is similar to my furbaby who is an airdeale terrier so it seemed appropriate, am glad you like

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone:D

Have decided to try giving bread and bakery products a miss for a week or so and see if that does anything for me. Supposerd to be going swimming tonight