Lose Weight 21

Lois_Lane

vixarooni wrote: »

having joined the facebook thing i can only go onto annes profile. Oh yeas im in the know. Ive had a good snoop round and im just checking out where lois works.

is it for stroke victims? is victim the right word there. sufferers?

Haha - it just proves there's no anonymity on Facebook! :rotfl:

Yep, I work for a charity that supports younger stroke survivors (we consider the victims to be those that didn't make it and are now six feet under). The charity was lucky to be one of those selected to benefit from MoneySavingExpert funding and we've received over £20k from them as a result. :j

LL

Lois_Lane

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

Do you think it's more of a work out on a hilly route to a flat route? 'Cos for every hill you climb you get to free wheel down, but on the flat you always have to cycle. Really should get to grips with physics.

FFM

Apparently (according to something I read in Top Sante last week), interval training is the best way to lose weight, i.e. doing short bursts of high impact/intensity exercise followed by longer periods of low impact. The example they gave was running for 30 seconds, followed by walking for 4 minutes, but I'd imagine cycling uphill, then cruising downhill would be much the same. I was thinking even I might be able to attempt to run for 30 seconds - gives you chance to recover anyway!

LL

Lemon_Drop_2

FFM, Hilly route is definitely a better workout, much tougher. I know when I cycled to York and was doing 50 + miles/day, my average speed was 2mph less on the hilliest day (lots of walking). I think on that day it dropped to 6mph - barely more than walking speed :eek: .

For those of you who are interested this might make you feel better about taking a few breaks: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19526144.700&feedId=health_rss20 (Sorry, I don't yet know how to make it small and neat)

Lemon_Drop_2

ajaxgeezer wrote: »

Yep Lemon Drop, it's fan blade heaven at work sometimes

Stoppppppppp!!! You're torturing me!

I spent most of my teens planning to do a degree in aeronautical engineering, and then, a couple of weeks before the UCAS forms had to be handed in, a friend of my Mum's told me that it was the hardest degree there was, and I chickened out. I threw myself into my second choice (and am quite happy with it thakyou), but there has always been a pang of regret every time I'm reminded of what could have been *Sigh*. We all have our quirks!

Sue-UU

Whenever anyone suggests Facebook to me it makes me cringe at the thought, no way!

Hi to lysasparkles and BabyKat. I hope you both achieve your goals whatever they are.

Sue

katiepoppycat

morning all - those muffins really attacked me yesterday so i shall try to be extra good today. Bbelle, i was very glad not to wear the shields in public! Glad to hear you are getting some use out of your glasses though! The curried chicken salad recipe is post 140 on page 7.

The laser eye surgery was quite scary, but I've hated my glasses for as long as i can remember. I worked out that having it done at the time I did it, I actually saved money compared with buying glasses and contacts for hte next 10 years - assuming my eyes don't deteriorate in that time. It is a risk, and I did have complications which resulted in having to have an eye redone but overall, it was definitely worth it.

ajaxgeezer

Lemon_Drop wrote: »

I spent most of my teens planning to do a degree in aeronautical engineering, and then, a couple of weeks before the UCAS forms had to be handed in, a friend of my Mum's told me that it was the hardest degree there was, and I chickened out. I threw myself into my second choice (and am quite happy with it thakyou), but there has always been a pang of regret every time I'm reminded of what could have been *Sigh*. We all have our quirks!

.......aww. What was your second choice?

Morn KPC x

Lois, subject close to my heart. Well done on getting the MSE funding.

BabyKat

biking is a killer the first week me and hubby managed to do 26 miles and this week we managed to do over 40 its a killer and i still have to get off and walk some of the time but its good fun..lol
I have quite a bit to loose but im not counting calories just increasing fruit and veg and exercising loads more.....keeping it off for me will be the killer.

jay11_2

Morning all, just popping in quickly, lots of cycling on the forum today!
I cycle to get around, not usually more than 5-6 mile return journeys though, that's enough for me, lol.
I hope you're all well, I'm good, having a 'light' day as I have to study lots the next weeks, so lots of sitting at a desk. Though of course I'll be walking tha dog and hope, if I'm good (aka focussed), I'll squeeze in a bit of allotment time.

Today for me is,
Brekkie: strawberries and a smidgen of museli
Lunch: h/m smoothie. I'll have an egg if I get really hungry
Tea: s/c bean casserole and rice
Snacks: lots of water, grapefruit juice, raw veggies (good to munch on at the pc), and a few nuts for the brain power.

Hopefully a few light days will give my metabolism a kick start, and keep me positive

Have a good one guys, Jay xx

petrichor

Good Morning Lovley Peeps :j

...Welcome to Lysasparkles (love your avatar I hope no kittens were actually harmed ) and BabyKat ...Stay with us to stay focused and you'll have success :j ...

Lois_Lane wrote: »

Yep, I work for a charity that supports younger stroke survivors (we consider the victims to be those that didn't make it and are now six feet under). The charity was lucky to be one of those selected to benefit from MoneySavingExpert funding and we've received over £20k from them as a result. :j ...LL

...Thanks for this Lois as I didn't know that MSE did such funding, how fantastic :j My father was a victim of a stroke...

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katiepoppycat wrote: »

assuming my eyes don't deteriorate in that time. It is a risk, and I did have complications which resulted in having to have an eye redone ...

... Somebody pass the smelling salts quickly please! :rotfl: kpc you are brill ...

...Well, now for the important stuff....TODAY IS.....yaaaaay!!!:rotfl: I'm a tennis fan just in case I haven't mentioned it in the past. Roger Federer plays today and I'm hoping he gets knocked out 1st round :rotfl: well, I can but hope I think I'll make a clay effigy ...

xxxx