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I haven't bought anything expensive in a while, been on a savings drive, so I decided to treat myself. (withings wifi body scales £119) (fitbit £79.99) and I'm considering getting a gym membership again - gonna go for a few weeks on a pay and go basis and see how I get on

I did a kettlebell class last night, holy crap my body hurts.. my mum and sister are a lot worse off.... and they used half the weight I did.... don't feel so bad about it knowing that =P

woo so the boss is settling in well then? :p

aww guys now my moans sound really silly, let's all have a group orgy hug!

Well, basically, you aren't really supposed to eat food in the call centre in our work... but the owner of the building (who we rent from) is perfectly ok with eating within reason (aka don't bring in a 3 course dinner, but fruit, and snacks are ok, as long as you are tidy, which we all are). The evening staff bring in chinese/pizza and make a whole load of mess which is what the no eating rule was designed for. Our last boss basically told the higher up that it was fine and the owner was ok within reason etc... higher up not happy.... and now we've got a new manager who's dead keen to please higher ups. So he's basically been pedantic about the whole thing, no food AT ALL. Yet he sits and annoying slabbers away at chewing gum REALLY LOUDLY. And his phone rings constantly even though theres also a big fat sign that says TURN ALL MOBILE PHONES OFF... and the poor bastard part timers that are in get a 15 minute break over like 5.75 hours.. (they designed the shifts so they could spend the least money and have them having the least paid break possible legally speaking). One person is a diabetic and gets VERY ill if she doesn't eat regularly.... the boss said to her "I can't make an exception for you". I might have a quiet word in her ear and suggest she speaks to occupational health because legally speaking they CANNOT do that and occ. health would back that up. It could have been dealt with far better from management. but I also don't believe that the 3 of them going all guns blazing was the right thing...

hollllllyyy shiiiii~~~ some serious stuff went down today at work, I was beginning to wonder if a fight was going to break out... managers implementing a silly petty rule none of us really like, and 3 people basically went full throttle verbal abuse at him. I actually left the room (excused myself to the bathroom lol) at one point because it was so bad, like watching a car crash... I came back, not long after it kinda had simmered down a bit, boss shortly went out of the room and was on his mobile phone (probably to the boss) and shit is going to...hit...the...fan. Serious disciplinary and/or p45's I reckon. So glad I stayed out of the way

its very easy once you get into the swing of it and find alternative food you can deal with... I'm currently eating a diet of "don't stain/dirty the braces" because they are white ceramic pieces on my teeth rather than metal, and give away ANY stains or bits. I had heinz tomato soup and my teeth were stained orange.... not sure what's in that stuff but it just seems to stain everything!!

I've seen more feminine dress ups from straight men than that.... flips sake try a little harder next time Being gay or straight is not why you are awesome, so I don't see why it's hugely relevant

Donation made, good luck

go the whole hog and bleach your hair white, it could be a new fashion trend!

my bodybuilding friend is the same, he goes through what must be about a whole chicken in a day =P and half a dozen eggs!! But yeah, you're nearly better having some real sugar in your diet than toxifying it with a load of crappy sweeteners. And natural yoghurt has very similar/less calories than the mullerlights

It's the sweeteners they are filled with,Aspartame which isn't particularly good for you. Its one of those things that spikes insulin but doesn't give any real sugar for the insulin to consume. In excess it can lead to a high amount of insulin produced, which then leads to syndrome x (constant hunger & basically the lead up to t2 diabetes) I've cut out all of my sweetener in my diet and its made an unbelievable change in my mental focus and tiredness, infact I'm sleeping a lot better. I just dropped the sweetener in my tea and eat natural yoghurt instead of the processed ones

natural yoghurt is good too because its full of protein. Keep away from as many "bad carbs" as possible, ie sugar, sweetener, and keep the salt intake low and water intake high.

if you do the same sequence of training, the last area on the list will always get less work because you'll be more generally & mentally fatigued, so it makes sense to focus on one area, or switch around constantly... my trainer used to focus on my shoulders a lot and by the time we got to legs I was so wrecked I couldn't put half of the effort in that I did at the start!

i probably would because there's always cats in homes in desperate need for a loving home but i guess if your mum doesn't want one and you live in the same house you can't really go against her wishes... maybe try taking her to a home to actually see the cats... i always leave wanting to rehome every single one of them lol

I use a portable internet dongle quite a lot that's probably less than 512k... the blue links don't bother me that much, just don't get rid of it!

aww what a lovely cat ^^

I'm really annoyed that I've had to cancel my gym membership... I can't do any exercise at the moment because I've been having really bad asthmatic symptoms and crippling chest pain when I exercise (cause that's GOTTA be a good problem, what with having cardiac failure in the family...) So I've got to keep my diet 100%, which i'm failing on a bit this week... Have to pull myself together Just got zero motivation because I feel so ill at the moment thinking on it my heart was always erratic on my gym sessions... even when I was relatively fit (and pretty normal bp) my heart rate could shoot up to 180 in a very short space of time

stick a patent on it quick, you could be onto a great money making scheme!!

we only ever had one game in Ballymena, but gamestore etc never came over here to be bought over in the first place... Would be great to see a revival of retro shit but its a bit of a niche market with a very small market, not forgetting the fact you can buy old games on ebay for pence! I won't be sad to see them go... better get in and spend my £15ish points before they die :p

stuff her, shes not worth your time or kindness.

If I won millions I'd give my mum and dad some money, and my sister. Buy myself a house, and a car, and the rest would go away in savings or whatevers... nice to dream!

phwoarrrrr :p but seriously don't change who you are for someone, even if it seems minor.

Pft beards are awesome!!