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Roseredlee I hired a treadmill before and I loved it. I don't have the room for it at the moment. I did always have to use my inhalor before it. Strange thing is I never have to use my inhalor before or after swimming. I'm not a gym person either, so know what you mean!

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I just got a treadmill Alice to allow me to 'walk' when the weather is too bad - Daren' t risk it on the floorboards upstairs with my weight too so it's stuck in the middle of the living room! Unfortunately I can't swim as I know that would be the best. I usually have go have a puff before I do any exercise, but am using inhalers far less than I did (touch wood!) D you exercise every day?

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The days that I don't swim, I walk. Most Saturdays, although not that one, I walk 7 - 10 miles with the Ramblers. Trouble with me is that I just like my food!! Although I don't eat as much as I did, but it just doesn't come off the same these days.

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Chocolate. That's the craving. I've got the portions of everything else down. But that little motto I used to have on the fridge has sadly proved so true: 'A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips' - and everywhere else! And always some walking in a day (except last winter when you literally couldn't stand up outside some days) because of the dogs. But it doesn't help unless it's reasonably fast.

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If you're anywhere near menopausal age Alice - that would be the reason.
Mother nature is determined to build us a store of fat once we reach middle age and beyond - . I'm not sure why.

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It doesn't help that my partner made mars bar cake yesterday to bring into my colleagues at work. We've just had tea and a few bits of it . It was great though

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You did say in post 23 that you don't eat so much as you did. The occasional treat won't do much harm.

I still think it's age & hormones that make a woman gain weight.

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yes, I agree Carol. I don't eat half as much as I did, go exercising most days, yet still can't shift it that much. I plummeted into surgical menopause in January this year. Maybe I can blame that!

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The hormones do encourage weight around the middle, oestrogen is stored in fat and so your body holds on to it as the levels drop.
I was steadily gaining a bigger waist until I got to a certain point and though that is enough and round about then I went to New York for 5 days, we walked the length and breath of Manhattan and saw all the sights and I came home 5lb lighter.
I decided to have a go at carrying on with the loss and did it by staying within a certain number of calories each day. I only worked it out roughly but I always knew within 50 calories or so how much I'd had each day. On days when I had a piece of cake I had a very light meal to make up for the heavy calories in the cake and so on and that way I could eat something sweet if I fancied it. I used to have a sweet or a mint if I fancied something sweet and they are small and not high in calories.
I got down to a size 10 over 18 months and have managed to stay there but have gained about 4lb from my original low weight. I find I have to work at staying at this weight but it is worth it and I do feel a lot better. I do exercise each week, pilates and a keep fit to music class but I use it for toning rather than weight loss.

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Exercise, it's a toughly, we have tried them all including joining a Gym, Swimming, owning Bicycles , Jogging, Wii Fitness Games Console, and others. Most if not all have failed. Apart from Walking, we Love walking but even this isn't done enough. I have just found a website called walkit .com where you can enter your postcode add how long you want to walk for and it will plan a route. Though with all these
the biggest thing to conquer,is the willpower to get on and do something and just as important , keep doing it.