DavidIrwin

Amazing effort mate. Your "Then" and "Now" pictures should be an inspiration to us all. I am still struggling to get past the 90Kg mark. Feeling good with amazing fitness (regular 100mile bike rides) and much more muscle than I had but some work still to go Well Done.

Simon, To help others give you advice would you be prepared to share which MIS software you use? David

Awesome. I now feel the need to visit Milton Keynes for 2 reasons... that and to go practice my snowboarding

I have learned something new this week. For anyone who takes up running as a new activity take it easy, and build up your distance and pace slowly. The lesson for me was - if you push it too quickly you can injure yourself. Only a minor calf tear, but quite painful and has set back all of my exercise for at least a week. Still, I have been eating well and this week lost 0.5Kg (ish). Dave PS. That is not too bad (for a NYC holiday). Don't be disheartened and get back to where you were (diet and exercise) you will find holiday weight disappears quite easily

I suspect that rather than this being no-one has experienced problems, most people have tried, realised that the power settings and GPP do not work well at all and gave up before they found a solution. EZ-GPO was a good idea, but as you say had many many problems and on some machines would simply not apply policies. Unfortunately for all versions of Windows the power policies are stored in the registry in a crappy way so the only really reliable solutions are to either: 1. configure all your power settings exactly as you want them in the base OS image and Default User profile then deploy them. 2. Use 3rd party solution which may offer more than just configuration of power policies. Sorry I cannot be more help. Dave

Sounds like you have all done really well at BETT. I only put on 0.5Kg which considering the hours worked, beer drunk and food eaten is not too bad. I can also feel smug about going for a run on Tuesday evening Keep it up all and have a great week this week. Dave

Congratulations to everyone who is loosing - you are all doing better than me at the moment! I think with BETT this week we all will have to take a slightly flexible view of the diet! Good luck keeping to it this week and keep it going I will be heading out for a run (I am not a regular runner!) a couple of nights during BETT so if you are staying down and would like to join me send a DM. Dave

If you can afford it go. Awesome city. I went recently for 5 days and found that 4 of them I simply wandered around, taking it in, and with very little daily expenditure had a great time. If you want to do things like going up the Empire State they can be expensive ($25/adult) but there are ways of making that cheaper such as "NYC Pass" but with those you have to plan your days, get up early and make sure you visit enough places to make it worth while. There are many places I would recommend you visit, but the two I will pick out are: Roasting Plant The High Line Take some comfortable shoes Dave

Bit of a bad week last week - i finally realised it last night when I ordered in Pizza. This morning however I have made time to get a smoothie into the blender (Banana, Avocado, Strawberry, Grape and 1 spoon of natural yoghurt) which should keep me full all the way till lunch I have also thrown away all the take-away menus from the house, and start training again tonight. Hopefully I can shift the 10-15Kg and get to my target weight by June.

Good point. I forgot the books and apps! Must just be Apple marketing towards a certain type of customer - those with more ££££...

I suspect that Apple decided you couldn't buy much for £5 or £10 (there are very few albums for less than £10 these days) so not worth offering. I do agree with you that having the choice would be nice! Dave

Change is good. Change is good... Change is.... erm, that doesn't sound right!

That sounds a little harsh. I dont think reporting weight every week is good - many people's weight fluctuates day to day or week to week, but reporting when you have done something good (visited the gym, hit a target, been able to tighten your belt one extra notch, etc) would be much more positive Good luck everyone! Dave

Regarding the classes, I never thought I would enjoy them, but your best bet is to just join one and see how it goes - particularly at this time of year as there are plenty of people who have never done the classes (or been to a gym) before so you will find people who are as nervous (feeling out of place) as you are. Most of them are really friendly! I found I needed a reason to visit the gym - once I made a couple of friends there I had that

Yes some of them are. Be careful as some are not. The Phillips MyVision are not, buit the MyAmbience ones are. They look almost identical on the boxes annoyingly! Dave Edit: I would say best to get one and see if you like the colour and "shape" of the output - I have found that they vary wildly. My best suggestion is look for the ones which have a single high output LED rather than the ones with a grid or cluster of LEDs.