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I've been logging just as gymnastics for lyra, but that's a complete guess. I've been doing it for around eight months and love it :-) great for arms and core!

I discovered lyra about eight months ago - total convert, love it! :-)

Overnight oats all the way for me - fills me up for ages :-) I use summer berries, cinnamon, toasted dessicated coconut, and some chia seeds in mine...

I found an old belt I used to wear with jeans, only a medium but I wear a small now in the same brand, this morning to replace one on my coat that's got lost. I thought it would be OK because I really didn't think I'd lost that much around my waist and it'd be over all my clothes and around a big thick coat - it was…

Honestly I haven't tried it, but what worries me about diets like that in general is that it doesn't teach you good habits for the long term, so you might lose weight but then you'll just be stuck in a cycle of losing-gaining-going back on the diet again (not good for you, but very good for the company selling you the…

But if you're buying bras with a smaller back size then the cup goes down despite it being the same letter - a 40J will be a much bigger cup than a 36J :D My own boobs have only just started getting smaller now I'm a lot closer to goal - I was worried they were going to stay exactly the same and I'd be toppling over with…

Probably. If I eat food that I know has a lot of salt I generally find the scales are about 3lb higher, which is scary at first until I calm down, realise it's just water weight, and try not to have anything too salty for a couple of days and it all goes back to normal. Generally takes 3 days for me, inc drinking lots of…

I'm finding now I'm losing the last few pounds (nine to go to hit my inital goal, but maybe I'll adjust and add a few more, I'll see how I feel when I get there!) that the weight loss seems realllllly slow but then all of a sudden I'll notice a big change... Last night, suddenly realised my back fat was pretty much all…

I've started to up my fibre and it's been having some slight *ahem* 'windy' results, which seem to happen particularly when I do cardio. Luckily, the classes I do (BodyCombat and BodyAttack) have VERY loud music, so I just try and hold it in until I know the music will drown it out... (luckily, it's just noise and no…

Can't believe there's over 500 posts here now - and I've read and loved them all! THANK YOU! :-)

Haha - fair enough! I wouldn't touch some of the products from the reviews but honestly I do like the caramel dip, it's tasty and without a hint of homeless person that I can detect... Although, I have been on a diet for some time, so maybe my taste buds have gone crazy!

*less than 3 cals (forgot the less than arrow and a three make a heart - oops!)

I think anything less than 5 cals per serving they are allowed to call calorie free, so it depends what they are claiming 'one serving' is and whether you can stick to just that! I use Walden Farms caramel dip to add some extra flavour to overnight oats or chia pots (again, just a small teaspoon so probs <3 cals) but what…

- Drink enough water - Get enough sleep - Allow yourself the occassion treat, or work out how to fit treats into your calorie goals - total deprivation will only lead to binging and misery! - Weigh everything, log everything - and don't just choose the listing with the lowest calories, do some work to find the most…

8lbs is fine - you really should be aiming for a maximum of 2lbs weight loss per week, and that's pushing it... just keep eating under your calories and working out and you'll be fine :smiley:

I second Pilates - I started doing this after getting sciatica and it has helped enormously (that, and working with a chiropractor). Again, as long as you let the instructor know there shouldn't be a reason you can't do most of the moves :-)

I've just treated myself to a new HRM (Polar FT4) and was surprised to find the calorie burn was about the same as MFP gives for cardio (a long walk and a BodyCombat class) when I had assumed MFP was being too generous. TBH both are always going to be estimates, and I don't normally eat back exercise calories, it's just…

pretty much all scales are inaccurate to a greater or lesser extent... I think as long as you're weighing yourself on the same one for logging and see a downward trend that's the main thing. When you're close to, or at goal weight it might be worth taking your weight on a couple of different scales to get an average and…

My family recently guesstimated my weight at around a stone and a half more than I actually am (I didn't correct them, just smiled and said "yeah, I think I'm around that"), and my trainer was visibly shocked at how heavy I was when I stepped on the gym scale at our first session... I used to swim for my town when I was…

Hi @nollaigfok‌ not sure what you mean by your question, and for questions about weight loss or exercise you might be better searching for a thread specific to your enquiry, or by posting a question yourself if you can't find anything... If you mean did exercise help in weight loss then for me, definitely yes - it's been a…

Wow, I'm jealous - what a great sister! My brother's useless - even at Christmas/birthdays he gets me rubbish presents. One year he got me car mats :-(

WOW! Over 200 responses - thank you guys :-) Another one from me: I've always loved clothes, but after buying two new sports bras at the weekend I've also just realised that losing weight has made me develop a new-found obsession with gym wear. I now have more workout leggings than actual trousers! Unfortunately I've…

^^This^^ So glad I started this discussion - all the responses, and I mean all of them, are amazing :-)

Oh goodness me too! I've been this weight before (in the distant past) but don't remember having a visible collar bone before. It's odd, but I like it!

Loving the resposes so far - glad it's not just me getting freaked out by my own knees! @Ooci what a great list - congrats on the weight loss and the amazing benefits :-)

I thought the 'wobble test' was just me :-) I've definitely still got some jiggle to get rid of!