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Nothing wrong with fruits and sugar? Well, sugar in moderation, like everything else, is awesome, but if you eat 7 bananas a day and gorge on other sweet fruits, I can assure you you won't lose weight. I know I didn't. I am not saying to ban fruits, but just bring mindful about how many portions of fruits you get per day.

Name: frenchers Age: 33 Height:5'1 Start Weight (1st January): 167.7lbs Goal Weight (1st February):165lbs Successes/struggles this week: I can foresee a struggle to not go for the Christmas/New Years leftovers : chocolate, desserts full of cream and all things delicious and all that. Motivations to re-start running despite…

I think planing ahead is key. Try to stick to healthy snack but beware of the sugar in fruits. Don't just snack on bananas each time you feel peckish. That's what I'm trying to do... My_Butt advice to precut the veggies the day before is a great tip I'm going to try to apply to my food prep!

Ah man, words can cut deep, even more so when uttered by family members! I've been told about muscle memory, now I don't know if it's a load of poppycocks, but in theory your muscle should start going back to what they were if you get to train again the way you used to (or something along this line). You've got to do it in…

You need to have some blood tests done to check what are the vitamins and such you're lacking, see how you can boost those intakes with food, then get the supplements. Otherwise, you'll just end up having some very expensive bright yellow wee because your body will get rid of all the extra stuff you don't need

Mum to an 11 months old here, lost all my pregnancy weight BUT still a good 40-50lbs away from my healthy target weight. Good luck with your weight loss, being here is a step in the right direction! Ladies you're all doing a great job

Worms (tithe point where I couldn't wen eat spaghetti as a kid) Clown (because of IT) The sea (because of Jaws) - I walk on the edge of the sea, might get water to my ankles, but unless my husband is carrying me, I'm not going in the sea. I mean, there are sharks, and ursins and stuff. Plus fish use it as a bathroom. It's…

You guys are awesome. I faltered on my lunch break and ended up having a brownie

You just saved me from a very tempting double chip chocolate cookie! Thank you

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I have a baby, currently going through some nightmare thing, so he randomly does some bloodcurdling screams which obviously wake me up and then I can't go back to sleep. I thought I was done with the cr-p nights once he started sleeping through the night, but if it's not nightmares, it's teething, it's sniffly nose/a cold…

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Hey there! I'm 5"1 1/2

Thank you KFM! Awesome job with the 30lbs loss! I plateau-ed for what felt like forever, then I was given a pedometer and it helped. Then I plateau-ed again till I joined MFP. I think it helps when you change your routine & obviously eat the right amount of calories. At the moment, my struggle is to keep my emotional…

Sometimes the hard bit is to not finish the baby's food. Losing weight is no picnic but I find it harder with junior, despite the running around/after him. Lack of sleep and having little time to eat a meal doesn't help

I'm from France, living in England

Thank you! Such positivity over here. I'm glad I got told about this app. Funny how you don't realise that portion size matters too!

Waterlilyxx9 I hear you about the affordability of a trainer. As it stands I haven't step a foot in a gym, I walk a lot and I use a pedometer. I try to walk more everyday, even if it's just one extra step. I'm back to a desk job after a year off on maternity leave, but I run around a lot after work to make it on time to…

You're going in the right direction by joining MFP. Best of luck!

Thank you ladies, I forget that those 35kg aren't to be overlooked. But because I'm still nowhere near my goal and to me I still looked like a beached whale, I hardly feel like it's that much. Does that make sense?