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@flossyruby1 Is it worthwhile getting the book? I've watched the documentary several times and have also visited the 5:2 website.

Form completed ^^

A small thing but probably something I can continue to do as a habit, is when I make a cup of tea, to spend the time walking while the kettle is boiling and the tea is brewing, instead of sitting down and waiting. I drink a lot of tea so this could almost be an extra half an hour of walking a day ^^

I'm going to have a think about how I might be able to adapt my desk so I can stand while using my lap top. I'm used to using a mouse rather than the touchpad, so will have to experiment with different set ups perhaps. Or start using the touchpad :)

Have a fabulous time! I really miss England, drizzling rain and all :(

You may not lose as much as you expect in 11 weeks. And you may not lose the weight in nice even pounds per week either. Keep at it and try to be patient. I understand that it's frustrating but if you are eating in a calorie deficit you will be losing weight - it just might not be obvious straight away due to our bodies…

Thanks for the encouraging words, flossy :) Glad to hear your FD went well! Do you eat dairy? I find a full fat greek yoghurt helps my satiety.

All other things being equal (bodyweight, fitness level, terrain etc), in theory they should have the same calorie burn.

I think the term clean eating did once have a specific meaning but now it's become generic. I take the phrase to be another way of saying 'healthy eating'. I think people like using new phrases for old concepts. Like the way people refer to 'hacks' as in five diet hacks to lose weight, when they just mean 'tips'.

Enjoyed finding out more! Particularly enjoyed the 23 and a half hours video :) Feeling inspired!

Failed this one - it simply wasn't practical for when I was in company, and when alone I found that every 15 mins was too short a time interval. It kept breaking into my concentration regarding what I was doing while sat. I could try and do 2 mins of walking once an hour instead.

My fast day fell apart this evening. I'm going to an alpha course at my local Church - it's just started - and at the start there is a meal. I kinda thought I would be able to duck out of it, but gah, the quiche had been made by the vicar's wife (also present for the meal) and a waldorf salad had made and brought in by…

When I was young we would nearly always have some vegetables or legume with the main meal, but it would take up about a quarter to a third of the plate, along with fries or mashed potato or boiled potatoes. Really the amount of meat or poultry was too much now I think back. Nowadays, I have trouble getting my chicken on…

Okay, I'm just about to catch up on some tv programmes I'd recorded, but I shall sit on my exercise bike and pedal whilst doing so. This used to be something I did a lot, but fell out of that habit in the last few months.

Any calorie goal you've been given by MFP or other calculators is an estimate, a starting point. If after a reasonable amount of time (about a month) you find you aren't losing weight at the rate you expected, then you adjust your calorie goal accordingly - or look at increasing your deficit through exercise - or both!

Well done on your weight loss! And I have to agree, that blue dress is beautiful so if it can be altered to fit you now, then do it!

1. I like my hair when it behaves 2. I like my eyes, I think they are my best feature 3. I like my nails, they are very strong and I enjoy painting them 4. I like my boobs, even though I used to complain about not being able to wear shoulderless dresses, I do prefer having more than less 5. Struggling to find a fifth, but…

I would be delighted with that rate of weight loss. Well done!

LOL done! Not as easy as I thought as it took me three attempts before I could do a straight 20 without tipping forwards. ^^

I don't know whether it would be a hard or easy thing to do, but perhaps you could start a local group for people who want to lose weight. Perhaps it's something you could do with the support of your local health centre? Perhaps a daily walking/running group, or something like that? Or something you could organise through…

I work out an average TDEE once a month, based on my data from the past month, and then use that to decide what calorie goal to aim for each day. I'll stress that I only aim for my goal - some days I eat over 2000 cals, others I'm below 1400. When I last worked out my TDEE, it was 1785 cals - but I'm pretty sedentary so…

Hi Charlotte. For fast days I tend to keep it simple and it depends on my mood. I'll either have three small bowls of oats (eaten English porridge style) which I'll eat between 4pm and 10 pm, or I'll have one small bowl of oats and a meal of grilled chicken and a mountain of vegetables. On non-fast days, I just aim for…

Having my second fast of the week today. Been a weird week for food for me so I'm going to try and practise some mindful eating for the rest of the month. No eating dinner while watching tv and so on. I need to break that association of eating while watching telly as that really is my downfall when it comes to snacking…

The general advice is to eat back 50% of the calories because the burn may be overestimated. I'd suggest trying that for a month and then reviewing your progress. If you find you are losing more than expected, you can eat back more. If you are losing less, eat back less. In the end, it all depends on the individual…

This is a group on MFP for those who are following 5:2. We have a weekly thread for people to drop into during the week, members who'll give advice and links to information on 5:2. I've been following it since early July and have found it pretty much sustainable. But as you can probably tell from the poster above, it's not…

I'm bookmarking this one. Lack of patience is one of my flaws and when I hit the three or four months marker into a diet I've tended to waver in the past. But lots of food for thought here. Thank you all.

Start the walking but perhaps hold off the diet for a week. Instead spend this week logging what you would ordinarily eat. This will help you get into the practice of logging your food using the databank here - use a food scale too to be accurate - and will help you step back and look at the calorific value of what you…

You are getting great advice. I'd also say, don't despair if you hop on the scales in the next few days and see a few pounds gained. It'll be water weight because of the type of food you ate. You may also find that tomorrow you don't feel like eating so much, or you may not be hungry for breakfast. Nothing wrong with…

Yes, it's probably the positioning of the scale. I can move my scale an inch to the left/right and get a different reading. I would recommend using a trend graph to log your daily weigh ins as this will help even out the inaccuracies of daily weigh ins due to factors other than fat loss, by showing you the overall trend…

Put off the first mouthful for as long as possible at parties. I feel the same way as you when I get in company, but if I don't have any nibbles or snacks that are being passed around or lying on a table available, then I do better. Basically you're putting off waking up the appetite monster inside :p After the first…