tomw86 Member

My sister's partner is a competition cyclist here in the UK and he had managed to change my attitude towards them and their training slowing my car journeys down at the weekends. But you sir are rapidly sending me the other way back the other way. Please be quiet and stop derailing every thread you get involved in with…

Cheese, enough said.

Creature of habit here so identical breakfast and lunch on workdays, it varies on rest days and the evening meal is my time to experiment. That being said I do have a few fall-back recipes that I always have the ingredients for if I'm not in the mood to get creative.

And I sincerely hope you do reach the goal you've set for yourself, I'm sorry if my post earlier came across as cold but it wasn't meant to. I certainly never wish failure or unpleasantness on anyone.

I think you need to calm down and re-evaluate your responses to people. No-one here wants you to fail at weight loss or to not hit the goal you have set yourself. Incidentally I am in a similar position to you, 29 years old and staring at the big birthday 11 months from now. The difference is that I don't have an end date…

I suspect because the poster doesn't eliminate certain foods during the rest of the week, therefore avoiding the need to have 'cheats' in order to control temptation. All food in moderation rather than restriction and cheating.

Kudos to you. Actually I clearly understand that packets of instant noodles are dirt cheap, 19p a packet the last time I looked but I think you are getting things a little muddled. The OP was concerned that her grocery/food bill was higher than some others in her family now she has switched to a greater whole food diet.…

I can totally appreciate the feeling of wages not going far enough, I often feel exactly the same way but put it into perspective. You have a roof over your head that's dry and heated, you eat good food and can afford to go to the gym. You have a loving family - what more do you actually need? That's the mantra I run…

By being very careful with what I buy, I tend to eat the same things most of the time as I'm a creature of habit and this knocks on to my shopping lists. Before I switched to eating better and to eating the right size portions I was spending upwards of £35 a week on food shopping plus another £15 on takeaways. And maybe…

A few suggestions for you: 1. Buy frozen meat and fish - no difference in nutritional value but for comparison 1kg Frozen chicken breast fillets are £4 in Asda whereas fresh is £3.50 for 500g, almost twice the price. 2. Add some frozen veg instead of all fresh, again no difference in nutritional value but up to half the…

36lb down from my start weight and 61lb to my initial goal. Feeling confident enough to join my work friends at the gym on Monday for the first time!

The best you can expect is approx 30lb (15 weeks at 2lb per week) but that's only sustainable if you are very overweight like myself. Losing at a faster rate than that just isn't safe and could prove detrimental to your health and ultimately your chosen career path. Without knowing any of your stats (height, weight, age…

First up - try not to get upset about it, negativity will get you every time if you let it. Secondly - there are no 'good' or 'bad' foods, just food. Sure some foodstuffs are going to provide higher levels of nutrition but you can lose weight eating pizza and chips if that's what you want. The trick is to log and weigh…

Black tea with a splash of milk first thing or I am a miserable sod all day. Green tea in the afternoons and evenings, currently Whittards Sencha or Zhejiang gunpowder tea. Green and white teas are an acquired taste for certain and it pays to brew them correctly.

I've found that having a drink (normally water or tea) then waiting for 15 to 20 minutes helps. Often people aren't hungry but thirsty and the same signals are sent to the brain for both which can lead to confusion.