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I weight my veggies but not very accurately. If I am 10 grams over or under, that'll do BUT I know if I stop losing I need to tighten my logging. My logging is a little sloppy but at the moment it's not doing any damage but it might as I get closer to my goal and my deficit gets smaller. At that point "Oh that'll do, close…

Initially, I set my goal as the maximum healthy weight for my height, which meant losing 24lbs. Once I got there, I decided to aim for a few more pounds off so I am in the middle of the range. Initially based on health but now I think I will feel better with a few more pounds off as I'll them be able to get into the…

Another bad bit is walking round town to find new clothes. I hate shopping and spending money but I do have 'resting b-face' so those overly enthusiastic street leaflet / salespeople leave me alone. It's a bad thing about losing weight but the air of Get. Out. Of. My. Way is a positive

My dad telling me to stop using a scale because it will lead to an unhealthy obsession. I stop weighing for a few weeks and gain a little. He tells me that just means I'm doing it on purpose. Him, he's the worst bit. And people who think wanting to change is somehow odd. Other people really

I buy fabric by the meter but measure my own height in feet. Mashing the two together for no reason is fairly common because we Brits like to overcomplicate things.

My food budget is also very tight, £3 per day which works out at less than $5. If you add me as a friend I'd be happy to help you figure out how to get the ball rolling and start losing weight on a tight budget.

Jillian Micheals has an app that I have just forgotten the name of. You tell it what equipment you have it it customises the workouts for what you want to achieve based on the kit you have.

Yup. I've regained some when my logging falls apart during holidays but got it down again. No exercise really either, walking to campus and into town is all I really do. I just ate less and have gone from a UK size 14 to a UK 8. Once you get into the swing of things it's actually quite easy. And get the app too. Makes…

I'm a third year about to move on to postgrad. Dropped 26 lbs since February 2016 which is less dramatic than some but I was only 160 to begin with.

I'm that person at the side of the road with a tupperware box picking blackberries. I'm a skint student, they are free. Why not?

I'm using a spreadsheet I made on my laptop because there didn't seem to be an app that used stones. There are quite a few formula to smooth out the averages and things to get the right kind of graph, and a bit of thinking to work out how to do predictions and so on. I guess that would work if you have an afternoon to play…

I usually make an eggy... thing. Basically, I get a measuring jug, crack a few eggs as if making scrambled eggs then I raid the fridge. It is never the same twice, it depends what I have in but I grab a load of veggies, chop them up tiny and into the jug they go. Usually tomato, spring onion and stuff. Then into a pan as…

I tend to have smoothies when I don't fancy solid food. Banana smoothies with some soya milk usually. I make the smoothie thicker towards the end of the illness as I'm more able to deal with soilds. Smaller meals are easier on the tummy than larger ones so grazing on small portions through the day might work better than…

Oh, this looks fine! Until you realise it says, in TINY font, each pack is 16 servings so each serving is one mouthful. 30g of cereal?!?! I was eating substantially more than 30g Some things are much higher than I thought, some are much lower. I am utterly unable to guess accuratly it seems.

I changed my goal weight. I initially based it on a healthy weight for my height based on the NHS BMI calculator and it was a nice round number. As I got closer to that goal I realised it just wasn't going to work for me; the lifestyle I'd need to maintain that weight was going to make me so unhappy in the long run so I…

I do have the banana milkshakes as it is a very quick thing to grab and go but I track it like I track everything else. I don't follow the plan really, I just like banana milkshakes. I did calculate the daily calories the slimfast plan gives you once and it was VERY different to my MPF goal so it would never work for me…

I don't see vitamins but am not a paid member. I use the list of iron-rich foods the GP gave me after the diagnosis and use MFP to make sure one portion of iron rich food fits my goals. I also look at the recipes section of the site to find new ways to cook and eat those foods. A list for one portion of the food, MFP to…

I didn't look at anything other than calories until quite recently. My asthma and epilepsy medication can mess with the bodys potassium stores and liver function so I have blood tests quite often to make sure things are OK. The most recent blood test showed I had very low iron levels so I started to pay more attention to…

Raspberries. I could live on them quite happily if not for the whole malnutrition thing. At £2 a punnet with a weekly food budget of around £20 they are not something I get often but when on sale or the cheaper farmers market is on, GET IN MY FACE HOLE

On any given day X% of my calorie intake will be from drinks or junk. The actual percentage varies on any given day to allow for more flexibility on weekends but for the most part it means I cannot fill up on junk (crisps, chocolate ect) and have to actually eat proper food.

I've lost 24lbs and gone from a UK 14 to a UK 8 (same style of jeans from the same shop) but I am not sure how many pounds it took for each size drop. The smaller you are, the less you need to lose to drop a size though I am a pear and lost from my thighs and butt first so my jeans are getting smaller faster than my…

I went to my doctor about my hair actually. All my life it has been fine and thin, my whole family is the same, so any loss is really noticeable. I had a blood test at it turned out my diet was not as healthy as I though it was as I had some deficiencies. On MFP you can see how much Vitamin A, vit B and so on you get each…

Have you ever heard of the Darwin Awards? I think you may get a giggle out of some of them!

Oooh I gained during depression too! I managed to put on 30lbs in a few months so I get where you are coming from! I'm now 2 stone down so its possible! I looked at your diary but some days are empty so I cannot customize advice but here are some general tips: - Serving size. If you go to Costa or Starbucks consider…

One morning, as I was rushing to get out the door, I forgot to put the mug back, imagine my surprise when I heard a running water type of sound, and glanced over to see why it sounded different. Coffee was going everywhere. I never did that again,lol.[/quote] I forgot the cup when using the juicer I was standing right in…

I didn't weigh pre-packed foods for a long time as I trusted the label. My loss stalled so I asked someone on my friends list to have a look and he caught this error. I then forgot to remove the packaging before weighing things a few times because I was half-asleep and logged the calories wrong because the weight was…

I've not gone back that many days and you seem to be under you calorie goal which is good. Some variety in there and you are getting fresh fruits, veggies, carbs, proteins. It looks good. All liquids are in ml and all solids are in grams, even that Lurpack was weighed to the gram, well done! You are clearly taking this…

Can you open your food diary. There may be an issue in there somewhere a fresh pair of eyes can spot and recommend a way to fix? I had this issue on an antidepressant a month ago or so. Once I had a closer look, it turned out my logging had been less strict since I started the medication so once I tightened things up, the…

I would kill for a katsu curry but the chicken on is 1147kcal per serving. All resturant food is much worse than I though to be honest, even salads as most add goats cheese of some kind, or dressing. Olive oil is a killer, just 5 grams of the stuff is 40+, depending on the brand. Christ almighty that one gave me a heart…