Rushbrook60 Member

You are an incredibly inspiring woman!! You should be so proud of yourself for turning your life around so dramatically. It certainly puts able bodied citizens with a lack of will power to shame. You look fantastic in every one of your pictures, both at your larger size and your current weight, but you can clearly see an…

The worse thing you can do it radically overhaul your diet immediately because you won't be inclined to stick with it. You don't have to cut out your coffee entirely but cut back instead. Things like soda, I was surprised myself last night to find that 400ml of diet lemonade was only 4 calories by comparison to the non-…

Maybe I'm just reading this harsher than its meant to sound, but sounds more dismissive of this poor woman's feelings than supportive. Forums are meant to be filled with suggestions, advice and support, and what you've basically said is take your issues elsewhere because no one else should have to read this! Krisstastic_,…

Honestly, yes! The problem I find is that when you look at yourself day in, day out in the mirror, the change is so small that it's not noticeable to you (not that you make a point of looking at yourself but you check yourself before leaving the house or doing hair and makeup). I've only just started calorie counting but…

Wow! That was actually a really good message to send out! Thank you for the thought and reflection

Awww and now I get the friend request. I had one of those days today where something upset me and I stewed on it...dragged myself to the gym, didn't do as well as always, and by the time I got home, I wanted to cry and eat chocolate and pizza. Believe it or not, I got past it and ended up making a delicious steak stir fry,…

Hahahahaha!!!! Love it!!!!

No it wasn't the gym that upset me, that was something entirely different, but I went to the gym in the wrong frame of mind and didn't do as well so came home. It was the other thing that had really bought me down. I didn't haun a massive meltdown over the time I spent in the gym lol.

You're right about eating more, after exercise, hence how I explained the total consumption. If you are very active, of course you will need more because you've burnt off a lot of what you've consumed. For Monday, because I'd burnt 400 calories, I could have eaten a total of 2400, which was effectively only 2000 because…

Wow! I really feel for you! The fact that you've put this into writing for the world to see tells me you want it. I'm bordering 20st myself and it's taken me a really long time to get myself into gear. I hit a rut when doing weight Watchers and it wasn't until I saw myself in the mirror one day realised just how bad it had…

Thank you kgirlhart, that was nice to read and actually very true. Maybe I'll just have the cry, get over it and then cook dinner. Thank you

My PT said that to be your supposed weight for your height, then the max is the 2000 or 2500. If you're aiming to gain weight, then eat more, if you're aiming to loose weight, eat less. With the website, he said ignore the bit with the multiply because it is assuming you will burn a certain amount of calories everyday…

My first visit to MFP was May 1st but I've been doing weight Watchers since 2010 so not a massive change in the behaviour/counting aspect. When doing weight Watchers, I just got back on the band wagon the next day if I had a "flop" but I want to get out of this habit. Any tips?

My PT at the gym told me to go on Google, type in BMR and use the calculator on the BMI site, which is the first website option it brings up (no, I didn't get them wrong, they are actually two different things). My PT is also a qualified nutritionist and he said use the BMR calculator to work out how many calories you need…

I was shocked to find that the new papa Johns cinnamon knots carry more calories than a pizza and are almost an entire day's worth of calories...SHOCK HORROR!!!

I'm a massive fan of a smoothie and croissant breakfast. until today, I was using the weight Watchers method and smoothies seemed perfect because apart from the milk and a little sweetener, there were no points to count...That's where some of the downfall is though...everything you eat has calories, so your "free" foods…

Thank you for the breakdown. I didn't realise there was a section I could read up on this. I'm brand new to the app today following some inspirational advice from my personal trainer at the gym. semi-educating myself as I go along but I just could not find anything about macronutrients and was worried if I didn't know…

That makes so much more sense now explained!! Right, I must get my thinking cap on. Thank you

It's in the nutrition section where it shows the pie chart, then it has macronutrients and says 50% carbs (250g or so), 20% protein (Xg) and fat 30% (Xg) then it refers to the calories I should aim for, and those calories don't total my total daily intake. I assume that's because some calories will be consumed in sugars,…

So far, my weight/age etc and independent advice/research from my personal trainer tells me I should be eating around the 2000 calorie mark. He's told me I'll see improvements just by benchmarking what I'm supposed to survive on calorie wise verses what I've been unthinkingly eating. He's told me to log it and revisit him…

Well that's something I didn't know!! New on here today myself...Didn't realise everyone can see what I eat!! What else can they see?? Feel a little bit like I've lost some privacy :-S

Hi guys and dolls. I'm new on here too...literally today. Had a massively inspiring training session today at the gym with a personal trainer who is also a nutritionist and gave me some great advice about weight loss/calorie counting. He suggested this app and a website about BMR...so here I am. Been on and off Weight…

Actually that's not a bad idea, except we don't have a microwave, but doesn't stop it being heated on the stove. when we have things like enchiladas, I'll fill mine with peppers, onions and mushrooms...he has the most exciting of fillings...chicken only. Only trouble there is we end up with two pans on the stove and two…

I've read a lot of posts about fussy partners, all of which seem to contain that they eat some form of fruit or veg...my issue is that my partner, quite literally, only eats peas and carrots and if he's feeling adventurous, maybe a grape. This makes cooking very hard in our home...salads, stir fry's, Mediterranean style…