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Mum taught me to feel good about myself I should eat because it's always there to make me feel good when things are bad and dad taught me to be submissive. I wonder if that's why I comfort eat and get treated like a mug?

My same son (I have 4) sang to me in Abbas money money money tune....mummy mummy mummy is lovely in myhi world, it melted my heart

Not necessarily my parents but my son.....if you are cold go and stand in the corner of the room it's 90 degrees :)

Yes was. I did say we separated, divorced actually, a long over due one

I was married for 12 years and our family was done. We separated and I met someone else and along came my little man. Life sometimes throws curve balls some good some bad but he was an amazing one

24 years old, 18 years old, 17 years old and 19 months. I am good but not that good.

Miss piggy....is she a celeb??

Hi Emma. Like you I have been here for years but I didn't even venture in these parts. I just find coming are so inspirational it really does help. I am sure you will do great. :)

They mean nothing especially if someone has said or done something to intentionally hurt me. I can forgive but I will not forget how you made me feel. Nah shove it up your jacksie and go take your apologies to someone who cares.

Today I learned I have a voice and by gum I used It!!!

I hope so for you and for her. Kids aye, who'd have them :) Good luck.

It is so hard not to compare, I had it all the time with my sister who is older and I swore I wouldn't do it with my children. Maybe instead of saying your daughter said that you could ask why he/she doesn't want to do something. It could be an attention thing, any attention good or bad is attention. My 17 year old was a…

I need more friends in my life :)

I have 4 children, 24, 18, 17 and 19 months and they are all very different and individual in their own right. I am not sure if you mean behaviour wise, how they are academically or just in general but I always have adapted myself around them to get the best out of them rather than them adapting to suit me. I think…

I met my partner on a dating site, nearly 3 years later and a toddler we are still going strong. I had a few dodgy dates with guys I met on there before I met him. One took me roller skating, it was ok until I was going like 20mph and rolled right over to him fell on my bum with my legs wide open wrapped around him,…

??? Calories in an apple?? Summer of 69??? :#

So very true!!! When I became healthy, no weighing, no worrying about calories, I turned vegan, the transformation was overnight literally, my ibs went, my skin looked fresh and clear and I had bundles of energy. I am a carboholic, bread, pasta, potatoes but it's just a matter of how much and not go crazy, eyes bigger than…

No i agree you wouldn't be healthy if you ate a large amount of food whether healthy or not and I know from experience it's easy to add a little more on the plate or that extra biscuit or 4. Plates from the 1950's have gotten bigger by 1.5 inches that's massive, I read somewhere it averages out from around 800 calories a…

Oh I totally agree, I have lost weight fast before ended up feeling very poorly, hair falling out and being very anemic and then putting weight on faster than I lost it so this time I am more about the marathon not the sprint and being healthy while doing good it.

That's what I want, just for it all to become natural, tweak if i have to adjusting to what is or isn't working for me.

Okkie dokkie so I have just done that and it has come up 1490 calories, such a massive difference for 0.5lb but I would rather take it slow and lose 0.5lb a week than struggle to eat that small amount with no wiggle room and give up. Thank you for your help very much appreciated :)

This is what I thought about losing, as you said lowering your intake. I am just confused as mfp is saying 1200 calories, I have no room to go down so does that mean I up my activity and eat my activity calories or s :/ hall I plump for a number and go from there, tweaking along the way?

I have between 1-2 stone (14-28lb) it has come up 1lb a week.

I have just followed that link and hey presto it's all reset, thank you. One thing though, maybe this was the reason why I changed it in the first place, it says 1200 calories but I didn't think you should go under that number so I have no wiggle room when I lose.

Thank you. I haven't logged religious and I want to start so hopefully that will make all the difference.

Thank you that's a big help. Can I ask if you set your own calorie number after playing around with numbers or did you use what they have suggested here?

My mum and dad are just the best so I can only hope I will turn out like them <3

For the sake of being told I am an attention seeker I will not reply to everyone I will keep this short and end the conversation here. I would like to say a massive thank you from the bottom of my heart and I really do appreciate everything everyone has said. It really does mean a lot. <3

He is!!! I was called a f-ing bit@h and an idiot when he came home from work. Oh and to leave because no one wants me here. Such a charmer.