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If you're underweight, putting on weight can regulate your periods but I've not heard the same for losing weight.

I don't agree with this. I weight 135lbs and want to lose 10lbs. 1lb a week would be too aggressive for me. 0.5 or even 0.25 is more healthy and sustainable.

Start Wt: 137.4lbs Goal Wt: 135lbs March 1: 137.4lbs March 8: 137.3lbs March 15: March 22: March 29:

Not a recipe but Fibre One bars hit my sweet spot at 90 calories

Have an audiobook or TV show that you only listen to/watch at the gym, something gripping. You'll be dying to see what happens next!

There are loads available for free on Youtube. I love Yoga With Adrienne. I do 20 minutes or so everyday and my flexibility has really improved

porridge with a poached egg

Breakfast - Apple and cinnamon hot cross bun with butter Lunch - Cabbage and potato soup Dinner - Ham and cream cheese roll Snacks - nutella hot chocolate - yum!

Halloumi is delicious. It is salty and chewy and good a great meat substitute if you want a 'meaty' texture in a veggie meal. It is slightly lower calorie than cheddar. A quick look on the MFP database puts 50g of halloumi at 168 calories while the same amount of cheddar is around 200 calories. Not loads of a difference…

Thanks everyone for the advice. I am doing Strong Curves which is very lower body focused so I feel like I do get a good leg workout. As well as squats I do hip thrusts, bridges, deadlifts, split squats, step ups, lunges (walking and static) etc. I guess it might be just a matter of keeping working on these and hopefully…

That's interesting I don't take fish oil supplements but I do eat a lot of oily fish. Do you know what the reasoning is behind this? I feel like it's something more anatomical as Its always in the same knee. Thanks, I will look into this.

I've actually found the opposite. Well sort of. My water weight after a salty meal or a few beers is generally about 4-5lbs. This hasn't changed as I've lost weight but these days are more noticeable to me as proportionally it's a bigger gain and I feel more bloated and heavy.

Non-dominant just because I've always worn my watch on my non-dominant wrist. It goes back to school days where I wanted to be able to check the time while still writing in exams!

First timer. I'm going to give this a try. I need the accountability so that I can hopefully start making progress and stop constantly losing and gaining the same 5lbs.

Start Wt: 137.4lbs Goal Wt: 135lbs March 1: 137.4lbs March 8: March 15: March 22: March 29:

Fish! Especially oily fish like salmon and seabass.

I made a sausage, mushroom and olive casserole. It was scrumptious!

It only took 2 months, 5lbs and 1.5 inches to gain that crop top confidence.

I think your basement is the size of my whole flat!

At your height you only need to lose around 30lbs to get into (just over 2 stone) to get to a healthy BMI. 2 pounds in 18 days is a good rate for this amount of weight loss. Any more and you may be missing out on important nutrients. So keep doing what you're doing, slow and steady wins the race!

Another vote for Strong Curves. You'll want to get the book to properly follow but I got it second hand on Amazon for pretty cheap.

I don't like the taste (and I like peas). It really does need to be sweetened in my opinion.

Yesterday Breakfast: Porridge with poached egg Lunch: Bacon and cheese omelette Dinner: Sausage olive and mushroom casserole with mash Snacks: 1/2 packet of Reeces snack mix

I'm one of those weirdos who likes savoury oatmeal (or porridge as it's known in the UK). Must be the Irish in me! 40g oats 200ml semi skimmed milk poached egg pinch of salt 323 calories I like sweet porridge too but it doesn't keep me as satiated as when I add an egg

Does it not include the drained weight on the can? Most of the cans I buy include both for beans at least. I never drain tomatoes the juice is the best part!

My 'cheat days' tend to be occasions where calories are difficult to estimate. I don't want to ruin the occasion by doing mental calculations or trawling the database for similar entries so I will allow myself a day/meal off of logging

This (tongue in cheek) thread has some great pictures. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/977538/halp-heavy-lifting-made-me-supah-bulky

I definitely can't eat anything up to three hours before a workout. Particular if I'm doing cardio or anything that involves contracting my abs. It just feels horrible.

3 days a week full body resistance, 3 days a week cardio (1 long run - 10K, 1 interval sprint, 5K parkrun), 1 day complete rest