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I ignore others diet talk. My obese colleague is losing nothing on her SW diet, grazes all day on fruit and spends the rest of the time syn valuing things she then couldn't possibly eat. Has no willpower or real motivation though has many health issues. She's very good at advising others ..! I tell people how I've lost my…

It works!! Do it for yourself - my husband has never said that I'm fat or that I'd put on weight, he doesn't have a problem with me weighing my portions when serving, it's your body you decide what you eat.

Plan ahead, don't give up too quickly, slow and steady for long term results. Find an exercise you like rather than one you force yourself to do even if its only walking. Bad days happen, make the next one better not an excuse to give up ......

You have to work it out for yourself, I'm liking the simplicity of eating what I like within my calorie allowance and its working, 31lbs off since January - my SW colleague has lost 2lbs in a year yet still pays weekly to be weighed and is miserable turning down foods because of syn values.

I've found on weeks I've felt I've eaten more it equals a weight loss rather than when I've cut calories too low, minimum should be 1200. Slow and steady, there's no quick fix or short cuts. Less doesn't necessarily mean more weight loss when you go below base calories and its not sustainable.

Body pump never had burpees, cardio classes like combat and attack do. There are always alternative options, I don't do burpees but do alternative.

When will people realise its all about calories and stop paying for lists of syns and points?! Group support if you need it ok but otherwise not for me .... when I did WW in the past never stayed for the meetings just had the weigh in shame!!

Most people in UK (I'm British) have the mentality that you have to drink to enjoy yourself, I'm virtually teetotal and enjoy myself as much as the next person on a night out alcohol free. You should follow your own path and not feel pressurised to drink if you don't want to.

Planning, earning extra through exercise as top up. I did 5:2 diet couple of years ago and 500 calories was fine when got into habit, just had to make sensible choices and not waste on rubbish. I've had 1200 base from day one being short, it can be done.

Cans of beans or water filled bottles make good weights .... At my pump class people often squat body weight only. Any exercise is better than none.

If you dont know exactly what's in a dish you're not going to be accurate. Use restaurant calorie figures when available and guesswork using rough ingredients when not knowing need to have leeway for extras. You've got to have a life while dieting so ok to be relaxed about calories once in a while for social event. Try and…

Great progress. Well done.

Thats one of reasons MFP is so much easier to follow, we can still eat what we enjoy and fit it in to daily targets. Saying that, I've gone right off milk chocolate since been having dark chocolate for a lower calorie chocolate fix.

Can you not add the snack then resubmit? Don't snack after completing diary!!

You can buy pickled eggs in the UK!!

I have desk job and am set at sedentary, I exercise most days and eat a proportion of the calories back to boost my 1200 calorie starting total (I'm only 5ft3). Working fine for me.

Some people also may carry calories over or save a few for a day when they know they may eat more so see it more as a 7 day plan. I've done WW in the distant past so this would be similar to the Wendy plan. I like MFP much better, I've colleagues who cant eat this, that and the other due to WW or SW rules, I can eat what I…

5ft 3, will be 50 at end of the year. Started beginning of January at 173lbs, now 144, slow progress last few months but getting there!! Aiming for goal of 133.

Its the dont give up mentality that will get results even if not at the rate you would like. I seem to lose nothing for weeks then scales go down 1-2lbs and looking back am averaging this every 5 weeks or so, pretty close to first goal of healthy bmi. Keep going, you've come this far.

Any exercise has got to be better than none. Slow and steady wins this particular race. As your fitness improves you'll walk further and faster. Keep going, better than sitting still .....

My husband has loss of smell and it definitely made him lose weight as a result, he says takes enjoyment out of eating. He gets course of medication every few months to regain smell but eventually the benefits wear off.

Most gyms will expect you to do an induction so they can show you how to use equipment safely, theyll then usually design a programme for you depending on your goals, which you can update/change as you progress.

Me too though only really use for step tracking - this morning gave me 2 cals for 16mins reasonable paced cycling and said I'd only covered 0.9km instead of the 5.5km I know it actually was??!! Think powersave mode was reason for glitch .....

I put liquid in beaker, add protein powder, push powder down below liquid with mixer ball, put on lid and shake well, no lumps! May be is brand of protein you are using?

I'm at 71 donations so far. Only once made mistake of exercising few hours after, felt really faint! Can exercise following day fine. Think hydration on day of giving very important.

Another vote for skyr, available in lidl. I've tried the lemon and strawberry ones so far, yum! Different texture to muellers. I just weigh out a portion from a big pot.