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His voice is heartbreaking.

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Having introduced myself, does anyone have any motivational websites / apps that do the same sort of thing for drinking in moderation? :)

Hello! I've been stalking this challenge for a little while. I've been cutting down on alcohol consumption for a while but wine is still my kryptonite. I love good wine and have a sommelier qualification and sharing a good bottle on a Friday and Saturday is a genuine pleasure, so I'm jonesing for limited / no alcohol…

Down 3 pounds as of yesterday :D

wise words to live by anubis :)

Just back from a 10 day trip to Greece, with a lot of walking / clambering up and down steps of old things. Tracked food as best as I could, used a Fitbit for activity monitoring. Almost bang on maintenance for the first 7 days, actually running a deficit for the last 3. Up 9 pounds. Hooray for water weight / sodium weight…

Hi peeps! Dropping back in after my holiday to Greece, to say thanks for all the information I've learned from this thread. I didn't pack food scales, but I did track as best I could. First week I pretty much managed perfect maintenance, the last 3 days I've run a slight deficit, but that's skewed by not eating very much…

I am also trying to wean myself to no booze Sunday - Wednesday, one drink Thursday, and sharing a bottle of wine Friday and Saturday with hubby. It's a work in progress though! Helpful things have been only allowing a weekly shop of teeny weeny wine bottles, having alcohol free wine always available, along with other grown…

Yay to stickydom! I will be a bit more cautious about going for a diet break on schedule next time (I'm a fat chick, and I lurk at the edge of the protocol, every 12 weeks or whatever it is, so I didn't really need one at 8 weeks, I was experimenting). It's been murder trying to get back on track this time. Next time I am…

*waves* glad you found the thread! :D

Would anything here be of help? https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/

Wowser - that looks sore!

That sounds like elephant garlic! I've just bought some cloves to try in the veggie garden this year. Each individual clove is about 2 inches long!

Glad you have your thigh back! You should definitely post an update with the bruising. :D

I understand it's a couple of years of his life. But if he wants to be judged by academic standards, he needs to make sure it's not eye watering to read. It's a real shame. I'm genuinely disappointed for him, not me. So much work for so little.

I have finished Lyall's book. The proofreading still is awful although got slightly less awful in the last 15 chapters (it's up to thousands of errors and I am bored of counting). I'd say I'd feel sorry for him, but, if you are charging academic textbook levels of prices for a PDF I expect the equivalent decent level of…

I think somebody asked up thread what it's like for people in very rural communities in the UK - I'll bite, as I live in the Welsh Marches, just this side of the English border, in an area that's probably one of the more remote outside certain areas in Cumbria and probably Northumberland. In Scotland there are more remote…

I lost it at the Bugasalt infomercial. There are some spider pics / videos at the end of the thread, for people who can't look at such things.

That Easter thread delivers - any more epic threads you would care to resurrect? :D

*hugs* I suspect my not hungry is in part because I'm moving not very much at the mo (although I did make myself do yoga and a brief bodyweight workout this morning). In general I do lowish carb, a goodly amount of protein and 20:4 intermittent fasting which all helps to bring me satiety. I was expecting all the hunger…

I'm not hungry! I think I'm hibernating from all the UK snow. I resorted to Bailey's tonight which at least has some carbs in I guess. edit: re Lyall, I might drop him a note then. I will definitely read this all the way through again and it wouldn't be that much hassle to pick up most of the bits and pieces.

I am not doing too well at this needing to eats more foods thing! It was easier when I was on holiday and eating out. I've settled at maintenance ish with the wind behind me. Several chapters in on Lyall's book - very good but if he paid a proofreader he should fire them! Lots of minor grammatical errors and missing words.…

OK I am meal planning prior to the Sainsbury's shop in earnest and I just have to say there's way too many exclamation marks. Hot cross buns! Pikelets! Hot cross buns! Pikelets! (This is a direct quote, haha)

Sainsbury's Taste the Difference coleslaw. 440 calories for a 180g tub.

Been lazily planning my treats for my diet break (thanks Sainsbury's). I plan to start my diet break a week on Monday, and I'm ready for it! 8 weeks at deficit is much more doable for me by the looks of things. The planning aspect has been great, when I've really fancied something it's gone on my diet break list, and half…

I'm a Marmite XO girl though. I like the hard stuff ;)

So you're a commercial archaeologist? Cool! :) Nony has already covered Marmite, apart from it's the food of the gods. Fight me :D https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmite (the British version is very strong - a bit like Gentleman's Relish (although it tastes nothing like it), it has very divided opinions. You either love it…

That's very much my approach - my off pistes tend to be too much wine then screw it food related. I have a TDEE estimation spreadsheet courtesy of r/loseit, and I've made it my goal to log an accurate count from MFP in there as far as I am able, even if it contains too much booze and Marmite on toast!

Ah, now that all makes much more sense! :D