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Yes so far I have lost 16 lbs although this week I know I am retaining water and the scale shows 1lb increase. I am trying to ignore it and plough on. Its been hot here and humid (south east) and that is a killer for me everything swells up, my ankles are a right sight and I just feel heavy. We have just done a 3 mile walk…

I use mine for fruit and veg, amounts taken out of a bag like nuts or rice (dry weight), cheese if its not already portioned in little packets, bread if its a slice or I slice it up, I dont tend to weigh pitta breads or naans as they are already portioned to my eyes but I might need to do this as time goes on. I weigh out…

Oh I just seen you mention exercise. i think Ive read on here that fitbits are not that accurate but I dont have one so I dont know. I suppose you have to be careful that you're not overestimating the calories from exercise. I exercise so rarely (90 mins of cycling yesterday has virtually killed me) that I dont have a lot…

Im just about behind you coming in at 19st. I have set mine to 1lb a week. What I have noticed about this site, and its not just this site, is that you have to check the entries very very carefully. I havent got the sort of phone to scan in products but I would be wary of trusting this. The things I find on the entries…

This is me all over, we go to restaurants as a hobby. Havent been for a couple of months now (well even that isnt true) because its difficult. We normally have quite a lot of food to ensure we've eaten enough to sample most things. Cant do that anymore.

2 stone in 8 weeks!!! Or perhaps I misread that? Ive lost weight with SW in the past but god knows how as I recall at the time eating industrial sized buckets of pasta (free food). I reckon that really messed me up.

Could you swap the mayo for greek yoghurt?

In the middle of your living room? That is an unusual interior design decision!

Yes my partner has something on his phone but that means that I have to carry my handbag around with me everywhere. and to be honest I hardly ever use my phone, it mainly sits in my handbag on silent. I dont take it round the house with me or even upstairs

I havent read the whole thread but already I am utterly outraged. Tomato sauce on eggs! Tomato sauce on macaroni cheese??? What is the world coming to. Someone along the thread must have mentioned marmite, you either like marmite or you're wrong. Also the fish finger sandwich debate. I have known people put brown sauce on…

How do anorexics end up dead then?

Its fairly calorific but I suppose if you can fit it in. I wouldnt call it a pizza though, its like a chicken bake thing.

Im not too bad with judging by eye. Liquids is what I struggle with. Unfortunately over the years, weighing and judging foods has its legacy. I realise that many people on here weigh out pre packaged portions but Im not doing that, perhaps I would need to further down the line I dont know.

I dont go by 'serving sizes'. If something say has 4 items in a pack but the pack weighs 200g altogether, i might eat 2 of the things and count 100g, even if the 'serving size' is 50g. I personally have not noticed things being off by the extent that would affect weight loss? If say its a product that has an amount in a…

Does everyone weigh pre packaged goods?

Im not sure its the weighing that is not being done, there is weighing, I think its the logging because there are some suspect entries like 3g of salad cream or .13 of a tin of beans, there are lots like that which seem typos to me or entries that are not checked properly. 3g of salad cream is like a pea size I would…

So you actually lost 9lbs in 5 weeks? Thats an awful lot

All of that sounds like a mensa test and seems to be adding more stress to your life (by the sounds of it). Why dont you just commit 6 weeks to counting your calories alone, doing it properly by weighing your food and picking the right entries in the list. Then if you feel that this method is not working for you then you…

Some years ago I lost 4 stone which is a huge amount of weight, it was nearly a quarter of my body weight. I was wearing a size 26 (uk) when I started and wearing a 22 after the loss. It was very dispiriting to only go down one dress size after all that weight loss. I see people sometimes who have only needed to lose a…

Problems with fibre I can understand, as I suffer with that myself. But thats not an allergy. Its about digestion.

RE the loose skin - it makes no odds how fast or slow you lose weight as to whether you have loose skin. It is your skin quality, whether you have stretch marks which have broken the elasticity of the skin, thickness of the skin and genetics which determine this. If you only have a couple of stone to lose it is very…

Yes Im afraid the wind was as I had feared. We also had storms here so some of it I could disguise! Yes, you're like me, Im a right splosher with the oil and slapper with the butter. I just love it. Hence why ironically my most weight went on when I was cooking from scratch as I cant help myself chucking in this or that…

I do like them, thats why I bought them. Mentally I just know that without the fatty protein bit I would feel a bit empty afterwards despite feeling full up physically. I couldnt afford the rest of the calories so made do. It was a comment about veggies and not underestimating those really, plus a tale of woe about my…

Thats quite unusual.

A genuine question - just because a doctor is watching the weight loss, how does that make the calorie deficit 'safe'?

Yes we have plenty of our own charlatans too. I dont know about younger fresher minds though, anyone can be susceptible to conspiracy theories. I interviewed a parent today in fact who is into the anti vaxxing theories and used this as an excuse as to why their children hadnt been vaccinated.

Well I have been interested in this concept having first read about it on here. I joined a weigh trending thing recommended by someone on here but havent been brave enough to put daily weights on, or in fact do daily weigh ins, so its tracking me by my weekly weights. Tody was the first day that I have weighed outside of…

#metoo

I took it all to be tongue in cheek, perhaps Im misrreading it.

Yes, its almost obligatory!