freda666 Member

As you do not watch the show perhaps you are not aware of the context of this comment? When the food produced by the contestants is horrible the phrase "Not worth the calories" is used for laughs so it was just a quip with reference to that when someone, on this occasion, produced a particularly delicious confection. So,…

Okey Dokey, my mistake, sorry if I inadvertently offended you. :#

I can set my scales to kg, pounds or stone. I weight myself in kg but if anyone was to ask my weight I would give it in stone as, like a American might automatically be able to picture what 150 pounds looks like, most Brits can do the same but with stones. Americans tend to do height in inches where as I would do it in…

Focus on small goals like losing a kilogram and then the next kilogram and then the next or you just risk ending up overwhelmed with the enormity when you have quite a bit to lose. And always log food before you eat it.

Nonsense - if someone is genuinely only eating 600 calories over a decent period of time then they will be losing weight unless they have slowed their heart beat, lowered their body temperature and stopped every movement of their body. Eat too little and you will not lose weight is, quite simply, a story people tell when…

Funnily enough I was talking to my Mum just today who said my aunt had said about me -> "why doesn't she just lose weight?" Yeh... right... because I got up one day and said " You know what? I really fancy being obese because it looks like great fun" and I started on my path to eating those precious extra calories so over…

Oh my golly gosh. But then people have their stomachs stapled and that also makes me go "oh my golly gosh". I suppose it depends on the person and how they want to manage their path to weight lose, but not for me.

When I started calorie counting I did not weigh myself before I started nor for the first couple of months only doing so when it was clear I was shrinking. Unless you have an illness, it is after all reasonably straightforward to work out what sort of calorie intake will lead to weight loss. So no, not crazy. Like weighing…

No...no...no... don't do that! Our weight is not just our body but also the food and water going through it as well as the urine and the poop being processed which is why it fluctuates on a daily basis. Mine bounces up and and down across a couple of pounds, Yesterday I was 2 pounds down, today I am one pound up, in round…

I guess the question I would ask myself is how did I put on weight in the first place? It must have been by eating far far move than 1000 calories a day. More than 2000 calories probably. So what has changed that now you find eating any more than that tiny amount of food is too much for you?

I list some of what I eat for under 200 calories and someone disagrees?????? Er..... that's just dumb. :D

I am still wearing the same knickers from when I was obese, held up by my outer clothes, and I am doubling up on my bras to hold my bits in place, but to be fair they were too small so a squeeze when I started dieting. So if I ever have that proverbial accident, the medics are going wonder what the hell is going on. :D I…

There is no magic - sorry. You do this or you don't do this - a function of how much you want to lose the weight. As for "which diet?", just count calories and leave out all the faddy "low carb" or whatever nonsense. Good luck!

Not sure you can but I find when I have sugar I want more sugar but if I can restrain myself for a few weeks the pull eases off.

Hi.... Just a quick heads up to let you know you have simply posted to the discussion forum and not customer support.

I have a dairylea or laughing cow triangle on 4 crispbreads for lunch which is 165 calories. I have porridge with skimmed milk and water which is 50 calories for every 10g of oats and 30ml of skimmed milk. I have a yogurt at 85 calories. I have a salad of lettuce, mushroom, white cabbage and cucumber for 60 calories or so…

But not for 2 months at 1200 calories and exercise.

If you are doing all that exercise and really only eating 1200 calories the weight should be falling off you. So assuming you do not have a medical condition, it would indicate there is something wrong with your calorie measuring. Not trying to be harsh or critical or insulting, that's just what it indicates. I weigh…

No. I eat 600 calories on 3 days and 1700 calories on 4 days.

You misunderstand me.... I am referring to the amount of calories burned in exercise. Sure, if you are out of the house having a walk you are probably not eating cake but of course if you go past that rather tempting bakery...... :o

Big portions. Did it gradually but it was surprisingly easy.

I will counter that by pointing out that while that is where the word may have originated, in my universe at least it is the meal you have soon after you wake. So when people say they "skip breakfast" what they are really saying is they eat their first meal some number of hours after getting up, perhaps lunch time. I am…

More fibre? Then it is probably just wind, which is bloody painful. Mild exercise can help shift it as can taking an indigestion remedy.

Never mind all that.... you need to count calories. Sure, eat balanced for health, but unless you are monitoring your calorie intake it really does not matter how much protein or carbohydrates your consume or how much water you drink as it will affect your fat loss not at all.

I was asked "how many dress sizes have you lost?" to which the answer is "I have no idea" as I am wearing the same, now huge, clothes I was wearing before along with some other slightly smaller stuff I already had tucked away. My underwear is hilarious and if I get carted away after a proverbial accident the medical staff…

I have to do the same......

I have lost 125 pounds simply by counting calories, nothing else. I of course am mindful I have a varied diet but beyond that it is calories all the way.

I agree there is generally no need to have a drink after 30 minutes, assuming the weather is not stonkingly hot, but just because Muslims go without water for an entire day for their religious reasons does not make it a healthy practice.

I have the occasional day or two when I do not count calories but I am not "cheating". It is simply a decision re what I choose to eat.