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I never stated about anyone's plate or food specifically. I said calories. I don't look at someone's plate and think "woah, that's a lot of food" I look at my own plate and think "how many portions am I going to have to eat before I hit my calorie intake" and I also didn't mean it negatively, either though I do apologise…

But, I have always had weight problems throughout my life. I was underweight for most of my life then depression set in 6 years ago. It was then that my weight was going up and down. I started comfort eating which increased my weight dramatically. My life has been... dramatic, I suppose would be the word and it doesn't…

Yes. I've even got a can of cola on there and a chocolate biscuit. I have nothing to hide. I'm not ashamed of what I eat. Lying to myself isn't going to help the situation. The problem may lie in the fact that I don't eat breakfast though but other than that, I put literally everything I do and eat into the diary. I…

Your previous comment (before this one) seemed a bit excessive but now I understand. My boyfriend was in rehab and when we go for a meal, he'll tell me I can drink alcohol if I want (I very rarely drink anyway and when I do it takes me a good 2 hours to drink a 250ml bottle) but I always say no because I would feel guilty.…

I can see your point and I'm not intending to create and argument about it as I already stated I don't know anything about it and don't believe in it. Although I think the term "starvation mode" is a bit extensive as it gives the impression that it means to starve oneself. In all honesty, I couldn't read the full article…

After googling a bit more, people are stating that can join a challenge through the forum (though no idea how) or you can create one setting your own terms also through the forum (but also don't know how). You'd think they'd give a demonstration when you first go into the challenges section but apparently not.

Hm. I find this situation a bit contradictory. Your wife tells you that you need self control yet she's the one shopping extensively in the snacks isles. No offence, just my point of view. It can be hard to do such things but there are ways around this. I had a friend who would come round to my house and eat all my snacks…

It depend on what you class as unhealthy food. For example, some people believe that milk is unhealthy due to the amount of fat it has and (if I'm correct) vegans don't drink or eat dairy products for that reason. So I'm afraid, I don't think you'll get an answer you could go by unless you just don't eat at all. Everything…

There's nothing wrong with indulging once in a while and you can burn off those excess calories with exercising and even general house work. Have you included every type of exercise in your diary including housework? Some people don't realise it's there and taking your steps into account will decrease your calorie intake…

Not necessarily. As stated in my comment, I don't eat often. According to this, it is a big possibility: "When your calorie intake is too low, you may not get all the nutrients your body needs. Additionally, your body's natural response to a decrease in food can lead to your body's metabolism slowing so that your body can…

Actually, this conversation has got me thinking. I've always been the same with eating so I wonder if I've actually not been over eating but instead, under eating. They say not eating enough calories can put weight on but I never believed it although now I'm actually considering that possibility. I'm rather active due to…

I'm actually the other way around and struggling to even reach my minimum calorie intake of 1200. My main meal was in 300 calorie region. I feel sick just thinking about eating anything else.

Researching it, the challenges seem to be US only. I have the same issue. Apparently it's supposed to contain ones like log 30 meals 30 days in a row; something like that. I could be wrong but that's come from another post regarding the same issue.

Erm, I have to disagree with the this calorie debate thus far to an extent. Today, I've been struggling to even reach my calorie goal which is the minimum of 1200 daily. I still have 200 odd calories left to use today but I'm simply not hungry. I would be just over my calorie intake if I didn't include exercise. 1200…

Welcome and thank you for contributing to the community. It's great to hear that you've been focusing on your family but it seems you've now realised you need to focus on yourself now and what your needs are and I applaud you for it. Weight loss seems like it takes forever but it starts invisibly; your lung capacity…

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Congratulations! That's some feat! If you ever need any support, please feel free to message me or add me. 😊

Omg. Wow! What's your secret? That's awesome! Congratulations!

Thank you. It is hard stopping smoking but I believe you can do it too. Just hope that I don't start eating junk food to replace the cigarettes. I can recommend nicotine patches but from my experience with them previously, if you start to feel sick because of them, get a lower dosage of nicotine. I was given 20mg and had…

Erm, it's hard for me this one due to personal circumstances, one of which I don't like to admit but I just got my amazon echo (gen 3) today from the Black Friday sale on Amazon and I must say, it's very helpful. I'm enjoying listening to the sounds of the forest and asking Alexa to play relaxing music. Before that, I…

Actually, it's nothing to do with that. I happen to have aspergers syndrome. Just to add, this is why I tend not use apps like these or indeed, socialise in general.

That may be but perhaps they lack confidence and don't know what to say about themselves. It is a bit rude to make fun of someone that you don't know and it did come across as hating. I'm sorry if that wasn't the intended effect but as I don't know what your intentions were, I just felt it was a bit out of order. Sorry if…

Actually, having beans often is good as it helps keep your iron up. 😊

Hi. I'm in the UK. Please feel free to add or message me 😊 P.s, ignore the haters.

Wow. That is truly inspiring. I have physical problems similar to yours and more so I can relate. I'm sorry to hear you've gone through so much in your life but at least you're here to tell it. I appreciate you taking the time to write all that. It must have been a hard road for you to go down. I'm not a health…

Erm... the other side of the world I'm afraid 🤣

Hi lucyf1tness. Welcome! Don't feel bad, were all just like the daylight saving time; fall back, spring forward. You haven't made any mistakes; you were ill and had no choice but to let it run it's course. You need to eat and drink a lot when ill to get over it as your body needs the nutrients. It can't be helped. I know…

Falling back into bad habits is easily done but you shouldn't feel bad about it. Simply realise that we're all human and change is hard but you're one of the few who take on change so be proud! When bad habits arise, just think back to how bad it made you feel the last time and ask yourself "do I really want to do this?"…

Hi afm38. I would be more than happy to support you if you'd like. 😊

Hello Aniluz7. Welcome and thank you for sharing. I haven't been that long on here but I have had health problems throughout my life, not just physically so I can relate to an extent. I appreciate the time it took you to write this information and by the looks, it was somewhat difficult for you to write. You've come a long…