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Congratulations on hitting maintenance @PlaneMonkey! Congratulations to @JEB03253 on your retirement; I'm sure you'll have it figured out quickly. I had my health check today - they were able to take the blood on the 4th go! Normally they'd stop at 3, but I'd asked them to do the blood test first as I was nervous, then to…

@DianaGetsFit512 maybe your statement could be 'I am a person who makes a healthy choice if I eat after dinner' and then have a basket containing a selection of items you'd be happy with. As long as you factor it in to your calorie goal if that's what you're working with, then no harm no foul. I've found that it's much…

Happy Tuesday all. I am visiting a customer, so staying in a hotel. I drove down last night and had an awful 2.5hr journey in torrential rain, arriving at 9.30pm with a massive headache. It's been a good day today with a colleague and the customer, but I have found it impossible to stick to my planned eating. Thankfully,…

Hi all I'm Katie, 34, near Nottingham in the UK with my husband and our two cats. I've been overweight my whole adult life and earlier this year was diagnosed with binge eating disorder. I'm working on recovery, which is going pretty well, but hoping to get some sessions with a dietician before the end of the year.…

@micki48 I hope your second round of covid isn't rough on you both. Fingers crossed for a speedy recovery. I made the green tomato chutney last night after going out for ingredients. It took me 2 hours to prepare the tomatoes and onions because they were so small; wish I'd bought onions rather than using the allotment ones…

Welcome @BeeHapppy101 and @DianaGetsFit512 and @ashleydlevinson - you've joined a friendly, supportive and all-round amazing group of people! @DianaGetsFit512 I've also had success with WW before and then the more they added to it, the harder it became for me. My mindset (that I'm working on!) is very much all or nothing,…

I hope your son gets over covid quickly @micki48 and that he hasn't passed it on to you. @jugar the greenhouse project is no where near completion lol. Mostly due to the weather and some substantial under-estimation of how long these things take. Also there have been a few small delays due to mistakes/lack of preparation…

I hope everybody is well. Time seems to be flying by at the moment, and as I'm off work (was in Mon/Tues) I am losing track of the days. Your trip to France sounds amazing @jugar. I hope you're enjoying the hard work as much as any down time. I took 3 days off work this week, so we could get the greenhouse up. I don't…

I'm sorry @bobagurl2017, even if we know it's the way things have to be, the heartache isn't any less.

@ashleycarole86 @micki48 @eggfreak @PlaneMonkey barcode scanning still works for me in the UK

@ashleycarole86 I'm sorry work is so tough. You are doing amazing things despite that, and fantastic results on the sleep apnea retest. Have a fantastic journey and concert @jugar! We don't do anything for Halloween at all - have even stopped buying sweets as nobody comes round. I might be on the road and staying in a…

@ashleycarole86 it's probably 'just' the stress you're under at work. I know it's easier said than done to stop it having an impact, but you're so strong, you've got this! @jugar I'm sorry it's time to stop wearing your grandmother's dress. I'm sure you will be fabulous in the new one. @Kali225 I would recommend the book I…

Happy thanksgiving to my Canadian friends :smile: We went to the funfair on Sunday evening with our friends and their 3yo. The guys went on one ride and we all enjoyed soaking up the atmosphere. It's Nottingham's Goose Fair which is one of the biggest travelling funfairs in Europe. There were so many tempting food stalls,…

@jane_76 if somebody tags you like I just did, there's the little bell icon in the top right which is notifications and it should show there. I don't think it does anything if you quote, though. Mostly I write as I read through the posts in between, but sometimes there are too many and I have to skip. Nobody will be…

Yesterday was a nice balance of productive and chilled-out. I had training before work and we were focusing on quad strength and activation from the bottom of a deep squat. After one set my legs were screaming, but it was only the first one I really struggled with as my quads woke up. One of the exercises was taking a 10kg…

@lauren_989 I'm about halfway through the book now, and still not at the 'how to stop' part, but I would recommend it! I keep having 'yep that's me' moments. Even if I get to the chapters about stopping and it doesn't help, I have a better understanding of BED now, and although I didn't really feel alone before, I feel…

@lauren_989 it's called "Overcoming Binge Eating, Second Edition: The Proven Program to Learn Why You Binge and How You Can Stop" by Christopher G. Fairburn I'm only a couple of chapters in where he's talking about the different types of eating disorder, so I don't know how good it is yet, but a lot of it resonates.

Sure feels like October with the weather and dark nights - properly autumnal now. I'm Katie, 34, near Nottingham in the UK with my husband and our two cats. I've been overweight my whole adult life and earlier this year was diagnosed with binge eating disorder. As part of my battle with that, I've moved to the support team…

@Rachelw124 welcome to the team! This is a great bunch of supportive people :smile: @conleywoods I would never have thought about pre-ordering takeout - what a great idea. I've taken to ask myself whether I want the fast food, or I want speed/convenience and often it's the latter. Then I can look at what we already have at…

@PlaneMonkey For t-spine, we had a pole across the shoulders with arms straight, and did rotations first with the hips/head fixed forward, then allowing everything to move. We did this with the 20kg bar as well as the broom handle. We also had my arms crossed with hands on shoulders, (like hugging myself) and elbows up,…

Happy Friday - it's almost the weekend hurray! On previous occasions I would skip a training session if it fell during my holiday, but this time I rearranged both, with the second being this morning, maintaining one each week. The bed in the hotel was too hard for me and trying to sleep on the plane did a number on my…

*waves* I hope everyone is well We're back from our holiday. I did enjoy it, but am missing much of the energy I had before we went. I fell ill on our last night (stomach issues, urgh) which combined with lack of sleep for two nights and left me drained, so I took an extra day off work yesterday and I'm feeling brighter. I…

Wait, congestion causes tiredness?! That explains so much! I am glad you're on the mend @JEB03253, and I hope you're fully recovered soon. @LoraineGB as long as you've made the right decision for you, that's what matters. Renting sounds sensible to me, especially if it's only for a couple more years. Good luck with the…

You'll be fab @conleywoods, have a great first day back!

I woke up before my alarm this morning and desperately hoped it was 4-something so I could have another hour but alas. My hip/glute niggle appears to be resolved and I don't seem to have done any damage at the weekend, so it was a good training session. Lots of squats, then kettle bell swings touching feet together each…

@kellie_erin I'm sorry you're having a tough time. It's OK to need space, and it's OK - good even - to take space. Whether that means hitting pause on the gym/masters, hiring a cleaner, joining the support team here or ordering one of those meal-kit-box thingies. You don't need our permission, but nobody here would think…

Hi all I'm Katie, 34, living near Nottingham in the UK with my husband and our two cats. I have binge eating disorder and low self esteem which I'm currently in therapy for. I joined this group in January 2021 and lost weight consistently for 6 months last year, then gained it all back before realising about the BED.…

@kellie_erin that sounds like a lot. I hope they can help your step dad, and whilst him being in hospital is worrying, he's where he needs to be right now. @conleywoods I think you already have that morning routine down to a fine art. @ashleycarole feeling the fear and doing it anyway - you will smash it I'm sure. I am…

@jugar I'd like to join the maintenance team for a couple of weeks please - probably for all of September actually due to holidays etc. I'll let you know when I'm ready to jump back in to weighing, but I'm still going to be in the chat! I hope things are going well for everybody. I've had a busy weekend; lots of allotment…

@Terytha @lauren_989 I'm debating staying in this chat whilst using another app for tracking too. Apparently there are a couple (Nutracheck and Lose It) that are better than MFP for UK food entries. I've saved the thread on Reddit (in the r/loseit sub) so I can review the suggestions and see if any of them are right for…