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LOL But seriously, if you want to 'get back on track', START RIGHT NOW. Don't wait until tomorrow. Throw those cupcakes away or give them to someone else. If you eat them you'll feel bad, but if you give them to someone else they will be happy and that will make you feel good

Awesome, thanks! My bf said fish oil might help. BANANAS ARE THE BEST

YES. I love swimming. It's still a bit cold here (Australia), but SOON

Will definitely look into that as I partake in all 3. I think I will take a rest day today too. Thanks!

Thanks for that! I will definitely take some vit D, it's exam period for me so there's no way I'd be getting enough sunshine :(

Haha. I like the ache usually, but for some reason hate it when it's my back or shoulders. Legs/arms is fine!

YUM YOU GUYS! Good choices My personal favourite is a crispy fish salad (I think it's called yum pla dook foo or something). The thing about Thai salads is they're crazy tasty/flavoursome but still lower calorie than the fried noodles. If you're watching your calorie intake don't eat a whole plate of phad thai to yourself,…

Seeing kids on leashes makes me so angry! I DON'T GET IT Agreed, why can't you just hold your kid's hand? If you leash them that doesn't teach them anything about respecting you as a parent. I also think there is much to be said for physical contact/human touch from parent to child. Putting a leash between you is just…

Haha, that's ok, I know most people on her prefer to count in pounds so I always convert kilos into pounds. It can get confusing! 15 kilos would have been a crazy amount of weight :P

Oh dear, I didn't even think about that :blushing: I hope that's not inappropriate. It's around 15lb but with lots of exercise so... yeah. Thanks!

Aww thanks guys! I was feeling a bit down today about my figure but I feel better now :) I am addicted to Les Mills group fitness classes - I do Body Pump, Body Attack, Body Step and sometimes Body Balance. I'm also a pretty busy/active person - I walk most places, and my job involves a lot of standing and walking around.…

I can now do a side plank - with one arm and one leg in the air! Yay abs

Baby spinach is a really great and tasty base for salads. As for regular English spinach, you can make: - Spinach and ricotta pastries which aren't so healthy but they are SO YUMMY - Veggie fritatta with spinach plus pumpkin and feta, it's delicious and full of protein from the eggs - Just cook up some spinach with butter…

You definitely can :) The only person that controls you is you. Don't feel bad if you slip up from time to time - it happens to the best of us. But don't give up - try again the next day to do better. Good luck :)

Just jump straight into it, starting first thing the next day! Try really hard at each meal to 'eat right', and try to fit in a workout. At the end of the day you will feel motivated by your success, and then you can try to do the same again the next day :)

I agree - you should just enjoy your chocolate cake and then workout extra, or just account for the extra calories the cake has within your daily intake. But what I like to do is make a low calorie hot chocolate: 1 tsp of cocoa powder, 1 tsp of sugar (or more, depends how sweet you like it), mix that up with water and add…

Yeah as others have said I would focus on walking, yoga, pilates and swimming. If your heart is a problem get a heart rate monitor to make sure you're keeping your heart in check! <3

Burritos/wraps! Chicken with seasoning, lettuce, cheese, tomato and heaps of spicy spicy tabasco/hot sauce I'm currently making spicy eggplant. Check out this recipe, it's amazing and not too difficult to make! http://www.smokywok.com/2010/12/sichuan-spicy-eggplant-or-fish-fragrant.html

I would definitely agree. You seem to be within a healthy weight range. You don't need to lose weight, but you probably want to stop binging on unhealthy foods. Seeing a therapist would be a great idea, especially considering how unsupportive your family seems to be. They can be super helpful when it comes to dealing with…

Hey! I used to binge eat too. It lasted for ages and I put on quite a bit of weight. This is what I did to try to fix my unhealthy eating habits: - Started to exercise regularly. At least 3 times a week but I got up to 5-6 times. - Started logging the calories of ALL the food I ate - it really opened my eyes to see how…

Start your weekend right! Get up early, get to the gym, have an awesome breakfast afterwards! Besides, you get to have more alcohol if you've burnt more calories :)

Correct. Nope. "A negative calorie food is a food that is incorrectly claimed to require more food energy to be digested than it provides. That is, its thermic effect – the calorific "cost" of digesting the food – is greater than its food energy content. The thermic effect is scientifically called specific dynamic action.…

Can anyone tell me if you can buy spaghetti squash in Australia, and if so does it have a different name?

All the girls at my gym wear leggings without anything on top. It's pretty normal I think! You can get special ones designed for working out. Although they're way more expensive than a regular pair of cotton leggings, they last for longer, make your legs/butt look nicer and are nice and thick (not see through). EDIT: I…

How much sleep have you been getting?

Oh thank goodness. Based on your title I thought you were going to be asking why we need water, and I was like.. seriously? But no, you went the opposite way :smile:

All these stories about their mothers... putting you on diets when you are children, negatively associating food with bodies, it's no wonder society today is so screwed up about food. I had the same deal. For my mum and her family, being thin has always been very important. Eating disorders run in the family. I can…

Results Feeling relaxed about being in control over how much I'm eating Having so much more energy

Hey, maybe you should speak to a doctor/physician/personal trainer at the gym for exercises you can do that won't hurt your back or neck. But as somebody said above, with any diet and any exercise you can lose weight. You can't choose where you lose weight from, but if you lose weight your midsection will get smaller :)

23, in my 2nd last year of law school :/ ain't nothing like the stress of law school to pack on those kilos!