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I can lift myself from a ladder into our attic - only a little thing but it means I can get up there and sort out the mess without having involve the 'other half'. Also a money saving advantage as I now do not need to spend money on a set of retractable steps for the attic can just use the ladder we have. A win win…

If you are overweight then you can probably have this done on the NHS. My friend who is obese is losing weight with the help of the practice nurse - they started by giving her a full work up (BP, cholesterol, weight, height, body fat etc) and now set her goals and she goes to the doctors surgery to see the nurse every two…

I set my activity to sedentary and log most things. The walk to school and back takes 25mins and I log it. I log cleaning if I am cleaning windows, scrubbing the floors but I only ever log light cleaning as calories are crazily high for heavy cleaning. And I log cooking if I am doing a large batch cook or preparing for a…

To keep maintaining my weight in 2013. Reached my goal in May 2012 (5'6" 146lbs UK dress size 10) and apart from fluctuations of a couple of lbs up and down (which I think is just normal life) I have held my weight steady since. I never want to weigh anywhere near 179lbs again which is where I started in Aug 2011.

I count it only if I am doing a large amount, eg preparing for a party, or having a big cooking session to fill the freezer with quick meals for later. When I do count it I only log half the actual time I spent as I think MFP are rather generous in how many calories they give you in return for an hours cooking.

We went to Disney at Easter - I did not log and ate everything (the trip took 3 years to save for and I love American ice-cream and refused to miss out). I gained 7 lbs although I lost 3 of those in the first 4 days home so think that may have been caused by extra sodium in my system or the long flight so I reckon I gained…

I think a lot of people are beginning to realise that we cannot just keep getting bigger and bigger. Also there are a lot of shows on UK TV at the moment that are talking about how to lose weight and the benefits. All this starts to change society - hopefully in 10 years we will be reversing the obesity trend!

I am on maintainance now and it was scary moving from 1200 calories. To begin I just went up to a 1500 target and when I was still losing slightly I lifted it to 1550 for a couple of weeks, again I lost abit each week. Am now at 1720 a day which is what MFP recommended for me but found it easier from the eating point of…

I count cleaning as an exercise, but I don't record the full time. Eg - if I am having my weekly big top to bottom clean of the house I would log 2 maybe 3 hours, I have actually cleaned for 5+ hours. I still go to the gym when the kids are at school ( can't go when they have holidays as I have no-one to care for them…

4lbs in a month = 48lbs in a year. I lost at a steady pace 26 weeks = 28lbs lost (August 11 to Feb 12) which was my goal, since then I have been maintaining and lost another 3lbs (so have lost 31lbs in total). It is true if you lose steadily it stays off. It is nearly a year since I joined MFP and I remember feeling…

For the main meal of the day I write a weekly menu plan so that I know what I need to buy that week, the kids are always asked what they would like when I am writing the menu and I try to incorporate that into one of the nights unless it is a silly request (my kids are 5 and 8). I have not got the time or money to make…

My profile often looks similar to this in the morning it is because you have eaten less than you have burnt exercising. The Net reading is what you have achieved so far today. As you add your food for the rest of the day your net value will increase. Ultimate aim with MFP is to have the NET column reading less than or the…

I don't eat them any more - gave that up when I read the back of the pack! I do however always have a stock of 'ready meals' in the freezer as now if I make, for example, a cottage pie or a casserole I make more than I need and package it up in individual foil containers, then if I am short of time I just get one out and…

I cannot give up Carbs so I just calorie count and that has worked for me.

Buy in bulk as much as you can - eg I now buy dried pasta in 3kg (6.6lb bags) as that costs me £3 rather than buying the 1kg (2.2lb) bags that used to cost me £1.80. Buying in bulk costs a little more week one but works out alot cheaper over all. Make sauces from scratch - eg my kids love pasta bake with tomato sauce - I…

I have lost 31lbs and now the weight my Dr is happy with. I am on the Pill for medical reasons not birth control and I love pasta and bread (gluten!). The Pill does not stop you losing weight - I just worked on calories in must = calories out and lost weight and am now successfully maintaining my new weight! Suggesting…

I eat back my exercise calories - it worked for me when I was losing and still works now I am maintaining my weight.

We eat together as much as possible (all evening meals and most breakfasts), I have had never had an issue with what we ate only portion control. We eat healthy and primarily home cooked foodand rarely eat fast food - my kids have been to MacDonalds twice in their life (age 5 and 8), we occassionally (1xmonth) eat at…

My suggestion would be eat less processed food and more fruit and veg. I find a big salad actually makes me think I have eaten more than a ham sandwich for example, just plate it up - I did a visual experiment just for my self and put my normal work day ham sandwich next to the same calories worth of salad (topped with…

Thanks! - and it is MFP friendly as well (lowish calorie camping food is always difficult to find). x

One of my kids favourites is pasta with tomato and mozarella (we have two ring camping gas stove but sure you could adapt to use one ring or a pot on an open flame). Cook dried pasta in one pan In a second pan fry some onions When pasta is cooked, drain the water off, put back over heat and stir through a tin of chopped…

I have arthirtis (diagnosed with oesteoarthritis age 21 now 36) one of my reasons for losing weight was so that I could lead a full life - including going to work and to minimise the effects of my condition. I work 23 hours a week and the rest of the time I am an active Mum to two children - I know that I am more active…

1200 net worked for me - I set myself at sedentary because my job is sitting alot of the time but then when I do exercise eg walking the kids to school or a gym session I log it as exercise and eat back the all the calories. It meant most days I ate between 1400 and 1500 calories. I have now lost 30lbs and have moved to…

It is a personal choice - so much depends on your personal circumstances. But this is my experience.. I was overweight when I fell pregnant with my first (approx 195lbs) and had alot of problems in pregancy but ended up with a very healthy baby boy (Thank God). I then lost about 30lbs through ill health and then had my…

My official weigh in is Sunday morning before breakfast, but often weigh myself in the week especially if I am concerned that I have overeaten/under exercised in the first half of the week and then I use the midweek weigh in to check I am not going totally off track. Hoping tomorrow morning sees me reaching my goal weight!

Keep at it - sounds like you are pretty healthy. :smile:

Yoovie - have you spoken to someone about your frame - I used to believe I was small framed as I have very small wrists but I have big hands and broad shoulders and hips when I spoke to my Dr about it he said he would consider to me to be mid-large framed because of the width of shoulders/hips and hand size. Wrist size…

Yoovie - I'm a bit confused my your BMI complaints - if you are 5"9 and weigh 170lbs you are only about 1lb off being within the healthy BMI range - why are you so against BMI as you are just about in the healthy band? Not meaning any offence just referring to my previous point that there is a healthy range and you are…

Why head for the bottom of the BMI range - I now have a BMI of 23.75 (5"6 tall 147.5lbs) and I am happy at that, I would have to gain 9lbs to be overweight again. I go to the gym and do a mixture of cardio and weights and have always been described as big boned (hips and collar bones getting a bit too prominent now to lose…

I am 5'6" and am aiming for 147lbs (currently 148.4) and I started at 177lbs. My original goal was to lose 21lbs then I increased it to make 28lbs (to make it 2 stone) and then I decided to drop another 2lbs which will put me back to the weight I was as a teenager. I will stop losing at that point and continue to work on…