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I was diagnosed with very low vitamin D a year ago - The doctor started me on a massive supplement over a short period (overdosing on vitamin D is also bad) then, when a second blood test showed my Vitamin D levels had risen to within the normal range, told me to move on to over-the-counter vitamin supplements as I'm not…

We chose to put our kids first and develop our own traditions for Christmas Day. We do the great family trek between Christmas and New Year as the parents live a long way from us and from each other. My in-laws don't celebrate Christmas (different religion), so they aren't bothered, and often don't know which day of the…

My daughter is 4'10 (aged 24!) She shops in Next (petite range) for smart clothes, and buys most other things in the boys department at H&M

I'm coming up to my second anniversary on here and am determined to get to target. Looking to add to my contact list as most of the people I linked up with at the start have given up. I'm from Hampshire.

I'm 50, and have lost 40 lbs of my 50lb goal .Also a fitbit user. Feel free to add me

It's such a relief to find this thread. I'm 50 and had a partial hysterectomy (the type where they leave the ovaries behind) when I was 38. Having no periods means no clues about when the menopause will happen. Reading the symptoms some of you have mentioned - the erratic memory is a particular problem for me - and having…

It is possible - I started at 188 and am way below that now - my best buy was a food scale - I have it under my plate when I dish up my food, zeroing it before adding each item, and log everything. You soon become used to doing it, but as others have said, doing it consistently is the key. Add me if you wish.

I use these Salter scales: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8326566.htm If anything they have the opposite problem to you and seem to 'remember' my most recent weight - so if I weigh my self before and after breakfast/dressing (to test the scales, not because I weigh that frequently!) the weight stays the…

That was a big surprise! 23bmi Below average You have a lower BMI than 85% of females aged 45-59 in your country Below average You have a lower BMI than 65% of females aged 45-59 in the world Did you know? If everyone in the world had the same BMI as you, it would remove 9,997,941 tonnes from the total weight of the…

I have been in this position a couple of times, and got through it with a microwave, a tabletop electric ring, and a slow cooker borrowed from a friend. It can be done with a little ingenuity, and you don't have to eat much differently to the way you do with a kitchen. We have lent out the electric ring to kitchen-less…

Hi, I'm also in Winchester, Hampshire! I keep my diary closed and don't look at my friends' diaries, but am happy to provide encouragement if you want to add me to your friends list!

If you really want to do this you will succeed. When I started out, weighing 188lbs (I'm 5'6) I wasn't sure how things would go, but was determined to make a difference. One year on, currently 145lbs and working hard to get to my target of 138lbs I can say it isn't an easy journey, but it is so worth the effort. Good luck…

Who says we in the UK always talk about the weather?! Sunny here in Hampshire too. My morning workout was interrupted by builders turning up on the wrong day to do work on the house, but I have dealt with them and hope to find a time later in the day to burn the rest of the calories.

My husband spent years telling me that I should lose weight and take up exercise. I started lots of unsuccessful diets to please him. The change came when I caught an unexpected glimpse of myself in a mirror and knew the weight had to go. That was a year ago, and I'm doing this for me, because I have a target that I want…

I turned 50 a couple of weeks ago - 1 year on MFP and currently trying to lose the last few pounds to get to target. Happy to be added, as many MFP friends seem to have stopped checking in in recent months

You're 6 years younger than me, and I'm definitely not too old!!

birth certificate says I'm turning 50 in 2 months - still 18 on the inside!!

I'm 5'6.5" and I'm aiming for 140 - it looks as though that will put me pretty much in the centre of healthy BMI, which is where I want to be

I'm another only child. My parents moved house a lot, so I didn't get to have any friends for more than a couple of years at a time either. My parents were always busy with their business, so school summer holidays were when I got to spend 6 straight weeks with no-one to talk to: I hated it and always wanted a sibling. I…

I treat myself to accessories: scarves, inexpensive fashion jewellery, that kind of thing - things that will still fit, whatever size I end up at. (During the course of my diet, I've dropped half a shoe size so far, so I'll need to wait until the end to replace those)

I had the partial hysterectomy operation via vagina 12 years ago - I've had no major side effects and no problems with "marital activities". I do have a prolapse, though, which first showed up about 5 years ago, but that hasn't been causing me any problems since losing so much weigh t... apart from when I attempted sit ups…

Hoping all goes well for you and yours. I had the same op about 12 years ago - be prepared for a long recovery time and don't push yourself too hard.

Little targets help: getting to the next 5lb marker, fitting into some item of clothing that's a bit tight at the moment - whatever it takes to make you feel you've achieved something along the way.

I don't think height matters as long as you are a good fit personality-wise, but then I would say that: I'm 5'7" and have been married to my 5'1" husband for 25 years! Yes, we look odd, and often people don't believe we're together, but we're happy and in the end, that's all that matters.

When I've not been able to wear mine (usually because they were too small) I've put them on a necklace chain. However, because I don't feel right without a wedding ring on my hand, I've also bought a very cheap plain band to wear in the interim.