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This. I was on a bus a couple of weeks ago, and there was a girl sitting behind me who told her friend that she had literally died of embarrassment at a party the previous evening. I had to text my fiance to tell him that I might not make it home because there was a zombie on the bus.

I'm getting married in June 2013. I have about 20lb left to go. I need my wobbly arms to make themselves scarce by then too!

I don't get it. You're going to Italy, not Somalia. Nobody will care where you come from. If you're that worried, wear lederhosen and hum Wagner music. That'll throw them off the scent. No, seriously, why don't you want to "look American"? You won't be treated any differently than someone from any other country would be…

This. You need to learn to log them, no matter what happens - this means you've got to learn to remind yourself, if necessary, that tomorrow is another day and it doesn't matter that you get to 3pm and you've got 40 calories left for the day. Nothing is going to change unless you make it.

I'm in a similar situation, but with a 10-year-old step-daughter to be whose mother can be a nightmare sometimes. You definitely need to get your stepson-to-be to understand that different houses have different rules - it doesn't matter what happens at Mum's house, this is how it's done at Dad's house. Also, he needs to…

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I have fat fleet. Flat fleet. Flat feet. Dammit! No, seriously, I do, and my doctor said that it's common to experience knee and hip pain with this condition - I don't think it's specific to your increased exercise.

I'm not a parent but I understand that what makes kids happy is stimulation - it doesn't matter if it comes from TV, parents, toys, books, other kids, etc. Not having a TV does provide more of an opportunity for parents to interact with their kids through means other than yelling at them to turn the TV off and do their…

The dress! No, seriously, I have been overweight for most of my life. I was the fat kid all the way through school. When I was about 17, I lost about 30lb but it wasn't in a healthy way. Looking back, I had very disordered eating and thinking about my attitude towards food back then makes me shudder. I was at about 145lb…

Hello! I'm getting married on 29th June next year - the one-year mark is getting very close! I started losing weight last September, before we got engaged. I've lost about 13 pounds since then, but I've started to really push to lose these last 20lb or so. I'm going to start dress shopping soon - I'd love to look wonderful…

Get on there. At least you'll know where you're starting from. You never know, it might not be as bad as you think.

To paraphrase the song, if everybody followed the same weighing schedule, we'd get tired of trawling through internet fora... :smile: I weigh every day. Sometimes twice a day. It keeps my eyes on the prize. I tried weighing once a week, and I found that I kept putting off exercise and finding excuses to eat crap. I know…

There's tons of us - if you have a look lower down the "Introduce Yourself" group, there was a thread yesterday that got about 5 pages of responses from fellow Brits. I'm adding you :-)

Happy birthday! Well done! I hope the next year is as good for you as the last one has been!

Can you ask your employer to provide a different kind of chair for you? Would something like a kneel-chair help you? I've also heard of people replacing their desk chairs with yoga/gym balls to alleviate back & pelvis problems. Depending on what kind of work you're doing, it shouldn't be too difficult to organise things so…

I work in an office, and there are a few things you can do - take the stairs instead of the lift, and find excuses to walk around rather than phone or email people. You will have to be more careful about food, too - lots of people in my office bring in sweets or cakes and leave them lying around to share. Willpower is…

Hello Charlotte! Welcome to MFP - yes, you can definitely do it! Just hang onto that knowledge and you'll get there in the end! :smile:

Perhaps your body doesn't have to burn calories to regulate temperature, but you're still using them to move, talk, think, breathe, etc. Even if you're in a hot or cold place, I can't imagine the calories burnt from maintaining your core temperature are anything near what you'd burn off if you went for a ten-minute walk.…

20lb is precisely the distance between me and my target right now & you can all add me!

I'm getting married next year and I'm not having my tiny mother-in-law-to-be showing me up at my own wedding!

I think sometimes it's more a problem with what they eat, rather than how much - yes, 1600 calories a day sounds fine, but if it's all in toast and tomato ketchup, then they're not getting enough of the nutrients they need. They very rarely seem to eat a balanced diet. The bone scans and whatnot tell them that they're…

Lots of water, and get straight back on the bus! One weekend won't undo your hard work, but a weekend that turns into a week that turns into a month has the potential to wreck it all. It's a good job jubilees only come round every few years!

Men are just big kids, generally. Mine has developed a comedy routine of sitting on the sofa trying to pretend that he isn't eating jumk - usually by hiding his face behind a cushion so I can't see him, and to muffle the munching noises. He sometimes buys me sweets and things, but I've got quite good at putting them away…

It does get easier - in a week or two the rumbling will stop. Keep drinking plenty of water.

Have you tried hula-hooping?

Sorbet is my new best friend - it is about 70 cal for a reasonably-sized serving.

Hello, I'm from Bristol - please feel free to add me, anyone!

Like a lot of things, we all need a bit of salt for our bodies to function properly. The problem comes when we have too much.