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Damn straight I need to up my exercise levels. Trouble is, I arranged to go to the gym with my sister a few weeks ago and ended up having a full-on curled-up-in-a-sobbing-ball panic attack about it. Sounds a bit OTT? Don't worry, it felt like it too. But there it is. I can do stuff at home, anyway, but I don't enjoy it…

I tried Slimming World for three weeks. It made me feel *so ill*, with problems with IBS. On my third week, I hadn't been to the loo for about nine days despite eating a lot of extra fruit and veg, and was extremely bloated. Of course I weighed heavier and I felt awful, and that woman stood there with my diary and berated…

Hello! Not sure what kinds of takeaway are your favourites, but this is what my partner makes for me when I'm trying to avoid fish and chips@ http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1500/healthy-fish-and-chips-with-tartare-sauce Fish & chips for under 400 cals? Saturday dealt with.

I'm 5'1 on around 1400 a day. Some weeks go better than others! :wink: I like nosing in other people's diaries for ideas too and I like a busy newsfeed so feel free to add me!

IBS is one of those things where you've really got to figure out for yourself what effects different foods have on you. It's difficult and tedious and nobody's advice is going to be relevant to how your own body works. I'm sorry :flowerforyou: It's something that's best discussed with your doctor, but even what your doctor…

Nexplanon for four years. I did put on weight slowly after getting it but that's definitely more to do with lifestyle change (partner moving in!) than anything to do with the contraception. The weight is coming off slowly now. I have very light periods and then a longer, heavier one every 6-10 months. I just had one of the…

I agree with this. If someone's gone to the effort, I'd feel seriously unmannerly if I refused. Watching my calories isn't a good enough reason to hurt someone's feelings, in my book. After a few bad days and false starts, I began budgeting calories for unplanned snacks when planning my meals. I began with around 200-300…

Nearly lost my trousers running to my car yesterday! These are the trousers I borrowed from my mum when I started this job because I was too fat for the trousers I owned.... I guess she can have them back now! :laugh:

Just got a Gefu Spirelli at the weekend... tried it out tonight. It's amazing!! Did my usual pasta deal of using up left over things from the fridge, threw it in a pan, seasoned as I went.... Big plate of delicious food, 272 calories. I even like the courgette spaghetti even more than actual pasta spaghetti, it's…

If it sprinkles, I don't log it. Salt, vinegar, cinnamon, Italian seasoning, tabasco. If it squeezes, dollops or pours, I log it. Mayo, ketchup, brown sauce, creme fraiche. Them's my rules. :smile:

Given your weight and height, there is no healthy way to lose 15lbs in four weeks. I don't particularly rate BMI but your BMI is low, and losing 15lbs will put you in the 'underweight' category. If you're interested in being healthy, concentrate on getting strong and fit and forget about the scale. Congratualations on your…

A colleague once asked me that. I was a touch offended, but I was suffering with IBS at the time and was super bloated. It prompted my decision to cut out wheat products for a while! Also, I discovered after the fact that she was undergoing IVF at the time so she had baby bumps on the brain, bless her. I couldn't feel bad…

Yeah, good point - it's definitely time to invest in a yoga mat. I'm Scottish, what can I say? :tongue: I tend to shake a LOT when I'm doing it and my hips tend to raise gradually and I have to bring it back down again, although I'm definitely improving. I suppose that's part of the problem? Either way, it's not going to…

The bits that go in.... and the bits that go out :laugh: I was so delighted when I got back into my old corset and the modesty panel actually covers the whole space :laugh:

You know, if you're amenable to the charity shop approach, and live in a fairly urban area... it's totally worth choosing your locations carefully. If you go to a charity shop in a more expensive neighbourhood then the clothes in stock in any charity shops there tend to reflect that - higher quality, still cheap. Just a…

Chemicals, man. That dihydrogen monoxide stuff kills people every year and it's in almost everything Subway serves. :tongue: Edited to add: Raspberry cheesecake cookies. Those don't have chemicals,

For the love of god, don't use Vaseline or petroleum products! I used it on mine after helpfully washing the care card in the pocket of my jeans.... :grumble: The person next to me at work insisted Vaseline was the best thing for it, and it faded it so badly I'm calling it deliberate sabotage. Had it redone since then, the…

I just bought a Gefu Spirelli, impatiently waiting on it being delivered. Courgette is my favourite anyway. ^_^

Yeah, I know - I had the weights all saved in a sticky note on my desktop which I deleted somehow by mistake when I went to divide it by 4 to log. I remembered some of the amounts but not all :grumble: But I knew the exact amounts of cod, oil and packet items, so there's that - it's just the veggies I forgot.

Oh, I didn't notice the reply to this! My contract got extended another six weeks so I've not had chance yet... will have to see what happens with work as to when I can actually get chance to go! But thanks for your help, I think that one's my best option!

Just turned 30, don't want kids, not married. Except that's down to an awkward situation where I was engaged and then became not-engaged last year but we're still together. Or together again. Something like that. It's complicated. Anyway, for me it's pretty damn awkward. But I have friends who are not half as awkward as me…

I wouldn't like to be as athletic-looking as the 20% pictures..... going by the photos, I think I'd like to be around the 23-24% mark. I'm not sure where I come on the scale right now, though. I used one of those body-fat analysis machines a few weeks back that came out as 38%.... but my measurements the following day…

Couldn't do a pushup at the start of August, really struggled with knee pushups. So I started doing them against the kitchen counter, every time I put the kettle on to boil or whatever waiting I had to do in the kitchen. I'm currently doing the 30 day challenge for easy push-ups and I'm up to nine. Start from where you can…

Take it as a compliment! If she meant it as a compliment, and you take it as an insult, you'll feel hurt for no reason. If she meant it as an insult, and you take it as a compliment, then her attempt to bring you down has been FOILED! :wink: Keep smiling & working hard

Cremola Foam, but nobody's going to remember that that isn't Scottish or Northern Irish....! Raspberry jam... my granny used to always make her own, hers was the only stuff I would eat and I've never eaten it since she died. Kraft Cheesy Pasta with bacon and mushrooms mixed in. It was a Sunday lunchtime dinner because we…

Oh honey, if they did that research the first application wouldn't be diets, it would be significant others... :laugh:

I think the Les Mills website said around 230, I round it down to 200 for recording purposes. I'm not sure how accurate their figures are though.

I've been trying to log on MFP as I go along and that whole thing doesn't work due to the slow internet connection in my kitchen... I could use pen and paper, but then you don't know the true calorie count until the end. Course, then there's the 'don't eat it all' option, but how do you work out how much you haven't eaten?…

Can I just ask a further question...? How does dumbbell weight relate to machine weight for a similar movement? I'm thinking about shoulder presses in particular. If you're shoulder pressing 5kg with dumbbells, does that relate to 5kg or 10kg on the machine?

This website is fascinating and really useful - you put in your bust/waist/hip measurements and it will chart what size would fit you best from the given measurements of clothing shops - you can choose from US and UK. I've had it bookmarked for a long time :smile: It's from 2012 though so sizes could even have changed…