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My cat River, practicing being Queen of F**king Everything.

You've been silently raging about that one thread all day too, then? I guess some people can't past the thought that the only reason women could possibly want to get thin is to be more sexually attractive, and unwanted sexual attention should be regarded as some kind of affirmation. But yeah.

All smoothies with banana in. I cannot stand bananas... the taste, the texture the smell all combine just to make the most horrific foodstuff.... I can't even watch someone eat one, and if I see someone mashing one my stomach just rises... ergh. And they a staple in smoothies :noway:

I might be! Have you got a link to what the challenge is?

I have a distinct memory of watching Grease with my mum when I was a kid. Everytime Danny and Sandie kissed, my mum would go 'There goes his gum.' 'Oh, he's taking his gum back.' 'Ahh, she's taken his gum again'. And we would all go 'EWWWWWW STOP'. What? Oh no, just a random anecdote. No relevance here.

4 I agree with this, although the more money for less options would grate a little. I'd be far more likely to go if it was just around the corner as well. I speak as someone who goes to the community gym 10 mins walk away rather than pay for any chain gyms about 25mins drive away.... but I can't afford the subscription…

My local Chinese takeaway is called Hong Kong Foodie. There's a Jamaican restaurant nearby called Kool Runnings (most northerly Jamaican restaurant in the UK) And this is awful, but I will always giggle when I get in a Schindler's Lift.

At home, nothing. But I've started weighing myself every few weeks on a body-fat estimator scale in the pharmacy, and I don't think they'd appreciate that....degree of accuracy. I take off my shoes, and I pick something other than jeans to wear. Doesn't really matter because it shouldn't make much difference to the body…

I'm having a tough time just now. My grandmother is expecting surgery next week.... I also have a lot of insecurity over my job (took redundancy, current temp job ends in 3 weeks), my relationship (he needs to move ten hours away, I don't know if I want to follow), and my mum (who is very stressed due to her mum being ill…

Chicken fillets! There are always chicken fillets! ^_~

Once I was putting the bins out at my house and someone leaned out of the back of a car as it drove past and yelled 'Sort yer hair out ya c**t!' My hair, at the time, was mostly bright poppy-red with a black front section that swept to one side. I LOVED that hair. But I made a gesture at the back of the car, then went back…

My grandma has a massive benign tumour. It was a foot across when she found it. It looked as though she was carrying twins a few weeks ago and it continues to grow. She also has Alzheimers. She's okay, she's lucid, she knows who everybody is but conversations run in circles and she blurts things out a lot. And she's really…

Four days on, I just managed 60 knee pushups! (3 sets of 20, as part of a larger routine) I have sweat running down my back right now but I am So Pleased!!! :heart: :heart: :heart: Isn't it weird how progress can just move in a big jump sometimes.

I'm really pleased you have reduced your goal. I appreciate the desire to get rid of all the fat as soon as possible.... but that's how people get skin surgery. These programs, they AIM for skin surgery. *hugs*

Dude, pizza fiorentina is my favourite! Having said that, the only pizza topping I can think of that I really don't like is artichokes (ick). I love olives. I love anchovies. I even, every so often... maybe once every two years... really really want a ham and pineapple pizza. Oh and squid. Squid on pizza. Just no.

What do you mean by 'where?' Anywhere you'd seem suitable to apply moisturiser, basically? I think you may have the concept a tiny bit confused. Measured again this morning, after 10 hours effects have reduced by about half.

Erhurhm. That's TV. That's not real life. That's people completely removed from their daily lives, placed in the care of whipcracking trainers driving them to exercise until they throw up, and a whole big medical team paid to monitor their health and make sure they don't die or anything. Would they still manage it it…

Okay, okay. I didn't really do it to annoy anybody. I did it because I had memories of doing it a few times during a heavy wedding season about ten years ago to look good in various dresses, and couldn't remember if it worked or not. I'm pretty sure I was using Banana Boat aftersun at the time, god only knows why. So I…

I do this every second day: http://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/body-weight-exercises Except I'm majorly weak in the arm area and do my pushups against the kitchen counter for now. :grumble: :blushing:

My boyfriend of four years is straight out tiny. He's about 5'6, and weighs in the region of 55kg. I mean, he is *skinny*. I can pick him up in a fireman's lift and carry him down the street (and do so on a fairly regular basis. It's funny). He eats all kinds of junk - lunch is a sandwich, two chocolate bars and a bag of…

I'm currently sitting on my sofa wrapped in cling film and smeared in goji-acai-bilberry lotion solely to p!$$ the rest of you off. Not even kidding.

100g soya yoghurt with 80g each of two kinds of frozen fruit (defrosted) Currently on mango/raspberry, but various combos including mixed berries, blueberries, cherries are all great. Black coffee Lately I've been eating a piece of cooked chicken too, just because I'm having serious trouble hitting my protein macros due to…

That is both adorable and slightly creepy. I love it!!

I hate all this BMI crap. The thing is, BMI is a tool that is not being used for the purpose it was designed. It was designed by a statistician, not a dietician. It's a major case of using a hammer to put in a screw. My start weight was on the edge of 'obese'. My ideal weight is on the edge of 'overweight'. But I have…

Haha, wow, I did not expect so many responses so quickly! ^_^ This is very useful information. I love kale normally, but it's turned out bitter the past couple of times I've cooked it and I guess that's why I was kind of put off. Anyway, I'm currently happily chowing down on a large bowl of kale chips... ^_^ But I'm…

I am *all* over this. :D

Hmm, I think I may have been worrying too much about my elbows... if I stop worrying about my elbows I can manage the sofa arm and I feel it in different muscles than before too. So that's pretty awesome. No stairs, unfortunately! I guess it is more an issue of just continuing to build strength. I was finding it…

Saved for future reference! (I did have a little giggle at how.... unappetising... the bar shaped ones looked, though XD )

I weigh myself daily but record it weekly.... same time every day, first thing in the morning. It's just part of my routine. If somebody asked my directly, I'd tell them I weigh myself weekly because that's what I record, but I do it every day. My scales are ancient digital scales though, so they only show it to the…

I believe the difference is each person's personal definition of 'CRAP TON'. Besides, it wasn't 3,500 calories of alcohol, a large proportion of it was sugar. Just sayin'. Case in point: Your 4 glasses of wine (assuming white, solely because that's what I drink) are 9.2 units for 636 calories LemonSurprise's bottle of…