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45% carbs but this is met purely through fruit, vegetables and complex carbs such as sweet potatoes and wholegrain rice and very, very occasionally wholegrain bread (maybe once per week). I have no 'white' products e.g. bread, rice, pasta. My other macro goals are 30% protein and 25% fat.

This ^^^ Same for me. I started at 1200 or even lower, lost a lot in the first month, then stuck for the whole of February. I felt tired, weak and miserable. I put my calories up to 1500 and the following week I dropped 8lb!!! I now use the TDEE method and could have 1850 per day (to lose 1.5lb per week and working out 3-5…

Hi Sophie I started off doing the Davina McCall workouts and they're great. I have seen fantastic results, when combined with healthy eating too. I was seriously unfit when I began, so I started off with the Davina Fit dvd, which is just 30 minutes in total, however I passed that a few months ago and moved onto Body Buff,…

Female, 33, 5'6". Start weight: 256 Current weight: 204 Loss to date: 52lb in 8 months.........36 - 48lb to go (haven't totally decided on a final goal as yet)

I'm 5'6", currently 204 (but started at 256). I'm 33 years old and I exercise 4-6 times per week, usually 2-3 runs, one other cardio such as boxercise and then 2 other workouts which is HIIT plus 30 mins strength training. I follow the TDEE method so don't eat back exercise calories. My allowance is 1850 however I eat 1650…

Yeah, sure :)

I feel your pain! I took up running 2 months ago after thinking it was something that would never be possible for me. I have a love/hate relationship with it......I hate doing it but love the results and the sense of achivement! I'm signed up to do the Race for Life in 4 weeks and am a little scared, the most I can run so…

I was in your situation for years before I go a handle on it. Please feel free to add me as a friend, I'm happy to support and am super motivated.

I can't offer any advice on maintaining as I'm not there yet, but I just wanted to say a huge Congratulations on your amazing achivement. You should be so proud of yourself :)

Because she indicated that she did some exercise, enough for her to be eating back the exercise calories, therefore as I said, I based it on light exercise, and offered the link for her to adjust things as necessary based on her actual levels etc. I also mentioned (as did the previous poster) that in my opinion she should…

Wow, and I thought I was good with my small bale of hay!! Well done, and I hope you never find that elephant's penis again!

That is fantastic and you look truly amazing. You are so pretty too. Good luck with the last few pounds, I can't wait to be so close!

This is such an inspiration and spot-on, in terms of the weight loss and self esteem issues being as much psychological as physical. People just don't realise this sometimes Really well done to you, firstly for losing the weight, but also for maintaining for such a long time and wanting to take the time to help others too/…

The other option for you is to follow the TDEE method, this takes into account your exercise over the week and gives you a calorie allowance with that factored in, meaning you don't eat back your exercise calories. I have used your stats, plus a loss of 0.5lb per week and it says your TDEE for that weight loss should be…

I'm afraid I have to agree with the folks saying 'give yourself a break'. OK so don't go to buffets every week, but once in a while? Hell yeah! Just go, enjoy it guilt free, and get back to plan the next day. Remeber this is a lifestyle and a journey we're on, so there will be bumps in the road that you have to navigate…

Hi Maddie. Welcome along :) Congrats on a great achievement. I will happily send you a friend request, I think the support on here is great. A little about me. I started out 8 months ago at 256lbs (116kg) and now weigh 205ln (93kg). I have around 37lb (17kg) to go, so pretty similar to you. I'm super motivated on healthy…

PS Laura, I am happy to be MFP friends if you'd like to be, we can encourage and support one another. If you want to, just drop me a request :)

Firstly, huge congrats on your progress so far. I know you have said that you don't like exercise (I thought the same when I was at my heaviest of 256lb) however even getting out and doing a walk is something and it will help you along so much, both in your weight loss and in helping you get those happy hormones to help…

Firstly, congratulations on your pregnancy :). You don't actually need to eat any additional calories in trimester 1 and 2 at all. In the third trimester you only need to up by around 200 calories per day. I am no doctor but I can share my experience as a mother classed as 'obese' at the time of my pregnancy. At my first…

I have the same problem, when I started out I weighed 256 (I'm 5'6"), and now I'm down to 207. I keep telling people I want to lose another 50-ish lbs and they say 'no way, there'll be nothing left of you', but I know what I weigh! There's a test you can do to assess your true build. Put your thumb and forefinger around…

I like "You don't get the *kitten* you want by sitting on the one you've got" :)

Hi, my goal is also to lose around 100lb and to start with I could not even think about losing anything like that, it seemed too daunting, too impossible. So I concentrated on tiny goals, a few pounds here and there e.g. going from 256 to 249 was a goal, as I was in a different set of numbers. I'm from UK so we use…

Thank you so much for the advice. Glad to know I'm not just being a weakling! I will stick with the 8kg for some moves and the dumbbells for the rest and hopefully progress up. Thanks again ladies :)

Hi, please feel free to add me! I'm 33, 5' 6" and have lost 48lb so far, with the same to go again....I'm exactly halfway there! I started at 256 (I still can't belive it!) and my goal at the moment is to be 160 (but I may go a little lower once I get there....I'd love to be able to say that I lost over 100lbs!). I am…

I'm not sure that little bit of fear will ever go away & it will always be something to work at. I'm halfway through my weight loss journey and for the first few months I was terrified that going 'off the wagon' for one occasion or weekend away would de-rail me completely and I'd go back to my old ways. However,…

Oh, I forgot to add......I got the rid of the husband too, as well as the 48 pounds!! :)

I spent years and years starting and failing at 'diets' becuase I was only doing it for the wrong reasons....because other people wanted me too. I was am emotional bing eater and trapped in a vicious circle and eating to make myself feel better and then hating myself for the binging and weight gain that came with it. I…

Hi I've sent you a friend request :). Ignore my second message, I was meant to post on thsi thread not send you a second friend request!

Use this website, and it will give you a calorie allowance for weight loss based on the TDEE method : http://www.thefitgirls.com/weight-loss-calculator.aspx