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If I were home right now I'd take a picture of my tea collection to show you guys. But seriously, I LOVE tea :love: Always have, ever since a friend's mum introduced me to chamomile when I was a kid. The owner of a tea stall that occasionally pops up around town recognised me from the one time I had stopped by before…

Mm-hmm. Except now I'm not overweight on top of that, haha. I guess I've come to terms with the fact that I'm never going to be happy with the way I look. But I've learned to not derive my sense of self-worth from that. I could resemble a blobfish and that wouldn't change the way I perceive my value as a human being. As my…

Essentially how every family reunion goes: To my sisters - "Goodness, you've grown up to be so gorgeous!" ...aaaaand then feebly to me shortly following the classic 'once-over' - "Oh. Oh yes. You're pretty too". Sheesh. I'd prefer being ignored.

I don't really have any 'diet' staple items (unless you count diet cola, because I really do drink too much of it), because I really just see them as 'normal things this girl keeps to eat'. But at the moment I seem to be eating a lot of: - Yoghurt (Greek, because it's more pudding-y and like a dessert) - Apples (and…

Hi there, Most of my trigger foods tend to be of the chocolate variety, but I have been known to overindulge on healthy treats (and even some unappetizing ones!) when binge-mode hits. What I did at first was stop buying the items that would lead me to binge. I told myself quite simply that if I wasn't going to be…

Creamy pesto pasta with chicken, spring onions, sun-dried tomatoes, toasted pine nuts, and parmesan cheese :bigsmile:

Not an expert when it comes to boxed cake mixes (I bake from scratch and have never tried the soda trick I've read so much about!), but what my mum did one year for my birthday was make lots of cupcakes. Then she put them all on a giant cake board and decorated them to look like a bunch of balloons. They were iced with…

Back in high school, a friend's mother was discussing openly in Chinese to other parents how fat I was. A language which it just so happens this white girl was fluent in (at the time, anyway)...

My mini (2 hour) shift was smack over lunchtime, so I had a protein shake and muesli bar around 11:30 followed by a tin of soup at 2:30. ...yeah, I need to hit the grocery store later today >.<

Sweet and sour pork stir-fry with: + onion + carrot + corn + capsicum + pineapple Over rice :smile:

I started to compile a list and then realized there's very little I CAN'T eat a whole container of without thinking :laugh: On one occasion I do recall a litre of chocolate ice cream for breakfast!

Thai lemongrass chicken with green capsicum, onion, and jasmine rice :smile:

It's hard to tell from pictures alone: 1) Which photos are 'snack' and which ones are 'lunch' 2) How many 'snacks' and how many 'lunches' the photographs include 3) The portion sizes (although you can estimate when comparing to the 200ml drink and oranges) But here's how a typical lunch box would go for me growing up: - 1…

The colour correction I've just done on my hair is not getting rid of all the red pigment :angry:

1. Uncle Toby's - Oats Quick with Water 2. Generic - Pink Lady Apple with Skin 3. Generic - Brown Onion

This. I love baking. Always have. And whenever I make cupcakes or cookies or anything else, I tell people to help themselves. It's not an attempt to sabotage anyone's lifestyle choices; I don't shove anything down anyone's throats or whine if they don't want any. Hell, I can tell them the calorie count and macronutrients…

You can do this, OP! I don't think anyone feels motivated 24/7 (if there are such people, I envy them), but you just have to find a way to push through and not let one bad week define how the next will go. Good job on taking steps to hold yourself accountable and best of luck to you :) My confession...is that I'm going to…

Phenomenal work! :flowerforyou:

40g Special K Original Cereal w/ 15g raisins and 1/2 a cup of milk. And for morning tea - 2 biscuits and a cup of creme caramel tea (my god it is amazing!) :smile:

Yep, it absolutely does! I halved the recipe when I made them yesterday though :laugh: Yup, shouldn't be a substituion that affects the chemistry of things. You're welcome~ :smile:

It's a 'pale treacle', according to Wikipedia. I suppose maple syrup would work if you can't find that? Or even honey, although the flavours will be different :tongue:

Honey-soy chicken stir-fry with onion and carrot, served over brown rice :bigsmile:

2 pieces tempura-battered fish Salad with Italian dressing Steamed corn on the cob All in all - 401 calories, 31g carbs, 35g protein, 15g fat

Leftover Domino's pizza :laugh:

THIS! ARGH! Most awkward thing to witness! They're also transparent when you sweat. They're also transparent when they're too small.

Quiche, mixed frozen veggies, and salad greens with dressing. Trying to eat everything because I'm planning to de-ice and clean the fridge.

Awesome work! :bigsmile: You can really see a difference!

Sweet chilli & basil stir-fry beef over jasmine rice. Once the holidays start I'm going to look at cooking such things from scratch!

My sister once told me that I was disgusting, a waste of space/money, that I didn't deserve food, and that things would be better if I wasn't around. To be fair though, she was only about 12-13 at the time and it was said in the heat of an fight. I know she didn't mean it, and she probably wouldn't even remember the…

Here are a few recipes I've tried that turned out delicious: http://ifoodreal.com/turkey-spinach-quinoa-casserole/ ^ Reeaaaaaallly filling, let me tell you. http://www.skinnymom.com/2012/07/25/skinny-chicken-florentine/ ^ Has that wonderful richness without going calorie-overboard.…