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In tears too. I lost my own father on 3rd September this year and that's exactly what happened as he reached the end. You described it exactly. He hung on an extra day or two after life support was removed to die on his and mum's 55th wedding anniversary, which was particularly heart breaking. There's no denying that you…

I'm sure this poster doesn't mean to say that you are overweight though ;-) - looking at the photos in the links provided, you have a very trim figure. Go for it!

I don't mean to be rude, but even though you say you have difficulty eating 1200 calories, you must have managed that before, or you wouldn't have 20+ lbs to lose - so it must be possible for you to eat more than 700 calories a day if you think about it. However, if you've spent a lifetime 'grazing' and eating small…

It basically means, if you work out 6 times a week for 45 minutes and eat 1820 calories per day, then you will have a calorie deficit (be eating less than you burn) of an average of 620 calories a day, which means you should lose 0.5kg (approx. a pound) per week.

I used to have a friend who logged all her vitamin tablets taken at each meal with 0 calories against them. I mean...why? Was it to remind her to take them???

If you are new to MFP then you may not realise that this is off topic and isn't something you do on the forum - 'hijacking' someone else's thread - if you want to start your own thread about something then feel free to do so.

Looking at your diary for the past week you diary mentions no exercise and on some days you are eating over your target by 300-400, making your intake around 1700. On really sedentary days I only burn about 1400 so if I was eating 1700 then I would be eating in excess of what I am burning. On exercise days I can eat 2000…

Indeed. I used to get a 700 calorie burn for an hour of zumba. 18 months later I have to work out twice as hard to get a burn of around 530. The price of fitness - the body becomes more adept at saving energy. So someone who is 200lbs over weight may well burn a lot of calories not working out as hard. Not something to get…

Are you taking into account that people who are extremely heavy burn more calories doing the same activity than someone who is a lot lighter? My daughter and I have both measured our calorie burn doing the same exercise on several occasions using our HRMs. I'm quite short and on maintenance, she's taller and 40lbs heavier…

I found this link a few days ago and tried the challenge - I am having a go at doing this 4-5 times a week for a month to see if I can firm that area up. It definitely works all the muscle groups and only takes 10 minutes. There are lots of other exercises on youtube by the same trainer.…

Visual person, academic (so I like accumulating data over time) and a 'fine detail' person. I have logged 664 days straight on MFP - and I don't mean I have just logged in to the site, I mean I have logged ALL my food and drink every day (including 2 Christmas days now) for the past 664 days. I like having a complete set…

I am intolerant to wheat, dairy, eggs, yeast, alcohol and caffeine. Yes, you often find that you are addicted to the foods that you are intolerant to. You crave them - it's a bit like any addiction, like nicotine or drugs. However, if you manage to clear them out of your system and not eat them (takes about 6 weeks) then…

I tend to use my phone for most of my interaction with MFP but I can't access the forums or profiles from my iphone. Also, if someone has customised their diary, I only get the first 4 groups of food entries under 'Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, no matter how they've listed them. So if they have food entries under…

Not heard of 'carb sensitive body' as a term, but with stats like that you could certainly be described as 'apple-shaped'. Fat that you carry round your middle is more metabolically active than fat elsewhere and is one to try and get rid of. I would recommend a very good book called 'Fat around the Middle' by a leading UK…

Ooo thanks for the recommendation - I just went on to Amazon and looked this up and bought the Body by You. Looks exactly what I was looking for. :)

I've had a fitbit for the past year and wouldn't be without it as it measures distance, speed, height, also sleep patterns and calculates calories for the day - however, for lifting and workouts like zumba, I also use a wahoo heart rate monitor, because it (as in, the fitbit) doesn't measure heartbeat. So when you are…

Send in the clowns .... no matter who sings it or how 'emotive' it is. One of my husband's favs but I cringe whenever I hear it.

I was on vacation in my profile pic. Well spotted lol! ;) Ooops also forgot to add for the above poster 'Grinning' ;)

Smiling :-)

Looking again through your diary. In the past week, there were more than two days with no logging at all and other days when there were only items logged for breakfast and lunch. So you aren't logging all your food, If you want to be sure that you are doing this correctly then you really do need to log every single…

Looking through your diary I see several days over the past two weeks when you haven't logged anything in some of the meals. So either you are not logging all your food and drink - in which case you really can have no true idea of what you are eating OR you are seriously under eating, if that's all you had.

Do you have a fitbit or something that measures your calorie burn? I got one a year ago and wear it 24/7. It tells me how much I have burned - this gives me the info I need to maintain my weight. Fitbit tells me how many calories I burn and MFP tells me how many calories I consume. I just make sure that over the week I eat…

Everyone comes to a crunch point in their life when they reach a point when they realise that things have to change. I am now 52 and have been a veteran of the journey since my late teens. Today is my 600th consecutive day on MFP and although I've been at goal for a year now, I'm still learning. What I suggest below is not…

YES! You are not alone - it's one of the main reasons why you shouldn't be too worried about taking the weight off slowly. Lose it quickly and it's a big shock to the body, both physically and psychologically; lose it slowly and your body (and psyche) has time to adjust to the changes. One of the main issues for me that I…

Do what lights your fire. Like a poster above said, if you don't like something it makes it less likely you'll stick it. I lost weight doing aerobics, zumba, swimming, dancing and walking. However, now I have been maintaining for 9 months I have started building up on weights because I want to reduce my body fat further…

I have a friend who's currently nursing and her daily goal is 2200. I'd say that 1200 is way too low for anyone (IMO) but certainly for a nursing mum.

I am 5ft 5in and weigh 140lbs. I'm 52. I have been on maintenance for the past 9 months and I eat an average of 2000 calories a day. I was eating that much while I was losing too - I just adjusted my exercise up and down to create a small deficit and I still lost weight. One suggestion that hasn't been made, is perhaps to…

Think of this as a long term marathon - at the start, with the initial rush of enthusiasm, the body tends to sprint a bit and offloads weight quite quickly, especially if there's a lot to lose. However, after a while, it gets used to the pace and settles down to a steady jog. Along the way, it tries to become more…

When I was losing, I weighed once every couple of weeks when I was at the gym. Didn't even own a set of scales. I didn't want to obsess about my weight. However, I hit target last October and bought the Fitbit Aria digital scales at Christmas. Since then I have weighed myself first thing in the morning, after going to the…

I think from looking through the responses that I'm the only one who chose a size smaller than it says I am. I chose the second one from the left and it said I was actually between the second and 3rd one - 2.5% larger than I guessed, However, I was going by the legs. My legs are definitely as slim as the second from the…