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Oops we posted at the same time - but yours didn't include either word... ;)

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You could go into 'edit' for the posts you don't like and take all the information out - but we all made the same mistakes when we first posted, so I wouldn't worry about it. It shows the story. Well done on your loss - it will be giving you the incentive to keep going, when you see how good you look and how good you feel.…

I sooo want to back up that starving yourself is not the way to go. I lost 31 pounds eating an average of 2000 calories per day. I set myself at maintenance levels for a sedentary lifestyle (which would allow me about about 1600 calories), I got myself a fitbit to measure my activity, so it was pretty accurate, and then…

This creased me up! :laugh: (BTW that means had me folded over in laughter) The OP seems to have abandoned her thread...

The biggest change in my life over the past year has been my attitude towards exercise - I now see it's not a chore but a gift to my body. I now miss exercise (I've had flu and I've been in bed the last 2 days and I'm desperate to be outside having a walk right now). - I have done zumba every week for the past year - Taken…

The poor OP question has been hijacked by the waffle and bacon brigade! :smile: No, my dear OP - my husband would believe any of those things you mentioned, if I said them, because I would only say them if they were true. They are a bit cliched when strung together like that, but I'm assuming they aren't all trotted out in…

I follow the 80/20 rule. 80% of my food intake is wholegrain, lean, lots of veg, fruit and all the other healthy stuff. But I am no saint and this is not a diet but the way I have eaten for years and will continue to eat in the future - so I allow up to 20% of my calorie intake to be the more indulgent stuff that we…

This was posted on my Facebook today by The yummy Life - healthy snacks for the Super Bowl: http://www.theyummylife.com/Healthy_Party_Dips

The body is a complex piece of kit and all sorts of things affect it. How much fluid intake you've had, how much undigested food you have in your system, whether you've had a lot of salty food, whether you are sleeping well (when food is processed) or whether you have exercised a lot and muscles are holding on to fluid…

Very well done. Great NSV! I'm very proud of you :)

Last summer I spent about 3 months at the same weight but getting thinner by the tape measure and I assumed I must be gaining lean body mass (muscle) at about the same rate I was losing fat. Since getting my new aria wifi scale at christmas I have weighed myself every morning. My weight has stayed pretty much the same - it…

One thing that I don't think that has been mentioned so far is that no weight loss does not necessarily mean no fat loss. I am 5 ft 5in and over the past year lost 30lbs eating an average of 2000 calories per day. I exercise 6 days per week burning between 300-800 calories in a 1-2 hour session (so not excessive). I…

There is a fitbit users group on MFP and most of the questions you will have about how it works are answered on this group's forum. :smile: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/1290-fitbit-users

Ok this is becoming addictive now that I've learned how to do this. I promise this is the last one. Thanks to the lady who said she liked the definition in my legs. Yes, I am very proud of how toned and fit they are. After being called 'thunder thighs' in my youth, it's lovely to have a pair of pins I'm finally proud of…

And coasting along on my success of my first post, here is another showing how my face changed over the year. I didn't 'diet' - I ate a sensible 1700-2000 calories per day and just exercised to put myself into a slight deficit. I made sure that on some days I ate slightly over and other days slightly under and balanced my…

There you go! I have learned a new trick - how to post a photo on the forums :) This shows the weight I lost - but although my actual weight stabilised at about 67kg about last April, I have continued to lose inches. Later in the year I bought an Aria wifi scale that links to fitbit and it shows that although my weight…

Oops That didn't work - I managed to get a picture but not all of it - let's see if I have managed to resize it to get them both in side by side:

I'm having a go at posting a picture to show me at the beginning and end of last year. See if this works...

Don't give up - what's the alternative? Just pile weight on and not care? I know that's not what you want to do or otherwise you wouldn't be calling for help. So let me offer some encouragement. Last year my weight reached a plateau and I stayed the same weight for 4 months. It was quite frustrating because I was logging…

I don't know how to post pictures on the forums but I have changed my profile photo to show you a January 2011 photo of my profile beside a December 2011 picture of me. I lost 25 lbs between those pictures but more importantly, I lost lots of inches (8 inches from my waist) and changed my shape. I didn't 'diet' - I ate at…

I take awful reactions to aspartame and MSG (monosodiumglutamate) - I feel really awful if I ever take them. You are not alone.

I bought a Wahoo hrm - it has a chest strap and links to the endomondo app in my iPhone. I've been using it since about July last year and I've not had any bother with it. I bought it through the Endomondo website and got a discount on it (compared to Amazon) and it came with an arm strap to carry the iphone when I'm…

Recipe: Banana muffins I devised these muffins last year and now generally always have some in the freezer as a healthy snack. You might find them more dense and chewy than your average muffins might be, but they get round my inability to eat wheat, dairy, eggs and sugar! Below is the basic recipe, but as I suggest below,…

I posted this for someone yesterday - hope it's of interest Here are two of my favourite pudding recipes. I am wheat, diary, egg, yeast, alcohol and caffeine intolerant and never eat anything with additives or sweeteners, as even Stevia tends to have bulking agents, which I distrust. As you might imagine, that makes it a…

Finally, I'd suggest an excellent book that will explain about how to keep fit and healthy into your 80s and beyond - it's called 'Younger Next Year' and it will be the best few £s or $s you ever spend!

And like the above poster, 53 is old? Rubbish, woman! You are but a stripling with lots of life and living ahead of you - go out and grab it!

I'm 52 and in perimenopause. Over the past year I have lost 30lbs and have averaged 1700-2100 calories per day. I certainly wouldn't eat 1200. That's far too few calories. The one thing I would say, though, is that to do that I had to increase my exercise. On a day when I am very sedentary I would burn 1600 calories. So if…

Another website I've found some nice recipes on is www.theyummylife.com :)

Here are two of my favourite pudding recipes. I am wheat, diary, egg, yeast, alcohol and caffeine intolerant and never eat anything with additives or sweeteners, as even Stevia tends to have bulking agents, which I distrust. As you might imagine, that makes it a bit difficult for most desserts. However, I have devised a…