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I'm a writer, so very much set at sedentary!

I didn't take a before picture, but wish I had. All other pictures (so far, I've got a 10lbs down and a 20lbs down pic) I'm taking officially, in my swimsuit. My before picture DOES show my weight very clearly, and I never avoided photographs so there are plenty on Facebook, but I wish I'd got a before picture in my…

June 2013 bride here! Hello! Not really losing for the wedding, just in general, so no specific goals but always good to talk to others planning their weddings!

5ft 1 here. Lost 20lbs in 20 months, got another 34lbs to go. :smile:

Nachos, ham and mushroom pizza, Dr. Pepper and a Boost bar.

The thing I didn't expect was just how much 'weight' can be lost from your hands, the same as you OP. I expected it from other parts of my body, but hadn't planned for getting my engagement ring re-sized. I've just had about two weeks off regular exercise to recover from laser eye surgery, but before that my ring was…

1. Did you stop believing in the tooth fairy, easter bunny, love, etc Tooth Fairy was six (I tricked her, she failed). Santa was 8. We didn't do the Easter Bunny. I still believe in love. 2. You finally get old enough you stopped being comfortable changing in a car( I hope this wasn't just me): Never felt comfortable doing…

Not a huge amount to mine, so far, but it's plenty to me. I wasn't healthy as a child. I was thin, hungry and living off cheap junk food. I also had severe asthma, and I'd regularly end up in hospital after attacks. In my secondary school years, a few years before my asthma faded away at 16, I was forced by classmates to…

Together, these two look amazing. Chocolates, and a very refreshing drink. Ahh!

I love my More Mile London ones. However, I recently bought Asics Marathon long socks, and I've only been out with them once so far but they may become a favourite.

I use a laptop because I want to be able to use my computer in various places. I carry it to see clients, I take it up to my office, I go downstairs and relax in the lounge, I use it whilst lying on a hammock in my garden, I relax on the bed with it... I'm aiming to get a desktop PC late this year or early next year, so…

A duck and a lizard were as weird as mine got.

Personally, I track any walk over 20 minutes. That's time for me to get a bit tired, for my heart rate to go up and for it to feel significant.

Just go for it. I was too shy to work out in public for a long time. In the end, I forced myself to get out there and to ignore the stares. Once I was out, I actually found I felt confident thinking that once I was better perhaps I could inspire people who see me out there as they're driving past in their cars, or are…

Wow. That's got to be great motivation! I've never found anything out running.

Could you cut back to make your dream work? Find a cheaper home, sacrifice a few luxuries? In an ideal world, you'll build up your photography alongside your job and take the plunge when it's looking successful enough to live on. I say 'dream' though. Don't live your life wishing for something more.

I'd buy a house for myself and my fiance, and a second property for myself (to use as a holiday cottage). The rest, I'd put away. I'd aim to earn lots of interest, giving it as gifts for friends and family and donations to charity.

20lbs in 20 months.

Great thread. Here are a few of mine! Very much an amateur, all were taken on a standard digital camera:

I try to do a lot for charity, including sponsoring a lovely young girl in Uganda, but nothing for me has been harder than a 23-mile hike I did last year. I wanted to do something challenging, that would be worth people donating, so I found the hike and signed up. A few friends decided to join me, and we did a lot of…

Writer.

I can't recommend Shock Absorber highly enough. No underwire, but it hugs everything to you nice and tight so it's very supportive.

My tortoise Emmy has the nicknames Sprout and Sproutster. Not sure exactly where it came from. About three days after I got him I walked in to see him and greeted him with 'Hey, Emsprout'. From there, it evolved.

Running completely stops my hunger on the day of the run, but I'm always starving the day after. Is this the case?

I'm not strictly the right person to answer, but here are my thoughts: I've never been a 'gym' person. I've always purchased what I've wanted and done workouts that involve little or no equipment. Over the past month, I've been looking into the gym for my winter runs. I've really got into running, and it's become my…

Has to be my lower legs. Absolutely LOVE them.

I absolutely LOVE driving, but I can only afford petrol for my short commute. I don't even have money to drive at the weekend to explore the local area.

It's likely you're running too fast. Even if you feel you're going slow, go even slower. Work on keeping your back straight and your posture good, and run what feels like very slowly. As long as you've got your form right running at a low speed, you can build endurance and then work on getting quicker.

When I was very young, I wanted to be a vet. Then, I developed an allergy to cats. Writing has always been my thing, but I never saw it as a career so I grew up not really having a plan, and just working on developing the skills that interested me, such as web design and media alongside my writing. I did a media-related…

Roast beef. Meat feat pizza. Garlic chicken. Nom.