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Hey good going! Well done, great progress. Give the new way some time to embed, it took me a few weeks to stop going nuts every time I had chocolate or a piece of toast but you will get there. Try not to feel so bad about it, I know it's easier said than done but there is no need to be so harsh on yourself!

Have you tried Ortiz? You can't get it in many places but it's really good. I first had it a few months ago in Spain and it was like a completely different food... worth a try.

Filling stuff... lean protein like chicken breast, turkey. Personally I love tofu but I know that's not a popular stance. Tempeh. Lentils and beans are full of protein and really good to fill you up on not-so-many calories. Investigate fresh vegetables because if you stick to lean protein + veggies I'd be surprised if you…

Being in a minset of punishment, guilt, anger with myself etc, I find in that mindset that any slight transgression is like a psychological block. If I eat 200 extra cals it's so hard not to write off the day and think "well I failed, might as well lean into it" and then just eat a ton of junk food. If I don't beat myself…

Breathe. Let it go, get back on the wagon and don't let the scale get you down too much. Quick side note: My cousin was very sick a few years ago and lost a lot of weight as a consequence. So much that they couldn't operate on her. So the doctors injected her with water... about 28-30lb of water to be exact. That water…

Don't beat yourself up, this position of guilt and panic isn't doing you any favours. Understand that what you did to get the weight off December-April is not sustainable. You may want to think about better balanced lifestyle choices that allow for you to have a little of the things you enjoy... It's not the "bit of sugar"…

Hey you're not the only person going through this! I don't have a lot to lose, I'm kinda short and the weight is s l o w to budge. Add to that that I knew that this month would be difficult and I'd probably gain back as I was on vacation for a week and really busy at work so not likely to have time to exercise much. So I…

This is CLEVER. I think I might have a go... knowing i'll be too busy in the next few weeks to log during the day makes this sound good. Also knowing that some days you're just hungy. Other days that apple/ yogurt/ whatever snack you planned to eat in the afternoon just sits there because you're fine without it...

Not to be rude or judgey but may I ask why you get drunk so regularly? Also is it just that you drink or do you actually get drunk-drunk? I ask because there's the sort of drinking where you have one or two glasses of wine with your meal and you might feel tipsy but you have your wits about you so even though your judgment…

Nope. But I would defriend somebody who defriended somebody for wearing Crocs because seriously, how homogenised do you want people to be?

I live in a muslim area and I love the air of... I don't know, festivity? Everybody knows it's going to be tough fasting during the summer but all the restaurants and cafes have special offers and are keeping special hours. There's lots of gorgeous fried food but so much fresh fruit and healthy veggie curries, biriyanis…

My mother was one of those "you're not leaving the table till your plate is empty" ladies. That's not something I'll complain about because she had me when she was young, just 23 and her life experiences to that point hadn't been great, she'd been hungry as a child so I can understand her frustration when there WAS food…

There was a really interesting segment in Morgan Spurlock's Supersize Me which was on how portion sizes at McDonalds have changed dramatically over the last 50 or so years. So every time I think I'm depriving myself just because restaurant or cafe food portions look so different, I remind myself of that segment. It…

Wapping. We go large! No, really we don't. This is a residential area, please don't disturb the neighbours.

The nutso sitting next to me at work is constantly on about fructose and glucose and "fat burning mode" and how one slice of canteloupe is going to give me diabetes and sugar is white poison and carbs give you "belly fat" Then he merrily mixes up a batch of miracle protein bro juice in a comically large shaker. Never mind…

Nope. And I don't bathe in my toilet either.

I'm scared that when I go through my fridge it'll be the same... I think a lot of stuff has to go in the bin in case it ends up going into my mouth. YES I mean cheese. Cheeses. A whole shelf of cheeses.

I strayed from Fage. They were sold out in the supermarket so I got a nice hefty tub of something that had about the same nutritional value on the side. Long story short, now I know why the Cult of Fage exists. This stuff and strawberries is pretty grim. It's watery and sour and keeps separating. I dunno, is it separating?…

Superglue the lid on but continue to grouch about how it's making your life really difficult while she's around. But when she's not around LAUGH LIKE A SUPERVILLAIN

I don't think the issue is anything to do with him. It sounds like you're saying that YOU wouldn't do you. Is it just physical appearance or is it something that's eating away at your self esteem... I'm coming from the same place right now, every now and then I catch myself in the mirror with these weird stumpy legs all…

THIS! My breakfast regularly tops 400 cals and that is for a small bowl. 45g and 125mls of milk... 230 cals. HOW?! I think for 240ish cals I could eat a 3 egg omelette that would not have me ravenous an hour later. And you know that is a positively tiny bowl, so small I can make a bigger sized bowl by cupping my hands…

Reading these I realise I'm probably not as fussy an eater as I thought! The only things I dislike are bananas and that's because a number of times when I was younger I got sick shortly after eating banana flavoured things. No causation, banana milkshake won't give you an ear infection. But the medicine I had to take was…

I can't face the idea of going to a birthday party and staying on the sidelines munching celery or never having a ben & jerrys feast. I guess it's healthier for me to see it as YES you can have these things but either gain or exercise. There's no middle way or quick fix. It's like a see saw in my mind that I just do what I…

I had a completely well meaning lady tell me "I knew I had to do something about my weight when I realised I was probably the same size as you." I don't think she meant harm but it was hard to deal with when it's just assumed you're okay to be a yardstick of unacceptability...

Let's Dance by David Bowie. When I was small I was fascinated by David Bowie and when my mum broke the news that it was a GUY... well of course I knew it was my destiny to marry him. Obviously. Then again I was pretty sure my destiny was to hang out with Stevie Nicks and Kate Bush. As if all these people went to the local…

I walk to work and back, a round trip of just over an hour so I log that because hey, it's an hour of extra work you're doing in a day so it seems worthwhile. I do feel the calorie burns are little generous on MFP so I do not log flights of stairs... I live in a 4th floor walk up and work on the 5th floor. I don't log my…

This is really encouraging, speaking as a relative newbie... the first time I tried to drop weight I did it the wrong way. Eating tiny amounts of really bad food and doinf half hearted cardio each morning. It wasn't sustainable and I felt awful but the weight started dropping off pretty quickly until I inevitably gave up…

I've been where you are and I sorta go back there every week or so. All I can share is what worked for me. Same situation for me, I'm a completely different person to 13 mths ago with a completely different mindset and outlook. What works: Logging everything you eat. You can't always get to the gym and you might walk less…

I think there's a "comfort" body weight but natural is something else. I mean there's so little that's natural about our lives these days, cars and access to high calorie, nutrient sparse foods in high volumes at low cost. We don't move around, we don't run and chase and hunt or gather (most of us don't anyway!) so it's…

Was a careless eater for ages. Morning, on the way to work I'd get Pret latte, one of their fruity nutty bars for mid morning and maybe a croissant or oatmeal. Then Eat for lunch, whatever sandwich I fancied and maybe a lemonade or smoothie plus bag of crisps. Perhaps pop downstairs to the canteen, get a few cookies for my…