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Nothing at all, luckily I was off work recovering from a hospital procedure so when I started getting back into fitness I had plenty of time, by the time I was going back to work I was already benefiting enormously from exercise, I was sleeping better so it felt like I had much more energy, I felt great so it does get…

I know two guys that went to the recent convention over here in the UK the other week. I've only just realised I've been missing out on the fun, obviously not on being a male fan, just a fan, at first I thought MLP has just been modified for the Bratz generation!

I'm similar but I'm 5'10", slightly heavier and recovering from illness so logging but no activity again, yet! I believe in losing slowly and only doing a small cut to reach my goals in a sensible manner so I eat what I like within reason always happy to find people that are similar.

I can sympathise, my other half is the same although he goes from one extreme to the next. He eats the same meals as I do in the evening and he used to barely eat anything in the day as he didn't really stop for lunch and would skip breakfast saying he didn't have the time. I've done the same thing and I'm sure like me…

I'm 5'10", halfway to my goal but on a hiatus dues to ill health. My goal is to be the tall, slim, healthy girl after years of faddy eating and dieting. I'm all about losing weight slowly to keep it off so I don't cut my calories drastically as I know that doesn't work in the long run.

Me, I eat what I fancy in moderation. The weight shown below is what I lost last year Jan-Nov, since November I've been ill, had kidney surgery (boo hoo) and haven't been active, I've also increased my calories slightly (although I was eating slightly more when exercising) and not gained a lb (I haven't planned to lose…

That's a shame but it has to happen! I usually prefer the old series but I love Matt Smith as the doctor and it has encouraged me to watch more of the new stuff, my partner who is the big Doctor Who fan and absolutely loves him, luckily I've just bought the series 5 blu-ray box set for my partner to watch while I'm in…

I drink water when I'm thirsty, tea when I fancy it, the odd sugar free fizzy pop with ice when I'm in the mood, frappe latte when I'm in town and want a little treat and cider/gin/wine/snakebite and black when I want to get drunk.

Other animals that eat meat just use what they were born with but we go man made? Surely that just means that we don't need to eat meat. I am fully aware of steak tartare and carpaccio, one is minced the other is very thinly sliced. People have a right to choose what they want to eat, if for ethical reasons they are a…

Yes are teeth can really rip through that cow well as long as we use man-made materials to cut it up and then only choose certain parts to eat and then cook it.

I'm a bit lax with my protein intake but there are a couple of items I do purposely get to increase my protein intake when I am exercising. Nuts & Seeds are great as are lentils where you can sneak in but there are two things I use to really boost my protein intake. Firstly My Protein do a great range of cheap protein…

I used to eat very little and I didn't feel hungry this went on for years, I should have eaten three times the amount but didn't. If you eat more you will start to feel hungrier. After this I started eating a little more but couldn't deal with the weight gain mentally and started to do what you are doing, starving in the…

Depends on the day, if I know I'm going out for a meal or if we're having a take-away I will log the day before so I can work out the rest of the day. On a normal day I just log after lunch so I can work out what to eat for tea.

My dad used to call me sumo when I was a teenager, I wasn't overweight at the time but all that name calling really upset me and made me think why shouldn't I just put on weight if that is how people see me? I then went the other way and starved myself for years. Then came the kidney tumour. I think so called "fat shaming"…

Feel free to add me, I'm about half way to my goal but I'm currently housebound due to illness so am currently not trying to lose weight but am still logging my food, I'm awaiting surgery to remove part of my kidney. I also have PCOS and take metformin to help with that. I believe in being able to eat what you like in…

I want to be able to kick *kitten*, even if the person whose *kitten* I'm kicking is imaginary.

You should lost weight for yourself, for your health, not for him. If that is his attitude to you then he isn't worth it. I know you've been with him a long time but he really doesn't sound like a nice guy.

I felt quite sick, quite a lot and still do BUT I am on a lot of medication at the moment for pain in my kidney which is down to a benign tumour that has been embolised but is causing me some problems again - I'm waiting to have surgery which will hopefully be soon because I'm housebound! I still feel that I feel quite…

I was in the same boat as you many years ago. 168lbs would take me in the normal range I actually got down to 144lbs which was in the mid range for my height but I looked awful and scrawny, since then I haven't been that reliant on bmi, I just aim to be just in the normal range now.

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I don't see why a weapon is necessary. Just be aware of your environment. I would recommend not bothering with headphones, I know it can be a little boring but I used to run with headphones and I was always imagining a noise. Have you got a friend you can run with?

That sounds like dehydration then. Enemas are bad in the long run. Eat more, drink more, you aren't netting enough.

Just thought I'd mention it would be unlikely to be any tablets taken unless you were taking them regularly for a long time. I had problems with constipation as I was and am still taking a load of painkillers for a lump in my kidney. It took me about two months of taking them regularly before I suffered with constipation…

I really wish I liked cottage cheese but I can't stand the taste or the texture although I'm fussy with cheese full stop.

I love a good salad, not a wimpy lettuce and nothing else salad but some with beans, avocado, pasta, mozzarella, tomatoes, cucumber, etc. I'm like you, I stopped eating meat not for diet reasons but because I didn't want to eat animals so I do eat fake meats (Quorn, Fry's, Tivall, Redwood) - I've been veggie for over a…

I don't think you did.

Mine started to grow when I turned 30.

Yeah, I weigh most things out. if anything I'm slightly over with stuff like butter/jam/sauces - I tend to thinly spread with those type of things, not because I'm trying to save calories. I weigh them every so often to make sure I'm still on the right track but we're only talking like a gram out so I'm not too bothered…

I think the problem is you can and do lose weight at 1200 calories or less, but keeping this up and maintaining it is different. People tend to focus on the short term weight loss rather than whether it's maintainable. I used to eat very little and I lose weight, I maintained it for a couple of years but I had to keep…

I used to eat like this, I lost weight but it would stall and I would eventually have to cut to lose more/maintain, finally was down to 600 calories a day when I did eat. But I maintained this for a couple of years, lost about 70lbs, started eating around 1000 calories after being bedbound for 6 months due to lack of…