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I feel best on 8-9 and am making a conscious effort to go to bed earlier to get that amount. Going back a few months, u was getting 6.5 a night average and felt rough a lot of the time.

Overnight oats with fruit and either yogurt or quark.

I weigh every day and only pay attention to sodium because I have high blood pressure. Like someone else said, it's about the big picture.

Mackerel and Monk Fish are my favourite but don't mind Cod, Haddock or Plaice too.

I love Walk to Mordor. It's a bit (very) basic but a fun premise and you can get your mates to sign up too and race them to destroy the ring.

I add it up at the end of the day if I have several periods of activity.

This is heartbreaking! :disappointed: At 58 you are definitely not to old to start again and you deserve to have someone who doesn't begrudge spending money on food that you want to eat and takes the time to appreciate you.

I made a category for drinks and log everything that I drink there (with the exception of water which I never remember to log anyway.) Although it's only a tiny number, filter coffee and some fruit/herb teas still have a few calories and I just like to see a complete diary!

You beat me to it! Sounds like the perfect reason to take up knitting or crochet - it's also relaxing and you can't snack while doing it or your yarn gets sticky. :)

You can add me if you like. I have a fitbit charge HR which is quite old now but does the job. My favourite snack is either a small serving of raw almonds or some salted popcorn. Good luck :)

I use the Clue app for cycle tracking. Because I'm a data nerd, I like to combine the date from Clue, MFP and Fitbit into Excel for an overall picture. I need to get out more!

Wildflower hikes sound amazing!

I plan ahead and sometimes even pre-log. Along as I'm within my calories over the course of a week, I don't stress about it.

I weigh myself daily and record it on my Fitbit app. I record once a week on here (on a friday). It helps me see a trend and monthly fluctuations (I'm up 1.5lbs today on Wednesday but I'm mid cycle so I know it's ovulation gain and am not stressing about it). It's just numbers and, as long as long as I continue to log…

Keep enough calories for the Halloumi and Portobello Mushroom burger because the chicken at Nandos is always dry and disappointing.

Feel free to add me. My diary is open and I log every day.

I dropped my cholesterol from 6.1 to 4.8 in 44 days by reducing the amount of meat, butter, cheese and chocolate I eat. I've also cut out all processed meat, pastry and biscuits and cut back on alcohol. I've increased fruit, vegetables, oats and oily fish. Are you logging and weighing your food? That will help you track…

How about a walking group at work? I've started taking a quick trot around the block at lunchtime. I only get 30 minutes so I spend 20 walking and then eat lunch at my desk. When the weather is okay and the evenings are light enough, I walk a couple of times a week in the evenings with local friends too. It's sociable at…

Each to their own I suppose but if I was looking for sweet, soothing and spicy I'd probably go for chai or a Lemon and Ginger tea with a bit of honey. I can't even imagine milk in green tea!

I really like porridge oats either as porridge or overnight oats with yogurt or fat free quark and fruit mixed in. My breakfast typically comes in at between 300-400 calories but then I don't have anything until lunch.

Feel free to add me. I'm at my desk the majority of the day. I used to be on the second floor but now I'm based on the ground floor so my staircase count has dropped right down. I'm pacing at the printer to get extra steps in.

You have the right to change your NHS doctor any time you like so if you don't find the one you have to be helpful, look into changing surgeries. Also, you can get a full check up by request. You don't have to wait for them to offer one (in fact, if you did change surgeries, they'll probably do one as a matter of course).…

Someone way more knowledgeable than me will be along shortly with some good advice but I'd start by heading over the the 'Getting Started' board and reading the pinned thread about how to get started with MFP. If you follow the advice, log your food accurately (using a food scale) and stay within the calories MFP gives…

No, I might be a bit over on somedays where I've had a special event or meal but I'm under on others. I pretty much always pre-log what I'm going to have on those occasions too. I'm a massive data nerd so I export my nutritional data into excel and track it based on averages over the week/month to make sure that, overall,…

Gotta love a bit of Yoda! So true though.

As mentioned above, prelogging is a good idea. Anytime I think of eating something that I suspect to not be 'affordable' in my daily calories, I log it then think "*kitten* that!" and delete it again. It's a good tool of dissuasion!

If you're on the android app, go to the diary page and you'll see a little pen icon at the top. Tap that, then tick the boxes of what you wish to delete and then tap the bin icon at the top. I use it a lot because I prelog and then change my mind/don't get round to eating it.

Overnight oats with fruit and yogurt/quark. You can make it in a leak proof beaker and take it with you if you don't want to eat first thing and it could replace the 11am snacking. Pre-planning a snack for that time, as suggested above, is also a great idea. I always eat breakfast because I'm a miserable cow if I don't but…