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  • well done you! This is brilliant. I just joined MFP this week so this is my reason to celebrate!!
    in Everyone Celebrate with me :) Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • HI Linda, thanks so much for the reponse and the advice. I am so keen to do it right this time and am very scared of getting just the tiny details wrong!! I have been reading up so much about it that I sometimes think that I will forget something when it happens. I have made myself a folder and will definitely add protein…
    in Hi Everyone Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • HI, my name is Ronnie and I am new to this group. my WLS voyage started on 9th November 2005. I had a gastric band fitted and thought this would be the realisation of all my dreams. After 2 years the band slipped and had to be stitched back through surgery. I thought I was back on track after a few months, but the band…
    in Hi Everyone Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • WOW! Drank enough water yesterday? It is great but a little strange...I would not go anywhere near the scales tomorrow if that was me!
    in 3lbs in 1 day??? Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • Hey guys, am new on MFP also. I have a lot more to lose than you at around 140lbs! But you have to start somewhere and I was recommended this place for its friendliness and support. I love the way it records your calories and fat as well, makes it so much easier than trying to guess as I was before :) Please add me as…
    in Friends? :) Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • I normally ignore the bit that states how much fat is in a food, and go directly to the bit that tells me how much of that fat is saturated...cause that's the bad fat! Fat is not bad for you in general but I think a good balance between fat and calories are necessary!
    in low fat vs low calorie Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • Liliane and Janine (I have 2 cause I am posh LOL) Don't mind them, it was my grans' names.
    in Middle Names!! :) Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • According to this website I need to eat 2499 calories per day to lose weight!! MFP tells me to eat around 1800 and if I try to eat 1200 (which is what I feel I should) it tells me that I will not lose weight if I do not eat enough calories....and I think that it is correct as the last 2 weeks I have lost only 2lbs which is…
    in 1200 calories a day - enough? Comment by brandychick January 2012
  • Am facing the same challenges. I am only 37 but with a BMI of 50 and well over 50kg to lose! I have an underactive thyroid and history of bullemia and binge eating! It feels hard to thing of the finished product as we have dreamt so many times and failed! I find distraction the best thing for binge eating...get on the…
    in 50+ with 50+ kg to lose - thyriod and binge eating probs : ) Comment by brandychick January 2012
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