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It will depend on one thing: Do *YOU* think it will work? If you do there is lots of good info in the forums to help. Add me as a friend and I can nag you. lol :)

Lots of good advise here and elsewhere on the forums, but make it simple, do not think about losing 136lb. Think about losing 1lb, move more, eat less, lose that pound, then onto the next pound. Good luck

This is the method I use to convert stones to lb and then lb to stone 12st 10lb ignore the 10 and times the 12x14 = 168 Then add the 10 we ignored 168+10 = 178lb 178lb divide by 14 = 12.71 take off the whole number 12.71-12=0.71 So 12st Times the bit to give the lbs 0.71x 14= 10lb So 12st 10lb Why do we still use stones…

The other thing to note is that the scales are doing some rounding for you, as 14st 13lb = 209lb not 208.5lb so it has rounded up.

I log every time I jump on the scales, gives me a pretty graph. Then every 10lbs or so I will reset my goals to drop my calories (The two are not linked in MFP)

Another good tip is to measure waist, hip thigh etc and take photos. 6 months from now when the scales refuse to move they will give you a good pick me up when you are feeling frustrated, (Measure monthly or so)

Wow such an amzing list of foods, some of the stories about how you all got aversions to some foods are fantasic. My list is fairly small, Not keen on oysters, agree why eat snot from a stone. Sweets called chocolate limes, love limes, love chocolate, go figure ........ Nope thats about it, there are foods I would not…

I love my Fitbit Surge, just wish it did the swimming!! If it was waterproof then would be perfect.

This is the bit that I need to master, I lost 75lb and put 50 of it back when I lost focus. So now starting again I need to be obsessive, for at least this year, to get back down, then like you I need to work on the hard bit and keeping it off and moving back into a maintenance mode..... If you find the answer let me know

Wow love a good thread, but the OP is true, CI/CO is what matters, but toy are fantastic way to keep me motivated. My fitbit, scales, mfp, spreadsheets, myvirtualmission, forums, all keep my interest and hopefully keep me going at this long enough for good habbits to form and become second nature... Oops got to go, my…

I think the key here is you are looking at the whole journey not the first step and you are over awed. I know I was at the back end of last year. So rather than trying to sprint from day 1 why not just take the first step. It does not matter if this is only one thing, to start logging, increasing your water, putting one…

Found a great slower cooker recipe for pear and ginger porridge cooked overnight, tomorrow, might be back to cereals as back to work

RoseJ You need to think about what you get from WW and whether MFP can give you the same. They both work in the same way Calories In has to be less than Calories Out. WW uses a point system and assigns points to food, MFP just counts the calories. My other half uses Slimming World (Same sort of idea) She likes the social…

Turn it into a positive and try and maintain for a month or 2, when you lose the extra 50 you will have to maintain anyway, so have a practice now. I got to that point and failed, so hey ho back again.

You control that slowly at first. Start by logging honestly and see just what you need to change. You can not change everything in 1 day, or you will go mad, so log and make small steps. This is a marathon not a sprint. If you eat 5 chocolate bars a day usually then today only eat 4. Tomorrow go for a walk and only eat 3.…

Also sent friend request, my diary shows the good the bad and the down right ugly, but on the whole I dont do too badly

Also up the water, this helps you feel better to, but dont give up

Seems a good plan. Every day, one at a time. If the weight is not moving grab a tape measure or find another non-scale victory.

Not sure if I want to volunteer to be a mentor or am looking for a mentor. I started at 294lb and have dropped down to 238lb and tried to maintain. Slowly crept back to 265lb and need to start logging again and get back into exercise. Getting started second time around is proving difficult, but I refuse to buy bigger…

Clair, calorie deficit is just eating less than you burn. If you eat 1500 calories and you burn 1600 calories just by being alive and breathing then you are -100 calories This has to come from somewhere so your body uses its stored energy. Thus you lose weight! Eat less move more! If you are new to this healthy eating…

I always feel a bit of a let down when I read all these replys. I just had 2 slices of toast and marmite Brown bread and no butter

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Jennyfer, Have you re-run you calorie goal with you new lower weight? It is not big issue though. You have made a good start and keep going. It will come off. I am stuck at about 230lb and have been for a few months. Look at it this way you know you can maintain! Keep going.

I have found that gripping my thumb in my fist seems to help. No idea why, reading this trail I will try the breathing.

The 5:2 has you eating at maintenance 5 days and then at deficit for 2 days Or you eat at deficit through the week. (You are aiming for 3500 deficit for .5Kg) You are only just starting to change, there is no rush. Choose which of the above gives you a life that fits with your life and go with that. Personally what I would…

With hindsight if I was starting now I would do the following: Measure, the tape measure is your friend when the scales are being mean Take some photos, front, back and side Then I would start to log what you are eating now. Go for a week. You will then have a baseline of now. Then start to change what you are eating, you…

Jacket sweet potato..... now there is a thought, very adventurous for us Brits.

I have always been a "big eater" snacking and seconds although I do not have a very sweet tooth, I can munch through biscuits and ice cream. The success that I had this time in losing is not to make any food "banned" If it is off limits then I crave it. If I build in snacks I find it helps keeps me on track. If the road…

Couple of posts that are worth looking at: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/908271-when-is-1200-calories-appropriate-hint-almost-never This references the link below, well worth working through the numbers.... http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12 If reasonable…

I started at 294lb so roughly where you are now. I have managed to lose 60lb and my calorie goal is currently 2000-2400 depending on exercise. I think you need to slow down a bit, this is a long term thing, not a race. Rather than going all out from the start, I would think about slowly making better choices, get into the…