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My favourite one - you don't have to exercise madly to lose weight. Exercise is for fitness and health.

Went to my husbands end of year function on Saturday, for the first time in a few years I didn't stress about being the "fat wife" (not that my husband ever made me feel that way I just always felt inferior to some of the other skinny wives) Felt sexy and slim and got many complements on my weight loss from people who…

I find many restaurants will have their menus online. I plan a couple of choices just in case I don't feel like my first option when I get there. They can be pretty accommodating to low carb as long as it isn't with things they have pre-prepared that can't be adjusted. I'm usually a steak and veggie person myself, I just…

There are 3 other people at my office eating a lower carb diet now and are seeing great results not because I pushed it on them but because they saw my results and wanted to try it. Also a friend of mine (who co owns a fitness product company with his brother who is a big gym addict) believed in a very "traditional" low…

I had a friend who used to buy me chocolate bars when they knew I was trying to lose weight, she stopped when I firmly told her that I really didn't want them but thanked her for trying to treat me. There are 2 sorts of these people though. Some of them are maybe jealous of your will power or how great you are looking and…

Are cabbages cheap where you are. I am in South Africa and can get gigantic cabbages for about R10-R12 (less than a dollar and usually does about 4 meals) I then shred it and stir fry it with a bit of butter leaving it with a little bit of a bite (no soggy yellow cabbage bleurgh) and use it in place of pasta covered in…

This time last year I was about 90kg/198lbs (I hadn't weighed myself for a while) and had decided to give up on the whole low fat dieting thing as I just couldn't stick to it and ended up on major carb/fat/sugar binges. :( Decided I had better learn to love myself as I was as it wasn't going to change. Put more weight on…

Was trying on outfits in my cupboard last night as I have a wedding to go to on Friday and wanted to see what would fit now. All possibilities are a little too big now so I will have to go shopping (oh dear how will I ever cope :p ) For a laugh I decided to try on the skirt of my wedding dress and it fits, not only fits…

Bought a pair of skinny jeans for the first time in.... ever and have had quite a few compliments at work today about how slim my legs are. :) Feeling super skinny today, although I still have a few kgs to go to my target weight.

I was also getting bored off eggs for breakfast until I stopped seeing breakfast as a meal where you have to have eggs or bacon or all those other "breakfasty" foods. I often eat what i would eat for another meal. Mostly I eat left over veggies and meat from the night before. I have even been know to eat curry for…

I have a pair of "skinny pants" the ones I kept in my cupboard that I was determined to fit into again one day. My mum bought them for me in a sale years ago and I think I only wore them once but even then, as they were low rise, I had a muffin top and they were quite tight. Put them on this morning and they were loose. No…

I read about this film the other day. Really want to see it now.

My mom cooked a variety of foods and made her own jams, chutneys and bottled fruit and veg and my dad had an amazing vegetable garden so we got a pretty balanced diet growing up. My mom was always on 1 diet or another though (Slimfast, cabbage soup, weightwatchers, Atkins) and often ate differently from the rest of the…

I was determined not to break another New Year resolution of "gonna lose that baby weight this year" especially as I couldn't really blame the "babies" anymore (my youngest is 3). Began on my 42nd birthday on 5 January which was also my first day back to work after the Christmas break and managed to avoid all the treats…

Side effect of antihistamines for me was extreme drowsiness to the point it was like I had taken a sleeping pill, I just couldn't keep my eyes open. Couldn't take the non drowsy ones as they didn't seem to work. I had to take antihistamines at night to avoid falling asleep at my desk so I am very happy not having to take…

Yep, also had a huge reduction in my general sinus related issues and my hayfever (had perennial allergic rhinitis better known as all year round hayfever) went from sometimes living on antihistamines and using nasal sprays and eye drops to get through my day to having not used them for the past 5-6 months. I also notice…

Picked up a a top on Saturday in a size M instead of an L or XL or XXL. Was convinced it would be too small but it fit perfectly and made me feel like a supermodel. Also got a few compliments when I wore it out on Saturday night.

Also, when your husband is so into your WOE that he specially asks the manager of a local pub/restaurant to cook some calamari in real butter for you as he sees that there are no low carb options on the menu. (we were there for drinks but everyone else was ordering pizzas and curries and I had decided that I would just to…

You're husbands family arrive at the door with 5 large pizzas (far too many) to share with your family and you don't have even one slice and have no problem boxing up the leftovers and letting them take it home with them.

Hi I am Sarah. I am a 42 year old mother of 2. I have struggled with weight issues since college and I was about 90kg when I met my husband in 2002 and almost 100kg before I moved from the UK to South Africa in 2003. Managed to lose weight and get to 70kg before my wedding in 2005 by eating 1200 calories a day and walking…

OMG this ^ Am currently freezing my a@@ off as it's winter here in South Africa and I have been used to a thicker layer of insulation the past few years.

Ordinary chocolate tastes way to sweet for me now when I have tried the odd piece from my children. It's 70% cocoa or above for me or nothing at all. Also I can no longer put sweetener of any kind in my coffee or tea they all taste sickly sweet to me now. My alcoholic drink of choice used to be Jack Daniels and Coke but…

The longer you do it the easier it becomes but also don't beat yourself up for the occasional glitch. Your friend doing WW. Does she intend to stick with the WW way of eating for life? For me this isn't a "diet" it's a lifestyle change and I had to do something I could continue for life. I have so many positives from it…

I have lost 17kg in 6 months but the biggest thing for me was losing 6 inches off my waist. :o I am fitting in pants that I couldn't get into in the past when I weighed less than I do now. Have slowed down on the weight loss now but it's a lifestyle change for me, so slow and steady from now on is fine. I am loving the low…

Don't worry, I have lost of 16kgs since January and my husband only recently told me that he could see I had lost weight because "my face looked thinner" and that was mostly because I had straightened my hair that day. I like to think that it also means he didn't really notice when I was really overweight and loved me…

I have been lucky that my husband has been totally supportive and eats pretty much what I am eating (although he does add the odd slice of bread) My kids usually eat the same too but I will add Pasta or another Carb occasionally if they want it or if they won't like what I have made. My eldest daughter (she's 8) has…

English lady living in South Africa, do I count :bigsmile:

^this Lost weight after my first pregnancy and pretty much kept it off for 3 years and although I was really good during my 2nd pregnancy and didn't gain too much excess weight it was the months at home after, totally exhausted from being up all night and having no energy to exercise or cook a healthy meal, my hubby…

You're totally correct but I have seen them try and fail so many times before I just want them to see the light and enjoy the benefits like I did. and I just can't stand the hungry puppy dog eyes staring at my balanced and MFP logged lunch (including a small low cal chocolate bar) as they sip on their shake. Maybe my New…

It's a fairly small company and pretty much anything goes, so promoting friends and relatives products/services during lunch breaks are not particularly frowned upon although I think that a change in policy would not be a bad thing as believe me these people are very easily parted from their hard earned cash by any snake…