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I've been up and down in smaller amounts a few times but seen some photos of myself recently and decided it's tomw to get real for health and vitality and being so overweight is just not going to cut it anymore. Day one back on track for me. I look forward to hearing how others go too.

Similar to what I need to do. Any tips? What did you do?

Be kind to yourself and love yourself as you are. Your weight does not make you the person that you are. From there try to make very small changes for now, don't worry about doing it all at once. Maybe start with something simple like no sugar in your brews, water instead of pop, ban crisps... really just one or two things…

Yup I agree. You Do tend to need to ask for it though. In UK they will bring you tap water or bottled water depending on what you ask for. ( tap is free) in France, Spain, Italy etc youbagsin have to ask but it tends to be bottles water that you pay. Never ever not had water in one way or another!

I do the same.. It may be wine or cheese or crisps I have though chocolate is the biggest draw. Working out at night does help me but as that is not practical for you, what about having a different destress at night. Mediation, YouTube relax mantra, home spa, (bubble bath, nails etc) meet with friends

You can get great 1 cal oil sprays to use including coconut flavour. You do usually need more than 1 spray but could easily get enough oil to roast veg from around 20 cals

I am 48 can I join too?

I don't do full conversations but I do use sentences sometimes to give instructions and strangely he seems to understand lol. E.g. when in woods and he goes down a path I will say no we are going this way and he does

Thanks everyone.

That's brilliant

Is it definitely bursitis? I have issues with my right hip flexor that leads to hip pain. I also get hip bursitis and that appears on the top of my thigh on the outside. Decent pre stretching usually ensures the bursitis stays away and avoiding running up steep hills too

Another recommendation for Blogilates from me too

Google chair based exercises for now and also look at some non weight bearing leg exercises too. Maybe one of those foot cycle things might be good too while you can't get up and about

Lunch time at work is a good time for exercise and it gives your brain a break too. Does not need to be too sweaty either. A brisk walk around the area for 30 mins does a good job for the time poor. Take food that you can eat as walking if you can't eat at your desk.

Yes i do and had years of physio for hip. It's manageable as long as avoid things like running too fast or one day after another. Neck disc has x-ray and currently having chiro which is helping

Hi I don't feel old mentally lol, just hate the way my body has gone lately. It sort of crept up and then I realised my arms jiggled when I waved and my stomach is a wobbly lump

I am UK too but stopped low carb a few days ago as getting nowhere. It did however help with my acid reflux so I am going to try again o think

I don't know unfortunately as I have yet to order any measuring sticks. Based on what I am eating I should be but without that check I can't say for sure of course. Exercise wise, normally I am reasonably active but have not been in the last few weeks due to work pressures. I do get my 10 000 steps a day one way or another…

I am on week 2 and not lost anything at all, not even the water weight. Did think monthly cycle could have been the issue last week but not seen any progress this week either. I am finding that I feel full on less so something is working. Measuring food and tracking carbs etc so no idea what is going wrong

I am with you there W8warl after a hair cut this week that turned out shorter than expected!

I look forward to the chance to make a difference this year in health and work. Nonset plans just a determination to be the best I can be on a good day and not too bad on a bad day

I am in. Starting today. Aiming for reduced alcohol rather than no alcohol though for January so only drinking Friday to Sunday if I feel like some of course. Day one for me

Tbh you are young so your skin has a better chance anyway as does your weight loss. Lots of people saying you can't do it in 6 months but you do have youth on yourside so why not go for it. On the other hand do be prepared to take longer if you need to as starving yourself is not the answer either. Good luck

I am up around 5lb in Dec as a combination of too many chocolates at work plus a couple of meals out and far too much alcohol and Pringles! Hoping to see a down turn from Jan onwards when things go back to normal foodwise. Not sure how quick the weight will go though as it can't all be water weight unfortunately

I tried it recently but unfortunately my issues with gord (gerd) flared up and I had terrible pain from acid due to an increase in fatty foods.

New exercise often initially hinders weight loss, not because of the muscle weight thing, but because of extra water in your body while your muscles get used to working out so that may be one of the factors. That will settle down soon so don't worry. Also try dropping your calories a little more but do it by eating…

You are obviously good at this as you have lost so much already. Two weeks is not a plateau so don't panic yet but if it continues maybe it is time to try something different. Are you drinking lots of water? If not then try drinking more. You might want to try a short reset as 1200 is very low to do long term when you are…

Hello I have just joined this challenged having done quite a few before. It's always a very motivating group and very well managed by Kristen

Well done though I have to say even in your first photo you were looking pretty good. 135 is my goal too and I will decide whether to stop or go further once I am there

Fruit and no fat Greek yogurt with 35 grammes of porridge oats for breakfast. Home made chicken and veg soup for lunch with a yoghurt and one small meringue nest broken up into the yoghurt. Meat and veg for tea including potatoes. Mainly chicken for the meat but sometimes other. Snacks such as low calorie fruit like…