grumpya Member

so stuff your face get fatter if you don't want to restrict your intake get even fatter & get sick or yo-yo on fad diets get fat get thin get fat & get sick. Your choice, your health, your life!

If I saw you in the street I would not think of you as overweight I would just think you were completely normal! You look great, if you want to lose more good luck with it but I don't think anyone would say you were still overweight, its just a matter of where you feel happy now. Can I suggest you go to a good shop either…

I spent years trying to deal with this same issue. Basically he will stop when he wants to. If you can help him want to you have a better chance of him stopping. What about putting a note in his packet of cigs that says "I Love you & don't want to lose you" if you think emotional blackmail won't work then try finding some…

BMI doesn't take into account sex or ethnicity, which makes it inaccurate for men & for some races. For a 52 yr old who is sedentary a BMI of 24 or 25 may be realistic but for some men & for some races it is misleading. According to BMI the English Rugby team are all morbidly obese & so are most olypic rowers. It is meant…

If starvation stopped you losing weight wouldn't my family have come out of Belsen looking healthy & well nourished! What utter rot! Yes sometimes eating a tiny bit more can break a plateaux but if you starve yourself you will lose weight, what will also happen is you will lose muscle permanently so you will never be able…

ARE YOU STILL CHECKING THE CALORIES ON EVERY PACKET? ARE YOU STILL WEIGHING EVERYTHING. ITS EASY TO THINK YOU KNOW ALL THE CALORIES THAT YOU EVER NEED TO BUT SOMETIMES MANUFACTURERS CHANGE THINGS, SOMETIMES THE LEVEL CUP HAS BECOME ROUNDED, OR THE LITTLE CUBE OF CHEESE HAS GROWN FROM 1OZ TO 2 OZ WITHOUT US REALISING THIS.…

me too

Firstly if someone who weighs 300lb lost 10lb of water in the first 2 weeks it would do them no harm but if someone of 130lbs lost 10 of water they would be in hospital! That explains some of it. Next just to keep all your organs functioning and processing your blood & breathing takes more energy if you are heavy so you…

Well I'm in tears but God Bless & Good Luck hope it works out ok for you

If you increase your cals by 100 or 150 each day for a week you won't regain EVERYTHING you lost, you might find it helps, you might just be at a plateaux. The British Army use a diet plan where you take your weeks calories and divide them up so that you have 800 calories one day then 1600 the next then 1200 then 800 then…

YES YES YES you look great, your belly is definately smaller, under the bust you look much better toned and your thighs have definately got smaller. You look like you are a natural pear shape, but you certainly look smaller on the belly & thighs to me. I think you must be at least a dress size smaller on your lower half.…

I think if you start off with a large amount to lose you have enough calories each day that you can eat a bit of junk but as you lose weight your calorie allowance reduces & you gradually realise that you can have a lot more healthy food for your now reduced calorie allowance than you can junk food. Gradually your tastes…

Hi, I know exactly what you mean & if you don't start sorting it out you will find being slim is scary & probably put the weight back on even if you do lose it. Do you thave a minister or priest you can talk to? Even if he can't help himself he may be able to refer you to a counselling group. Have you talked to your…

I used to pop it in the microwave in a plastic bowl with a dinner plate ontop. If you use a paper bag it has to be a heavy duty one if you use a light weight one it will catch fire. QVC used to do a special bowl for the micro.

I know it is tempting to weigh every day but it is so easy to lose perspective cos if you drop 1/2 lb then nothing then 1/2 lb you don't feel that you have really lost anything worst still you jump on the scales and it says you have gained 3lbs !! Normal reaction is to say "F@@@ it I'll have a doughnut!" so its best to…

YES I agree that eating healthy in UK is probably at least twice the price of eating less healthy food. Every special offer in discount supermarkets seems to be for cakes, biscuits, pies, pastries, etc. Even in the better supermarkets it tends to be the case. I used to shop in Asda or Tesco & spent £150 a week for 3 adults…

Hi, I am so sorry for your loss. I had a still born baby many years ago, I also had a child who was sick when he was young & I have been through a terrible time in the last few years. Although my experiences are not the same as yours I can empathise with your grief & your difficulties in getting back on track All I can say…

I didn't say I enjoyed ironing now did I?