mogletdeluxe Member

That arm-fold means business!

Hello and welcome! Wholeheartedly echo what has been said here - I was a similar starting weight to you (a bit heavier - 16 stone), and am now 10 stone. Basically - eat well to nourish your body, exercise, drink plenty of water, don't think of it as a 'diet' or being 'good' or 'bad', and remember that this is it for the…

My periods have been on the heavy side since I started at the ripe old age of 12. Weight and fitness has had no impact. I have PCOS, and have been put on Dianette to manage my bonkers ovaries. Frankly, the contraceptive pill has never really touched the sides of my periods - merely dictated when they arrive. I do suffer…

I'm baking Creme Egg brownies, paired with a giant hike. SCOFF.

The vast majority of my loss occurred before I discovered MFP - so I wasn't really counting calories. I would say I started off at 1200 (too low for me, on reflection), then as I stepped up the exercise would aim for 1500 - 1700 (eaten back). Now, for maintenance and muscle? Around the 1700 - 1900 mark, mostly eaten back.…

My contribution to this thread is less than useless, but...*spaff*

Blimey. Damn those onion-cutting ninjas in my office today...

- PUT DOWN THE EFFING FORK. Do you have ANY idea how hard you are going to have to work to undo all of this? - Take more progress pictures - Stop being unhappy and just do something about it, doofus - it's in your hands - Buuuut...you judge yourself far more harshly than other people do, Ms Moglet - Denial is not a river…

First and foremost, huge congratulations on your loss - well done, you must feel incredible. And I hear you loud and clear - I used to be a UK 18 - 20 and, last year, I took a size 14 dress into the changing room. HUGE. Size 12, has to be. Too big on the boobs. Size 10 - blubbing in the changing room. And with a lovely red…

If people ask, I'll tell. But as far as I'm concerned, it's my gob and my body that'll deal with the consequences, good or bad, of what goes into it - so peeps can go smell themselves if they're putting in unsolicited advice and/or comments. Put it this way - in my experience, I kept my head down and just got on with it.…

Another vote for the PT4. Mine's in silver if you don't wish to go down the girly route :) No bells and whistles, but that suits me just fine.

Yeah, absolutely! If anything, my style has calmed down - I used to be all about the brash patterns, polka dots, absolutely draped in jewellery, high heels, big thick waist cincher belts, lots of makeup. All I really wanted to do was be comfortable casual girl, but jeans would cut into my stomach until it hurt. Now,…

5'5", 141lb, exercise at high intensity 6 days a week. I eat 2000 calories, give or take.

carrowood - getting a touch of the Tom Hardy as Bane (it's the size!).

Absolutely. I slept badly last week for one reason or another and even though I wasn't eating more late at night, the next day I'd be absolutely ravenous and eating much more to try and perk myself up a little bit. Raging appetite.

Hell yeah, he'd kill me!

Alicia Silverstone.

Big fan of the carrot batons too, but am also prone to munching on: - mini Babybels - bananas with a splodge of peanut butter - Muller light yoghurts (I don't normally do 'low-fat', but I have big Kahuna full fat Greek yoghurt for brekkie and sustain myself on the lighter ones throughout the day) - dried fruit - Propercorn

Now I just want ribs with JD sauce. And pudding. And cocktails. Damn.

Christ on a bike, so does yours! Incredible, well done.

The old you - River Phoenix lives!

When I go to restaurants like this and am being very strict about what I'm eating, I'll go for a steak and ask for a plain salad as the side, with the dressing separately. Perhaps go crazy and have a baked potato if I'm hungry ;) Most times, though, I exercise to make room and make sure it fits reasonably within my limits.…

The dry, bookish, one-liner delivering sort in a Judd Apatow film.

You look incredible - well done.

Do not fear the weights...make the weights fear you...ROAR...etc. Hello! I've lost 83lb with a combination of cardio (to largely blitz the fat), kettlebells (to improve my core strength) and heavy lifting (to shape up initially underneath the flab, and then the muscle that popped to the surface once the flab melted). I…

I swear by my kitchen scale. My original idea of what 100g actually was is embarrassing - more like 500g at least!

Hi Shelley! I'm an instructor in the UK - been a member of ZIN since July 2012 :)

I'm in a LDR, so me and my Zumba gals are all going for a romantic... ...carvery. Bringing each other roses and everything.

Regarding the mentality of a binge, for me it's not related to calorie count as such - rather the way it makes me feel. Does the need feel urgent, forbidden - and then the subsequent comedown leave me with guilt and shame? Then yeah, it's a binge. My last binge was a few weeks ago with 10 ginger nut biscuits. Not a massive…

Great topic! Fitness and activity-wise: - wall and rock climbing - hiking - assault courses (I'm signing up for a Spartan Race this summer) - weight training and heavy lifting - pull-ups and push-ups Food-wise: - OMG Greek yoghurt