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Not gonna lie, I put on the best part of a stone (14lb) last Christmas. And I must admit, whilst my workouts weren't quite a regular (I attended the gym three - four times a week, rather than six - seven) and I was much more intimate with the Quality Street than I normally would be, I suspect a lot of it was my body going…

I can wholeheartedly recommend a HRM (I use the Polar PT4). I'm like you in that I go BONKERS in class - drenched in sweat, seeing through time, the works - and I burn 680 - 750 calories an hour on average.

Thank you all so much for your responses! I hear you loud and clear - I was absolutely devastated when I realised I was losing my hair. I tried to keep a sense of perspective - I could be losing it for far worse reasons - but...even so. It was MY best feature, and it was literally going down the drain. Also; BIG HAIRFACE.…

Excellent post, and bang on the money! Weight loss, for me, has really separated the men from the boys in terms of my friends and loved ones. Heartening in some ways; very saddening in others.

Hi Emily! Welcome to MFP - it's really helpful here. There are plenty of resources and groups dedicated to lifting for women. I'm at the stage where thankfully most of - but not all! - of the pudge has gone. I have 'flabs' - abs hiding behind my pooch! All the best.

There's a fist-pump for you soul cyster, right there!

Aww, thank you ever so much. I suspect my fringe was a bit of a fat girl shield - so when it withered away, I was a bit frantic! Don't surpress it! Don't panic, by any means, but don't squash it down so far it's right in your toes. Hair loss is an indicator of many things - sensitivity to testoterone in my case - but…

Anything I change my clothes and lace up my trainers for!

Sad. But I guess people perceive it as a quick fix. I suspect it's the same mindset people have when they ask "how did you do it?" and look disappointed when you say "hard work".

I lost all my weight with PCOS - I have multiple small cysts on both ovaries. I think it's a hindrance, but not enough to stop me losing weight (I admit, I have to sweat myself inside out to lose weight). It certainly makes me prone to storing weight around my middle!

Ready for Drill Sergeant Moglet? No more excuses; no more 'I'm tired/sore/got a cough'. Got a cough? What's stopping you from going on a brisk walk? Lifting some weights? Your period IS an excuse. It's not a reason. You've got to want to get into those normal clothes more than you want any bun, any drink, any spell indoors…

So many aspects of this post could have been written by me once - well done for getting it out there! It can and will be done, and this is an important first step. Please feel free to drop me a line for the viewpoint of someone who has been there, done that, and got the huge t-shirt.

Lovely post, thank you for taking the time to share it - and I hear you on the waterworks in the changing rooms; I've had a muted bawl into a Kleenex in my FatGirl days. Nothing like a multi-angle mirror to kill your soul TO BITS.

[/quote] I've never said no to any of those things, and I never had a problem losing the weight I put on. I've been maintaining for over a year, and I still occasionally eat an entire pint of ice cream. It's called planning and having the discipline to stick to the plan, not get rid of everything you enjoy in life.…

Firstly, your attitude is incredible - in the face of a harsh (no matter how true) comment, you pick yourself up and decide to do something about it. Kudos. Half the battle right there! Secondly, welcome :)

Haaaaaa! Great term; thank you! Defeatist attitudes do irk me. I understand that weight loss is bloody hard, but moping about your perceived failure makes it harder.

Thank you very much! My exercise regime is as follows: Monday - 1 hour zumba, 20 - 30 minutes weights Tuesday - 1 hour zumba, 20 - 30 minutes weights Wednesday - 1 hour zumba, 20 - 30 minutes weights Thursday - 1 hour treadmill, 30 minutes weights/pull-ups/crunches Friday - 1 hour zumba, 1 hour circuits, any energy I have…

Brain surgery is easy to some people; doesn't mean it's not hard. I've always been a champion of people needing to want it badly enough, because you have to forsake so much for serious weight loss. You've got to want to succeed more than you want any chocolate bar, any tube of Pringles, any night on the sofa when it's…

I think the weekly-weigh in sounds like a great idea, as well as someone's suggestion to have a friend look after your scales for you. I'm a serial scale-hopper too, and it gets to me more than it should. I want to be footloose and fancy free and not determined by a number on a scale, dammit, but I can't help it. Go by…

One of the best posts I have read on here for a while. ETA: OP, take it from me. Crash-dieting, and losing that amount of weight in a month (and the associated changes you will have to make to accomodate it) - in my experience, that way madness lies. I tried a very low-carb diet before a holiday earlier this year, and…

Luuurve kettlebells. I have a shoulder injury at the moment so can't go to classes, which I'm gutted about! I started doing kettlebells very early on in my weight loss, and I was a) very unfit and b) not very strong at all. I started off with a 4kg bell, then moved up in 2kg weights at a time. Most recently, I used a 16kg…

Hi :) I have PCOS and therefore have a terrible tendency to store around the middle. 16 stone (224lb) to just over 10 stone (142lb).

I've lost 82lb and don't have a huge amount of loose skin - a bit of a crepey belly, but that's about it. I incorporated kettlebells fairly early on in my weight loss regime, as well as shedloads of cardio. I haven't done them for a while due to a shoulder injury, but lift weights most days. Both kettlebells and the…

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Hi all. 16 stone (224lb) to just over 10 stone (142lb).

Sad and beautiful. Thank you for posting.

I've been called obsessed more than once, although on every occasion it's been from haters. Not gonna lie. DON'T PROJECT YOUR ISSUES ONTO ME RAAAAR RAGE. Anyway, I digress. I was obsessed before I lost weight - with being fat, with how unhappy that made me feel, with how people would have perceived me, with how men…

The stats: 28 years old, 5'5", 142lb. I'll admit - I take it incredibly high in zumba. My instructor is something of a drill sergeant, and makes it very high impact for more or less the whole hour. I like to think I'm very fit, but I am absolutely dripping in sweat afterwards. With my HRM, I burn between 680 - 750 calories…

I know what you mean, but to me "binge" is more to do with the impulses and way it makes you feel (i.e. out of control, stressed, guilty etc) rather than the amount of food consumed. I have a weakness for biscuits, and last time put away 8 custard creams. A huge amount of food? Not in the scheme of things, no. But I lost…

While your sentiment may have been to make the OP realise that she's beautiful the way she is, it certainly didn't come across that way. Some of the posts in this thread smack of the 'real women' brigade (which sets us all back a million steps) and I'm afraid I can't overlook the irony in your comment about body acceptance…