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Thanks for the welcome! Deedee - that sounds like a good plan. I've been slowly raising my allowance by 50 a week but I think I'll keep it where it is this week because, in true "yay I got to goal" style I went on a MASSIVE comfort eating session yesterday (unlogged. oops!). First time in absolutely ages! (I thought I'd…

10 hours is loads! PJilly - lol totally relate with the changing your mind whenever thing! sounds like a good plan though. I hit goal a few days ago! woohoo! On the down side, I comfort-binged for the first time in months and months last night :frown: I've had manic chocolate eating sessions, but not because I was upset.…

Hello! I've been eyeing up this thread for the last few months now and as of today I get to ask to join! Woohoo! (although reading through some of the thread I can see that this part is actually going to be really hard...) I started out on MFP at 135 in September, I think it was, and I reached my goal of 121 (-an extra…

Thank you SO MUCH for taking so much time to write your responses - they're brilliant :flowerforyou: I'm going to go through everything tomorrow and write myself up a routine like you suggested :smile: and your website look great too! I'll look through it properly tomorrow after work and figure out my form in front of the…

:smile: I'm glad I'm not the only one! And those inverted rows look great - thanks! I'll give them a go.

Oh, I have another question as well actually, hope you don't mind :smile: So whilst some people naturally have relatively flat stomachs even when they're on the heavier side, I still am far away from having one (it's by no means horrible, but there's a bit of a pooch) . The thing is, I don't want to lose another 7lbs or…

What are redundancy movements and what do you mean by bench? And "individualized prehad/rehab stuff"? My resistance training vocab is pretty poor it seems :) Lol your program is defninitely a lot simpler though... I was suggesting 2 days a week of A, 2 days a week of B, 1 day a week of C (based on the fact that I engage my…

Thank you for your help! The blogs were great :) So if I did something like the following... A: 2 tricep exercises, 1 bicep, shoulder and chest exercise (each), lat pulldown, pushups B: Squats, lunges, glute kickback, leg press, leg extension, abductor (is that the inner thigh one? if not, adductor) C: 2 oblique and 2 ab…

Weighing in today at 121.4 :happy: Sooo close to my final MPF goal! I don't think I'll be taking part in an April fool's challenge because hopefully I'm going to be starting maintenance next week, but this challenge was GREAT for motivating me! Thank you :drinker:

YES! You look BEAUTIFUL! Also, 129lbs lost?? Absolutely amazing, well done :drinker:

If you want a cocktail rather than spirit and mixer, I often ask for sugar-free mojitos. I've calculated them at about 120 calories!

Aww that's so sweet! Well I'm sure you'll great regardless of what size the dress ends up. July 10th - Ooo not too far away! How exciting :happy: Yeah they definitely should be doing it all as a percentage - doesn't make sense otherwise! (although I think that even percentages aren't quite fair - still easier if you're…

My friend recently got one - he said that the transition between normal cigarettes and the electric one was completely smooth. No cravings or anything. He loves it, although I've got to admit it looks quite funny :tongue: like sucking on a pen! But that's not important, basically, I've heard very good things. I tried it…

I have another question for you :smile: So I'm slowly upping my calories as I've only got 1lb left to lose, and when I reach my maintenance calories I'd like to gain some muscle mass. I've heard that to do that you should eat over your maintenance - is that true? And if so, by how much? (FYI my maintenance will be…

Exactly! We all have periods where our choices are.. er.. questionable, but it's not the end of the world - vent away and you can move on :smile: To assume you'd never ever binge again in your whole life is clearly unrealistic.. and I guarantee you that some of that weight will be water (which can take a while to come off…

Well done to my fellow southerners!! (and all you biggest losers too, of course!) :drinker:

It may well be the scales giving you an inaccurate reading - I think their error margin is something like 5%. If it's not and your body fat has gone up then it means you've lost muscle as well as/instead of fat. Maybe you're restricting your calories too much? This may help…

Woah, well I'm pretty impressed about the fact you can even do one! I'm still struggling with normal pushups :tongue: I went to the gym yesterday and got some help with my squats because I know I do them wrong - turns out I have unnaturally weak quads and glutes :angry: Gutted. I swear after gymming for 6 months now I…

I can totally relate - and I don't even have the sibling excuse! (I have a sister but we don't like the same food) I can wolf down SO much food, and not even in one sitting - it's frantic eating all day if I'm set off. I struggled with it more near the start of MFP - there've been a couple of things which have really…

I weighed in at 122! Woohoo. So that's 2lbs off for me.

Are we still doing challenges? I realised I'd completely forgotten about the pushups one! Oops :embarassed: Hope everyone's doing well :smile:

3% body fat reduction in one month is amazing!!! Well done :happy: As is the 2.5 inches lost. The scale will catch up for sure. Surely weighing everyone at work in their clothes after they've eaten & drank something isn't exactly very precise... well they'll be able to see a difference like 2.5 inches no problem! Even if…

Great article! @tkrepps - Go to the 'tools' tab and enter your details into the BMR calculator. Is it 1800? Or is 1800 your maintenance calories? I recommend this post here http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits?hl=guide+to+calorie+deficits It explains everything. Basically, MFP doesn't…

Thanks for all your responses! Gossamer - I was worried someone would say that :tongue: so what would you call an "acceptable" meal?

I go through phases of having horrible BIG binges(also an emotional eater - boo :grumble: ) and originally I found logging it all really depressing... but after persevering it's actually helped a lot. If you're in eating mode and you manage to drag yourself away to log then it can really help, if not to snap you out of it…

well done to the biggest losers!

kickrz - unless you've overeaten quite a bit this week you haven't gained fat, don't worry :flowerforyou: My weight fluctuates wildly each day (by up to 4lbs), so I step on the scales every day so I know what's true and what's not. Friday may be my weigh day but my body doesn't know that! If the scales been going down all…

And this is why the scale is not your friend. You look great! What fast progress - well done!!!

Ooo I think I'm going to try that water tip, thanks! It's funny you mention it because I've noticed recently how dehydration affects me in almost exactly the same way as hunger. I've always thought of myself as pretty good at knowing what my body wants, but a couple of days ago I felt like I was about to fall asleep and…

Well done on your 20lb!!! It's a brilliant achievement - be proud :happy: If she's been coming off anti-depressants that's got to be really hard, so if she's been a bit distant maybe she just needed some time alone? From what you say (I might have it totally wrong - sorry if I am) it sounds like these worries are based on…