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You've done amazingly well and you can really see a difference! especially in the second pic down what a change . well done x

Hey I'm still here sorry not been on for a while my computer is broken so been doing it through the app on my phone and its harder to access groups, if anyone joins and is doing this feel free to add me : )

Thanks all good advice, i am not looking for tiny but something that isn't massive and maybe folds smallish/ it has to go in our bedroom . im in the uk and looking for something around £600/700 i know i won't get a great deal for that but have seen some people selling what look like decent ones for around that price, its…

p.s Please Feel free to add me if you are doing this , as its nice to see updates etc from people doing the same : )

I've given up calorie counting on up days...I just eat normally and try to make sure I eat healthily and don't over indulge. (except the ocassional weekend blip).... I feel that if I calorie count I'll start worrying too much about my diet on the up days....isnt the whole point of this diet that on up days you don't need…

Who's still on board and how is everyone doing? x

I do down mon,wed, fri cos i like to have saturdays up as thats when i socialise or have a night in and takeaway with my other half. So i don't have 2 up days together sun and mon, i try not to go over 1000 cal's on sunday, so its a kind of inbetween day : )

i always try to exercise on an up day, but sometimes on down days i have loads of energy (not sure where it comes from ) but just go with what you feel you can manage on the day . good luck :)

I'm going to mainly be eating weight watchers soups at first so i know i'm not going over, they are low cal so can have a couple one for lunch one for dinner, and maybe a muller light or something , good luck x

I never said anything about being 'in the lifestyle' i was just pointing out that an open relationship is different to swinging. Like i said my close friend does it and they have a very strong secure relationship, and they would never cheat on each other, they don't tell anyone except very close friends they do it because…

An open relationship and swinging are totally different things, I know people in both situations, and i don't think an open relationship works, this to me is where the couple can do what they want, so if out an a guy chats up the girl then she can say i'm in an open relationship and do what she wants, and so can the man.…

Hi, I'm not 100% sure on the rules, as there are all different ways to do fasting, i just follow the john sons updaydownday diet, i looked on the website,. I'm eating slightly less on up days than suggested though, i'm actually doing similar to you. Some down days i just drink water as i find it easier than eating the 500…

well done , keep it up x

Thanks everyone, I do realise that it takes hard work, i've done it before. I am eating a deficit and i eat healthy and have started running as well as the 30 day shred and turbo jam , but i've not long started all this and i was definitely looking bloated and it just freaked me out! i had a baby 13 weeks ago, so i am…

Thanks everyone : ) Maybe bulking up was the wrong term to use, i just look bigger around my shoulders and arms, but i have only just started so it probably is water, i was just worried that i don't carry it well or something, i want slim arms! I had a baby 13 weeks ago too so i'm probably still carrying extra arm fat and…

Advice anyone?? I really like working out, and maybe i'm seeing things but i'm sure i look bigger around my arms and shoulders and i don't like that look, when i just diet no exercise i lose weight and look thinner, i don't want to give up but i don't carry muscle well because i'm quite small. Will this start to even out…

Hi, Yeah i think most people have stopped it, but look in my friends at keira's mom, she has been doing it for ages and lost loads! good to have the inspiration. The 30 day shred is an exercise dvd, i keep hearing about it on here so thought i'd give it a go alongside the diet. it only takes 20 mins which is great for me…

Hi, I know it should be really heathy being vegetarian! i'm not too bad with junk, but i eat loads of pasta and stuff and LOVE cheese! I think i may do what you do with the weighing thing, because it will be way more encouraging to see that little bit extra loss It's a hard one with relatives and stuff, my fiancé wasn't…

It seems to be one of those things that works for some people and not for others, around personality and lifestyle. I am going to keep going for about 6 weeks and see what happens as its going quite slow at the minute and i'm not sure if i'd do better just doing what MFP recommends, anyway i'll keep going for now. Good…

Hi, well i'm a vegetarian. so i eat lots of quorn and pasta and stuff like that, i don't really think about it on my up days i think thats the nice thing about the diet, i just make sure i don't have loads of junk food really but eat all different kind of foods and really enjoy them : )

Hi lemon squeezer : ), well i had a bad week last week and went completely off track, but i'm back on again now and its the 6 week summer holidays so while my kids are off i'm determined to use that time to get fit and lose weight, like a little mini challenge. I find i'm not quite as hungry as expected on up days, but…

Down another pound this week, was expecting more to be honest, it seems to be coming off really slow this time, but i have started a lot of toning exercises so hoping its due to muscle. would be nice to see a bigger loss next week though, so instead of moping about it, i'm going to work extra hard! Well done everyone else,…

Hi, I eat varied stuff on my up days, i'm just getting myself into cooking so trying lots of different things, and i'm vegetarian. I just eat what i want on up days though, i usually still have 3 meals a day, and if i feel like a bar of chocolate i'll have it! i do mostly eat healthy stuff like wholemeal pasta, and…

Well done! the down days do get easier but i suppose everyone is different, i feel really good on my down days and seem to have a lot of energy, but maybe thats because i used to eat so much crap and that makes you feel sluggish. Keep on trying x

Can i just say everyone is entitled to their opinion, and i agree that healthy eating and exercise is the best way to go, however after having children i tried that and it was like my metabolism had just slowed right down or something, nothing worked thats why i tried this and it works for me, but i get it wouldn't work…

Thanks, i guessed it was something like that, just wanted to be sure : ) Right so i've lost 1 lb this week not great, but better than i expected because i've started exercise which always makes me gain to begin with, also i think i'm near the time of the month and i can sometimes gain up to 5 lbs in water around that time,…

Hi, A lot of my down days i only drink water, i started it mainly because i find if i eat even a tiny amount i then get really hungry and find it harder to stick below 500 calls, but if i don't eat anything i find it much easier. I always seem to lose more weight as well with a couple of water only days in there. If i wake…

Wow thanks for all the advice, some rally good suggestions in here : ) I'm not feeling 'the burn' at the moment in my arms thats why i asked on here, i love that feeling too! I'm going to check out a couple of the youtube suggestions and a lot of you mentioned push ups i've never tried those so will add that to my routine.…

will be glad when this week's weigh in is out of the way, second week always feels better to me, not long now. i will weigh in sat morning after a down day friday and see what happens : ) By the way don't mean to be thick but the way you have written out your goals , what do they all stand for ? the HW etc.. I;ve not long…

I'm doing overall workouts, i use the ea active 2 for playstation, i thought it would be crap but you can really feel it! but i really want nice arms, mine are not awful yet, but they are not how i want them and i used to think only really skinny girls have the nice toned arms until i came on here and saw peoples results…