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Also, I STRONGLY suggest anyone struggling with self esteem issues and depression relating to their weight to watch My Mad Fat Diary. It basically follws a big girl in society and her struggles and growth with her depression, weight, and general teen issues. It's INCREDIBLY inspiring and also funny as all heck. I wish I…

It's devastating gaining back what you worked so hard to lose!! I'm so jealous of your Hawaii trip, and would love to help support you to get back to where you're happy!! :)

I'm 19, with 30lbs to lose, and no kids. I have a standing job, but not exactly active. Let's be friends!!

Yeah, I'm all in! We all need a little more support!

Got about half way to my goal last time, but starting over now! 30lbs to go!

BekaBooluvsu is right. Obviously, a drastic change does need to be made but steps at a time. Like she said, switch more unhealthful foods in your everyday diet to more healthful options. I would also recommend never eating after a certain time of night (eg, I stop eating at 8pm everyday) because any food in your stomach…

I (generally) eat between 1200-1300cals a day and I have lost 7kg in about 3 month with no exercise. I don't *necessarily* recommend it, because exercise is obviously very good for health and muscle definition, but I just hate it. I'd much rather restrict myself than have to go jogging everyday. 1200 is actually quite a…

It's very wrong to encourage a child to succumb to the fat-phobic societal stigma by counting calories. The best thing you can do is teach him how to eat clean and encourage playing and exercise. That is the basic principle that MFP plays on to help adults lose weight - it's an aid to support older people who have hard…

Go wild on that watermelon. That stuff fills me up so fast! It also helps me reach my water intake.

Ohh-kay. This is now super confusing because whenever I eat under 1500 I get about 5 people blowing up at me saying I need to eat more than my TDEE (1500). I'm happy to eat under, it's not difficult, but I get the whole "EAT MORE TO LOSE MORE" thing from everyone. I'm just getting SO SICK of not losing. I'd be okay if I…

That article is so interesting! Ha, see if you'll catch me running every day now. But somehow I doubt excessive cardio is my problem. But I was recommended a blood test recently for my iron levels, so perhaps I should check my thyroid while I'm at it. I was thinking maybe two runs a week mixed in with as much walking as…

Apparently my TDEE is approx 1700 and my BMR is about 1500. I have it set below 1700, but I always eat much less. Usually around 1300-1500.

Yes, it is. I have at least 10kgs to lose, and maybe I'm wrong, but that seems like so much. I don't really do that much full on exercise. I'm very busy right now, so I've just been trying to walk everywhere to get as much as I can in. Believe it or not, walking is usually faster than the bus.. So that means I don't have…

Sweetheart, I would really recommend that you don't mention your age while on the site if you want to stay here because they pick it up really quickly and delete your account.

I started mixing about half a scoop of protein powder into my serving of natural Greek yoghurt. Both are very high in protein, and I thought, why waste calories on a whole other dairy product if I'm going to be eating yoghurt anyway? It tastes very nice with vanilla - although I can't deny that I do like the yoghurt plain.

After my mum lost almost 20kgs in about a year, I realised I'd gained about 10kgs in the same time,she started to take back all of her pre-marriage/pregnancy clothes that she'd given me when she was too fat for them fat. I didn't fit in the anymore and she did again. Then once I was saying goodnight to my dad and he just…

I've only ever been to Massachusetts, but I can name all 50! I made sure I learnt them all before I visited Boston so that I wouldn't be too much of an embarrassing foreigner.

I got my first stretch marks.

I know it's wrong, but honestly, the thing I found the funniest in this post was the "your/youre" switch.

Steamed vegetables; brocolli, cauliflower, peas and corn, carrot, etc.. are very easy and taste good. You can make them all like 400x tastier by adding a little low fat salad dressing, but personally I like them how they are. Just buy them frozen at the supermarket and steam them in the microwave. YOu can also just tip…

So is semen, which is also a necessary function for reproduction. Yet for some reason, there's a stigma that says that seminal ejaculation is completely okay, but menstruation is taboo and should be hidden. I could easily get into the social and feminist implications of all this, but I think I'll leave it at; don't act…

Yep, 6am, still up. Wanted to watch a movie, but think i will fall asleep. HOnestly just want ot sleep but that s dumb now omfg i'm going ot have to worst dat romowwo

Actually, I think you'll find that a lot of the sociopolitical controversy the occurs right now highlights exactly how little control we have over our bodies, specfically women. Stigma and legislation are huge factors in how our bodies are ultimately used and viewed. While I agree that a gym requires staff who can practise…

Tall as possible, not too skinny or too big (this goes for muscle or fat), enjoyable face (attraction is too subjective; someone I find attractive may not necessarily be classically good looking), cynicism, very smart. Well, for guys anyway. Don't really have specifics for girls, but I would rather they were around the…

I agree. There's a thread right now about how "judging diaries" is so wrong etc which is just silly. I mean, if someone is b*tching about someone having a treat one day, that's a bit excessive. But in general, if someone is consistently eating something that's bad for them, it's totally appropriate AND SUPPORTIVE of…

- Any drinks other than water, milks (my preference is soy mostly), and good, short coffees. - Ice cream. - Dried, sweetened fruit. - Milk Chocolate (when I'm PMSing really badly, and then I'll do very, very, dark chocolate - 80% lindt is my fav) - Toasted overly-cheese things - Most deep-fried things Soft drinks are the…

- When people say "..and no sugar" when ordering a coffee. Do people honestly think we just automatically put sugar in coffees? - When someone wastes time at the counter by carefully counting out their change in random silver coins and then just dumps it in my hand so I have to count it all out again. - Pretty much 80% of…

I can't help but notice that, according to the numbers you posted, that's only a 100 cal difference.

I know that once you're all out of breath and want to stop it feels like you're done for the day. But, as someone has already said, just stop and walk for a bit, then keep jogging. I found when I started running that I would run about 5 laps, then I would stop, practically dying, then walk a lap, and I could go off and do…

I would expect the PB is just because it's incredibly high in calories, so you can get back your exercise cals without actually filling up. It seems silly to me, though. I mean, eat back enough to keep you fueled and active, but if you don't need it you're just wasting your deficit.