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I can so relate. I had a high risk, complicated pregnancy with my 2 year old son, and I am still struggling to get to a weight I can be happy about. Having trouble breaking through a 70 kg barrier to where I want to be (low to mid 60s). It seems harder to lose than it was a few years ago...maybe as I get older I have to…

I can relate. My usual tendency when stressed out is to reach for a glass of wine...and once I've had a few of those no snackfood in the pantry is safe. So now I'm foregoing the wine, because it's a "gateway drug" for me to food! And I try to make sure there is nothing particularly "tempting" (from a junk food perspective)…

Hi Donna I'm new here and you're very welcome to add me. I'm feeling really ready to make some real and lasting changes to my body and health and I'm keen to keep my motivation "switched on"...I think support between friends here can really help with that. So if you're feeling too like it's really time for a change let's…

I agree that you have separate issues here to deal with. You need to have a good long look at the entirety of the relationship (good and bad) and decide whether you think it's worth working on or whether your best chance for happiness lays elsewhere. In terms of emotional eating, I'd address that as a distinct issue,…

I'd be ecstatic with 60kg..130lb.

I use mapmyride for GPS tracking of my rides and have also been looking into the Wahoo HRM and bike set. I can't answer your questions but I find the GPS tracker very efficient and so much easier than manual input.

Thanks everyone! I'm rapt to find such a warm and friendly group to journey with. I'm feeling so inspired by you all after checking your updates.

Thanks for the inspiration, Retunks...and if I am lucky enough to have another baby come into our lives, I'll be thrilled to post a picture. :smile:

I haven't tried yoga, although I have certainly thought about it. I think it would suit me quite well given both the meditative aspect and the fact that as I get older I realise what a critical aspect of fitness flexibility is. I met a yoga teacher one day, and she opened my mind about how it was possible to choose the…

You're so right. I took up meditation a while back, and just watching my thoughts I realised how harsh I tend to be to myself. I'm a work in progress on that one. I am a big fan of healthy curves. Although confess I am rather a little too abundantly blessed at present! I want to be lean and strong, but with a nice curvy…

I can relate as I also love the sheer scientific approach of energy in vs energy out, and a tool to record food and exercise. It has a beautiful simplicity to it, and it works...I used a similar Aussie site with great success some years back, but this site is infinitely better. I'm happy to be friends and I wish you well…

Hi Roxanna I could relate to your post as I'm another fully fledged all paid up member of the 'all or nothing' club! I am either in the zone (exercising like an Olympian and eating like a monk) or I am the greatest natural predator of the potato chip. And if I am being healthy and I veer off path, I decide to hell with it…

I can't really comment on the issue you mention as I'm new here, but I wish you well with your recovery. I do know from my own experience that my weight loss efforts are much more successful (and I feel much happier) when I turn my focus from being critical of myself (and my thighs!) and 'starving myself thinner' to one…

Thanks! Nice to meet you.

Count me in! I like to keep it simple, too. And despite all of the confident assertions about 'carbs this' and 'protein that' there seems to be remarkably little accord among nutritional camps. Every book says that everything you previously read is wrong...the only common message is 'buy my book!'. A few years back, I…