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Well I think Gingersnarks just trying to dish out some tough love. It's not time to admit defeat it's time do do something to snap yourself out this negative mood. Find something that you enjoy doing (not eating or drinking) and do it today. You need to lift your spirits Jo! I wanna know tomorrow something you did today to…

Jo please stop for a minute and think about what you have achieved this year so far. You've lost 24lbs already! Call me stupid but that says to me that you CAN do it and you ARE doing it. Also, you're not on your own. We're all here with you. By all means go to the doc if you want but don't use this little set back as an…

I tried running on the treadmill before but had big problems with my left knee. Switched to swimming now instead as my main exercise. I'm no fitness guru but I'd guess that your knees are not used to the impact. I'd suggest trying some exercises to strengthen the joints without damaging them i.e. swimming, stretching,…

Well done the hardest lbs to lose are the first ones. Now you have momentum moving forward. Great work!

You've made a great start! Don't worry about slip ups just promise yourself 1 thing that you'll log every day good or bad and you'll get there!

At the moment I know I'd still hate clothes shopping, but maybe when I drop down a size or 2 that could be fun. A manicure or pedicure would threaten my manliness too much (even if I might secretly like it). I like the idea of a massage but I've always been too scared to do it lol So yeah I think I'm gonna organise an…

It's looking like December 2011 :)

100% take 2 or 3 Chupa Chup lollys with you. They last for ages if you just don't bite them and are (I think) only about 50 calories each!

Hi Whitney Congratulations on getting married. I'm also getting married next year and I always said I wanted to walk up the aisle not roll up it! Welcome to the forums! Ally

You should have still taken the early day and rented the movie just not had the pizza and ice cream! Early day, movie, pasta and frozen yogurt would have been so terrible???

You could just start trying to end your day with a green 250 still spare. That way if you don't manage it you won't get despondent and if you do manage it you'll start to see bonus weight coming off at the scales.

You're kicking *kitten* dude!

Looking good!! Well done amazing results!

Theoretically yes you can use yesterdays deficit as long as over the long term you eat less calories that you need. But it is a good idea to try to earn the extra calories you need if you can. Most importantly I'd say allow yourself some occasional days when you go a little over the limit Sometimes life just takes over, a…

1 pound of muscle weighs the same as 1 pound of fat (clearly) but muscle is much denser and more compact so the 1 pound of muscle would take up less room on your body.

Swimming alone is ok. I can do that for about 15 minutes before I get bored. But swimming when wearing my waterproof headphones (H2O Audio Interval for my ipod).... that I can do easily for 1 or 2 hours at a time and only stop when I'm exhausted. I love my music and swimming with music is like dancing or something. I…

What a great effort. Pat yourself on the back! I think you're going to be quite pleased with those cholesterol results Mr Andersen. Keep us posted please. Cheers Ally

Well done Maggie! Sometimes you just need to stand up to these people!

Great story! I enjoyed reading it. :)

Crikey that's some 'friend' you have!! Are you sure you used the right word there?

Yeah it sounds like a defence mechanism some people do that because they can't bear the thought that everyone thinks they are miserable. Or they don't think they could ever do anything about their weight, inside they feel helpless and out of control so they try to put on the happy show to protect themselves from facing…

Hi Dawn It's great that you did it before 7 years ago because you know now with 100% certainty that you can succeed again. Just take 1 day at a time, log everything even if you have a crazy day keep using the app and come Jan you'll be at your goal. Congratulations on the wedding as well!! Good luck Ally

Sure you can lose 15 that's perfectly doable! 500 calories of exercise a day would do it even without a huge sacrifice on food. Good luck Ally

Sounds great! Don't worry about the few bad days just get back on the horse again. Just be careful that you don't do the old trick i.e. i'll dance, exercise, play volleyball, buy nice clothes etc.... WHEN I lose the weight. Make sure you're doing all these things now because you shouldn't let a little extra weight stop you…

Smoothies made with yogurt, low fat milk and frozen fruit for ease. Add in a little oats or cereal to keep you fuller longer. Omelettes - you can make them in about 3 minutes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNB_KW9rHTA&feature=related

Whoo Hoo!!! Bring on the 18's for me :) only 5 pounds away!

Also important is what is not going to take stress out your life (at least not for longer that a few minutes) and that is using food to try to help deal with stress or numb feelings or escape for a while. That is what I've done over the years and why I'm overweight. Recently I've realized that a 30 minute swim makes me…

I put 2 tablespoons of oatmeal into my breakfast fruit smoothies. Hardly even taste it to be honest but it keeps hunger locked up till lunch!

Hi Tiffany Sounds like you are doing great already but like everyone I suppose you need to watch out for the potential banana skins and I think by posting here you are doing just that. "trying to to shed the gained weight of a depressed, past life" This jumped out at me when i read your profile. I guess you need to be…

Hi Sarah I'm Ally also 31 (but no kids). It's amazing how just starting to take control can make you feel so much better. I lost 25 pounds back in April/May this year but for the last 4 months I was out of control again. I wasn't exercising and wasn't eating the right things. Tonight it's just went past midnight here in…