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Hey Daisy, I'll join you because been thinking about restarting this for a while anyway. I started back in March then got flu on day 4 or 5 and never picked it back up after that!

Thanks EdelQ, that's one we already do - I'm trying to find new stuff. Maybe I should have said I'm in the UK, so we don't get cool whip here :(

Hey, thanks again for the input. Lilay I have no idea what Fly is, lol, and the mental image of translating the movements of a fly to a swimming stroke is making me laugh quite loudly. Then again the name butterfly is quite misleading in my eyes so I'm sure it's not to be taken too literally. Azdak, and everyone else that…

Thanks for all the input guys x

I'm in the same boat - started at 220, I'm down to 201 (can't wait to get past the 200 mark!!!) and I'm just fitting into a 16, but only from certain stores. Someone mentioned George from Asda, I'm wearing size 16 jeans from there today. Cheap and comfortable! I've also found Peacocks jeans are fitting me quite well at the…

babe honestly, I know it sounds the most ridiculous thing ever, and when they first told me I wrote them off as quacks, but I've come to understand how the body works a bit better over the past 3/4 years. Without going into the long story I emigrated to the US on my own, to a place I'd never been before with no job, no…

Babe I had the same thing a few years back, in the end I got refrred to a cardiologist. They did blood tests, murmour exams, xrays, ultrasounds, the works. Finally they put it down to stress - i think the official diagnosis was stress relief! I thought I was dying. I would be completely incapacitated for 2/3 hrs at a time…

lololol, i prefer vodka, hey if you're gonna be dehydrated anyway you may as well do it in style!!!

Depends why you're asking, fo health or weightloss. For weightloss going over on your carbs is worse than going over on your fats, as long as the fat came from healthy sources (meat, dairy, nuts etc). This isn't my own opinion but advice I was given by two personal trainers and a nutritionalist. All 3 advised me that to…

Don't worry we all lose the most in the first week or two. It's mostly water weight. I started at 220 and I lost 6lbs in the first week too. Eventually it will even itself out. The only thing I would say is that you should really eat all of your allotted calories. I know what you're saying about not being hungry for more…

This is something I have thought long and hard about, and the best I can come up with is that a layer of fat adds a comfort zone or safety barrier. One thing I have noticed in common with all of my larger friends is the underlying attitude or perception that when we lose the weight everything will be ok. I think the scary…

cheers guys x

Was it TOM? I've gained 5lbs in 2 days just down to TOM before!

Jamie rocks, although are they not billing him as the Naked Chef in the States then??? Thats what he's known as here!

Look at it this way babe. If 1lb is 3500 calories and your dinner is already 2000...are you going to spend the next week beating yourself up and moaning about the fact that you've put on a lb because of just one day??? I know I would, and I think you would too. Look at tonights meal as a reward for all the hard work you've…

Are you in the UK Dottie? This week I've been feeling really drained and fatigued. I was taking mutlivitamins but figured maybe the ones I had could be improved upon so at lunch I went to Boots and Asda. In Boots all the energy things seemed to be caffiene based which I didn't want but in Asda I found a vitmain supplement…

I quit at the same time as I started using this site. I found that watching what I eat takes the focus away from wanting a cigarette. I did it cold turkey because have tried patches in the past and found that they made me feel wierd, the inhalator's very good but so like smoking that it was an easy road back. In the end…

Hey guys, thank you so much for all of your input. Two of you have mentioned this veggie soup diet so that's a possibility, and Atkins was something I had thought of myself as well. Could one of you please send me the recipe and diet details for the soup, I'm not sure I could manage the full 7 days but what I was thinking,…

Cheers babe - that looks good but quite complex and my shopping bill would be huge buying all the bits you need! I'm thinking of doing 10 days on something like the Atkins or South Beach diet. Never done either before and long-term it doesn't appeal but for a short sharp fix I'm sure I can cope. I know that the atkins diet…

thnks guys x

Cheers guys, I've heard what you're saying a couple of times now. The thing I don't get though is why my trainer (who is supposed to be the professional), knowing that my schedule means working out 4 consecutive days, would assign me a circuit that doesn't focus on a particular muscle group one day, then a different group…

Oh I've not done any damage. I'm sure of that. It's just the fact that I have the upper body strength of a 5 year old. Seriously it's pathetic, lol. For the last 3 nights I've been doing 15 mins cardio (10 to warm up and 5 to cool down) and then 30 mins of weight training. My legs are fine, if anything I'm not sure I…

I'm Herts and work on the London/Essex border. Does that count? ;)

My trainer told me last night that I should always eat as much protein as poss, better to go over on the protein than the carbs!

You make a good point babe, as always. I would believe that you need to eat back part of the exercise calories to return you to your RMR (the point below which your body technically enters starvation mode). That's just my opinion because the science all seems to point to the fact that you need to be fueling your body with…

Its all about the trance for me: Darude Sandstorm, Chicane Saltwater, Faithless Insomnia, Eric Prydz Pjanoo, anything by Pendulum or Basshunter. Not at like my usual tastes, I'm a rock chick at heart, but it gets my blood pumping and body moving!

Not knowing more about your height, build, how much you want to lose overall, where you started and where you are now, it's hard to comment hun. What I would say is that 27lbs is an amazing achievement. That's basically 2 stone!!! I don't see how it could be possible that you're loved ones wouldn't notice and bet you're…

Bhuna's my fave too, and not that bad for you babe. Just switch the naan to a chapati!

want to watch when I get home x

Yay you!!! I'm hovering at that stage where my size 18's are way too big and size 16's fit but are too tight. Grrr Can't wait to just get past these few lbs so that I can legitimately say the same! Keep up the great work x