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lol this has brightened up my day. I soooo want to go do a before and after pic now. Will give it a go as soon as I get a spare 5 mins :-)

Thanks all. I haven't lost inches either. I feel fatter and clothes are tighter. I have been logging correctly last week and some days were only 600 cals as it was a kickstart diet so very low some days. This week back to normal - healthy normal foods and around 1200 calories a day (apart from tmw when Chinese is planned…

I'm 5'4 and stuck at 154lbs. My goal is 140 but I have gone down to 150 then back up again. I'm currently training for a half marathon and trying to eat really clean but I'm finding this last 14lbs impossible to shift!!! :-(

I hate running but am currently in week 2 of training for a half marathon on 22nd September. Like you I think I'm a bit crazy!!! I don't run but in the last few years have done 3 10k runs. Each time I trained for them and was very proud of myself that I made it. The most recent one I didn't train at all for but had been…

Wow just wow! You do look a bit crappy in your before picture like you've no light inside you and are just surviving. In your after pic you are totally glowing and look amazingly happy with yourself. Well done. You don't need to try to make yourself look beautiful and dressed up for the after pic. Your natural smile and…

I lost 4 inches off my waist in 3 wks last month and 7lbs with a programme with a reasonable trainer. It was really tough!!! HIIT at gym with lots of weights 5 times a week and 1 day 45 mins cardio. Very clean diet - low carb, high protein. My starting weight was 162lbs though. My sister was around 130lbs and she lost 4lbs…

I give the kids a variation of what we eat or make them things they like instead of what we're having. I'm on a strict regime at the minute - low carb, high protein. Hubby is doing it with me but we are a bit bored with all the green veg etc so I won't inflict that on the kids. They get nice bright carrots and corn. What…

My hubby and I have been doing it for 4 weeks. He was sceptical but loves it and I do too. We don't consider it a diet, it's just a lifestyle change. The first week was hardest, not through hunger but through thinking about food constantly on fasting days. He has lost 12lbs and I have lost 6lbs in the 4 weeks. We are…

I bought the book and have now completed two weeks and am loving 5:2. I lost 1.5lbs this week and I have not felt in the east bit deprived or like I am on a diet apart from these two fast days which are easy to get through when you know it's only one day. This is the best and easiest 'diet' I've ever tried.

Evenings are my worst time!! I have always always had a habit of eating in the evenings and like you no matter what diet I do I always saved calories for night time eating. The worst bit was I never ate anything worthwhile at night as I was never hungry. It's just crisps and stupid snacks that I don't need and don't…

Yes but it keeps changing as I keep failing! First it was a charity ball I organised last November. Them I switched I to 16th march when I'm off on a girls trip. Now that's not gonna happen so it's just to be slim by summer! I may need to book a holiday to have an actual date!!! Both previous goal dates were pretty big…

At the start of last year I was about 192lbs. I am also 5'4" and started with MFP about may last year. I am currently 157.5lbs. I don't visually see a huge difference in myself but looking at photos it is clearer and I know I am down a dress size and a half so it has to be a definite difference. Im kind of stuck now where…

Thanks for that! I'll def watch it as soon as I get a chance so I do this properly. I'd be happy with 1.5lbs a week or even 1lb consistently every week but to get to 150 would be the icing on the cake for NY. I am realistic though and as long as I lose something I'll be happy. Slow and steady :-) Apparently my TDEE is 2012…

I should really work out my TDEE and intend to get hold of the documentary or the book. I just decided at the weekend to try this and so am just finding my feet. I ate 1500 calories yesterday as I 'earned' 300 from exercise. I used to not really use my exercise calories but will be more likely to eat them now. I'm not…

I've just started and this is my first day fasting and already I am so much more aware of my calorie intake that I don't count - all those little nibbles and bites of things each day. Today sticking carefully to 500 calories I am not nibbling at all as I'm so determined to do it right. I think so far at only 1.30pm I have…

Iron Smasher - I don't know the actual rules so thought I'd just stick with what I've been normally eating on my 5 days which is 1200 cals though I won't be as strict. I exercise 4-5 days a week too so will make it on my non-fasting days so I've more energy. tricksee - thanks, you've really encouraged me :-) I'm off on a…

I have a gym at home with all the equipment I need and more. I am trying to use it regularly but it's hard as I find it lonely and boring and can make up all sorts of excuses to not bother - laundry and hoovering suddenly becomes preferable and necessary lol. There is nobody watching at home so I am less inclined to push…

Yay week 1 weigh in and lost 2.5lbs so am on target :-)

Although cutting off a limb is tempting I am very drawn towards the paleo diet and hubby is gonna give it a go too. I actually just made a pot of soup and it is paleo friendly so I'm all set for the day :-)

Lol I have a 4 yr old and a 1yr old so while I would love to live in the gym and gets lots of sleep it def ain't gonna happen!!!

I like the sound of this paleo diet as it seems to suit what I'm eating right now. Lots of veg nd lean chicken and fish and only drinking water. Google is def my friend and I'm going to read lots about it today thanks x

Lol I like your thinking :-)

There's no way I can eat 1843 a day and lose weight. On my 'bad' weeks recently I've prob been eating that and staying the same or gaining slightly. MFP tells me to eat 1200 calories a day to lose 1.5lbs per week yet its more like 0.5 per week on average. Considering the majority of you say I'm not gonna do it I might as…

Ok BMR is 1414 and TDEE is 2048. What does this mean?

Im also gonna have to google hot yoga!! Never heard of it. I find it difficult to go to classes as my hubby works away so have to do my exercise when i have no kids, not working or have babysitters. Ive also a ball to organise so prob impossible next few weeks but could be a good long term option!

Lol I don't even know what these things are!! I guess I'll have to go look now and find out!!

Thanks all. I am only eating 1000 cals on the days I can't get any exercise fitted in. Like today - unless you count lugging a small child around as exercise! On days when I can d a good 10k run or spin class or something I will eat at least my recommended 1200 and maybe a little more. I consider those my treat days but…

Hmmmm I know it's unrealistic but I can't amend the target as I had plenty of time to do it at a sensible rate and so it's my own fault. 19lbs is to hit the top of my healthy weight range so I could lose a good bit more. I know crash dieting is not a good long term solution but I need a quick fix then back to eating…

I have 2 young kids (4 and 10 months) and my husband works away tues morning to thurs evening each week. I also work 3 days a week. I used to say I had no time to exercise but I was just making excuses cos I was too tired or felt I had too much else to do. I made time. Firstly I hired a cleaner so I didn't spend a few…