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Well done. I hope you get those diamond earrings! :-)

To answer your question on behalf of the other Forum Member, £ = Pounds Sterling (UK). 586 divided by 29 is approximately 1 pack of 20 per day. I'm a non-smoker, but I understand a pack of cigarettes in the UK is around £7.00 (= $11.25 USD at today's rates). Cigarettes are taxed heavily by our government (about 80% and…

I think your net calories should be no lower than 1200 (even that seems low). Therefore, if you're burning 300 calories exercising, then you should aim for at least 1500 food calories. You want steady, long term weight loss, not fast short term weight loss which will result in you struggling to keep your weight down later…

I would hope that when people make "starvation mode" comments they are concerned rather than angry. I'm genuinely concerned that you'll damage your metabolism long term if you continue to under-eat regularly by 300 or so calories a day. I say that speaking as someone who strongly believes her long-term weight problems are…

Thank you, Eve. :-)

That's interesting. I eat tomatoes most days (a few fresh cherry tomatoes), and I have difficultly losing weight. Then again, I've always had difficultly losing weight! A manager of a health food shop told me last year that humans aren't supposed to eat tomatoes because they're from Deadly Nightshade family of plants. I…

Why do our bodies, in most cases, crave more calories than they actually need? That's a rhetorical question because it seems most of us are designed to conserve calories for "leaner times". I'm supposed to eat about 1400 a day to lose just 1lb per week, yet I'm struggling to keep below 2000! Even then I'm going without a…

With measurements of 36-28-36, what are you worrying about? You sound near perfect to me. It's the tape measure that matters, nothing else (literally nothing else). It's irrelevant how much your boyfriend weighs in comparison (I'm shorter than my boyfriend and weigh more than him too). Please appreciate your nice figure…

A lot of English people speak in a very neutral accent (neither posh nor cockney). I'm guessing you have no idea how many British (particularly English) accents there are. Here's a link I posted earlier in this thread which gives a humorous take on a few (but by no means all) of them:…

AN EDUCATION IN BRITISH ACCENTS I find it funny that most Americans seem to think a British accent is either a posh (Hugh Grant) or cockney (east London) English accent. Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish accents are also British (although Northern Ireland is a moot point). British accents are very varied. Here's a quick…

"I have to comment. I own a company. I pay my employees well and also provide them with good health insurance. I have to say that if I found any of my employees doing what you're saying while they were being paid by me, I would consider that stealing. I would fire anyone stealing from me. And by the way, I can see what…

I can't believe the extent to which personal websites are used during working hours and that so many people have the time or the inclination. I don't have enough hours in the day to do my job, let alone that as well (I'm not an employer or manager, just a lowly administrator).

To quote myself from my previous post: "We all know skinny people who eat loads of junk and who do little or no exercise, right? Why aren't they fat?". Yes, I really do know people like that. Don't you?

Hi. I joined last night (a friend introduced me)! I'm not good at sticking to diet plans, so I'm hoping that this easy way of keeping track of my daily calorie intake/exercise will help me eat most of my usual foods but give me the incentive to cut back on calories when needed and increase my physical activity. I hope it…

I'm going to give you a completely different response by saying that the statement IS true, BUT the burning of the calories part of the statement isn't as simple as it appears. We all know skinny people who eat loads of junk and who do little or no exercise, right? Why aren't they fat? It's because everyone's body is…

Glad you're going to focus on something else. Also, it's healthier to carry more weight on your thighs then, say, round your middle. I still had big legs (thighs and calves), even when I was slightly underweight. I just accept that I will never have slim legs (or upper arms). I'm fairly sure that most men prefer to see a…