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RuxleyBlueChip1993 Member

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  • Hi, I felt like I really had to reply to this because it struck a nerve. I'm 20 years old and I was in a very similar position with an ex last year. He would constantly make small comments about my weight (eg. he once asked me to stand on his back to get a crick out of it and then told me 'I'll get you to do that in future…
  • Ok, thanks. I'd never heard that saying before! Yes, I do account for cooking oils. I tend to use extra-virgin olive oil and I measure it out using a teaspoon because I know I tend to overestimate when it comes to free-pouring oil! I don't really use oil that much though, just 1-1.5tsps to fry veg etc. No, I've never had…
  • @ninerbuff Thanks for clearing that up. With all this advice hopefully next week's weigh in will be a different story. :) Thanks to all for your help! :) I'm going to put my diary back to private again now and keep going with my journey!
  • @cwolfman13, As far as I'm aware I am eating a deficit everyday. Even if my calorie intake/output were significantly off I would still expect to be seeing a little bit of weight loss, which is why I'm confused. As for saying I'm 'exercising like a fool', I don't really think that is a particularly constructive comment. If…
  • Thanks Jerry. I'll keep going and hopefully it'll pay off in the end!
  • Thanks for the advice marymoog, I might start logging things for a lower duration of time as well :) I've generally been pretty good about my logging but you could be right and maybe I am eating little things and forgetting to note them in my phone, like I do with the majority of my snacks.
  • Thanks for the advice. I'll get on with the food scale from today :) HRM might have to be a Christmas request! Haha
  • As far as I'm aware I don't have a hormonal issue. It might be that I'm not eating enough, but I feel like I am and I eat when I'm hungry. I log pretty much everything unless I'm away for some reason, and I use the MFP calorie burn calculators to work out my calorie burn, so it could be that they're just not accurate for…
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