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Thanks guys, I've added you all, I'm feeling cautiously optimistic about this.

Australian: Chips = us fries Chips = uk crisps There's rarely any confusion over them - it's usually context that will give it away, though we also do sometimes distinguish hot chips vs potato chips. However just about every aussie who visits the US has at least one instance of being disappointed when offered chips with…

I have oral allergy syndrome which sounds very similar to the symptoms you describe... many types of raw fruit and vegetables cause me to get lumpy/tingly lips and some cause me to have breathing problems - similar to an asthma attack. Similarly, although I've never had any problems eating potato, peeling it (and carrots)…

Finding a habit that has become a natural way of life - even when life takes me off course every now and then, my default setting is to be healthier. And running. I couldn't run. My knees were crackly (still are), couldn't run, but I took it up last October with the couch to 5k app, and haven't looked back. Ran my first…

I really loved endomondo but found it to be a total battery drainer. I've been using runkeeper lately and so far so good, but unlike with endomondo you have to be careful to "save" the run. I lost my first real 10k using runkeeper because I hadn't worked this out beforehand, alas. I do like the way it tracks your progress…

Sounds like oral allergy syndrome? If so, I have the same, but never so severe. Only raw fruits and veggies affect me, and it's mostly just lip bumps and stuff, except for watermelon. I don't have any suggestions, other than just making the extra effort to find recipes that you can eat (I was loving salads last year…

I weigh daily also, I find it less frustrating because I understand the fluctuations. I check in whenever I hit a new "low weight" as long as the pattern is that it's going down. I realise this might be caused by variations, but it tends to stablise at that weight pretty quickly anyways. I've been frustrated the last…

But it would have to be -above- to undo the good work from all the other days of the week. So if she's eating 500 deficit for 6 days, then if we're going just with maths she'd have to eat 3000 calories above maintenance on that one night to just maintain. Of course, it's not always just maths.

Have the complete opposite problem. I'm a saint on weekends because I have time to prepare healthy food that I want, whereas on the days that I work, my diet suffers - I can stay under calories okay, but man does my chocolate and processed food consumption go up! Maybe it would help to use weekend time to prepare your good…

I'm so worried about this. I don't like having large breasts - they're G cups, and already not exactly favoured by gravity - it's one of my biggest insecurities and reasons I get scared of new relationships. But the idea that losing weight will make them even droopier scares the crap out of me. I'm not scared of them…

I was a diet coke addict. I drank it like water until about 4 months ago. I never made any decision to give it up. I quite cold turkey. Basically I'd been eating low calorie, but clean foods, and exercising a lot, and one morning I woke up -thirsty- and went to grab my dc and it was repulsive to me. I've only had it 2-3…

I passed up the -rest- of the chocolate eggs I bought, very difficult to do on night shift, for me (I left them on my colleague's desk. I do that a lot, he's started to call me "the easter bunny"... yes I buy lots of bags of easter eggs that I have to get rid of before I go nuts) I also passed up mcDonalds drive through…

I think it can work. Might even be the best thing you do, because monitoring your calories can prevent you from -putting- on weight when you quit. That said, if you feel that you will struggle, focus on smoking first. It's a. a quicker fix, and b. more important, imo. Once you've got that down pat, mfp will still be here.

face and oddly and pointlessly enough - my calves Or at least that's where I notice it, while shaving my legs, this is the second time I've lost weight where I've suddenly thought "where's the rest" and tried to find the unshaved spot that doesn't exist because it's just that my calves got smaller.

So many good ideas from everyone, but oh wow, parsnips?! Amazing. Do you let them cool first or do you use them hot?

I have used cleaning and food preparation, but both in unusual circumstances. I would never log it for the normal day to day stuff, but the day I logged cleaning, I had been helping a friend move house and had spent 14 hours on my feet scrubbing her walls and similar things - I logged it as 4 hours, and I felt absolutely,…

It's a little bit tougher for us shift workers cos we have to tweak the system a little, cos we don't fit into the standard mould. I personally just eat very low calorie meals on my long day, and have any high calorie meals on my "short" day when I'm readjusting to days. Other people will just log midnight to midnight. Or…

I'm with most of the others, work silly shifts, day shifts and night shifts every week. Always count a day from when I get up till when I go to sleep. Working for me so far. It does mean, for me, that I have a long day every week when I'm adapting to night shifts (lots of very low calorie meals), and a short day when I'm…

I could foresee a similar issue happening when I finished c25k, I went about a week without running, without the little app telling me what to do. I downloaded the bridge to 10k, but haven't really gotten focussed on that yet, I just needed to re-focus. I'm not ready for 10k - I did the c25k on the treadmill at 0.0…

Thanks guys, I guess I posted a bit late (I was suddenly panicking about 3 hours before dinner that I couldn't find a nutritional guide). Went to TGI fridays, pinched a couple of starters from the others, and went with the key west shrimp which couldn't have been too high in calories - it was one of the few lighter choices…

Anyone?

I'll be working 7pm to 7am. I'm glad - it might be the most hectic night of the year at my work, but I don't have to worry about finding something anti-climatic to do! woot!

Personally, I take a guess from a medium to high calorie version of a similar meal that is on the database. If I'm still not convinced I add a tablespoon of oil to it. It's not always going to be 100% accurate but if you're pretty accurate most of the time, it's not likely to be a huge deal. Remember it's a lifestyle…

Gravy. Over Christmas I was reminded of what I hate about gravy - I saw a big pot turned to jelly and ewwww... gross! Hot chocolate. Hated it since I was a little kid. Hated the taste of warmed up milk (had not problem with tea or decaf coffee when I was a kid though.) Now I find no need to introduce it to my diet.

I had a couple. Going for 2 decent length runs on Christmas day (doubly so because it's the first time I've run outside as opposed to the treadmill) Logging throughout Christmas and not getting too carried away (or caught up in the "I must eat all of the food" mindset.) My dad noticed I'd lost weight and looked good. My…

This for me, big time. As silly as I think it is when anyone else says it, in my head I'm the most revolting person ever. The other thing is skydiving. It's been my new years resolution every year for about 8 years. And though there have been times I've been light enough to do it, there haven't been times where I've been…

I always think that body shaming offline is something that mostly happens between thinner women. I'm clearly fat and therefore not worth shaming. I can only think of one instance where it happened to me and it was snickers when we had to get on the scales in my first week of highschool. In contrast I can think of many body…

vodka, lime and soda, every time (just make sure they put in actual lime, not lime syrup. And lemon is a poor substitute for lime, but it'll work just the same)

I drank diet coke as if it were water (at least 2 litres a day) for at least 8 years, up until less than 2 months ago. I didn't intend to quit diet coke, I accidentally went cold turkey. My only method was that I'd been eating pretty cleanly and woke up one morning feeling thirsty ie wanton water and repulsed by the dc.…

I always eat before, and then wait an hour to workout. Can take a bit of time, sometimes, but it works for me. Also serves to help remind me that I'm eating simply to fuel my body.