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Didn't do as well as I had hoped in August, I'm in for a better September I hope

Myself!!! I can't lay blame on anyone else, I am in charge and in control of what goes in my mouth and how much I move. Ok, there are factors, mainly to do with moving as I have some health issues that slow me down, but eating and drinking - I'm in control. When my children were growing up I taught them that they…

thank you so much for your efforts. I feel that I need to try harder now that you've gone to so much trouble. I had a bad start to the week, busy at work and not feeling very well. But I am determined now. xxx

Hi I'm Sharon, 53 from North Wales UK. I've gradually gained a stone over the past year, due mainly I think to stress, lack of sleep and exercise, and bad flare ups of my arthritis. I don't eat too unhealthily, but obviously too much of it, I can't get away with much as I'm barely 5 feet tall, also I think my age has added…

current weight: 182 Overall goal: 130 ish August goal: 174 August goal: to build up strength and start walking extra to my normal working day. Recovering from shingles and a bad chest infection so feeling a bit weak at the moment.

I would like to join please. Just tell me what I need to do. Thank you for starting this

By the way Dawn, I meant to say congratulations on your great weight loss. Keep at it, facts are facts, and losing 30lbs is definitely noticeable, you're amazing xxx

I like this one. My mum never noticed when I lost any weight either. When friends would say I was doing well and had lost weight she always said she didn't notice and that I needed to be doing something about my weight though. She said things about me as if I wasn't there and had no feelings. This was after going down 2…

Well done. Congratulations!!! - what an amazing achievement. You should be so proud of yourself. I have taken great inspiration from you and your wise words. I am probably the world's biggest procrastinator. I get so annoyed with myself because I waste so much time thinking about doing stuff instead of just doing it. I was…

Btw Expecta, I meant to say you look great - you're obviously doing something right!! well done you xxx

Glad I'm not the only one!! It's strange how our bodies work, I do think what we've eaten a couple of days before makes a difference too. I now try to plan over a week, not daily, as some days I really don't feel like a lot of food, but other days I want more, so I try to go with it a bit. Hopefully over time this will…

Hi. I can feel like this. I never used to eat breakfast, ever. Then after reading all the advice given about how important breakfast is, I thought I'd better start. That was the start of my real weight problem, and around a 2 stone weight gain over a couple of years. Of course I was adding a couple of hundred calories a…

snap the asparagus where it naturally "gives" when you bend it. This gets rid of the woody bit, there should be no need to peel then, but you can trim it if it's thick or a bit older. Have you tried stir fried broccoli with soy sauce? It's lovely. Stir fry in a little oil until quite crispy. You can add just a tiny drop of…

I'm home nursing a bad cold and feeling low. This has made me laugh out loud, I know it's a troll, but it's funny

add some tandoori spices and lemon juice and marinate chicken breasts,(overnight if possible or at least two hours), then grill on high for a lovely tandoori chicken, or you can cube and skewer the chicken for kebabs. For a sweet treat, slice in some banana and freeze. A nice sweet pudding that takes a bit longer to eat,…

amazing. Fantastic story and great comparisons too. Your son will grow to be very proud of such a determined, loving father I'm sure. He's a lucky boy.

thanks for this - time to revise my portion sizes methinks!!! Now I know why I'm not losing any more lol. My eyes deceive me. (I always knew this, but was trying to kid myself that it was either very lean meat, good for me vegetables or salad, high protein etc and "I've been active so I'll work that bit extra off". I think…

Hi first of all - congratulations. It is difficult to get going again when you feel that you are pulled in all directions already, and I know how tired you can feel with a young baby, another child and a full time job. (I doubt very much that you're lazy if you're doing all this!!) I have found that when I haven't…

Hi, I replied to you quite early on and am so pleased that you have found comfort and most of all inspiration from your replies. You just get on with your life and carry on doing what you're doing, be strong and you will survive, and not only survive you will blossom and be stronger than you ever were and such a great…

Well done you. What a difference, you've got great legs btw. That was an amazing thing you did today, to go hiking instead of giving in to what we would normally do, curl up and eat. It shows a great strength of character and you should be so proud of yourself. Ten years ago, my husband and I broke up after 20 years of…

Hi you've done so well and I love your attitude. You look so happy and I think that once we realise what we really want you'll go for it. Just carry on with your life, and it's great that you're getting back into the sports you loved. I think the weight loss will follow from there Being happy is the most important thing in…

Hi, I have the fitbit one and am happy with it. It does monitor sleep, you just press it in just before you go to sleep and then the same again when you wake up in the morning. I often forget to press the button, but just enter the times I went to sleep and woke up and it shows a graph of this time. I think all it really…

Get one large cauliflower ................

I'm the same. I was only ever a couple of pounds overweight until all the hype started about how awful it was not to eat breakfast, so I started. Of course I was adding another meal to my daily calories, so gradually gained more and more, and was always hungry so started having a morning snack as well (something I had…

I totally agree with you ugh!!!

finely chop some onion, fry it until translucent not brown, mix in with turkey, onion powder, garlic powder (I like a little chilli in there too, salt and pepper, mix it all up and make a patti. If you roll it into a ball, put your thumb in (but not right through, put the feta in the dent and cover over with the mixture,…

that's great news - keep it up xxx

I'm staying on level 1 also. I've had a throat/ear infection and a pulled calf muscle during the 2 weeks, so don't feel that I'm ready to move on yet. I want to do the pushups properly not on my knees and be able to go right down on the lunges first. I didn't do anything before, so still feel I'd do better to do this every…

it's a shame, but not the end of the world.(I'm sorry about your ankles - I don't mean that, but about not doing the shred) We have to stay safe and it's no good putting yourself in a position where you can't do anything and are in pain. I've had an injury this week, and was disappointed as I never complete anything and…

Hi - I only managed 6 days of the shred and I had started a couple of days before you guys, due to injury and a throat/ear infection. I have however tried to eat well and have kept active by walking and moving around a lot more etc. I don't think i'll move on to level 2 yet, but will carry on with level 1 until I feel…