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put your ear buds in.. turn your music up, work out and ignore the *****..

I'm no expert, but isn't eating 'normally' the reason you put that weight on originally? My aim is at the end to have trained my brain and body that my 'normal' eating is the new lower maintenance calories, healthier eating, portion control and exercise.. perhaps that's what you need to do too.. otherwise you will just…

I love spinach.. not the horrible frozen stuff but fresh. In salads with rocket is fab with a nice steak.. I also throw it into stews, curries, stirfries anything really right at the end of cooking.. if i can get it in there I will.. more often than not it doesnt even need to add any time to the cooking as the residual…

this has to be one of the best threads on MFP at the mo.. As i started to look at the later photos I started to notice things before I read what you wrote.. Thank you!

Hi to both of you! Good luck on your prospective journeys Add me if you like..

i'm not really sure what all this clean eating is about to be honest.. I don't eat my food off the floor, i do wash my plates and i haven't had any dirty chicken (KFC) since last year.. but i do eat normal food, cooked and uncooked, washed and unwashed, not so much processed as i just dont like what they put in it these…

Hi I'm in Sussex.. add me if you like..

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I did a thing must have been about 17 years ago which was these smelly pens.. they said that certian smells stops you from being hungry and made you eat less.. so i had about 4 or 5 different pens.. which you would sniff, when you where hungry, when you were about to eat and after you had eaten,.. they were orange, apple…

Hi.. I'm in Sussex.. Do you get paid for your lunch break?? if not why are you giving your employer at least 2 and half hours free a week?!?!? Thats about 3 weeks work a year free!! I use mine now to walk 15 minutes one way down the road/prom and 15 minutes back again.. thats a 1/2 hour walk every day during the week i…

HI yep i am prety much the same.. just a few more years on me and an 18 year old son.. add me if you like..

i do these things to help prevent late night snacking.. Drink a large glass of water at around 8.45pm.. dont have those chips, icecream etc in the house.. have a bowl of fruit nearby where i'm sitting in the evenings... go to bed early.. doesn't always work as sometimes i do give in and have a slice of toast ...

Hiya! Another Sussex lass here! add me if you like.. mother of an 18 year old now finally claiming my body and myself back.. add me if you like ..

Hi... I'm from down south add me if you like.. I eat real tastey food.. why have a protein bar when you can have swordfish and mango salsa with a leafy salad??!!

Not scotland, (Sussex).. but add me if you like.

I do Zumba in the evening 3 times a week.. two of them are quite late so I eat my tea a couple of hours before I go to those ones.. Monday night that went wrong as I was late home from work which meant I ate my meal (kedgeree) only 45 mins before I started Zumba... I won't be doing that again!!! I felt so sick after and…

Hi!! UK here! right down on the South coast..

are you loosing weight eating what you are at the moment?? if you are I wouldn't worry about the little bit extra.. the way I control how much fat eat is I eat foods that are 5% or less fat.. so my meats are all extra lean.. eg chicken, beef (it can be less than 5%), venison, fish... I also eat a lot of fish... which is…

I'm a firm believer that we crave a food because we are lacking in a particular nutriant at that particular time.. I crave milk sometimes- lacking calcium or something savoury like crisps - lacking sodium (i don't tend to add it to my food) crave bananas - lacking potassium Perhaps you are lacking ummmmm not sure... well…

Make it with butter if you are concerned about the calories. Below is a list of oils and how many calories are in 1 tbsp of each.. and at the bottom is butter.. All the oils are about the same 120ish.. while the butter is only 102.. thats 20 calories saved!.. And I'm sorry but garlic bread just isnt garlic bread unless…

last night I had a nice bit of baked plaice with 150g of broccoli.. tonight I'm having my homemade Goan Fish curry (made with lovely haddock) with salad.. but not until after weigh in and Zumba!!

Sussex, England

Thanks guys.. it is a rather fabulous milestone.. make sup for the disapointment of not hitting it before Easter.. Plenty more 3 stones to go though!

Just because we are trying to loose/gain weight doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about certian foods... perhaps talking and thinking about the less healthy foods (not going to say we shouldn't have) is a good way of workig out why we crave those ones in particular.. I actually believe that cravings are a sign your body is…

wow... well done!

boiled eggs.... rice.. (boil the water put rice in, seal the lid over with clingfilm.. let the rice steam).. cous cous.. go to a climbing/outward bound type shop.. they will have lots of freeze dried meals in bags that you add boiling water to.. my brother climbs and lives off them in the moutians

After most of my meals I drink a nice strong Mint tea.. it helps with digestion.. I also find after a good zumba session that it loosens it all up and I can be quite trumpy after.. but mine smell of roses.. :wink:

Last night was homemade fish curry.. so yummy and only takes a matter of minutes to cook.. had it with a salad rather than rice. .. Tonight was 1/2 small butternut squash roasted and glazed with maple syrup with leftover braised red cabbage and broccoli. .. (was using up left overs in the fridge)

I love pink n whites.. they are my weakness... less than 2% fat and only 50 cals each.. so ummm healthy in a way.. If I feel I want to be oober healthy I will have 50g of dried apricots and 50g of prunes..

I just think its really strange.. not complaining at the 2lbs.. was rather hoping for the 3lbs to make it 3 stone lost by Easter.. not done much exercise this week so I will see how much I have lost tomorrow when I get weighed... hopefully at least 1lb to get me to that goal..