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Thanks! I've made my diary public now and would welcome any feedback on it. I'm very new to this and still learning my way around everything so I'm sure it's not perfect but I hope it's not too bad. Feeling a lot better about it since reading all these comments :)

I haven't drastically changed what I'm eating to be honest - I've always eaten fairly healthily (not lots of McDonalds or anything!). What I have done is start to monitor what I'm eating and log it so I can keep a check on it and also control my portions more as I think my portions were too big before. In fact I know they…

Thanks. I'm still trying to get my head round all the numbers etc as it all confuses me quite a bit. I think I'm eating quite far below my BMR consistently which I know is bad but I'm not sure how to healthily up the numbers. It's early days though so I'm sure I'll figure it out. I need someone to just tell me what to eat…

I'm in! I weigh in on Friday mornings too. This morning I was down 1lb. Last week i was down 5lbs (but that was my first proper weigh in so I'm guessing it was water!).

OK I feel less guilty about missing that one day then. I thought it was supposed to be a 30 day intensive program so no rest days. I have noticed an improvement in my performance since day 1 but it's still very hard!

I'm trying to follow 30 day shred which means no rest day unless I turn it into like a 40 day shred. So far i have missed one day of the shred but it was because I went swimming and didn't get home til late and was tired having just swum a mile so I figured it was ok! Really felt it the next day though when I went back to…

When you put it like that it makes total sense. No I wouldn't be writing this is I'd lost 3 and 3 and I know it's same difference. Thanks :)

Thanks everyone - feeling much better about it now. Very supportive! I do know it's not going to come off overnight and that slow and steady wins the race - I totally agree with that. Thanks for putting in perspective for me. Going to buy some peanut butter and nuts in this weeks shops to help me hit the goal calories. I…

This is true! I am pleased I've lost honest!

That's what I thought. And I totally haven't managed it yet - I'm consistently under - especially on days I go swimming when I burn a lot of calories (I swim breaststoke steadily for an hour and do about a mile in that time but I'm aiming to get faster!). So obviously I don;t want to make up the calories eating junk food…

Am I right in saying I should be eating as close to my goal as possible? So if my goal is 1400 calories then I should be aiming for my NET calories to be as close to 1400 as possible? At the moment I'm consistently under so maybe that's not good either?

I haven't been taking measurements but I plan to buy a tape measure this weekend and start! DH says he is already noticing a difference in me around my face and waist but I'm not noticing a difference in my clothes yet so I think measuring would be useful for me. I Would say I'm quite big (UK size 20) but would never…

I've not heard of this - am off to google...

Thanks everyone! Don't get me wrong, I AM happy that it's a loss (hey a loss is a loss right?!) and I fully wasn't expecting to lose as much as the first week as I know that's unrealistic, I had just been hoping for 2lbs. I'm not expecting overnight miracles or anything - I know this will be a long process and I'm prepared…

That sounds nice! Do you need to blitz it at the end or is it just a nice soupy consistency?

Thanks! these sound really good. Liking the sound of the tomato rice - is that like risotto when it's done? Do you know what kind of calorie content it has roughly? Would love to hear any other recipe ideas :)

I have just started and am still trying to suss out my 'plan'. I've been consciously 'dieting' for just under a week - in that time I have kept under my calorie allowance dictated by MFP (and have eaten only 'healthy food' so no crisps or chocolate!) and exercised every day (one day was swimming for an hour and other days…

WOW! I'm trying to do some exercise every day but could never afford 3 hours of my day that is impressive!

Good tip! I do drink a lot of water (and really nothing other than water) and have been making sure to eat at least 5 portions of fruit/veg a day. I'm not sure yet how PCOS is going to affect weight loss but I hope it doesn't make it too difficult.

I also have PCOS. I'm 29 and no kids yet. I've just started seriously trying to shift the weight his week so it's very early days for me and I'm still working out the bet way forward. This week I e just been trying to control calories but I think I need to start looking at the balance of carbs/protein etc to maximise the…

I've JUST ordered this from Amazon so I should get it in a few days and then I'm in!

I took the plunge and ordered it so will be starting my 'shred' in a few days when it arrives. Nervous! Anyone else thinking of starting want to start same time as me and be shred friends?!

I'm thinking of buying this as it's just £4.99 on Amazon. Bit nervous though as never ever done a fitness dvd before so don't know if this might be really jumping in at the deep end! I have a lot of weight to lose though so maybe that's a good thing.

Thanks everyone - it's great to see such a lovely community :)

Thanks! Wow people are so nice already - hopefully this is really going to help.

Thanks! I have added you now :) Still getting the hang of counting calories etc. I'm not too hungry now as have managed to fill up on water but I think I need to adjust things as don't want every day to be spent being hungry! Will check out the link you sent - thank you!