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4 or 5 cups a day, but decaf (caffeine gives me heart palpitations), and just with 2 sweeteners.

My morning is: Wake up at 8:15. Have some breakfast (at the moment it's a small bowl of cereal with yogurt, not milk, but this will switch to porridge when it get's colder), cup of decaf coffee, give that 20 mins to go down then head out for a 2 hour bike ride :) Never used to be a morning person but since getting into…

No difference. In fact for me I prefer internet "relationships" (I'm only talking about friendships really.) My closest friend is someone I met online. We have met up a few times now but for almost 2 years we just chatted online. I have issues with my confidence so I don't get out at all really, as a result I have no IRL…

Vanilla quark (125 grams), 60-70 grams of sliced/chopped strawberries, 1 crushed up meringue nest. Put in a bowl, mix them all up. Delicious. About 180-200 cals per serving. You can use plain quark for even less cals, would probably be sweet enough with the strawberries and meringue. Can leave out the meringue completely…

Can't say I need motivation most days. I love cycling every day, the fact that it's making me healthy and giving me more calories to use each day is just a bonus. If/when I reach my goal weight I will continue to cycle. Find something you love doing.

Grilled tuna that has been marinated in honey and soy sauce is yummy. Have it with salad or egg noodles. Plain tuna steak with ratatouille. Onions, chopped/tinned tomatoes, bell peppers and courgette cooked in a cast iron casserole dish for an hour or so then just grilled the tuna when it's done. King prawn korma and king…

I *can* burn over 1000 a day if I cycle enough. I don't do it every day though. Only really happens on rides that are over 2 hours (unless they are particularly hilly.)

I could eat oatmeal for every meal. 1/4 milk, the rest water. 1 banana (half sliced and put in at the start of cooking, the other half sliced and added at the end), small handful of sultanas, sometimes half a tablespoon of maple syrup. Yummy :D

I personally wouldn't bother logging or tracking. I'm going on a 2 week cruise in July and have no intention of worrying about what I'm eating. Doesn't mean I'll go overboard every day and eat thousands of calories, but I'm not going to deny myself anything I want just because it might not be healthy or might take me over…

Still spring water or 7up Free. Don't drink alcohol, haven't for years, and most soft drinks are stuffed full of sugar. Only time I'm ordering something from the bar I'm also having a meal, I'd rather have an extra 150+ cals for my food :)

At the moment it's pizza, or chips from the local fish & chip shop. I may give in on the chips one soon, grab a cone when I'm out on my bike one day.

78.3lbs, started on Oct 2nd 2012. 76 weeks and 3 days. About 12lbs off my minimum goal, will probably want to lose a bit more eventually though.

The Da Vinci Code, 9 times I think it was. Might have been 8. I know it was too many really but I enjoyed it. I probably wouldn't do it now purely because it's that much more expensive to see a movie. I have no problem paying to see something multiple times if it's good though. Most other films I've seen multiple times…

I've never done it, but I don't think it would bother me. I'm not a very social person anyway so I'd probably prefer it tbh.

I don't have any that come to mind, although when I used to eat cereal the serving sizes always seemed very small. Ben and Jerry's serving sizes are too small. I just want the whole tub haha. What annoys me is when they list calories by weight, but that weight isn't one serving. Muller yogurts are the worst. They do all…

My breakfast (porridge), lunch (soup with bread and crisps) and snacks (hot chocolate with 3 biscuits before bed) are the same most days at the moment. Dinner is about the only time I have variety. I will eventually get bored of the porridge and soup but for now I like it so see no reason to change.

Porridge. 30g of oats, 100ml milk, 150ml water, 15g sultanas, pinch of salt and a small banana (half sliced and put in at the start of cooking, the other half sliced and put in right at the end before eating.) Yummy :D Used to add a small amount of honey but I find I don't need it now.

They are basically just a guess, but they are more accurate than not having one at all. I have found that taking 20% off whatever my HRM says at the end of the workout and logging that works for me. I doubt it is overestimating by that much in reality but I've been doing that for the 8 or so months I've had a HRM and I've…

First off I don't buy that eating late at night makes no difference. I've gone through stages where I would eat quite a lot at night (but still stay within my goals) and I wouldn't lose any weight while I was doing that (by "quite a lot" I mean 2-300 calories.) Then I would cut out the late night snacking and the weight…

Burning 7000 calories a week is unnecessary, possibly not even healthy, and very hard work, but if you really want to then I would suggest cycling, and lots of it. I've never burned 7000 cals in a week, but burned slightly over 6,000 a few times. Minimum of 2-3 hours out on the bike every single day to get up to 7000.

Either once a week or once a fortnight. Never more than 2 weeks though. Months is just wrong, and daily is just over the top unless you have a health reason to.

Most days, yes. We've been having smaller portions of the main component of our meals and making up the difference with loads of veggies, or filling out the main meal with veggies. i.e. adding things to the mince when making lasagne/cottage pie.

This. I tracked my sugar for my first 6 or so months on here then got fed up trying to stay under their ridiculously low goal. I ignore it now and just watch my carbs. Haven't skipped a beat as far as my weight loss goes. Having said that I still try to cut out added sugar if I can, and find it's not needed in most things…

MFP is set at 0.5 a week and a daily goal of 1660 calories. I eat back some of my exercise calories, but I also save some as this weather means it is impossible to get out some days. I think I could probably get away with upping my calories a bit although I don't really have trouble staying under so it seems pointless.

I'm quite happy with frozen yogurt tbh, with proper ice cream as an occasional treat. It's not that bad anyway as long as you don't eat a whole tub in one go. Just buy the good stuff ;)

It's up to you really. I weigh twice a day, once before bed and once first thing in the morning but then the little daily fluctuations don't really bother be. More they are guide as to how I'm doing and how strict I need to be with my calories for that day/the next few days. I don't log everyday, pretty much only log if…

I have porridge/oatmeal with various fruit etc. Any combination of bananas, sultanas, cherries, blueberries, honey, maple syrup, pecan nuts, flaked almonds. Usually have 2 or 3 of the fruits, honey or maple syrup, and the nuts just depend on my calories for the day. Lately I've been going without nuts but I have enough…

Fruit and honey. Lately I've been having any combination/all of the following: Banana Sultanas Cherries Honey Small sprinkling (10g) of flaked almonds on top Even that gives me enough variety to make things interesting for a while :)

Not planning on binging tbh. For a start I'll feel guilty if I go over by too much. Over the last year I've learned that I don't need to eat until I want to throw up. Christmas can be an excuse to eat anything, but it doesn't mean you have to. Last Christmas I went over by less than 100 calories, and I didn't exercise at…

Usually log all my main meals in the morning (or day/s before) then just add any snacks etc as I go.