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I've only ever had a flat stomach when I've been quite underweight. But I don't have much muscle - I reckon if I did I would maybe be able to achieve one towards the lower end of the healthy bmi.

I'm going to try giving this a go. I think I'll try setting my goals to losing half a pound a week and see how that goes. I feel like being so strict when I'm on it just makes me miserable and so it's even harder to get back on track because I know how difficult it is to really restrict.

It's hard to forget lunch when it's all you think about from the minute you wake up haha

Hunger passes, it isn't gunna kill you.

In relation to the whole abstain/moderate debate... for me abstinence is a lot easier. If something isn't available to me I won't think about it or crave it. If there's a pack of biscuits in the house I'm trying to moderate it'll be on my mind 24/7 and require so much self control not to eat them all at once. However,…

I try to bank up calories beforehand and also cut some the few days afterwards to counteract the splurge (obviously how much depends on how much I went over by). I feel like otherwise it would be too easy to get into the habit of indulging a bit too much since there would be no immediate consequences.

That it won't make you any happier (for me, anyway).

Hmm I basically eat exactly the same way as when I was losing but topping the calories up to maintenance by adding carbs mostly (I really love croissants and toast lol). I think maybe it's more psychological for me... maybe I'm just coming to terms with the fact that I'll never be able to splurging and not thinking about…

I'm down 23lbs from 133 to 110 and no-one's noticed. I noticed after the first 5lbs or so though

That leaning your head back into the sink when the hairdressers wash your hair will be way more uncomfortable with less fat to cushion you!

Thanks for such a detailed reply!

Ok, thanks so much! I'll stick with its estimate as it is in that case. And yeah you're right - it seems like a great way of tracking progress. :)

Thanks everyone! In that case I think I'll use that estimate and then shave off a bit just to be on the safe side

Cheers! Hadn't realised Strava calculated it for you. Any idea how accurate it is?

It's frustrating how socially unacceptable not drinking just because you don't want to is. You could always say something like "I'm doing dry April/[insert any period of time here]". I've found people are much less pushy and more accepting when you frame it as a challenge you've set yourself like this. Just an idea! At the…

Went on my first bike ride in about 6 years this morning! Somehow I'd worked myself up for months to feel super anxious about cycling on roads (yay for social anxiety). Even felt shaky just before leaving. But I did it and it was so fun :)

These are awesome achievements! Was just wondering whereabouts your expedition was?

Trekked 200K in the Alps last year in 30 degree heat and with a backpack weighing about a third of my bodyweight... with next to no training beforehand haha.

I don't really like breakfast foods and find that if I eat breakfast I feel so much hungrier throughout the day. So 95% of the time I skip it and eat between 11am-7pm each day (16:8) and that works for me.

Just alcohol - but more because it makes me feel absolutely awful the few days after drinking it than because of the calories.

Maybe you need to take a gentler approach. Aim to lose less a week so you can have more calories, restrict types of food as little as possible, make sure you love the food you're eating and don't pressure yourself to do too much exercise. I think that being overly strict makes you far more likely to give up (and makes it…

I noticed it first innit upper torso and thighs, stomach has been the last to go so far!

When you put it like that it's not so scary! I'm glad you're enjoying it. I guess I'm just scared of reverting to my old ways and undoing all my progress. But you're right, it's just all the same stuff I'm doing now but easier because I'll have more calories to work with :)

Four years is very impressive - congrats! You're right - maintenance should just be the same as what I'm doing now but with more calories to play with. It's not so scary when you put it like that. What's your maintenance range?

Getting off the tube a couple of stops early to work more walking into my daily routine

Nope but then PMS doesn't really make me hungrier or give me cravings.

Haha very true... I'm grateful at least that they're further apart rather than more frequent

I was planning to go down to 115 and then maintain in a range between 115 and 120. I think I'll take on your suggestion and slow down to 0.5lb a week. But I really have no desire to do weight training.

I'm 5'6" and ~118lbs, net about 1200 cals/day (eating about 1400 usually) to lose roughly a pound a week. Only a few more pounds to go. I have a small frame and not much lean muscle mass so only feel comfortable with how I look towards the lower end of the healthy bmi. I'm not doing low carb or low fat or anything and…