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Get lifting and use the surplus calories to build muscle :)

I always find this tricky too. I thought I was sedentary but it turned out I'm not because I'm up and down looking after 5 kids needs all day everyday. Remember that TDEE is just an estimate and it'll be a bit of trial and error to find out how much you have to cut to shed those few lbs. Also things like muscle really…

Low fat is just another fad. We need a good amount of good fats to keep us healthy. In the UK I believe the recommended intake for women eating 2000 calories a day is 70g of fat and 20g of that fat being saturated. Obviously everyone is different but personally I have found that I can lose weight by eating over 1600 cals…

Determined

Got sick of guys asking for a 3some

Looking in the mirror and liking what I see

Welcome to the site and I wish you success. I don't have any links but I'd recommend that you have a good look around the forums to find the best path to get fitter and healthier. Don't be fooled into thinking that you need to eat the usual 1200 that mfp tends to set them up with as allowing yourself too little food is…

I don't deal with the scale well. I pretend I do and try to justify what it tells me each day but often subconsciously it affects how I feel about myself each day. I liken my relationship with my scale to being in an abusive relationship actually in that it often drives my feelings of self worth and regardless of what it…

Could you find a work out buddy or get someone to agree to work out at the same time as you. When I see how motivated everyone is on my news feed I feel motivated to move too.

Start with small changes and take small steps. Yes it takes time but you can get there if you set your mind to it. Do you really regret the surgery or has it made life better in other ways? I need my back straightened too but I'm scared :/

Yup. Just this morning the mother in law was on the phone asking my partner if I was ill. She hadn't seen me for about 6 months so my weight loss was probably a shock. I'm somewhere between 5'3 and 5'4 (hard to tell because my bones are all wonky lol) and 105lbs so I am a couple of lbs underweight but I wouldn't expect…

Yeah! Sound like you're going to have fun this summer!

Well they say we should all get 30 minutes exercise a day so I would start with minutes. Just getting some more activity into your day will help and you can progress on from there. It could just be a brisk walk in your lunch break to start and taking the stairs rather than the lift. When you start to feel a bit fitter and…

Bumping for later as I'm in a similar situation.

This post took me back to my early teens. I was dating a guy from a very religious family who's dad was a priest and I was dressed all sparkly when I went to their house one day and his dad said "Ooh you're looking very glitterous today" Is that even a word? Sounded too much like another word to me at the time and I was…

Quark has been great for topping up the protein for me. I'm sure there's lots you can do with it but I just like to mix it with some milk and a sachet of low cal hot choc powder. It tastes like Angel delight and 80g of quark has around 10g of protein. I also eat quite a lot of other reduced fat cheeses. Oh also some meat…

It could be stressing you out. I've been successful here but I do fret a lot over the calories and macros now and sometimes it takes the enjoyment out of life. The system here does work but I guess it's not for everyone. We're you counting calories before? Has mfp set you a lower calorie goal that you're struggling to keep…

Work on getting your diet sorted first and the work out where you can fit in a bit of exercise. Lots of time restricted people just add in little bursts of exercise like wall push ups or squats when they go on their toilet breaks. There are also a few very short intense workouts such as tabata that take around 4 minutes…

Aww sounds good!

Quake with a splash of milk and a sachet of low cal hot chocolate powder mixed in tastes like Angel delight and has around 10g protein

The advice you've been given is good advice. You really need to eat more before you get even more problems than you have already. I ended up in a right state after months of eating very low calorie. I couldn't focus or concentrate, I couldn't do anything because just moving was exhausting and I struggled to breathe, I was…

Because they were quackers

Interesting. I'm 107 but I've seen others around 130 who look quite similar to me. They must have more muscle lol

155? This is hard!

Maybe you aren't in the right place mentally at the moment. So many people yo yo diet but then one day something just clicks. I tried for years to lose weight but its only this past year that I really found the mental power and dedication. Apart from that I just try not to have too much temptation in the house and I try to…

And there was me thinking I was gross for not washing after every workout and just tying it up and covering with lots of hair spay. Thanks ladies! lol

I am around your height and at 167lbs I was wearing size 16 to 18 clothes so I don't think your clothing size is big for your height. If you previously fit in smaller clothes then your body composition must have changed. You will be storing fat in different places to where it used to be. Every time I've had a baby my body…

Do you have loose skin there? I'm not much smaller in weight or waist size than you but my tummy still sticks out :( I bloat easily but I also have a lot of loose skin from 5 big babies. I'm trying to eat around maintenance and weight train (you can't build much muscle to hold everything up in a deficit) and I think it's…

Well said. We all get like that sometimes and I always wonder why it takes me so long to convince myself to get moving again as it always makes me feel so much better.

I can't imagine dating someone younger than me. I've always dated older people. Don't really have an upper limit though lol. If I get on with someone that's all that matters.