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I used to be mega addicted to cheese, toast, and anything potatoey, literally couldn't go a day without them. I found totally cutting them out has meant that now, several months on, I'm very "meh" about all those things, I can take or leave them. In my experience, your tastebuds do reset themselves after a while, you will…

I used to love fries and cheese. Now I have baby potatoes boiled and crisped up slightly under the grill, and weigh out 20g of cheese to sprinkle on top. Finding lower calorie, healthier versions that are just as tasty or portioning "junk" into small treats is far more beneficial for long term success and happiness :)

Weigh yourself every week or couple of weeks, in the morning before eating or drinking anything, just to make sure you're keeping around the weight you want to be. If you're over, make a concious effort for the next few days to eat well, don't cut out the things you love, but be mindful and try to have as much whole,…

I do this :smile: It fits into life easier and personally, I hate the stress and restriction of counting macros!

Breadsticks/pitta strips with hummus.

Some people just like to wind others up, and some probably feel a level of guilt themselves, don't like being challenged on something they probably already know is wrong because it's such a horrible reality to face, and it's easier to bury your head in the sand and mock vegans than it is to deal with the truth.. I know…

A pint of cold lemon infused water helps me personally.. Along with toast and green tea :smile:

If you know where to get nutrients, then omnivorous, vegan, or vegetarian diets are absolutely fine. It's when people live off burgers and battered fish (omnivores), Oreos and Doritos (vegans), and cheesy pizza and fries dripping in mayo (vegetarians) that there are then issues with deficiencies and being super high or…

Being ill is weird. I've had a horrible flu this week and have been off my food completely the past 2 or 3 days, weighed today concerned I will have dropped loads of weight, and actually gained a couple of pounds! Just don't worry while you're ill, concentrate on eating good foods and getting better :flowerforyou:

Enjoy it! You know what a massive portion is, think 15 roast potatoes with 5 huge cuts of beef and a pint of gravy and 4 Yorkshire puds on the side. So just don't do that! Have a bit of everything and if you're still peckish, have a little bit more.

I skip it if I had a late dinner the night before, simply because I don't feel hungry. Usually by noon I want food though, so I guess I just have a late breakfast/early lunch :smile:

My boyfriend has a BMR over 300 calories above mine and struggles to gain, he's currently trying to bulk and he is definitely slowly gaining, but it's painfully slow, like a pound a month! I put on a stone or 2 since living with him because he was dishing up these massive portions for us both, and it was too much for me,…

I walk 15 mins to college and come home for lunch too, so I rack up about 60 mins walking a day at about 200cal burn. On top of that I might do weight lifting, running (I use the Runtastic app which helps because it tracks how fast you're going, elevation, etc and gives you an approximate calorie burn, I usually burn…

Either figure it into your calorie goal over a number of days or weeks and perhaps share it with a friend, your partner, whoever while having a cosy movie day or something.. Or simply recycle the gift if you don't trust yourself to not eat it all in one go :tongue:

I'm exactly like you! 5"5, 117lbs, and I'm also small framed and pear shaped with the same goal weight as you! Mind if I add you?

My partner was 130 before he started gaining weight with the idea of bulking, and at about your height he was very lean! He's lucky to have broad shoulders and good muscles as it was, so he didn't look scrawny, but it did make him look about 18 instead of in his 20's. I'd say aim for 140 or thereabouts, but everyone's…

Thank you that's really interesting! Just to clarify, I never have a meal of just veggies and I definitely wasn't recommending it, just pointing out that technically you can eat more healthy food (including grilled chicken etc.) for the same amount of calories as that burger. I love eating so I generally would rather eat…

Of course, but you will be hungrier. A plate of veggies will leave you more full than the same amount of calories in a cheeseburger.

A typical 30 inch tall toddler needs 1200 calories a day. Granted they're still growing, but, man! I don't even know how to eat 500 calories. I hope you're meaning per meal? Typical day for me (I'm vegan): BREAKFAST: Black coffee with Groovy Food Co Agave Nectar. Crumpets with soya spread / Multi-seed toast with crunchy…

Last Summer I got frustrated with trying to lose the last 5 pounds, and stupidly cut down to around 800 calories, some days less (I had no idea about nutrition and literally thought I could eat nothing and fat would simply melt off leaving me with a lean and healthy looking body underneath, haha). It obviously made things…

I'm vegan and I always make a point of having some type of bean/nut based meal at minimum once a day. Even baked beans will do! Multiseed bread is a great way of getting extra nuts in. Monkey nuts are yummy, and great if you're a savoury snacker! Peanut butter is your best friend :heart:…

If you're a big meat and dairy eater, start by just cutting down here and there and finding alternative recipes, such as beans and green lentils instead of mince in chilli/spaghetti bolognese. Almond/coconut milk is yummy. There are plenty of dairy alternative yoghurts and cheese etc, most supermarkets will have their own…

You won't necessarily lose from your boobs though chick. Fat comes off all over the place, for me my hips go first, then belly and thighs, and the very last thing to go is my arm fat, and my boobs stay roughly the same. Don't worry about it yet, see how you go!

Little boobies are lovely! My partner calls mine cupcakes, pahaha. Made me feel a whole lot more confident about my chest, so maybe that cute little name will make you feel more comfortable with yours too :flowerforyou:

There's such a thing as too much of anything, yep, even water! Stick to 8 glasses a day.

I'd definitely go for salad or some nice green veggies like green beans.

Intuitive eating is a great goal to eventually aim for when looking to maintain, but for most people it doesn't work when losing weight. Following their intuition with what to eat, when, and how much is what caused them to feel the need to lose weight/get healthier in the first place! I'm pretty much at maintenance now,…

Weight loss isn't a steady, constant, downward line. It's usually up and down with a gradual trend of downwardness :tongue: There'll always be birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, or just good old "bad" weekends. Just enjoy it! Long as you're doing it right the rest of the time you will see a steady decrease over time…

No need to patronise me nor insult me. We never factory farmed animals when we were still evolving, we hunted them. Factory farming is a modern thing. I'm sorry but YOU must have a severe lack of education if you think factory farming is thousands of years old. And, I've already stated I agree with kinder methods of…