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Thanks for your reply guys, I appreciate it :) I bought myself a magic bullet 2 weeks ago and have been making amazing fruit smooties every day to upp my fruit intake, and they stop the cravings for sweet snacks.

Birkdale :)

Ill give that a try thanks :)

I use a normal brownie recipe from the Edmonds baking/cookbook here in New Zealand. All I do it replace the sugar for splenda and I only add about half the reccommended chocolate, I also have experimented using wholemeal flour instead of white flour, but it is up to you. I would suggest to just experiment and try out…

You could use any recipe you want, just repace the sugar for splenda and add appelsauce instead of butter. But watch out as it does change the texture! I prefer to only swap halve the sugar for splenda to help keep a nice texture and do the same with the appel sauce and butter. Also a lot of recipes use more chocolate then…

Hey I live in Birkdale and also looking for a gym buddy. Just signed up to a 30 day trail at the YMCA here...

Awesome, thanks for your feedback :) I'm glad it is working out for you :)

Agreed :)

I'm with you on this one. It is great that you have found a program that works though so keep it up! But if the 'beyond diet' program is so great, then why are you on MFP?

I'm glad it worked for you guys! Keep it up :)

It is indeed about healthy eating :)

Thanks guys, I'll see if I can find a swiming class somewhere close that I can afford to go to lol

I'm the same: diets dont work fo me as they cannot be maintained in the long term, and I dont like aying for stuff if I dont have to... But, their programm seems very different and definitly intresting, which is why I was wondering what you guys thought ;)

Thats a good idea, thanks guys! I just thought I'd check if others had noticed this or if I was just going insane lol

Thanks guys, I really appreciate all your ideas and advice! I have a cross trainer at home and I used it every day when I was not working (I work only part time at the moment) and gave myself atleast 1 resting day per week. And I also do some arm excersis with weights, and have attempted yoga and pilates, the problem is…

Auckland, New Zealand. To be fair the doctor said 'up to 2 months' but even that is ridiculous!

Thanks guys, I have had this pain before and it comes and go's really, but still annoying.

I had a huge problem during my last year or my course, I just finished a few weeks ago luckily! I had a class mate who was Fijian, and male, so he was lucky to have a fast metabolism, and he was always hungry! Me and our Mexican friend would always fall for his excuses to buy an other pie or an other snack with him during…

I got severl cook books from my secret santa during our family Christmas lunch and one of them is full with crock pot recipes, it is great! I havent tried any recipes from it yet, but I normaly just throw what ever I have got in it and let it do its magic, If you have a basic understanding of flavours then you can make…

I'm definitly going to have to try some of those recipes guys, thanks! I love baking and came up with a recipe for banana and choc chip muffins that are only 80 calories each, my freezer is full of them and other baked goods just in case, its good to know I have always good some yummy low guilt snacks ready when I run out…

Thanks for all your awesome replies guys!

I only just started with this website but I have been trying to lose weight for a long time, just thought I'd give this place a go. Feel free to add me :)