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Some nights I will get nearly 10 hours, another will be closer to 6, but in actuality I'm a terrible sleeper. My 4 year old sleeps like a log and has since she was a tiny baby, yet I wake up several times each night. :D

I tend to aim for portion sizes from packets (weight wise) as a base then decide if I want to add any more. Not necessarily for ease of logging, but just because I often find that the recommended serving is fine for me.

I was shocked by how much I was overestimating a lot of foods, especially things like peanut butter or sauces. I'm a lot more satisfied now than I was when doing it all by eye. My main "bad" was for the weight of fruit and vegetables, especially apples. I *love* apples and was really shocked to realise just what that did…

A snack bag of apple slices

It's just one of those days where I need a great big bowl full of tuna fish with a liberal serving of hot sauce. Possibly a little mayonnaise.

Actually I think it's the little things that make me realize how much fitter I am than I used to be, and indeed compared to the people around me. For example my daughter weighs 27kg and I can easily scoop her up in my arms and run a fair distance if the mood takes me - sure as hell my partner couldn't do that, or many…

Ha yes, as TavistockToad says it really is all relative. I consider myself quite fit compared to my co-workers and friends, but compared to people at my gym? Nowhere near. What tells me that I am fit, personally? Being able to go further, longer, harder on both workouts and day-to-day tasks that I could have ever…

Name: Hayley Age: 26 Height: 5'5 Start Weight (29th May): 189lb Goal Weight (1st July): 180lb 3rd June: 189lb 10th June: 188lb 17th June: 188lb 24th June: 184lb 1st July: Weight lost/gained this week: -4lb Weight lost/gained this month: -5lb Successes/struggles this week: Running behind, but it was an ambitious goal... I'm…

I'm currently comfortably wearing my "goal" jeans! I am most pleased.

"Heartbeat" by Buddy Holly

In my experience pea protein is a difficult flavor to hide - I tried it just as a shake with dairy free milk, and in smoothies, and it just wasn't pleasant. I prefer soya based protein powders but have had nice hemp ones, and the mixes of different types seem to be nicer as a shake. Check out a website like Myprotein (or…

I listen to lots of different things, I just go by my mood. Sometimes heavy rock, sometimes pagan folk, sometimes swing, sometimes a soundtrack from a film or musical...

Ooh love this! Late starter here too, but my gym logs when I arrive/when I leave so I should be able to work out a rough time so far from that. I'll look later.

You called? I was raised on a steady diet of Star Trek, which is still a big love of mine. I'm also a big geek for shows like Hannibal, Sleepy Hollow, Stargate SG1 and Atlantis, Firefly... I'm very interested in Egyptology too, a definite ancient history geek. Getting into Marvel now that my kid is interested, but I'm new…

I use the pulp in things (cookies, smoothies, whatever), so would just log the weight of the almonds as it's all used. If I made nut milk these days, anyway - it's very messy!

I love my cheap gym membership (I'm with The Gym chain in the UK). £11 a month, a short walk from my house, 24 hours, and has all the equipment I want - where can I go wrong? I was grateful that it was so cheap the end of the last year when I stopped going for a few months, though. :o £30-40 lost is much better than…

Currently eating a mint, if that counts? Prior to that I had a sandwich with tuna, raw bell peppers, and red onion.

Overeating, really. I like to eat A LOT and can easily graze all day - I've always eaten "well" and don't have much of a taste for things like chocolate or crisps/chips, but if you're eating too much of any food you will gain weight. And I did. I was always big even as a child but used to be very active too, until…

Currently 185 (starting at roughly 200) - I don't have a final goal for weight though, I'm just losing and re-evaluating periodically. I'll pretty chuffed when I get below 170lb, though. :D

Name: Hayley Age: 26 Height: 5'5 Start Weight (29th May): 189lb Goal Weight (1st July): 180lb 3rd June: 189lb 10th June: 188lb 17th June: 24th June: 1st July: Weight lost/gained this week: -1lb Weight lost/gained this month: -1lb Successes/struggles this week: Severe eczema flare up means that I have struggled to exercise,…

Surely it must be 5pm by now.

A miniature chocolate bar from a box of Celebrations.

I'm getting there, and back into a couple. I have a new NSV in mind though - I'm going on holiday mid-July, and want to be able to wear a certain pair of jeans all day comfortably. Right now I can zip them up but they aren't comfortable enough to wear. If I can wear those it's fewer things to pack. ;)

My base goal is BMI based, i.e. I'd like to get down to "overweight" and will see how I feel then. I have another 6kg until I'm there. A lot of it is the fit of clothes too, though. I have a few dresses and some jeans that don't fit anymore, I'd like to be wearing them with room to spare. Then I can revise my goals when I…

I do this too, most of my workouts are fasted. Not a problem if it works for you. :) Often I don't eat until lunch time and it doesn't seem to matter when I work out in the morning, whether 6am or 11am.

I dunno, the squeezy pouches of fruit puree are pretty nice, some of them anyway. I've been known to grab a 4 pack of those and split them with my 4 year old. Would I eat any other types? Maybe, I've not tried a roast dinner in a jar to be honest, but it isn't high on my list of things to experience. We didn't buy that…

That sounds good and so simple, I'll keep it in mind.

Tight on time tonight and over on carbs thanks to leftover Chinese for breakfast, so I'm planning on scrambled eggs and cottage cheese with hot sauce.

It's a 5 min walk each way, which is ideal. It's also right next to the shopping centre/mall so it's common for me to go there via the gym. There are bigger and nicer gyms a longer walking distance from where I live but this one is 24hr, cheap, and has everything I want to use.

I weigh once a week generally, twice at most. I log it if I lose ha.