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It's just skin at the end of the day, nothing sexual about it, you can see people in a lot less at the beach, swimming pool or sauna. It never occured to me to feel weird about seeing those photos on here, although my youth was spent competitive swimming and I now pole-dance for fitness, my sports never seem to have…

Dear 16 year old me, You know he always liked her more than you, he didn't dump you because you told him that, or because you wouldn't sleep with him, or because you said blah blah when he was talking about his bike. Don't let the hurt turn into the depression you'll be battling on and off for a long time. It just wasn't…

I went to your profile and clicked through to your diary from there, if there's a glitch with MFP then I apologise. But the first thing I see on the diary I'm looking at is net calorie intakes (subtracting exercise calories from gross intake) from today backwards of 954, 982, 871, 852, 950, 816, 929... etc. From the last 3…

Flicked through your diary, on the whole you seem to have been regularly netting about 1000 calories. That isn't enough. Your body is an intelligent machine, when it isn't getting enough fuel it economizes; reducing your muscle mass in preference to fat mass, reducing your BMR, diverting energy away from non-essential body…

Are you being 100% accurate with your logging? I flicked through your diary and found several days where the last thing logged was 2pm or earlier, and several more that were over by a few hundred calories. Added to this, quite a few of your calories seem to be drunk, which I've gathered from reading around here isn't…

I believe as you lose weight, your BMR decreases (because you are carrying less weight it's less effort just being.) And as MFP seems to work out TDEE from your BMR, that may explain a small increase? That's just my interpretation though, it may be wrong!

I keep mine friends only, but I only have 2 friends, one of whom is my fiance. I log for myself, nobody is paying me to provide information. I understand why for some people having an open diary holds them more accountable, and allows them to have more social interaction and outside support, but I also understand people…

I honestly don't understand where you think you have been pigging out, unless there's other stuff you haven't logged? Barely a day goes by when I don't eat chocolate of some description, I nett 1600-1700 a day of not always the most nutritious food, but I don't feel like I'm pigging out. Even with the cookies you're under…

I'm not an expert, I'm still learning about all this myself, but if I understand correctly, with a 1200 goal, you possibly need to make sure you eat back ALL your exercise calories. I try and aim to be at the most double digits away from the goal displayed for that day. If your daily intake is 1400, but you burn 500 of…

I learned that it didn't have to be hard, all I needed were the right tools, I definitely don't look on this as a diet anymore, it's just how we eat, so apart from the logging it's barely registers! Not only that, but eating food for function is more pleasurable than eating for pleasure, I feel far freer now there is…

Sorry to hear you feel so down! I agree with everyone else, you're gorgeous in your profile pic! It's early days yet, it's a big adjustment to make, 5 pounds in 4 weeks is amazing and probably bang on what you should be aiming for depending on what your stats are now. The way I look at it, you actually can't give up. Sure,…

I'm 5'6, 149 lbs. My job is pretty physical most of the time, but also not exactly full time, so I set my activity level to lightly active and log particularly strenuous work activities. Plugging my data into MFP gave me a 1710 calorie goal, but because work is a bit quiet at the moment, I took it down to 1650. Not that it…

How did you come to the figure of 1000 calories? If it's been customised specifically for you by a qualified person, then that's not anything we can give advice on, you've already found an answer that works for you. However, if it's an arbitrary figure based on "eat less, weigh less" then I really think you should do some…

Height: 5'7. Gender: Female Highest Weight: 166 lbs Current Weight: 149.2 lbs Lowest weight: 134 lbs Goal weight: 140 - 145 lbs Goal Date: 14/09/2013 (our wedding!) Before I met my fiance I was relatively steady at 146 lbs, but had terrible eating habits and a terrible diet. When we started going out and he introduced me…

I think I understand where the OP is coming from, I see a lot of my situation in their relationship. I don't think he wants her to wear her hair down, dress up and go to the gym because HE wants her to, but because he knows that they're things that make her happy, and why wouldn't he want to encourage her to do them if the…

Hun, you're beautiful, the fat you see in the mirror is massively distorted by your depression and negative body image. Getting yourself sorted in that department is far more important than losing weight right now, I hope you're actively in contact with your doctor regarding this. I've had depression since my early teens,…

Mint chocolate. It's fine when it's not opened, but as soon as I start... whole boxes of after eight mints, giant bars of mint bubbly and mint aero, the mint aero mousses are pretty darn good too. And mint kit kats.... *drool* Even mint baileys in my hot chocolate! It's still in my life, but in moderation(ish!) Haven't had…

Mine's open to friends, I'm not ashamed of it, but I don't feel the need to be accountable to anyone but myself. The support network system on here is great, but it's not for me at present, I'm not a big internet communicator at the best of times, and I'm in no way knowledgeable enough about this to offer anyone else any…

I hear ya! I was a massive veggie hater, from birth up until about 25, the only things I'd even contemplate were raw carrots (cooked were bleeeurgh!) broccoli florets (definitely not the stalks though, I used to shave off the flowers to avoid them!) and onion if it was cut up VERY small. In general, I had a massive…

I have a pair of neoprene capris that I bought for stretching (training contortion!) It says they re meant to reduce cellulite, but to be honest I can't say I've seen a change, at least nothing more than generally losing butt weight wouldn't explain just as well. But I haven't worn them much for exercising, mainly because…

We're getting married in September, I am getting my measurements done for my dress in a few weeks, much as I know that's not a long time to make any real difference (I've only got 10lb I want to lose) it's good to have a goal! So we are both on a diet and fitness kick at the moment, it's really weird talking about calories…