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Use a food scale, weigh and measure everything. Pre-log everything you eat - then if it puts you over you can make the decision whether to eat it or not. If you really must have it, do some extra exercise. Use your exercise calories - it will make you much more enthusiastic about exercise! Spread your exercise about - I do…

I log in the morning during the week - I take a pack lunch (with snacks) so breakfast and lunch are easy. I have most meals that we have regularly saved (it runs to 3 pages!) so I add the one we a re having, or if I am changing something I add the nearest option and just swap out the changes. I also have restaurant meals…

I always log as best I can on vacation, but don't worry too much about what I eat - having said that, I won't eat something for the sake of it, it has to be delicious to be worth the calories! So I came back 5lb heavier, but three has gone already buy cutting back calories and really making an effort with exercise (except…

Freeze a plastic bottle of water and roll it under your heel, it really helps.

Macadamia nuts are high in (good) fat and calories. As others have said, cheese is good, Or dark chocolate.

Are you taking a rest day/varying your workout? I doing the same thing on successive days is counter-productive as it compounds the wear of the previous day without giving recovery time. I still work out in some way at least 5 days out of 7, but if I've done a long cardio routine one day, I'll do more toning/weight work…

Sometimes I am a bit stiff, especially if I've been cold in the night. I usually find I feel better after a workout (nothing manic, maybe 20-25 mins aerobics or HIIT) than if I don't do anything. If I just have breakfast and go to work I feel stiff and sluggish all day. And I have to work out more when I get home! So its…

I have a cup of tea then do a short workout, if its hot like now I might do a slightly longer one as I probably won't exercise in the evening. Otherwise I do a longer workout in the evening - 30-45 mins, except when I have my double class (45 mins each Zumba and Clubbercise) - then I don't work out the next day. There is…

Now I'm in maintenance I rarely weigh, I measure (bust waist hips and thigh) every couple of weeks - if clothes get tight you know you've overdone it! I do however weigh and log all my food. Just back from holiday I'm an inch up on bust and waist (5lb on the scales). Some of it will shift automatically with going back to…

I find Birkenstocks and fit flops very helpful. Also, put a bottle of water in the freezer then roll it under your heel while watching TV (or reading, sewing, whatever!) very helpful. I had it a few summers ago from too much walking in very flat trainers/shoes and not enough at slight heel height (which is where fitflops…

I'm 53, started losing weight beginning 2013 and have been on maintenance since October 2013 (give or take the odd post-vacation blip!). Food scales + eating at a deficit = weight loss, food scales + sticking to daily target = maintenance. Its all about weighing and logging, weighing and logging. If you want to eat more,…

I do all my workouts at home from DVDs, or I go walking. the only things I do in an organised sense are a zumba and a clubbercise class once a week at a local school (pay as you go). If you think paying for the gym would make you go more often/work out more then by all means do it, otherwise maybe just try switching round…

5 years on maintenance with the help of a food scale - if ever I feel tempted to skip, I put what I think is the weight in a bowl and then weigh it. Its an eye-opener! Also, although I have a Garmin tracker I don't connect it direct to MFP, I use it to check my walking speed before entering walks. Other than that I use the…

Rather than use a powder just increase your protein macro compared with the others and make sure you eat plenty of lean protein and do enough resistance exercise to maintain muscle.

I find its better to have real protein (meat, fish etc) before exercise. When I get back I have a treat (cake, digestive biscuit) with a cup rooibos tea. Unless you have trouble eating enough protein for some reason - I've never found it difficult but I suppose some digestive issues might make it easier to digest a…

If cutting things out makes you miserable, then exercise to "earn" a moderate amount. Pre-log your basic meals for the day and see how many calories you have left - a single serve chocolate biscuit (club, 2-finger kit-kat etc.) is generally about 110 calories, and as its wrapped easier not to binge than putting your hand…

I'm 5' 5, 147lbs and measure 37 - 31 - 39. I'm in my 50s now, when I was in my early 20s I was134lbs and 36 - 25 - 37 (or thereabouts). 2 kids and a caesarean have not helped my tummy, but I know at my age to get much smaller all round I start looking really old and gaunt in my face (when I got to 140lb I looked so ill in…

Pre-log, and see if I'll have to give up something else to stay within my goals. If I really want it I will do extra exercise.

This. Also fizzy drinks, crisps, chocolate bars and chocolate biscuits were treats, for parites and weekends only (and not always at weekends)

Weigh and measure everything with a food scale - they are not expensive, you can get one delivered from Amazon if you don't have time to go out. Make sure you measure liquids as well as solids. Do not use cup measurements! Set yourself to sedentary and losing 1lb a week, then make sure you HONESTLY track your exercise…

My calves have always been huge - even as a size 10/12(UK) I had to buy wide leg riding boots. Try going into shops for larger ladies (Evans in the UK has wider boots) or look online for those suppliers for curvier figures.

Maybe just have the ends done - but if its really black it might not work. My friend (who is Chinese) wanted her ends purple, but her hairdresser tested a strand (she cut some from underneath to test) and it didn't take properly.

As long as you've been cleared by your medical professional you can add in some exercise, whether a nice walk pushing the buggy or working out to a DVD while baby sleeps (or watches), then use those calories. But don't cut out any food group unless advised to by a medical practitioner, just try to have a balanced diet and…

I have the same breakfast weekdays - granola with milk - but sometimes have something different (like a toasted muffin). My sandwiches don't vary much - laughing cow light with marmite or smoked salmon, sometimes in Vogel bread sometimes in a thin bagel. Dinners are always varied.

I use the Garmin 3, as I only have small wrists. It doesn't have a heartrate tracker, but according to Which? it was the most accurate for calorie burn (unless you wanted to spend megabucks), fitbits routinely over-estimate by 40% or more. I mainly use it to measure walks so I can accurately add onto MFP eg 20 mins at…

Also they are often the sort that if they are stressed, they don't eat, if they are excited don't eat, whereas I have to be really ill not to eat!

Extreme low calories will lead to muscle loss, as will lack of exercise, but generally the fat will go first. So once you reach a healthy weight/shape, still keep to CICO with a smaller deficit and eat your exercise calories, then muscle loss shouldn't be an issue. But you can't over-rate CICO, its fundamental to…

I keep them in the fridge but take them out before using as I heard it increases the volume (eg when whisking for cakes)

Both. I get up 5.45, cup of tea then just a 20 min (from Davina 7 minute fit, or a Rosemary Conley DVD). Then when I get home from work 30-4045 minutes either Zumba, more Davina or another fitness/aerobic/dance DVD. Once a week I have a double class - 45 mins each clubbercise and Zumba - and that day I don't do my am or pm…

Why are you avoiding fruit? It is low in calories and a good source of vitamins, also helps with hydration (certain fruits). Although fruit contains sugar it is better for you than refined sugars found in biscuits and sweets. Having said that, sometimes fruit doesn't hit that spot! I go for a single-serve item such as a…