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Outstanding! You SHOULD be proud of yourself. You put in the work, stuck with it and the results speak for themselves. Great job!

What is your daily goal? If it's 1200 and you're eating 200 less then you're eating too little. It sounds crazy and 6 months ago I would have agreed with you but it's right. I plateaued for 2 months and only started to lose again when I ate a little bit more.

1 - make sure you're putting the scales on a flat (not carpeted) surface like the kitchen floor. 2 - You have lost 8lb. It's just that your analogue scale says your starting weight was 132lbs. If you had used digital scales from the beginning your starting weight may have been 143lbs. The only way you'll know which one is…

I put on 3lb due to TOM/Salt intake/full moon/day ending in 'y', who knows. I'm absolutely typical pear shape. All my weight is on my legs and they're lumpy bumpy at their fattest. My NSV for today is that, despite putting on those 3lb over the past couple of days, I can see the lumpy bumpy parts of my legs disappear! It's…

Preach! Arms and thighs are my targets and they are absolutely the last things to go.

I've got about three or four playlists that I rotate when I run. They include Ike & Tina - Proud Mary Savage Garden - Affirmation Trolls Film - Get back up again The Vaccines - Norgaard But each one of them has this tune in it. UK members of a certain age will know. https://youtu.be/c5m9luH0Da4

If you're going to the gym there should be a personal trainer who can advise you about workouts and meal plans.

I was really hungry at lunchtime yesterday. Went to the shop, bought a salad, nearly reached for a chocolate bar. I could have worked it into my calories for the day but I'm trying to teach myself good habits. So I reached for a carrot instead. I congratulated myself on the walk back to the office. "If you don't buy it,…

Never heard that advice before. Eat breakfast when you feel like you want to. The only meal timing advice I believe works for me is not eating too close to bedtime. Give my body a chance to digest before sleep. Otherwise, eat when you're hungry.

This is why I don't like cups as a measurement. You know where you are with a gram or a millilitre.

Are you on the app or on the website? Both are working fine for me. When you've typed in your search words do you click search? If you don't click search then it will show you foods you've selected before. When you click search it brings up foods from the database.

Hello fellow back on tracker! I took Christmas off and put on half a stone (having lost a stone and a half over the past few months). No regrets. Enjoyed what I ate. Struggling to get back on the wagon. Want to lose a stone and a half before my friend's wedding in May. I know I can do it as long as I do it and stop saying…

The fat is finally disappearing from my thighs. I can see two particular lumps and bumps reducing when I look in the mirror. On my worst days my diet may live or die by the number on the scale because I couldn't see any progress (despite clothes being looser - I still felt massive on my thighs). I finally feel like the…

That sounds like a case of it being done right. Well done to that Doc *thumbs up emoji*. I hope the same due diligence and follow up is done in this NHS trial.

It seems like a tool to kick start fast weight loss for quick diabetes reversal (reducing the need for drugs) but if it was ever used it would have to be on the right person and, as the article says, have the right follow up so the weight doesn't just go back on. I couldn't do it and I don't see doctors recommending it.

This is absolutely the right way to think about it. You haven't lost but you haven't gained! I think it's more frustrating when you're trying to lose weight and you stall but if you choose to stay where you are then you're not failing. You're winning! It's an inspirational story for newbies.

Stupid, sodding, TOM made me jump up 4lb just as I was within touching distance of my "be X weight by Christmas" target! I know it's all water weight, I know I'm still within touching distance and it'll all come off in a week or two but - GRR!

I second this. You've been working hard for a long time to get to where you are. You might need to give yourself permission to take a break. Eat at maintenance. Still exercise but you don't have to go hard at it if you don't want to. Just get a few walks in to keep fitness up. I'm not a fan of the "Just do it" advice. It's…

Once you get started with exercise you won't notice the soreness. If you feel sore for a few days without let up then I would take a break until you feel more rested. This is based on nothing except my own experience. I persevered and ran through soreness for two weeks. I could do the run but there was never a day I didn't…

If I understand correctly, since the beginning of November you've juice cleansed, started counting calories and started a pretty intense exercise regime and haven't lost in 4 weeks. You need to give a new regime 6-8 weeks before you see results. Maybe even longer. I "plateaued" for 3 months when I started running but now…

You've paid for the gym so you might as well get your money's worth! Put it in your diary that "between this time and that time on these days I will be at the gym". It's an appointment that can't be missed. Eventually it becomes just another part of your day rather than a monolith that stares at you if you ignore it.

Yes it's about you and your journey but, dammit, you're working hard and some appreciation for that fact wouldn't go amiss! You can't be expected to be "I am woman, hear me roar" 24/7/365. Some days you just need someone to say "You're looking skinny. You must have been working really hard. Way to go!" and give you a hug.…

You're not alone. We've all felt that way. I can feel that attitude creeping up on me right now. My aim is to be "good" until Christmas but I don't think I'll last that long. I'm on around 1400 calories a day plus 10,000 steps with means I'm actually between 1200-1300. (nobody @ me about how this is all wrong. I'm not…

Chicken nuggets, oven chips and beans is less that 500 calories. Lucky for me as that's my 6yo's favourite dinner. Grilled chicken breast, boiled carrots, mashed potatoes Fishcake, green beans and chips Griddled steak, Aunt Bessie's frozen carrot & swede mash, boiled potatoes All can be sub 500cal if you portion them…

When you say you were broken was it that your legs were so tired you couldn't do the steps or were your lungs screaming? If it's the legs then, yes, redo week 3 or even take an extra couple of days of rest. Your muscles are just getting used to moving that way. Don't want to overdo it too early. If it's the lungs then look…

My people! This is the thread I need! I'm sat here reading all of your posts and thinking that I've felt exactly the same way as most of you have felt at some point during my weight loss journey. I've been "dieting" for so long that my friends and family aren't interested in knowing how I'm getting on with it. The most I…

Two more suggestions for you to try. Wean yourself off it. You have 2 sugars in your tea? Try 1. You're going to eat a chocolate bar? Eat half and save the rest for tomorrow. Eat a smaller slice of cake. Sweetener as suggested above can also help. If you're an all or nothing kinda person then just stop. Be prepared for a…

Thank you all so much for your suggestions. I really appreciate it I'm definitely going to get new trainers. I'm going to look up some 5k runs and change my route a bit. Audiobooks might be a good shout. Podcasts can vary in entertainment value. I'm much more likely to know what to expect from an audiobook.

Thanks for the responses. I have toyed with the idea of signing up for a 5K. I'm spectacularly self conscious of my running. I don't know why. The prospect of running with others and either having to keep up or slow down to run with people you run with. I know you don't have to do that but I feel it's rude to abandon…