PrincessMissDee Member

I have to admit after page one I only skimmed a few other posts to see if this got any better. :( I have never read the word "oatmeal" so many times.

I'm going - I've been 7 times before but i'm still SO EXCITED. What kind of fitness are you aiming for? I've been injured for a year after last year's marathon so am working my fitness back up now (hope to be feeling pretty strong a looooong time before Glasto though!).

ALL OF THIS. I cut gluten for a few months a few years back but as soon as my test results were back and confirmed I wasn't coeliac I was told to not cut it out at all as that would create a problem. Cutting out gluten completely is HARD as you don't realise how many foods have it in. I'd maybe cut down a little for now…

Lots of people have "cheat days" or loosen up over the weekend if they are strict during the week, however even then you can't just eat and eat to the point of shame. It's counterproductive. If you then don't even log what you ate then how will you adjust for it during the week? If you can't trust yourself not to go…

That's just one of those things people say when they see a difference. Looks like you weren't massive to begin with so they're used to see you in a certain away and I guess it means the loss is showing! Do these people matter to you? I'd say it's only worrying when the people you really care about say it. They probably…

Well actually, taking rests (interval training) is huge right now and the research shows it burns fat more effectively than doing the same thing for 20 minutes.

London here. Feel free to add me. That goes to everybody tbh.

Wait, I stopped soy because of its interference with thyroid and moved on to almond milk. Are you sure almond milk ALSO has thyroid issues? What milk now? For the record I don't drink dairy milk because I had my gall bladder removed and can't process the fat in dairy.

Lots of people don't get this. I was the same last year. Turns out all you have to do is read the bit about getting started on MFP. MFP calculates your calorie goal WITH the deficit you need to lose the weight you've said you want to lose. For example, when you calculate your goals and you've said "I want to lose 2lbs a…

As everyone says it's different for all of us and really does depend on where you've started. You'll probably find, in all honesty, that your clothes will fit BETTER first, before they're suddenly TOO BIG and you have to go down a size. And yes it is expensive so don't wish it all away too quickly! I felt everything…

Get a book.. try New rules of lifting for Women. That's where most people start. And don't worry about anyone else, you need to look at you and your form to start with.

Protein shake is the easiest and quickest way to add protein I find. But yes everything else mentioned here too.

WHY ARE WE ALL SHOUTING?

Yeah this. It's too hard to calculate it because everyone's body handles it differently. Used to bother me but now it doesn't. As long as you know you've worked out, the info doesn't need to be there for anybody else.

Well, yes, working out will shape your muscles and you can appear a different shape. I'm not sure I'd concentrate on trying to do just one area, rather an exercise or weight regime where you can focus more on your problem bits. For me, I changed my entire shape a year ago by doing Spinning, boxing and yoga. All of them…

Well that was wrapped up nice and easy!

Doesn't really sound normal.

Set it to sedentary. Then use the MFP method to eat back your calories burned. When you are more comfortable about understanding what your body is doing you can try another way.

HA THIS. But seriously, I have a friend who runs marathons who wears three sports bras together. It's not like nobody with boobs can exercise.

Ok so all the comments here are along the same lines so hopefully you'll be able to work it out from here. You can't "plateau" before you start, what you're doing is just not losing. If you're not losing, you're probably doing something wrong somewhere.You need to start at the basics before you even start looking at macros…

I wouldn't worry too much. When people are all around you, they don't notice incremental changes. You do, because you're looking for them. People who don't see you often, will notice. One day, someone who talks to you every day will suddenly realise that actually you've lost loads of weight. It happens to everyone. I lost…

OK here's the thing.. I had never ever felt good about my body and never worn a bikini, not even when I was skinny and probably underweight (because I felt fat and ugly then too). 3 years ago I weighed more than I ever had done but chose a beach holiday and took only bikinis. Want to know why? I broke my back 6 months…

Aim for 180, see how you feel around there. maybe you'll like it, maybe you'll want to drop more, maybe you'll want to start lifting and work towards muscle (in which case the number on the scale won't matter). Have a goal for now. You can always have a next goal for what happens next.

I find Scoobys easy to use and simple to understand to begin with. All the calculations are an estimate across them all and they use different methods of calculation so the only thing to bear in mind (at first) is to use the same one for consistency. My favorite site for TDEE calculations.…

It's not overeating. You need to watch your net calorie intake. Your net calories is what you should be using MFP to monitor. I also didn't understand this at first and only looked into it when I started being tired ALL the time. Turned out I'd been sticking to 1200 cals a day but exercising so hard that I'd been netting…

If you download the Nike Fitness app, it has SO many workouts on it.. I do go to the gym a lot and these workouts really do work your body. You can choose between cardio, toning, fitness and the more you do them, the more it opens up new workouts to you. Alternatively do you have space to do a fitness DVD? Or something…

I used to weigh every Monday morning to keep track of things when I first started but, now, whenever I feel like it. It doesn't matter when you do it, just try to stick to the same time. ie: f you eat a lot at weekends then do it before or after, but you'll regularly see what your trend is.

5lbs isn't as bad as you think it is. If you're looking to lose much faster then the likelihood is you'll lose lean muscle mass and put it back on when you eat properly. People have really unrealistic expectations of losing weight fast but a couple of lbs a month is actually ok.

Haha my diary is open but I eat whatever I want within calories so that's probably not what you're looking for.

Um, what just happened here?