savouryduck Member

100lbs+ to lose. In it for the long run here.

I'm not against the principle of tarting but there's a time and a place! :blush:

South Yorkshire guy here. And add if you so wish.

Awww. Thanks Lily!

As in YMCA? No. Plus I need swimming lessons to boost my confidence. Bit of a struggle to afford right now :/ Thanks for the support though everyone! :)

Back again to try again! South Yorkshire area.

Currently over 4 stone lost so far and getting much better at eating healthily and taking regular exercise. I go off track but can guarantee I'll pick myself up and be back on it within a week (or two).

Yeah, you can only target muscles in the area as you can't spot reduce weight

Not sure if this is a NSV. I've been trying to work on my fitness levels by walking and going to the gym. Earlier this year I could manage about 9.5 miles on a walk. Today I completed 19.74 miles in 5 hours 44 minutes.

I'd like to suggest the Snowdon Ranger Path up the mountain. It's a lot quieter than the main 'motorway' that the vast majority of people use!

A hug that is genuinely meant and filled with love.

Anyone used this http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ IIFYM calculator for working out their intake needs? It suggested an increase of around 300 calories a day over what MFP settings suggest!!!

The Salter weighing scales I use at home does rudimentary body analysis. Not the same as the analysis I get at the gym but gives me some indication of how things are changing.

Result for week three. Lost 5.6lbs. 14.2lbs total. Target achieved 2.5 weeks early. My new target for the end of March is to, hopefully, see my weight loss slow down somewhat!!! Muscle % is up, ditto for water, fat percentage dropped too. Bone density has also increased - possibly from the strength training I've been doing…

Result for week two. Lost 1lb. 8.6lbs total. 5.4lbs to lose over 3.5 weeks. Muscle % is up, ditto for water, fat percentage dropped too.

Ready to Eat - Pitted Dates, 30 g 1% Fat Milk, 200 ml Bananas - Raw, 100g+ Porridge Oats (Dry), 30 g Strawberries - Raw, 80g+ Low Fat Natural Yogurt, 100g Mixed Peanuts and Raisins, 40 gg Blitz into a smoothie. Either put the dates onto the top of your mix before blending it or dice them into smaller pieces. Tastes great…

How can it be water weight loss when my body water percentage has increased?

Well, a ridiculously surprising result for week one. Lost 7.6lbs. Muscle % is up, ditto for water, fat percentage dropped too which is good. Decided to start eating back more of my exercise calories over week two just to slow the loss down!

Also from Doncaster. 70 lbs or so to lose now. Just joined a gym and increased my walking activity.

You don't have to be young to be a full-time student you know! :/

Here's some straight talking - before you can help others, you've got to help yourself first! That doesn't include seconds at the dessert trolley!!! >:)

I wasn't going to list all my goals as it wasn't my intent to compose a novella. Seeing as there have been assumptions made about my goal setting I'll answer them here: 1) I'm not trying to lose a stone in a month. It's in the space of just over 5 weeks. As I've got over 75 lbs to lose this puts me into the 2.5 lbs a week…

It's definitely achievable for me. I've managed it a few times before when I've put the determination and effort in!

You need to find out exactly what it is you're expecting from yourself and your life. It's tough but you need to ask yourself some personal questions and be entirely honest with yourself! Looking to other people will not help, they'll have a bunch of their own insecurities to deal with. We all do, it's part of the mess…

Surprisingly few on the ground it appears! :o

You're on the opposite side of the Peak District to me :\ Shame really, especially as I love chocolate labs but can't really have one at the moment.

Having a fantastic *kitten* is actually detrimental to dating as far as I'm concerned. I've lost count of the number of ladies who won't date me because, and I quote "your really nice butt . . ."

It's a shame they don't make cream-filled, popping candy Chupa Chup lollies.

At the moment it's my homemade oatie banana cake slice :)

Yep. From the Republic of SY! ;)