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Sorry I'm a bit late but hope I can still join based on my weight logs from the past few days. SW: 145 CW: unknown until tomorrow - around 120-122 lbs GW: 112-115 lbs Start of Month (10/01 Wednesday): 124.4 lbs 10/04 Sat: 118.5 lbs (inaccurate as I was partying all night with no food and no alcohol and slept all day…

Looking for some more mfp friends for mutual motivation. I'm 19, 5 foot 3 and 121 lbs with goals of around 112-115 lbs. I want to find some people who are similar to me as that'd be a huge help so add me if that's you. Alternatively anyone in general, any height or weight, looking for support for weight loss, please add me…

Just wanted to update my post. Last time I wrote 5'3" 125 lbs Waist 27 inches Hips 37.5 inches But now it's 5'3" 120-121 lbs Waist 26.5 inches Hips unknown, probably 37 inches but will come back and update this when I measure

First, tea isn't that bad. The only real negatives is that it makes you wee a lot and too much caffeine isn't great for you - plus if you put milk in tea there's calories in that. But as long as you stay under your calorie goal it's no problem. Second, you don't have to cut out any foods, including bread and butter, as…

I just use lemon juice. If I find my salads a little dry, I like putting a teaspoon or tablespoon of light mayo on. One tablespoon of the mayo I get is just 40 calories. I don't know the sodium content.

I assumed junior once because Hollister uses odd sizing and that's for teens but in Mean Girls (yes, making reference to that film again) one of the girls - who isn't exactly that young/small - tries on a size 5 dress which is stocked in sizes 1,3, and 5. And just saw a MFP post from a 60 year old woman saying her top was…

I consider strong/creamy tasting soups very French - don't know if they're meant to be or not. So onion soup or garlic cream soup and croutons I'd consider French. Add in some French baguette for extra French element. I also consider desserts like crepes and creme brûlée French and cream-filled eclairs too. I assume French…

That's hilarious and great. On a slightly side note, I really don't like when people tell you not to lose anymore, or tell you that you don't need to lose anymore. Sure, they might be trying to be complimentary and say you look good, but I almost find it a little offensive and annoying…I feel like saying "well, I'm not…

That's been my NY resolution (to finally lose weight and get thin) for about 3 years running now, and this year I've finally managed to do it! Congrats :)

Yeah, one friend I have is size 6 or 8 (US 2 or 4) and she put on 4 pounds once and kept saying she was so fat. She was still about 25 lbs lighter than me and 2 or 3 sizes smaller… I was like STFU and, relatively politely, I did say that to her a couple times. I was like can you stop saying that because you're still tiny…

Yes..and no. Yes I suppose I do with ONE friend, but I believe I have a good reason. She's, in a nutshell, very obsessive about her weight. She's not ill but if it wasn't for my "support"/"sabotage" she'd be under 100 pounds and probably end up quite ill. PS I don't generally do it to others at all because I HATE it when…

Think my diet is more healthy than the average human being these days let alone a university student? It's mainly chicken, tuna, ham (perhaps the least healthy but still not that bad), fruits, veggies and eggs. I'm not concerned about the healthiness of my food. Forgive me, but I don't think you read/understood properly.

What I eat isn't estimates. It's done from the packaging of the foods I eat. 1 slice of the really thin ham I eat, for example, is 13 calories - taken from the packet. One cracker bread is 34 calories. I've done rough rounding on the number of calories in the entire meal in my OP, obviously because it was effort to count…

Im not concerned and/or wanting to eat more. I was just asking if it was fine.

I don't eat masses of food, partly consciously because I'm losing weight but also partly unconsciously because I just have gotten into good habits and eat all the foods I now want to eat anyway. BUT I think about food all the time. I think about my next meals, I sometimes log days in ahead because I'm planning my meals. I…

I have 15-20 lbs to go too. I'm in Surrey in south england. Thank goodness Scotland are still with us! Ps I also meant to say you can add me too - I log every day and am really in to chatting with people to mutually brag and encourage. :)

This part of your post is exactly what I try and reply to posts and forums where people are saying weighing yourself everyday is bad. For me, it's good because it helps in the same way you explain here. Thank you for this :)

Used to be every day - or at least 5 or 6 days a week if I forgot or stayed at a friend's one day. Now, even though I'd like to weigh myself every day, I don't. This is for one of many reasons e.g. I'm so hungry I eat then I realise I forgot to weigh myself (I do it in the mornings on an empty stomach in my underwear to…

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I'm not necessarily disagreeing with the OP about the actual starvation mode point. However, when I was a stupid desperate fat girl about a year ago I ate about 700-800 calories per day thinking that if I kept it up for a few weeks I'd lose weight. I carried it on for about 3-4 weeks before I gave up due to being starving…

I've heard they're meant to be really good for your health and have amazing benefits. If you're trying to get fit and lose weight they're meant to be your best friend…but I still can't make myself like them. I'm not even 100% sure what they taste like as I've never noticed or been overwhelmed by a taste when I've eaten…

You can easily add extra few calories here and there without drastically eating that much more that's going to make you too full. You obviously don't like food very much, hence why you don't eat proper meals (no, I don't count wheat thins with tuna for lunch and a sandwich for dinner as proper meals). Add another 30-50…

I know a man who genuinely did no carbs (or he ate traces or very very small amounts in foods without properly realising). He explained there's two types of "no carb" diets. The ones where you do eat carbs but only in vegetables and fruits. And the ones where you even cut out veggies and fruits. He cut out veggies and…

I haven't really given up foods, I just watch calories and portion sizes. I maintain a healthy diet, but allow myself naughty things occasionally as long as it's still within my calorie count for that day. I do restrict things, or buy the "healthiest" naughty thing sometimes. So instead of eating proper crisps I'll buy…

You should weigh whatever you feel comfortable at… within reason. BMI isn't exactly as credited nowadays, but using it anyway then you'd be at the higher end of your healthy range at 160 lbs. There's nothing wrong with that - it's still healthy - but I was always told the best BMI was to try and ideally be between 20 and…

Never used to, but now I do. Also, I don't know what relish you buy but mine is always extremely high in sugar and calories when I do have it…

It's inevitable you will go over your calories whatever you do. However, you could engineer it so you only go over by 300-500 each day rather than potentially 1000 or more… as you could probably easily do at a wedding! Stick to spirits like vodka and gin with tonic water or diet coke if you're drinking, perhaps one or two…

Yeah! I really have no shame admitting that one of the 4 or 5 main reasons for losing weight is to get lots more attention from good looking boys. At the moment I get a standard amount of attention for a girl with a big bum but mostly from guys who are either builders and my dads age, or not very attractive and do it to…

I've only lost 21 pounds so far, and it's taken me 3 months almost exactly. I reckon 30 will take me about 5 months - so another 9 lbs in 2 months. However, if I went at it constantly, each day straight I reckon 30 lbs would have taken me 3 months. The problem is, I had about a month in total where I slacked and only…

Depends if you're maintaining or losing weight. If you're quite short at just 5 foot then in order to lose weight you should probably eat 1200-1300 calories. If your starting weight is quite high you will be able to eat some more calories and still lose weight - perhaps 1400-1500. The lighter you get, the less calories you…