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...awesome thread - lots to read! Thanks everyone.

I was low on potassium and it brought about a gout attack - now I have at least 3-4 servings of fruit a day. Natural foods like fruit is the way to go for sure.

Goals work differently for everyone. There's only one thing worse than not meeting your goals, and that's not having one in the first place. I personally don't reward myself, but I set my fat loss on goal dates that are meaningful, a birthday, an anniversary or a holiday. It's also important to note, that we need more…

For doing high intensity cardio on a machine - you can't beat the elliptical. I would say sprinting on the treadmill is almost impossible and unsafe, unlike the elliptical where you can go totally crazy by increasing resistance and incline combined with speed for maximum calorie burn.

I enjoy crunching numbers when it comes to fat loss. It's doable. It's a simple formula - but lots of hard work. When I first started at 268lb I was losing 3lb a week. 23 weeks and 57lb lighter, I now lose only 1.8-2lb a week @ 1500 net calories. As I get close to my goal weight by Dec 30, I would only be losing 1.2lb a…

If you're exercising 4 x week - then you really wouldn't be eating 1200 calories. Once you add/eat the calories from your workouts, then you'd be eating over BMR - which still works out at 1200 net calories.

I snack on homemade Oatmeal pancakes. No flour, eggs, salt or sugar. Use yoghurt, cottage cheese or just water instead of skim milk. Peanut butter or cheese on top when it's done.

So far, I've lost more than my 4 year old daughter - by the end of the year, I would have lost my WIFE... :)

Sydneysider over here!

It happens to the best of us - it may even happen to you again. So learn from today, but don't stress about it or feel guilty. Eat healthy the rest of the day, don't starve yourself. Eat up to maintenance and get back on track tomorrow.

Well done - 2 hole punches for me too! I need another hole next I'm out in the shops.

I feel the same way. I don't need to find motivation to workout. If it means I squeeze in a quick 30mins in a day, I'm happy. If I get more than 30mins, it's only because I have more time that day. I'd do it for hours if I could. Even times when I don't feel like doing it - I just do it anyway. There's no decision or…

Minimum 30mins a day. How intense it is depends on my mood - as long as I always get the 30mins in I'm HAPPY. No need for motivation - I just do it because it's a habit now. If I'm up for it, then I do 60-90mins.

Fellow Aussie here too. Love running, but still recovering from an achilles tendon injury - slowly getting back on track to get ready for City 2 Surf. Feel free to add me.

The excellent support from MFP friends here is half the reason why I still use this site! :) Feel free to add me.

Not sure is this is exactly what you're after. but I use: RUNNING Runkeeper Runmeter WEIGHT TRACKING TargetWeight Weightbot INTERVAL TRAINING GPP Intensity Tabata Timer

Lost 52lb over 4.5months and looking OK so far. Another 48lb more to go. Slow and steady...

^^^ Exactly what my wife does too - she's a little over 5'4''.

I'm a big fan of resistance bands. After years of using weights in the gym, I discovered resistance bands only 3 months ago due to and injury, and have really enjoyed and benefited from it. Adding extra weight to is so much faster than weights. Either I use a different band color, or just move further away and the…

Aussie here too.

30lb took me about 10 weeks. I just blogged about this a few minutes ago. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/R4z0r4Mm0/view/i-dropped-50lb-in-30mins-weight-loss-is-just-a-numbers-game-99819

I had the same cravings a few months ago, until someone asked me how much fruits I've been eating. Then it donned, on me - I've had very little fruits! Just for a few days, be liberal with your fruit intake, especially those high in potassium - worked really well for me and got rid of my cravings.

SW - 220 lbs Week 1 - xxx lbs Week 2 - xxx lbs Week 3 - xxx lbs Week 4 - xxx lbs Total lost - xx lbs I lost over 5lb last month even with 1.5 weeks of injury and over eating. All better now, but will take it easy again this month, and will definitely aim for 10lb

SW - 227 lbs Week 1 - 225 lbs Week 2 - xxx lbs Week 3 - xxx lbs Week 4 - xxx lbs Total lost - xx lbs

SW - 227.0 lbs Week 1 - xxx lbs Week 2 - xxx lbs Week 3 - xxx lbs Week 4 - xxx lbs Total lost - xx lbs I weigh in on Saturdays

OK. I'm IN!!! I'll be weighing in on Saturday mornings. Week 1 - this Saturday, 2 days from now. Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Sounds good - I'm in! Week 1 - 229lb

Highly recommend Chia Seeds to help with the bm! You can even mix this in your juices for that jelly-tapioca-like feel in your drink.

I wear a HRM, and my last workout, I burned 571 calories doing 30 minutes of cardio. My heart rate stayed at 90% for most of my workout - I didn't count the 5-8mins warm up and cool down. I'm quite heavy at 231lb - so I just assumed being this heavy would allow me to burn this many calories. I also workout seconds away…

awww.. I would have so taken up your challenge if I didn't injure my ankle a few days ago... next weekend! :)