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Hey - my 2nd baby is 4 weeks old. I also have a 2 year old. Have about 2.5 stone to loose in total.

I'm weighing myself just once a month, I'm finding that how I feel about myself is linked to the scales and I find it hard to deal when I don't see the results that I want

Oh no that must be just so stressful!! Avoid the scales I think has been the best thing I could do. I found that I was weighing myself everyday, and was finding it just so demotivating when it wasn't moving like I felt it should. I found myself starting to want to just eat everything cos what's the point right?? But by…

Well when I first started I had wanting to lose weight, and feel good in my clothes etc as motivations. Then as things progressed I found that this started to change, and it became more about wanting to be able to eat as much as I possibly can whilst losing weight. Avoiding the scales like the plague, and being generally…

Aww lol, I found that going to gym before work means that I can relax guilt free when I get home which definitely helps. That's so funny about your animals lol, I can just imagine them scattering when you flick the wii on

Hello - I have about 70ish days until I go (Exciting) have lost a stone so far - want to loose another 8-9 pounds before we go. I'm eating roughly 2063 cals per Day, and doing a lot of work at the gym so hopefully I will be able to reach my goal!!!!

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Hello - 1) Age 31 2) Height 5'2 3) Weight Last checked I was 10.9 4) Lifestyle (how much exercise, etc.) I alternate between lifting heavy weights, and running - workout six times a week, with one rest day. 5) Calories / day Tdee - 15% for six weeks, which is about 2063 ! then diet break at tdee 6) any tips you can provide…

Hiya min is open if you want to view it :)

Hiya feel free to add me hun!!!!!!

Lol really??! That sounds awesome!! Are you maintaining!!

Hi you can add me if you want, I tend to shop in tesco - I keep my diary open but I do eat a lot as following the eat more to weigh less plan, also lift heavy weights, and training for a half marathon :)

I use a fitbit, and just allow it to work out my daily calories, and manually add weight lifting etc. I'm losing so it seems to be quite successful

Brilliant thank you for your advice - I shall implement the plan on Monday, really looking forward to it

Ok awesome how does this look Mon - leg day Squat Dead lift Lunges Hamstring curl Calf raises Tues - easy run Wed - upper body lifting Bench press Bent over row Dumbbell shoulder press Bicep curl Tricep pull down Hill sprints Thurs - run Fri - upper body lifting Bench pres Lat pull down Shoulder press Tricep dips Sat -…

Awesome replies thanks guys

Hi - I'm Gemma from gloucestershire :)

Hey - I do!!! I'm from gloucestershire and go to a simply gym, which is awesome. We have a massive free weight area - I train in the morning so it's usually pretty quiet and I have plenty of time to spend working on my form etc. To start with it was really scary getting the courage up to go in and start working out, but…

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Hiya - welcome to the group!!! it really goes against what we've been taught about dieting doesn't it lol!!! Everyone has these doubts when they first start - if you look at my past posts you will see that I did as well. But honestly trust in the process!!!!!! The girls here are totally awesome, and really knowledgeable,…

ok so the 2000 is already correct - dang it i was seriously looking forward to those extra calories - never mind. OK so i shall jiggle some of the food around, and stop it being to early day heavy. I need to spread my calories out throughout the day. At least i know that it is correct - although it is seriously difficult…

Thank you both for answering - when I last calculated I used the katch calculator which uses body fat, hay bales there was also a calculation that you gave me because I seemed to be right in between moderate and strenuous. Which was katch bmr x 1.64 so 1380 x 1.64 = 2263 I wonder if I should just round it up and use the…

Ok so my tdee is 2263 and I'm doing a 10% cut to 2000, I think I have eaten about 25g of Brazil nuts which is what has sent me over - I did have 73 cals left over so eating the Brazil nuts has made me go over by 99 cals. I am currently doing new rules for women three times a week and cardio twice a week, sometimes go to…

Hello - I use phd diet whey you can sometimes get it on offer from tesco for £30 for 1kg, or if you know someone with a gold card GHC also sometimes have it on offer for the same price - it does vary in price though so look around

Hey I'm from the uk and my diary is open if you want to have a look :)

ok firstly thank you so much for the detailed reply, it took me a couple of reads to figure out what you were saying, but i think it makes sense. so, i calculated the new figures katch bmr x 1.64 = 2263 strenuous bmr - 1380 tdee - 2380 tdee - 15% - 2023 moderate bmr - 1380 tdee - 2139 tdee - 15% - 1818 so is the katch bmr…

your right i do need to ensure that i keep the positives in mind, this is why i don't really want to complain, because i have been over the moon by what i have achieved so far, i would just like it to progress a little further. I'm trying to keep the whole picture in mind, and not just concentrate on the scales, so looking…

thank you for your reply :0) - i'm definately having trouble hitting my protein macro, i've started using a protein shake which should hopefully be able to increase that side of things. I also think i'm definately going to seriously increase my weights, and see if that makes any difference. How come you don't lift if you…

hi thanks for the reply - i havent done the reset, when i decided to start this i increased my calories to 1923, and kinda went from there. I have considered eating to tdee myself, i'm beginning to wonder if that would be the answer.

I think that through this process i have learnt that there is a reason why the popular diets arent sustainable. I think that i have also learnt that my body needs quite a lot more calories than i realised, and that i can actually enjoy food alot more