Nottm1984 Member

Well done - I feel the same (also 13 pounds down) - plenty still to go, but I feel that I've finally changed in my attitude to fitness and food! :-)

I found the same thing - I bought a HRM and have had a lot more success with weight loss as the machines at my gym were showing me as having burned more calories than my HRM now tells me I am.

Really inspirational, shows the reality of the journey we're all on when we join MFP. Not always easy, but with motivational stuff like this on here then it makes you feel like it can be done! :-) Well done and thank you for being such a great MFP friend. :-)

Hi, I'd like to join - 5'1" with plenty of weight loss still ahead of me!

Definitely recommend it, especially as it a short, intense, work-out so it's easier to motivate yourself to keep going with it. :-)

Yeah, I tend to save mine for when I really fancy something, then I feel fulfilled - otherwise I just wish I'd have stuck to the healthy option if I wasn't that bothered. :-)

I aim to weight myself every 2 weeks, but sometimes it makes me feel too anxious, so I don't force myself when I feel like that, I just stick to what I'm doing and wait until I feel positive enough to go for it - that way I figure even if the numbers aren't kind, I can still think I've been making the changes in any case.…

You've done amazingly well and sum up what MFP is all about (including the wine of course! :drinker: ) Thanks for being such a source of inspiration and support on here. :smile:

Lol, never has a truer paragraph (or three) been written! Here I was thinking I was the only one that knew the two types of chafe walks! Well done and I can't wait til I'm there too! :-)

Defintely agree on this, I still can't believe the amount of calories in some foods and the difference between what I used to consider a portion and what a portion is deemed to be on the packet! Watching the numbers really helps for me, I'm back on the MFP wagon again after various stresses and excuses and am enjoying…

You look great - well done lady! :-)

Ok, here goes: Breakfast: Satsuma Activia Fat Free Peach Yoghurt Activia Fat Free Cherry Yoghurt Lunch: Cherry Tomato Cucumber Grilled Aubergine Dinner: Cherry Tomato Chicken Breast Fillet Raw Onion Snacks: Red Wine Satsuma Real Ale Was all going so well until the snacks, lol! :drinker: :drinker: :blushing:

Inspirational stuff. :-)

I'd say give it a go, just pause the DVD as you go along if needed-then you can make your aim to get the amount of pauses down each time you try it or something. :-)

30 Day Shred DVD is great. It's basically three 20-25minute workouts each at a different level. You basically start on level 1 and move your way up to 3, most people do each level for 10 days at a time. It's a short workout that actually works!

I have the same tendancies, the things that work for me are drinking plenty of water and peppermint tea. The peppermint really settles my stomach down and the water just flushes the system. Hope that helps. :-)

That's really useful, thanks! Mine said 2.8 ltires, so I'm on track for that which is good.

I've noticed such a difference since I've been drinking more water, especially with the feeling bloated thing, I just dont get that any more and my skin looks a lot better. I just have a big bottle (1l) on my desk at work, drink the whole lot in the morning and then refill twice again in the afternoon. Then I have my…

Sweat dripping on the floor from your forehead and weird grimacing when lifting weights! Thanks Jillian Michaels!

You've done so well!! How long did it take all in all?

These are all great, spurring me on to join the club! I'm 5ft 1" and have lost 7lbs so far, just good to see it can be done and what a difference it makes! :-D

I'm on the mini-pill and have had no problems. I haven't had a period for a good few years now, you still go through the hormonal cycle, so can still go through bloating/moodiness, but I don't notice any getting larger and larger, if anything-things are more stable. I ended up on this pill as I was getting migraines on the…

Yay! Well done. Can't wait to fit into some of my old stuff. :-)

You've done really well, hope this is me in a years time!

Wow! Well done, that's fantastic. You should be really proud. :-)

You've done so well, and it's inspring to see someone who took a good year to get where you are now, basically done the healthy sensible way. :-)

That's really helpful advice, I see so many people on here not reaching their calorie goal for the day and staying under it on purpose. MFP works out your calorie deficit and then gives you your allowance-stick to it if you want to see long lasting results. I know it's going to take a good while to lose all that I want to…

Amazing stuff. :-) You should be really proud, I have stretch marks too, they fade over time-I use an oil to make them less itchy too. They're hardly noticable on you anyway!

I'm doing 30Day Shred workout 5 days a week, then I go cycling on a Sunday for about 4 hours (I have Saturday off to recover)

27 with around 50 to lose.