shantiwrites

I have been striving to lose weight/get healthier since February. I found out about 5:2 fasting in March from this group. There is a sub-group of 5:2 fasters here that someone invited me to, because there are a lot of people who are rather strongly against the idea. For me, it has changed my life, literally. I am THRILLED…

I, too, enjoy wine in the evening or a 'social' evening with friends - but what others have said here is spot-on. Alcohol not only has a lot of calories in and of itself, but your body views it as a toxin, so it will 'burn' the alcohol and 'save' whatever calories you're eating while drinking to be burned later (translate:…

Four years ago, I lost 45 pounds. As you see by my 'ticker' below, I regained it all. But I lost it by exercise and regained it when I quit exercising. Yes, I ate better when I was exercising because it felt like I was cheating myself to do all that hard work and then eat junk. But one bit of advice that helped me last…

I'm glad for this topic! I'm short, too - 5'4" - and I've only been on MFP since Tuesday this week. We just got smart phones and someone at work showed me the ap. The advice above to eat back calories surprises me! I've found that once I started "logging food" and making sure I was getting my 5 daily veggies I'm not very…

Thank you all! I'm going to try the free runtastic for now and see where that gets us. Kid is 18 year old guy, six feet tall and has only just recently broke 120 pounds. Wish I had that metabolism! I think I stress-eat over what he doesn't eat! Anyhow, thanks for the info. I'm tickled that he wants to use this ap to…