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True strength = not resorting to inspirational quotes

It just depends on the context.

It's taken one year to lose 2 stone (28 pound) allowing for a 3 month summer lapse. Which is something short of a pound a week. I'm very pleased with that. Would certainly not want to try losing more than a pound a week. .Would have to compromise on my principle of always eating things I like.

Inspirational quotes designed to get get us active, ('feeling the burn', 'making the change', 'working to the max' etc) make me a little nauseous.

Apple, banana, lowfat yoghurt, lidl fairglobe dark chocolate, oats, milk, raisins, nuts, home-made GF bread, mugs of tea.

You don't need a dramatic reason to gain weight. Most people, given access to western lifestyle options, will get heavier. Incidentally, I think introducing the word 'excuse' (rather than 'reason') is an unhelpful value judgement.

You're right of course.

I really don't think you have to be 'driven'. I'm not. As for motivation, I heard there was such a thing as BMI and to my surprise discovered I was in the over-weight category. I decided, then, to get a grip on my daily diet. I certainly don't push the exercise routine very hard. I stick to the calorie limit mfp recomends,…

Quarter to half an hour's walk per day. Very few marathons. (Well, none actually.)

Cheek to cheek - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong.

Depends. I make a list of recipes for 5 - 7 days and buy the ingredients for those recipes.

Wings of desire

Talk about food just the same as you do about everything else. Explain without lecturing when asked why you're eating x rather than y. Don't evade issues. The best place to discuss stuff is around the table when eating.

Definitely, just don't lose it like I have.

Ian M Banks beats all-comers in my book. Sadly he passed away this year but left the magnificent 'Culture' series behind. These are substantial novels, funny, highly thought provoking, very ambitious. Unmissable.

Rich bolognese sauce with basmati rice, yoghurt and muscovada sugar.

I understand what you're saying but I don't think I could operate in that way. It is perfectly possible to enjoy food and feel full while on a moderate diet. I do have the odd bar of chocolate and cookie but allow for that in my diet planning. I'm sure anyone could do the same.

Plymouth again...

You are wrong, of course. But I think you know that.

Weekly, occasionally in between. Always first thing in the morning.

I understood that the whole point of mfp was to help with finding the balance between intake of calories and burning them off. I have a calorie target to hit for every day. Mine happens to be 500 calories under my recomended intake so I can see a loss of one pound per week. If I exercise (and burn off x calories) it helps…

When I began my diet back in January, I didn't weigh. It sounded a bit obsessive and unnecessary. But I found the weight wasn't consistenty coming off. After 3 months away from the diet in summer I came back with a renewed determination to take it seriously. I decided that meant weighing. And weighing just about…

Extremely well put. You speak for the majority I'm sure.

What is a nabor, Schatze?

Carefully planned. For the moment.

I'm still getting used to 'heads up' first heard in 'The West Wing'. Have heard it used this side of the pond but, like many imported Americanisms, in a slightly self-conscious way.

If it's a dark night, why not?

I snack.

The meal planning and taking time to make things from scratch - as mentioned - make a massive difference for me. More recently have been making soups (again, from scratch) and omelettes. Quick and filling. If you don't mind metric try the BBC website for loads of ideas. http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes

The italian soup we had for dinner. Bacon, onions, beans, celery, pasta, stock... Mopped up with some half-decent bread.