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Oh not until the final 6 pounds have gone.. I am hoping that each pound is hiding one 'pack' - and 'six pack' will be revealed - I dream ;)

Thanks great handle by the way "forthehungergames"!

Oh thank you all so much - its not great compared the incredible efforts made by some here - but at least am going in the right direction and determined once again. I note none said they wanted to see my body - story of my life - lol !!! :)

Me too - here a while - friends would help morale for sure

Count me in if you like, I am always up for being supportive but honest

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Me too - I will be 45 on Saturday :)

You seem to be doing very well with it too.

Of course, how clever of you - so I am having break-fast at 12:00 noon and not skipping breakfast at all. Darn - now the thread needs renaming to ''delaying breakfast" or "extending your fast"

Oh my this is interesting : loosing weight during Ramadan - [Source : http://www.islamicity.com/articles/Articles.asp?ref=IC1008-4268#sthash.O7Z8jukr.dpuf] This bit I noticed: "Why do I feel hungry? A lot of people ask why they don't feel hungry throughout the day if they skip Suhoor (breakfast meal before dawn), but are…

Very interesting links - especially about fasting for anyone following this thread. I take your point that skipping breakfast perhaps is not fasting - although the body is without food for 17 hours and likely in a different mode .. I am only on day two without breakfast - I think it is working for me as I can handle being…

so how do you kill a breakfast cereal? lol

Fasting - here is an article from the BBC discussing unproven but interesting theory about potential benefits of intermittent fasting. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19112549 [5 August 2012 ]

Looks like you have a seriously muscular frame with high calorie burn? that kind of fits with the male / female theory.. So it depends on how big (calories being burnt in sedentary state) you are as to if this is possible. I am 170 lbs 5ft 9" so not huge but reasonably muscular - maybe that's how I manage it - I did get…

Wikipedia sais this about skipping breakfast:- "Nutritional experts have referred to breakfast as the most important meal of the day, citing studies that find that people who skip breakfast are disproportionately likely to have problems with concentration, metabolism, weight, and cardiac health.[4][5][6] The nutritionist…

My teenage daughter will do it despite me hassling her to eat in my worrying parent mode. My teenage son has been skipping breakfast while on holiday - he sleeps through breakfast then wakes up for his lunch! I think I will go back to breakfast once I have got shot of remaining 7 lbs - which I am finding very hard to…

Me too .. I feel like I have found a way to cheat the system .. I feel fine this afternoon.. Never been to America but would love to one day .. if the standard is anything like the British fry up .. then point taken! [/quote] Well if I did that and if I ever get to America for vacation I wanna try ALL these naughty things…

Hearing the warnings - so thinking of doing this every other day - or at least until I reach my goal weight.

Ok had lunch after no breakfast - two boiled eggs, pile of home grown salad & herbs, small portion of left over mashed potato, spiced up with some balsamic vinegar & Tabasco sauce. Hunger rumbles have gone, nice to actually get really hungry for a change - reminds me of student days! Will be interesting to see how things…

Ok I am going to boil a couple eggs for my lunch - just with a load of garden salad.. . Will report back later as to 'how it was' !! :)

One serious thought - maybe by being hungry I will enjoy a low calorie meal allot more?

Thanks I am thinking I have got too used to not being hungry, and building up an appetite may lead to me enjoying the meal more than I would have normally - win win?.

That sounds like valuable experience - pleas can I ask if your doc relates problems to skipping breakfast - or other main meals. Hope you make full recovery.

The article suggests this has an effect and I will consume more calories in other meals, but not as much a s the calories lost by the fasting. It's 11:37 am here - I have had no breakfast - I functioning ok (I think!) - bit looking forward to lunch in hour though!

Ah OK, was news to me though, with previous warning of heart affecting consequences for men.

Wahhoo! .. what a truly fascinating set of replies from all over the World! Just wanted to say what a gr8 community of motivating folk there is here. If anyone wants to be my friend - it sais I don;t have any ;( Richard :)

Thanks, not as good as many here, but pleased I am getting somewhere.. Not going to gym, too boring for me, just spending many hours gardening & walking..

Ah ok, I just tried this http://www.healthyforms.com/helpful-tools/body-fat-percentage.php I am 12st 2, 5ft 9, with waist around the fattest bit is 41", age 44 I got 29 % fat - dangerous zone. Pretty depressing

Ah ok. If I aim for a 22 BMI the calculator on here sais I need to go down to 10 stone - which for a 5ft 9" 'muscular bloke seems a bit low to me, that would mean I got another 2 stone to shift - crikey!! I worry the BMI calc on here is a bit off .. I think I will (hopefully) see what I look like at current goal of 12st 6…

Thank you millions - it really helps :) Hope you don't mind my concern but if you only have couple pounds to the BMI healthy - do you really need to loose 17lbs as your ticker sais? I am absolutely no expert though, I guess the BMI healthy covers quite a weight range.