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The idea of starvation mode relies on the fact that when you start consuming less your body will start decreasing the amount of energy that it burns - i.e. your metabolism slows down. This is going to happen to some extent whenever you reduce your caloric intake for a longer period of time regardless of how much you reduce…

Worst: - Well you have a pretty... face (from my flatmate, who is a professional *kitten*) - Just being around you makes me gain weight (from my flatmate, who is a professional *kitten* and eats take-away 2-3 times a week) - Being called thunder thighs. Best: - What happened to you? You have disappeared! (a friend after…

well said.

I love my boobs and my boob-waist-hip ratio. I have an hour-glass shape, it's just that everything is a bit too big right now.

OMG!!! Why didn't anyone tell me this earlier!!!

Personally, I wouldn't post anything where you could identify me. I can't even have a Facebook profile because of my job. I work for the MI:5... ;) Just kidding. I work in the mental health sector at the moment and I cannot have anything but a professional online presence.

Theatre or cinema and a glass of wine afterwards? Some kind of a work shop? Massage, manicure, pedicure? spa? I really like going for a manipedi with a friend to catch up. It's so relaxing and gives plenty of time to chat.

Exercise?

It seems like everyone is doing different things. Some are doing a 100 each day, some are starting off with say 30 or so and working up to 300 or so. Personally, I am doing as below and on my rest days I am doing 25 abs and 25 push-ups. I am incredibly unfit at the moment so to me this is a good soft start. This and…

¨ Yes you do. After a while you don't associate meat as food, just corpses. Who would want to eat a corpse? Not very appetising ;) there are plenty of veggie versions of meats that taste really nice and people who used to eat a lot of meat before tend to consume them. They are often cheaper than real meat as well.

I became a vegetarian in late 90s and a vegan about a year ago. I did this because I think what the meat/dairy industry does to animals is horrifyingly wrong.

I think the OP is someone who is destined to fail with that attitude and a lack of understanding of how losing weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle is not a 10-minute-magic solution. I think the first thing that needs to happen here is an attitude change, before that the OP will fail at any attempt because results…

You eat very little and most of what you eat is sugary. Try having a little bit more protein.

I and the OP have exactly the same body shape and size!

I used to buy them in the UK. most of them have a lot of calories but you can select not to get the most calorific ones. To me the biggest problem with them was that the they were always late and when I cancelled my orders it was quite difficult to get rid of them. Twice I thought I had cancelled the deliveries but they…

If I have been on very low calories for a few days and then eat a bit more, I too tend to lose weight. I think it's just poo tho lol

You seem to eat a lot of dairy, could it have to do with that? Most people struggle to digest dairy. Why not try a couple of days without milk//cheese etc and see if that helps? You can substitute with soya alternatives (they are less calories than dairy as well).

As an immigrant woman, I have gotten that treatment quite a couple of times from native British men. Mostly in scummy pubs and most men who come to talk to me are fine. A couple of times though, I have been approached purely because I have a foreign accent and some men want to 'look after me'. When these men have talked to…

Why is this wrong? I happen to have a very good looking brother. I don't obviously fancy him sexually or anything like that but when someone tells me that my brother is hot it is not news to me.

Better than shaving. I used to use an epilator for everything but waxing takes less time. It is a big painful but worth it.

I shave nothing, ruins the skin and it's unhygienic unless if you use disposable blades which tend not to be sharp enough so they irritate skin. Instead, I wax.

I have never had nutella on my boobs, must be because I am a vegan.

I feel exactly the same! A top that looks classy and nice on a friend with showing barely any cleavage, looks just really cheap and chav on me. I really, really wish I had smaller breasts and when I reach my weight and fitness goals I will probably get them done. They may be really saggy at the end of this all anyway lol

I have double FF's, you must find that well trashy lol

You seem to eat quite little, no wonder you are hungry. Fat has a lot of calories so you can't eat a lot of it if you want to stay within your calorie limits. Why not try eating more green vegetables? Or even better, ditch the Atkins and start a healthy lifestyle eating plenty of complex carbs and whole foods.

"Woot woot to au-naturale!" hmm... to me it sounds just offensive.

My thought exactly. I don't mind if my calorie count is not 100% accurate. With my calorie deficit amount of 500 calories per day even if I am not accurate, I am still unlikely to be eating over my calories. Just couldn't bother weighing everything I eat.

You can make pizza healthier by having it thin crust and without cheese. Pizza without cheese is still brilliant, you wouldn't believe how nice it is and most of the calories on a pizza come from cheese and meat!

I think I could give up any single food but there are some groups of foods I could not give up. Like fresh veg - I really crave for it if I haven't had fresh veg for a day. Also dark green veg makes me a happy gal. Oh and hot drinks, couldn't do without them, but even a cup of hot water would do if I couldn't have anything…

Just relaised you are from the UK. The Morrisons own brand frozen vegetarian mince is really, really nice and fairly cheap. As I can see you already shop at Morrisons, why not give that a try? Have it as if you were having real mince but just use the veggie substitute instead. It's a lot leaner and basically fat free.