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Just for today, I dont want to eat any added sugar other than fruit! A small step, but hopefully one that will get me into a better routine with food!

I've been fasting until 6pm for the last week and a half and I can definitely feel a difference. My mind is much clearer as I'm not focusing on food all day at work. I also feel much lighter and less sluggish! I need to work on what I'm eating though as I haven't been sticking to one plate every evening. I've been eating…

This topic is the story of my life, losing and regaining the same 2 stone but never getting to goal weight which is about 3 stone away!!

I've been drinking green tea for years and it has done absolutely nothing for me in terms of weight loss! Sorry!

I'm not sure I should replying now that we are out of the EU haha, but from England!

I have a massive sweet tooth too! It's a real problem. For me, the only way I can stay away from sugar is when I go cold turkey on sugary foods/drinks, and just cut it all out! Not sure if that would work for you? Good luck!!

Well done you look amazing! Your food looks super yummy too!

Wow! Well done! I'm a similar weight to your start weight, and I'm trying to get down to 140lb ish but it's not coming off! Anyhoooo I'm sure some of the weight will shift with time!

Amazing job. Well done! This helped me feel inspired to step my game up!! :)

That's fab ladies. Recently I've been using it as a toner, undiluted and it really is cleaning up my skin!

I'm a morning person too! Feel at my best when I rise early, work out and get on with the day. It helps me so much with having a productive day and helps me to get into the office early. I aim to be up at 5am. 4:45am is ideal though. My only difficulty is if I'm not getting to bed early enough. That gets me out of the…

I can so relate to this. I always sabotage relationships because of my own insecurities! I know I need to work on it and I'm trying. I've made myself so stressed because of insecurities that now I'm always sweating through anxiety. It's crazy!! So sorry to hear about your hubby. It's a shame that your instincts were right…

My goal weight is 10 stone too, so that I can have a buffer of between 10 and 10 and a half stone! Last time I weighed I had 2 and a half stone to go :(

I know I shouldn't respond to this but I cant help it. Please stop being divisive. A lot of Moroccans are black in rural areas and the ones that aren't have Arab ancestry as opposed to African ancestry so please do not speak as though you are representative. Berbers anyone??

This was beautiful to read and soooo true. Thank you for posting! We can be so hard on ourselves instead of loving ourselves whilst on this journey. I'm definitely going to try and be more positive, as this has really put things into perspective this morning!

I had never done weights, just cardio and baby weights at home. I've always wanted to lift but didn't really try or know where to start so I've booked 10 personal training sessions. I'm doing mainly weights with my trainer and then cardio by myself. After the 10 sessions I will just do weights by myself! I've been loving…

I have 3 stone to loose too! I'm hoping I can get rid of the first two fairly quickly and then I'll take my time with the last stone!

Maybe it's something that's more common in America. I think there are more opportunities for everyone to snack now but when I was at school it was more things like Orange quarters after sports activities! Jugs of water or the water fountain. I'm UK based.

Haha I thought that too. I actually thought the whole world used stones until I looked up American recipes and saw things like cups etc! V confusing!

I felt awful for a few days when I stopped eating processed added sugar. It does pass. I'm eating it again now but really want to stop as I felt really good when I wasn't eating it. Only you know how your body feels. People might like to try and pretend that all food (including junk and excess sugar) is just food, but the…

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to leave my purse at home! If I have money, I will be tempted to buy junk food and I just don't have the self discipline to say no! No money means that I can't buy junk and so I don't even think about it. I'm sure one day my self control will get better!

I love broccoli, I eat it all the time. Stir fried. All it needs is a little salt and garlic. Garlic makes a massive difference!!

Brilliant idea and recipes. I must try some of them soon. Thank you!!x

I'm thinking of getting one but how is it different from any other hrm type watch. I tend to just use my iPhone pedometre!

I need to get into the habit of early morning workouts. I'm trying but it isn't happening! I'm definitely going to go tomorrow because it's Saturday! Need to keep it going through next week though!!

I'm glad you asked this as I've been thinking about buying one. I'm logging my steps on my phone but I don't always have my phone with me so I'm being shortchanged in steps. My polar hrm doesn't have a pedometer built in! I suppose it's prob better to underestimate on my phone rather than over estimate!

I too have found this much harder than I thought, because of my desk job. I also use my phone and don't take it everywhere with me which doesn't help. Maybe use your lunch hour to get some walking in! Good luck!

Being able to salsa confidently and move my body more effortlessly and without sweating!

I'm in the same boat. I just turned 30 and want to get down to my goal weight finally and just enjoy my body. I want to be in the best shape of my life going forwards. I've been quite bad over Easter weekend, but getting back to being good from tomorrow. I have 42lb to loose! Good luck!! We can do this!! :)

Hi, I'm 30 and have 42lb to lose. I'm starting by trying to make sure I walk 10,000 steps a day. Then when that's routine I will start exercising more! I want this to be the final time I need to loose weight!