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OMG spa is a fantastic idea! I may steal! :o)

Don't lose heart - it takes longer than a week to sort out your eating, I promise! It happened to me! During my first week of logging food (I wasn't doing any exercise) I discovered that I ate 1200 calories just in the first half of my day - that was a huge surprise! So I looked over my diary and saw exactly where I was…

A boudoir photoshoot is a FANTASTIC idea, I'd love to do one myself one day! :o)

Fab news and you look gorgeous, congratulations! can't wait to hit that point myself! :o) so motivational to see success stories.

I don't like the taste of Red Bull, and I've never seen Monster in white cans here in the UK... the zero one is in a black/blue can? Well it seems should be ok to continue as a treat once in a while! Good to know! :)

Cool! :o)

:D love your profile pic!

I like nuts and dark chocolate too, will introduce treats, although to be honest I'm not craving sweets at all - strange for me, as I was born with what I think is at least a triple sweet tooth of a normal person ha ha Yesterday and the day before I had a little handful of chocolate covered raisins, literally no more than…

This makes sense, thank you, I shall aim for that. Pesky metabolism... I do wonder whether I'll resent the calorie counting at some point, at the moment I find it really motivational and I can't imagine stopping anytime soon!

I'm in Manchester too :) :D yes of course it counts!

Thank you - I tend to focus on the calories rather than carbs, proteins and fats, I'm not yet as proficient at keeping an eye on these as I'm still learning how to handle the calories. Those three things are very uneven on a daily basis for me.

Thank you for this link, it's really impressive! I'm going to start with the skinny fajitas, have friends over next Wednesday for dinner :o)

I'm working my way up to 8 glasses a day, on my best day I had 6 so far. I don't like just plain water, so I put a few drops of lemon juice in it, just to give it a little tang, then it's like drinking a very watery lemonade - I find it helps :)

Hunny I'm going through something very similar right now *big hugs* I was happy one day and crushed the next, but you know what - I concluded pretty quickly that I'd rather be with someone who knows for sure he wants to be with me, than with someone who is undecided. Please don't make his indecision make you feel bad about…

You look amazing, I'm green with envy! I'm looking to be just a little above your weight now, and I sincerely hope I'll look this good when I'm done! Great for motivation! :)

jinjin you look FANTASTIC! I want to look like you! :) you go girl!

You look gorgeous, congratulations! :)

I work with Photoshop too, but more for fun, and a little bit for work. This is really interesting, more please :o)

That's good, although I don't know if one can may equal more than 4 cups of coffee, caffeine-wise! Maybe worth checking out... I'm working on getting up to my 8 glasses of water a day, it's a struggle, but I had 6 today, took me 3 weeks, so I'm keeping hydrated :o)

Ah, I'll clarify the "huge wrap" - I mean in was really full and big all around when filled, so it was huge because of the filling :) I wouldn't say I'm obsessing about the exact figure, but this is the end of my third week with the food diary and I'm learning a lot every day about what to eat and not to eat, so it's…

Thank you all! I'm going to start "couch to 5K" next week which I hope will help me further. Maybe I'll push it a bit more, and I'm sure once I see results it'll have a positive effect - how can it not have? Carl - you are very sweet, the thing you wrote about the pillow girlfriend was really touching :o) of course life…

Thank you Monica, you are very kind and of course you are right. I'm sure in time the grief will subside. It's just really hard to deal with that knock on self esteem, when one day I felt great, and next day he wants to see other people... so far, after yesterday's hiccup, I have adapted a method where I cry if I want to,…

Yes I understand you didn't mean to be insensitive or rude. I'm sure you can imagine though, at the moment, I'm not really keen to sleep with anyone else. And yes, eventually I'm sure I'll feel happy again and will look back at this time more wisely.

Sorry - am I the OP in this scenario? I didn't call you crass or callous. I appreciate your advice, but it won't work for me. I came here for support, but it appears an argument has started now which has nothing to do with my original topic.

Like I said, what works for some won't work for everyone...

*hugs* thanks hunny

Not everything that works for one person works for others...

Ooh what kind of salmon, canned or smoked or one you got raw and cooked at home?

I can't, hard boiled eggs give me stinkies, but for some reason microwaved ones don't? Do the micro waves kill whatever it is in eggs that causes stinkies? Thanks for the 1400 recommendation, I feel that's a more reasonable goal for me.

Thanks jodigirl, much appreciate that :) I find, after many years of being at healthy weight and eating what I wanted, food baffles me to some degree.