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It's like Joey when he switched from mayo to light mayo! :laugh:

Yep, I only ever really pay attention to the calories, and more recently protein and fat if I really go over. Don't really mind anything else.

I'd say - don't stay away, but do a slow redux. Going cold turkey is always hard, no matter if you're quitting smoking or eating! Get smaller portions first. Then cut out one day a week, than another. Pretty soon it will turn into an occasional treat. Say you'll treat yourself every 2 - 3 weeks to a KFC meal, as a reward…

For me it's the advice :) when I'm having a difficulty with any of this MFP business I just ask for advice and usually it's fabulously helpful. The way I think of it - why struggle alone when someone out there has the answer? :)

Of course I would do that :)

I chose my ideal weight based on the time in my life when I felt the best, health-wise and looks-wise. Of course now I'm a little older so I may not feel the same way, but basically remembering what I felt like at the time is the reason I set my goal :)

Thank you again :) I'm logging everything religiously and I'm now coming to the end of 3rd week of plateau. I have read about weightloss slowing down as the goal gets closer so I do expect this.

Thank you all - I have recalculated and the difference came out to be only about 30 cals. Ok - please let me explain what I mean by eating back my calories. I calculated my TDEE and set my diary to that minus 20%. Cool. But then every time I log my exercise, my food diary says "you have earned xyz calories today from…

:D that sounds like a much more fun way of beating it than waiting or working harder! ha ha you go girl!

Thanks all :) My TDEE is already calculated including exercise, so I'm not sure eating back the calories will work? I've lost almost 19lbs so far not eating back the exercise calories. Paulperryman - my starting weight was 154lbs, goal weight is 121lbs. I'm currently at 135lbs. I deeply regret not taking measurements when…

Wonderful! :) you must be really pleased - would love to see a pic! :)

You are gorgeous and SO PHOTOGENIC! I'm envious! :) well done you - very inspirational!

Just don't say this to anyone on your first date - it's a complete turnoff to analyse love as an equation!

ha ha ha love starting my days with a good laugh :D

:D :D that was the first thing I thought of when I saw this topic!

I have two suggestions - drink shakes or find snacks that are high in calories but very small, like those dried fruit & nut mixtures. They have loads of calories in just a small serving, but also lots of healthy fats and sugars, so you can snack on a handful and make up calories fast, without feeling terribly full. The…

Honey, is it your own wedding next year? I work in the wedding industry - believe me the lack of wedding support is normal. If I had a £ for every bride who was surprised that there wasn't more enthusiasm for the wedding... Do the practical approach - make a list of all the things that are going wrong at the moment - and…

This would be a great list except I don't know what some of these mean!

I'm so glad you did!!!! I really struggled at 1200 and getting that advice was a revelation - I really hope the original poster will read this too! :)

Honey, don't do anything until you read this topic: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/952996-level-obstacles-lose-weight-target-fat-easy From being on this site for 2.5 months I found that MFP gives this number to far too many people, and there are many tools that are better for figuring this out. I've lost 16lbs so…

I saw some great advice lately, basically it said you should join the site that has the people that match what you are looking for! Most sites let you browse the members for free, so first have a free browse on various sites and see what the guys are like - most sites have a particular profile of members that tend to join…

wow how fabulous, you like sort of like your own brother in before and after pics! :D very alike but not the same person! CONGRATULATIONS!

Girl, you are a sexy kitten, your curves are dangerous! You looked great in the before photos, but your avatar photo is just fantastic. Vavavooom! :)

I think what you need to do is realise this is just temporary, and make a commitment - for example, I'm going back to my training/way of eating tomorrow, and that's that. You are stronger than you think you are. In relation to the binges - I got a very strong impression that finding healthy substitutes for sweets would be…

I would say - don't try MySingleFriend, do try speed dating. MySingleFriend is great but it has a huge drawback - there is no way of knowing who has a free membership and therefore can't read emails or write back. The reasoning behind this (which I sort of agree with) is that if this was obvious then the people with free…

I've come to realise that fad diets inevitably force the dieter to exclude something that they're usually pretty interested in. Some friends are now doing some diet, don't know what it's called, all they're eating is meat and eggs for the whole of the first week, then the second week they can add vegetables, then slowly…

Wow I'm not even hungry and I'm salivating at some of these! :) more please!

I work in the wedding industry and I can tell you this - you can make it whatever you like, but if it's going to be somewhere in public (like a romantic walk in the park or at her favourite restaurant) - see if you can hire a photographer to take some candid pics of that moment! Hardly anybody has real engagement photos.…

I think this is posted in the wrong area hun :) Yes it's totally true what you're saying. I see loads of before/after pics here where the "after" weight is about the same as I am now - and I'm working on losing 18lbs more. I sometimes cannot believe they look like they do at the same weight as me! I look nothing like them!…

This is amazing, I want to look like you :)