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[quote Nice to see a reminder that a university education is still relatively cheap, seeing as we mainly just remember to whinge because it's not free any more... [/quote] It's not that it's cheap, but that we have a good student finance system that wipes out the loan after 30 years and where repayments are linked to…

Hi, I'm at uni in Bath :)

#24 is the Christmas market in my university city, Bath!

I focus first on calories and then on protein. The other macros I don't really bother with - though I need to find out what my protein macro ought to be. Most days now I'm hitting or nearly hitting my protein goal, which is good.

Thanks, I've edited the relevant entries in the database too

If I'm planning to go for a run/whatever just before lunch, and not go out before then, then I will put my running clothes on (not the stinkier ones, obviously) first thing in the morning. If I don't then I know I won't run.

Yeah, it was a cornish pasty :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasty Anyone from anywhere else want to do one?

OOH, challenge. I challenge someone not from the UK to tell me what this is:

Yes, exactly, we buy them from fish-and-chip shops. In Germany where they're often without the battery and served either with ketchup or curry sauce they're often also found at kiosks.

I think that also has to do with the fact that you mainly have dining halls for college dorms, right? In the UK it's split about 50/50 places where you 'self-cater' or have a dining hall - my friends with dining halls have gained weight and those of us who cook for ourselves are mainly the same as we were. Also we move out…

Battered hot dogs here don't look like cornbread, they're like this:

Currywurst is SO GOOD. Also I agree with someone upthread who said they weren't keen on American farming practices.

I think you invented your Apfelstrudel which is different to what I'd call an apple pie. (I love them both though!!!)

No it isn't, it's like saying scotch is British. Which it is.

Because I'm a poor student and I'd rather pay £1 for a yummy simple ham sandwich than £3 or more for a salad that probably has things I don't like in it (I'm picky about my leaves, I don't like rocket or cucumber or a few other things), and outside of M&S most supermarket salads are quite high-calorie. OH! Pret a Manger…

Breakfast :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLgmk323H6k Yes, yes, I think we can. American foods we don't really 'do': -any kind of pie other than Apple (sweet, I mean) - corn dogs - s'mores (much to my sadness - here we spike marshmallows on sticks for campfires) - pop tarts, peanut butter cups etc (though those are increasingly…

The 'basic' or 'essentials' sandwich ranges are usually a bit lighter. And frankly, a meal should be at least 3-400 calories anyway, if you're travelling around and walking a lot...

Using the website from her phone will cost her an arm and a leg, though (unless she's in WiFi) so shell have to track by paper.

Pretty much everywhere has the calorie counts either displayed on the menu or online now :) Pizza Express do pizzas with salads in that come in around 550 calls I believe, and Pizza Hut do free unlimited salad with your meal. Pretty much every supermarket has a range of pre-packaged sandwiches, all of which have the…

This. I have soft cheese on a bagel pretty much every morning for breakfast and it's rarely over 300 calls, most of which is the bagel!

This. Like, there were girls in my ballet class who has completely flat stomachs, but they neither had fat nor any muscle - they couldn't do more than three or four sit-ups.

I'm similar to this. I weigh every second day and I only record if there's a loss - and a loss i can see. I have non-digital (analogue?) scales so sometimes what could be a loss of 1lb could just be my weight in a different place - plus it only has 2lb markings on it.

I think maybe you should have two prizes - one for weight loss, and one for 'achievement' - so getting totally built, learning to run, whatever. Also I'd put C25K much earlier in the list, maybe swap it out with what to do when you reach a plateau. I know I'd wanted to get active and didn't know how and when I heard about…

You're clearly going to the wrong chippie if they serve chips like French fries! The trick for dealing with Fish & Chip nights, I find, is to go for mushy peas or baked beans instead of your chips - maybe share a small portion of chips with a friend or family member. But actually there have been studies showing that out of…

There's nothing to stop you describing it as 'Feminist Theory' if that more accurately describes what you get from the course. The official title of my degree programme (it works slightly differently in the UK) is BSc Politics with Economics - but, because I'm taking some credits every year in German, I will describe it as…

If this thread gets shut and deleted can someone tell me why - it's nearly midnight now here so I have to go to bed but I don't want to miss out.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/06/the_word_vagina_it_s_time_to_regulate_against_it_.html Well, if it's okay in Michigan...

I'd send a scan of your passport and a picture of you now to the DHS or something to ask them? For other IDs, what I tend to do is carry another form of ID with the same other information which also has a photo and the photos are clearly the same person and I'm clearly the photo so it's obvious that it's me.. Like my uni…

My diary is open so feel free to check it out :) could you have a houmous and falafel wrap for lunch with loads of veggies in?