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Hi Heather, Try putting on some up beat music and just dance around for a while indoors, do this every day and try to make each session longer; this will help re-build your stamina levels and let loose those happy endorphin's, as well as burning those calories, then once you can dance around and sing along without getting…

Im here hon, in Essex although NOT and Essex girl, just turned 64

Are you eating your exercise calories because if you aren't you will stay the same, or even gain.

Hello LydiaKO, I know I am so much older than you are, but I am young at heart and in my mind - and I do understand the weight issues with us 'petite of frame and vertically challenged' ladies.:laugh: No one understands that I need to be a certain weight either (as I was once, before I had my son and the weight gradually…

Hi there, I'm Michelle and I 'm 4 foot 10 (Ive lost an inch with age! LOL) I am also in my 60's but young in mind good luck with your journey and yes, I guess someone of our height should be in the 8 stone little up little below depending on our ages/frames. :happy:

Hi Jemie, I'm sorry to hear such negative responses from your colleagues, but I too am in the exact same situation at work where colleagues have said absolutely nothing to me about my weight loss either, but, I put it down to petty jealousies not that anyone else is vastly overweight and they all are slim (except for one…

Wow! Makes me feel really lazy lol, but reading this post there really is no excuse for me NOT to get started again, so this afternoon after lunch I am going to put my music on and do my exercise! Lovely inspiration to get up and stop procrastinating, Heather, thank you! :happy:

Hi, I'm Michelle, aka Dixie2111 (as my name was taken lol) and a returner to mfp, which I joined in May of this year and am a type 2 diabetic, but having had an injury recently to my left arm my exercise programme, plus six birthdays in November to celebrate at work including my own (cakes day and nibbles) the…

Hi hello, please know that it's fear of failure that makes them nasty, theirs not yours; your's is not a failure its a story of success and they are the losers, not you, well no int their way anyhow! Well done - I bet you look fabulous! I'm trying to reverse type 2 diabetes and come off the metformin medication I've been…

Yes, I watched it too and was totally shocked to hear this, but they did also state that diets didn't work and is the industry's way of keeping us coming back, if it worked they'd all be out of a business, which I agree with, because its really all about a life style change and counting the calories, as this Site proves,…

Oh dear, I meant to say also, please add me as a friend if you so wish! Good luck!:blushing:

Hi I'm 61 and started this wonderful journey 7 weeks ago. I think its a brilliant website, keeping track of everything that I eat and drink on here, seeing it at a glance and then I workout too. At the moment I am doing my own routine at home to some music I stick on the computer and play and dance along to it, I work in…

Me to I am new to this and found the following posted on here earlier today which explains why we are advised to eat back the calories earned from exercise...Hope this helps :smile: QUOTE: I still see many people that are confused or "question" the idea of eating your exercise calories. I wanted to try (as futile as this…

QUOTE: I still see many people that are confused or "question" the idea of eating your exercise calories. I wanted to try (as futile as this may turn out to be) to explain the concept in no uncertain terms. I'll save the question of "eating your exercise calories" for the end because I want people to understand WHY we say…

Wow, what an amazing difference. Just shows what can be done with dedication and also, learning along the way what not to do/eat any more! You look amazing. Well done! :happy:

I'm a shorty too 4 foot 10 inches so that makes me the smallest lol I am eating 1200 and I am also exercising 5 times a week with two days off, but plan on increasing my aerobic sessions a little more at present 75 mins including a cool down and stretch and mat work. Being a newbie I have so far lost 6 pounds over four and…

avocados are a good source too! I eat fish and eggs as well as Philadelphia light which shows locust bean gum and carrageenan, which is derived from seaweed I believe and is used in place of rennet, in its list of ingredients, although it is cows milk I'm afraid. I also eat some sheeps cheese, but that wouldn't be an…

Hi, I'm about to start my fourth week here and have so far lost 5lbs, and I am vegetarian so don't eat meat although I do take eggs and fish (so piscatarian I guess is nearer the description). I have a cooked breakfast some mornings as I find cereals alone do no keep me full for long enough and being diabetic I am also…

sorry I have replies below as I haven't quite got the hang of these blasted posts! lol :explode:

This lady produces amazing recipes and you will just have to count them into your daily allowance but they do turn out good. You don't have to be a vegan to enjoy them, and once or twice a week to replace meat will be a healthy option anyway. Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mouthwatering-Vegan-Recipes/149224498449227

Ooooh this sounds delicious...I love eggs and I love avocados so a new recipe thanks for sharing! :smooched:

Hi there, I'm a vegetarian/piscetarian too and have been here for just over three weeks and lost 5lbs already. Glad to make your acquaintance.:smile:

How about looking on YouTube at pilates, for toning?:smile: http://www.poppilatesdvd.com

Your body is eating itself, my love, to keep you going and that's not good in the long run. The advice here to get yourself a good cook book and making up your meals from that is a very good idea, then you can always portion up the extras into say three separate portions and freeze them if you are living alone (like me and…

What a wonderful topic! How can learning to eat properly (the amount in portions sizes and what is actually IN our food to fuel our bodies to optimum health) be considered an eating dis-order, I consider it an ordered learning curve, or how else would we know how to maintain a healthy body? We all have to educate ourselves…

Hi there, I have only just started in MFP, but I am toning up as I go and I do squats in my workout routine, and my bottom has firmed up and toned up and lifted, which I suppose makes it appear a little rounder and larger, but in reality, my jeans are baggy on me at the rear where two weeks ago they weren't so I guess its…

Hi, my first week on here and in answer to your query, I made my own, which was healthier and lighter: average chip shop fish and chips supper is around 880 cals for a small portion; my dinner cost just 395. Lunch became dinner this afternoon as I started the day late and breakfast became brunch, so I need to finish eating…