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Pepsi Max for me all the way!! Although I had a bit of a craving for Lilt Zero recently.... yum

Lol, this! Altho one year Mr Loops was Homer Simpson (painted his face yellow, and shaved his head to kinda look like he had the Homer cartoon hair), but that was quite scary tbf. I'm usually quite creative with my costume and have been living dead zombie dolls a couple of times (different outfits), different styles of…

There is a controlled release metformin available (releases steadily throughout the day instead of all in one go), I couldn't take the standard metformin (TMI: gave me bad and unexpected diarrhoea and stomach problems) so stopped taking them years ago, but my GP prescribed me the controlled release ones last year and I…

Hmmm, never thought about this idea before but having read what everyone said and the links, and done some of my own research into IF and my medical conditions (Autoimmune Arthritis and skin issues, and PCOS) I think that doing this has the potential of really helping my health, and bumping my weight loss along better (as…

We go to Virgin Active, and pay about £45 (~$70) each per month (albeit we pay as joint membership). Includes pretty much everything except Personal Trainer (which is extra, though you usually get a few sessions thrown in when you join), so cardio machines + weight machines + free weights section + all other manner of bits…

Dawn of the Dead (the original) is my fave, but also <3 Shaun of the Dead and Fido

I got a little hand-held body fat tester from my local pharmacy about 7 years ago, was about £5. Not sure what you have available in the US though, but it was similar to these:…

I used to be very competitive and played lots of badminton and was in a few ten pin bowling leagues (not really a sport but defo exercise!), but unfortunately can't do either of those now as my arm is the worst affected, can't straighten it, move or lift much with it. Really sad about the badminton particularly, did think…

Home made veggie burgers (green lentils, leek, carrot, sprouts, breadcrumbs, egg white, seasoning & herbs) with tomato chutney, yummo!

Face. Haven't noticed a discernible difference anywhere else yet so must have lost 2 stone of face fat, ha ha ha!

I love the yolks, and I used to have 2 eggs for breakfast every day but my GP said I needed to cut back on them because of the fat. I wasn't willing to drop them entirely and found that my supermarket sold egg whites in a carton so now I have scrambled egg whites for breakfast instead to keep her happy! :-) Every now and…

Hi all, I'm Loops in England *waves*. I was diagnosed with PsA the early part of last year so I'm a relative newbie to it all. Currently on the top [oral] dose of methotrexate but unfortunately it seems to be doing very little to slow things, pretty much all joints down my right-hand side and neck are now affected, with my…

Hi all, I've been a silent ninja for a while now but thought I'd best pop up and say hi! :-) I'm Loops and I was pointed towards your group by a friend who has RA (and is a member of this group I believe), I actually have PsA (Psoriatic Arthritis) but hope I'll still be welcome as a fellow AAD sufferer! My PsA came on…

Not quite there yet, 36 in a few months, but no kids and no plans to have any! Always known I didn't want any, and thankfully found a bloke 10 years back that felt the same, bargins :-D Welcome friend requests from any other childfrees!

When I lost around 100lbs in '05-'06 I did find that there were some areas of excess skin that did not change with exercise, but it was the areas where I had had really bad stretch marks and thus there was literally just no elasticity left to the skin. My tum and boobs did have some stretch marks but not enough to stop…

That's exactly what I was going to recommend, I have Just Dance 3 and it's fab for burning some calories and having fun at the same time :-) I've got lots of other games like Wii Fit, and Boxing ones etc, but now that I have Just Dance I find them very boring in comparison!

Mine is mid 60's and always has been fairly low Conversely though my blood pressure is pretty high, at worst about 195/150, but I'm on meds for it now and it varies between around 120/85 to 140/100 depending on time of day and frame of mind!

Hellooo from Gloucestershire!

SW: 291 CW: 268 GW: 190 (or a UK size 14) Might seem a high goal weight, but I'm being realistic about what I think I can maintain, plus I know that's the weight I was last time I managed to get into a size 14 (6-7 years ago)

Just had to have a series of 5 B-12 vitamin injections about a month ago and unfortunately they did nothing at all for me :-( Strangely tho what I have found makes me go crazy hyper like I've had too much coffee is decongestant tablets (that's not to say I take them when I don't need them just for the rush mind!) :-s

I was interested about the shop bit, but Mr Loops turned off the wi-fi connection that our Wii uses so I'm not able to go online anymore with it to investigate! Yeah that sounds similar, in JD3 you get "sweat points" for each song you do, equating to how much effort you've put in, and I think the goals are something like…

As you know I don't have JD2 so I don't know how it compares but I can give you the gist of how JD3 works since noone else has responded yet! Mine is Wii also btw :smile: There's no way to cue up songs (unless it's something I haven't unlocked up yet) in it I'm afraid, hadn't thought about that but it would be a really…

Yeah, when I lost 7 stone a few years ago (and subsequently put it back on again but ignoring that mishap...:grumble: ) I went from a UK size 42 J to a 34 H. To be honest though, given their mahoosiveness in the first place I was very grateful that they got more manageable, I was able to wear an underwire comfortably for…

Ha ha ha, small world isn't it!! :-D Particularly handy that I have the same profile piccie on both! That's it, there was a thread a while back on F&A about the benefits of exercise which is actually what prompted me to do more than just walking round the block :-) I think the worst thing we can do is sit around and just…

I'm on methotrexate for my arthritis but not a biologic [yet], but I have friends who are taking them and as I understand it some of the biologics do make it harder to lose weight, the ones I've heard people complaining about are Prednisone, and Enbrel. That's not to say you can't lose weight, just that it takes more…

I've been riding a bike since my start weight of 290 lbs, don't see any reason why not to ride a bike at any size as long as you're able!!

Hiya, I'm 35 and 5'7". Started at 291 lbs, down to around 271 lbs now, and my aim is to get to around 180 lbs (which is around a UK size 14 for me) :-) Did it about 5 years ago, but managed to put it all back on again so it's a difficult 2nd attempt!! Anyways, still a very long way to go but getting more encouraged the…

I like to alternate different things so I don't get bored, sometimes I go swimming, or gym (with music or audio books for entertainment), just a walk round the block, a cycle to the shops, Zumba or Tae Bo in front of my TV, and recently I've started doing classes, Aquafit on Monday and Body Balance this Thursday :-) I used…

Yup, I was diagnosed with PCOS about 14 years ago. Doctor had me on a very low fat diet but just wasn't doing anything at all so have been reducing my carbs instead for the last few days. Not by a ridiculous amount though as there are lots of carbs in veg and fruit which are obv very good for you and I'm not willing to…

I like to microwave up a sweet potato and have it with just the same toppings as you'd have on a normal baked potato, my faves toppings are prawns, or tuna mayo, or cheese and baked beans, yummo! Mashed with carrot, and/or potato is also yum. Cut into wedges or chip shapes, toss in a smidge of oil, seasoning and some light…