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Add me too. Happy to connect on NFP & FitBit. Sara@argenta.uk.com

Hi, I have 5 month old twins & initially I was back to my original weight, but have then re gained. Now on track with a good balanced diet & walking daily. Would love extra support from other new mums.

Bump........looks great. Thanks:flowerforyou:

I feel like my weight loss is very slow compared with others posting here. I'm 5 ft 7 and started at 195lb in Feb this year - so far I have lost 17lb and am at 178lb. I eat at about 1600 cals net & use a fitbit flex to check my calorie deficit. I walk/hike 4-5 days a week & have just started to do Jillian Michael 30 Day…

If it works for you mentally, then no problem. I used to do that, to ensure I was within my overall weekly goal. Now I log cals on the day they are eaten, so I can keep my macros etc accurate - Also sometimes it helps to see when you actually did over eat or under eat. If I overeat one day I do try to compensate a little…

Add me if you like...............I log daily & diary is open to friends.

I was eating at 1200 cals for a long time - weight just yoyoing. I slowly increased up to 1600 and not only am I losing weight, but I have far more energy and feel so much better.

The only thing that works for me is keeping things simple. A weekly deficit of 3500 cals is equivalent to a 1lb loss. I'm 36 yr old female 5ft 7 and 178lb and I eat 1600 cals a day & loose weight. It makes no difference what I eat in terms of carbs, fat, protein etc - as long as I have a healthy deficit I loose. Only thing…

I started walking a few months ago and average about 26 miles a week. I'm desk bound in my job, so I have to consciously go for a walk to clock up some decent miles. Sometimes I walk with a girlfriend & we talk so much before we know it we have walked 2 hours. I also go hill walking with my husband because the countryside…

You don't have to exercise to loose weight - you just need to have a calorie deficit (eat less calories than you burn). A weekly deficit of 3500 cals will usually give you a loss of 1lb. I have tracked religiously for months now & have not had any really bad weeks, but I can see a pattern forming - weight loss is not…

I plan my meals for the week...before I go grocery shopping. There is always room to swap things around or change you mind or your plans. I plan breakfast, lunch & dinner & try to have a few cals left for snacks or unplanned cappuccinos. Planning ahead also heals if I am eating out during the week - If I know im going out…

I eat a wholegrain multi seed bread because it is delicious & keeps me full for ages. White bread doesn't fill me up at all & just gives me a Buddha belly straight away. I used to go for the lowest calorie option for everything.......now I go for the tastiest option (usually higher cals), which is ultimately more…

Also - this is one reason I hated Weight Watchers cake recipes. They would sound like a really low cal option, until you realised that after baking, you were going to have to divide it into 5 billion slices. It wasn't low fat, it was just portions which effectively mounted to about 3 crumbs:-)

This is one reason that I do not tend to bake. My husband does not have a sweet tooth, I would be left with a huge cake to consume. I bake at Christmas & Easter or when family come to stay etc, but usually cupcakes, which are easy to package up & give to friends & family. I make a lovely chocolate ganache cup cake topped…

I loved this show:-)

I'm trying to increase my protein at the moments too. I'm going with: Fresh tuna steak Grilled chicken Fage Greek yogurt Eggs Beans Protein shakes Peanut butter (this is a new one for me - hope I don't get to like it too much;-) Yum!!!

I'm trying to increase my protein intake at the moment - so right now I'm loving: Fresh tuna steak Good quality multi seed bread Free range eggs Fage Greek yogurt Peanut butter Mountains of salad (I genuinely love salad) Dark chocolate & orange rice cakes (my guilty pleasure) I'm trying to ditch most 'low fat/low cal'…

I think Soleros are about 95 cals - very very tasty full on ice cream for the cals...yum!!

I was waiting for someone to mention almonds;-) IMO a handful of almonds is highly calorific and completely unsatisfying - I have no intention of keeping a tin of almonds in my handbag. :laugh:

Yes, TRX...sorry I couldn't remember the name. It was over in the 'womens weight section' so I never saw any of the guys on it. I certainly wasn't paying the guy - it was part of the gym membership that they give you a health assessment & write you a program. Previous to that I was doing resistance & free weights -…

At my last gym, one of the trainers there developed me a workout program with all sorts of weight & resistance exercises (all of which I was familiar with), but he wanted me to do them whilst balancing on a swiss ball. My balance is dreadful, so after 1 failed attempt, I assumed he was taking the p**s & ignored him. Its…

Yeah, dark Choc orange ones are my favourite. They hit the spot for me without going overboard on calories, so it's not so bad in my opinion:-)

I don't have room or the time for a full vegetable garden just now (would love to), but I do have every fresh herb I can think of......lovely in my salads;-)

I just started eating bread again. I won't eat crappy white bread, but a good multi seed loaf is delicious & keeps me full for ages. Sandwiches are back on the menu for me:-) After years of trying to find 'substitutes' for certain foods, I have now concluded that quality over quantity wins in terms of both taste, nutrition…

I've had my flex for about 8 weeks & love it. I like that I just put it on my wrist & can forget about it almost. I work at my computer most of the day, but It doesn't register my arm movements as steps (not whilst typing) so I would not let that put you off. I have put mine to the test a few different ways & find it…

Yeah...we did home economics. Maybe because it was a girls school. But we were taught about planning & cooking a meal, including nutrition. We were also taught the nutritional requirements of children, the elderly (whatever that means) and pregnant women. I might not always eat the right things as an adult, but I do have…

I did WW for years, when I left I basically worked out that I was on 1100-1200 cals per day. I was hungry all the time & it just was not sustainable, therefore I was just yoyoing - loosing and gaining the same few lbs. The leaders had very little nutritional knowledge - it was all about WW products and finding the lowest…

I think GP's have been referring patients to Weight Watchers for a while. I agree that any weight watchers meeting I went to, the leaders had no nutritional knowledge what so ever. Also whilst I was at weight watchers, I was basically on very low cals (1200 a day) - not sustainable or healthy. I don't know what is taught…

I weigh everything on the scales as I think its more accurate than by the cup. I can usually find most ingredients in the database already in terms of weight rather than cups, its just a case of looking. If I don't find what I want in the data base I enter it myself, using the Nutritional info on the packet. Also I weigh…

Not sure why I would lower my calories. I'm loosing at a rate now of 1.5lb per week, which I am happy with. I used to eat much lower (the magic 1200 cals a day) and weight loss was slow, I was hungry all the time & I had no energy at all. Now I have loads of energy, I feel great & I'm losing weight.