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5'3" SW: 188 CW: 158 GW: 140 (maybe 130, will reevaluate later!). Started late Dec 2013 so 30lb loss in 6mo. My maintenance atm must be about 1800 (deficit cals at sedentary are about 1300-1400). Can't be doing with that :D I had been replacing more journeys with walking anyway so decided to get a FitBit in Jan and walk…

Yep! Lost 30lb and started to get lazy... so revved up my efforts joining the Keep It Green challenge and resolving to do more steps every day. Pushing through the lazy! Feel free to add me, I'm new to the whole MFP friend thing so still getting to grips with it :D

June 11th = green = 10/25

I have no experience of Canada beyond other people telling me it's lovely :smiley: But as far as Glasgow is concerned, it's a pretty average city. There is crime in a general sense, as in every city, but it doesn't feel particularly unsafe. Plenty of people go running in the evenings and I'm sure going for a walk is just…

June 10th = GREEN! = 9/25. Super pleased because I fought hard today. Was determined to stay on track and so glad I did :smile:

So uh... that should be 8/25 :smiley:

June 9th = red = still 8/21. I've decided to review my goal and make it 25. I started off trying to make sure I didn't lose track with weekly calories, and after my first week I'm realising that I think a good balance for me is aiming for green as much as possible, and going into the red when I have a cushion in the week…

8th June = green = 8/21

I love the positivity on Success Stories :blush: Ty!

@bbinoa fantastic! Very motivating for those moments when the scale doesn't move as much. 7th June = green = 7/21. Feeling very pleased as we ate out/take out a few times with family visiting but still managed to keep it green with some wriggle room (just in case!).

June 6th = green = 6/21 :blush:

Ha, in my excitement last night I forgot to put 5/21... Thanks for this group, it really has given me fresh accountability. :blush: Today is day 170 of my streak and I have 20lb till my main goal, so thus is helping! Congrats all on the success :smiley:

June 5th = green B) I was quite certain part way through the day that I wouldn't keep green, but in the end I made it!

- to feel like I look young! You can see in so many success posts, weight loss seems to make you look younger too. I'm mid-20s but I feel like I look beyond my years. - to wear straight line dresses. I don't wear anything particularly fitted (even when slimmer), but I used to wear straight dresses, the kind that are often…

Had this on my husband's side of the family, a couple of different little ones for very different reasons. If it is a case of not being able to stomach some food too well and not just aversion alone, then things like Fortisip and Complan might help. I think you're in the US so I've no idea if they have different names…

June 4th = green! 4/21

It worked for me today! I had forgotten about it already but logged in and saw my Feel Good category, so I took 10mins for me :blush: Hopefully it will be a long term reminder!

Ok this is my first time trying to add a photo so apologies if it doesn't work right! I thought a picture might explain better :wink:

Yay! I'm glad it has inspired :blush: As an aside, I like your name! I am also curly and occasionally cockney (my accent has become mangled over the years!).

Oops :blush: So! I have been neglecting my hair, my skin, my nails... other little things like wanting a new pair of earrings since forever yet never buying them. It's not about cost, just a little time spent on myself. I'm good at doing it for about a week and then I lose focus. So I've decided to track the little…

June 3rd = green! 3/21 Wed was my first 'test', I was very active and indulged in a big dessert at lunch, fine, but in the evening my sweet tooth popped up again. I would normally use the unused cals from Mon & Tue, but I've been losing track this way and I thought, "I've had a big dessert today, I don't need two!".…

June 2nd = green! 2/21 But I already know that the first half of the week is easier... it's the latter half that gets me!

June 1st (the 6.1 confuses me :D ) Green! Yay! 1/21

Yay, finally find the invite! :D I tend to focus on weekly calories. However the last couple of weeks I've been getting too loose with that. Still in a deficit, but losing about 0.7lb/week and want to get back to a loss of around 1lb/week and more general self-control. My goal is 21 days, ie 3 weeks. If I have a non-green…

PS if you don't speak Dutch, a lot of people there are very capable with English, so you can probably easily ask about the food in a lot of restaurants, especially in more touristy areas where they expect English-speakers.

Cheating here... I'm not in the Netherlands, but I've been a few times :smile: There are plenty of 'healthy' restaurants - salad places, vegetarian restaurants (I know these can still be fattening but I've eaten in a few Dutch veggie restaurants, usually dishes available that are things like lentils, vegetables, not…

I would like to join :smile:

I love me some [cheesy] motivational quotes :smiley: My current one is: "In a year's time, you'll wish you started today". I also apply it generally, like, "In a year's time, I'll wish I carried on today" etc.

I go for it. Every time. It usually is only for 2 days of the month - 1 during ovulation, 1 at the beginning of TOM. But last time for example I had about 4 days in a row (unusual) and I just let it happen :D My main things are: - eat some 'normal' food first (an actual balanced meal, for instance) - drink tea; this is a…

^This. But if you're looking for something light or veggie-like, then there's always salad bars (NB: I don't do big bowls of salad so I have no recommendations, but hey, they're out there and they're fast). In the UK there are places like Tossed and Chop'd, I imagine there are equivalents in most places. Personally I often…