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If it helps, try to think of the positives - small breasts are so much more comfortable, it's so much easier to exercise, you can get good bras from most shops (unless you have a tiny back of course) for reasonable prices, and you can sleep on your front! I went from a 34G to 28DD with ~29kg loss (still sounds big but…

My yoga and yogilates is still in development I'm afraid! I've been to classes (for correct posture), and do my workout videos between 2-4 times per week (depends what I can fit in - yoga is a bit of a treat as I enjoy it so much)! I am moving on to more demanding yoga eventually (at the moment just hatha yoga), but still…

I dont row as my arms (mainly shoulders) are prone to bulking up really big and make me look unbalanced. Thankyou though :)

I'm 5'2", currently 106lb and 26 years old. I'm eating more carbs than you and and still losing (my diary's open, feel free to nose). I aim for 1800 calories a day using TDEE (although only average about 1600 per day at the moment), exercise 5x per week. I try to make sure I hit my macros though (60/20/20), especially…

I have my oats at lunch everyday, but when I was restricting I had them for dinner frequently. They're just so satisfying, all creamy and stomach-kind for those with IBS/IBD issues :)

I'm using MFP to track calories and nutrients, but using TDEE numbers. I didnt know I could manually change calorie goals, will do!

My TDEE for moderate exercise is 1982, so I've set MFP to heavy exercise (which is the highest setting I can get) which gives me 1830 calories per day to maintain and will work towards that for now and re-assess further down the line.

No but I'm increasing my calories slowly and plan to up the setting to moderately active, I just didnt want to blimp by increasing my cals to ~1900 all in one go. Is that not an ok way to do it?

I'm learning to cook too :) I just pick recipes that sound yummy and go for it! It's much easier than I imagined, and whilst I'm no master-chef, everything so far has been tasty to me and boyfriend! I do a lot of sauces, dahls, one-pot type dishes, and then a huge side of veggies. I do a lot with eggs too, they're so…

Bananas, cheese, eggs (boiled, pancakes, omlettes) are my go tos for nutritional calories! Porridge is delicious and comforting too! I try to keep my carbs low from snacking as I typically consume so many with my meals that I'm not willing to give up - banana pancakes (no flour) and boiled eggs are great for this! Also…

I'm definitely less bloated having switched my white carbs for brown. However, I used to get really painful bloating, the kind where you feel you're about to explode Alien style, from eating strongly acidic fruit (so far apples and oranges are out). I also dont go near raw veggies for similar reasons, they have to be very…

Digital food scale for measuring, also I have a giant retro tea-cup that I use for cereals/porridge to make it look like it's more, and me not feel deprived! I have a very weird thing about having a full plate though! I also love the idea of smaller plates, but havent managed to find a good sized one yet :(

Any idea how many this makes roughly? Trying to work out nutrition too!

For me, it's about habits. I go to the gym 5 days a week - I go through times when I hate it, and times when I love it. I deal with it by making it "non-optional", which may not work for everyone, but it's what I need to do for me. Basically, I dont whine to myself or my boyfriend, or think "I really dont want to go the…

I want to maintain my current shape and size (obviously the scales are less important, it's more a getting into my jeans issue!), but also continue to improve my overall health and fitness. I'm wondering if there's a more efficient way of spending my workout time, and whether I would be better to switch maybe my Tues/Thurs…

Thanks :) Losing the weight was easy, taking care of yourself is much harder :( I guess it's going to take a lot more work on my thought processes regarding food to get to a healthy place inside.

My TDEE with moderate exercise is 1989, is there a reason that's better than BMR + exercise calories? And while I do exercise "moderately"according to their scale, I also spend a lot of time sitting due to my job at the moment. I uploaded some photos, can you tell by looking if I'm lacking in LBM?

Thankyou - actually since I started eating more (about 3 weeks ago) I've lost another 3 pounds? My gym offers a fitness test (takes about an hour, they also measure BF%) and personal training, do you think this would be a good start?

I'm using about 650-700ml milk a day through breakfast and lunch, tea and coffee. Moderation is not my strong point, although is something I'm trying to learn!

I do this too, two puffs of my blue inhaler whilst changing on doctor's orders. Otherwise I'm a wheezy mess too!

I switched from white to wholewheat pasta, spaghetti and rice just last week (I love my carbs!!!), and what I found is that weirdly, the wholewheat stuff keeps me much fuller. So I've gone from a 100g portion of white to a 55g portion of wholewheat (for pastas), with the only difference being less bloating after. Because I…

These were super amazing, just started with plain banana and also banana and cinnamon, but planning on trying with some frozen mixed berries (thawed) soon!

Going to try these this weekend, do you suppose you can freeze them once cooked? Not sure I'll be able to get through the number of bananas I've bought!

Is it shameful to admit I dont own a blender?!

I'm in the UK by the way. I already have my weekly treat (2 fresh bakery cookies) that I'm unwilling to give up, but I'm really struggling with my sweet tooth! I'm looking for something I can maybe have to eat back some of my exercise calories with, 2-3 times a week, so it needs to be justifiably healthy! Thanks, will…

I think I'll try the olive one then thanks! I'm not the best at not getting my omlettes stuck down so always end up using loads of oil, but I do have a nice new pan to try out too, so hopefully that'll do the trick with the spray!

I second the quorn suggestion - I started using it in place of minced beef (for chilli and bolgnese) last year after going veggie, and it's amazing how much weight fell off after that! Soy mince on the other hand tastes just awful to me :( Quorn is super cheap too compared to meat. I also think that meat in itself isnt…

I make my own sauces, I usually do chilli or bolognese (both with quorn as I'm veggie), and then three or 4 different veggies added in. I cook in bulk and freeze. I'm still on the fresh packaged stuff for arrabiata and mascarpone but with extra veggies added, but I'm planning on finding recipes for those too.

That's why I've switched to wholewheat pasta and brown rice, though the stats dont seem much better. I'm trying really hard to improve my overall health now I'm at my target weight, but it's not something I know much about. At the moment it's basically more veggies and wholewheats and less sugar. I really struggle with…

Going to double check the chips! I thought oven chips were kind of already deep fried though? I only eat them with omlettes as I've deemed them unhealthy in my head, also I love pasta so much!