melaniebester Member

Name: Melanie Age: 21 Height: 5'5" Start Weight: 231.2 lbs Goal Weight April 30th : 220.2 lbs Weigh-ins: April 3rd: April 10th: April 17th: April 24th: Weight -/+ this week: Weight -/+ this month: Successes / struggles this week:

Yes, "she" is. She is also in Australia where she is working 9 hours a day with a 30 minute break. I ate a salad roll as you can see in my diary, and I'm currently enjoying falafel with vegetables. I also didn't do zumba yesterday, nor today. I do my diary accurately, and I always add in exercise. Thanks.

I'm confused because I have some people telling me that eating these foods would be "Cheating" and others telling me I should be. I am working towards that 1200, that's becoming more visible in my diary, the totals are slowly going up.

I'm not craving it any more, I had a cup of tea and I'm fine now. Thanks for your kindness and concern :)

It's fine. I didn't eat the cheesecake anyway. Felt too guilty after realising it was classed as cheating my diet. Did some zumba instead.

Go have a look at my diary and then talk to me about cheating, buddy. I don't do cheating. What I do do, is ask questions I genuinely don't know the answers to, like this one, asking about whether calories are more suited to weekly averages or daily ones. Please take the negativity elsewhere.

I totally understand, and I do want to hit my 1200 daily target every day, or get very close. Hence why I'm not doing much exercise at the moment. My job involves 8 hours of standing/general moseying about every day so I think that's enough for now.

I really want to do some food prep, but as mentioned in the other post, I only have a microwave and a kettle, that's the extent of my facilities. I'm going to go and buy an electric frying pan very soon so I can make some curries and stir fries etc to freeze :) I'm definitely working on it... I'm also a vegetarian, so fat…

Hey, I'm 19 in just a few days- I did start using the app at 17, but never the forums. I should probably update that. I know my intake is too low, this is something I'm currently working on improving. It's not so much that I mean to eat under, it's that I work full time, study full time, and also do volunteering and I…

Yes, very interesting! I wasn't so much looking for a "tell me the answer" as a discussion, and wow, this piece of study is certainly provoking. Its nice to know I'm not the only one- I'm not necessarily craving foods for hunger, mostly I just want foods my willpower usually stops me having.

I'm moving in about a month into a flat of my own where I can cook and I'm so excited you have no clue! I'm really struggling with the finances, it's horrible and really stressful, does no wonders for my anxiety. I'm in a pretty yucky place right now but i just have to push through and keep working to pay it off before I…

That, that is amazing. I have all of those things lying around my house! I'll try this for tomorrow's dinner and report back! I might use tomato soup over the top or canned tomato instead though!

I probably should have mentioned I'm in Australia- they don't like vegetarians here. We don't have much pre-packaged vegetarian food that's low-cal. :)

I eat SO much soup, it's driving me right up the wall! My two major eats are soup and also small portion rice noodles, boiling water, chicken stock (faux style) with sweet chilli. It's about 730kJ so like 160 calories which is an awesome dinner!

We don't have the low calorie bread in Australia :( I have no clue why, but our lowest is about 150cals per serve which makes me sad. Still fine, but 35 would be a dream for me!

Tried that, they don't care for much other than my money. ($500 a week rent for a room and food I don't ever eat that they still charge me for. Grumble

I'm also from Perth! Would love to be friends- shoot a request my way! :)

I love zumba! I've downloaded a few onto my computer, and I just do one when I have half an hour to spend! They're perfect for a rainy day, or when you don't feel like a gym session- there's different length videos to do, and it's so much fun to laugh at yourself doing the silly moves. Good luck! :)

Thanks, and sorry for typos in that long post. I gotta stop writing big essays in the middle of the night.

Hey, I've been on MFP for over a year now logging, my diary is open and I'd love people to send me friend requests! :)

Oh my goodness yes, I'm so glad I'm not alone! I have a couple that I always do... When I lay on my back in bed or whatever, I rest my hands on my hipbones and sort of marvel that 1) they're there and 2) there's no tummy blocking my access to them! Also, my collarbones. I don't touch them so much, but just the presence of…

I want to pop in here and do some opinion-ing. My highest ever weight was about 200 pounds, I'm not at about 180 after going down to 160, and so I know the logistics of losing AND gaining weight. I want to say that to those who seem to think saying "how did you get fat if you struggle to eat 1200 calories" is okay, that…

To the people who are saying "oh i had side effects to Aspartame therefore you shouldn't have it either" 1. I'm allergic to lavender, I'm not running around screaming at people telling them lavender will kill them 2. Yes, some people do have reactions to aspartame, a good friend of mine is very allergic to it, but this…

I know I'm very late but I'd love to join in, I've never been a jogger/runner except for those times when you have a lot of pent up frustration/energy to sprint out! Walking is my go-to! I'll be starting tomorrow- happy for anyone to friend request my way! :)