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OK I live in UK and it's just straight bananas for me, no additions, just mashed direct onto the bread ...yum Pat

Hi girls late evening in UK. Good day today, loving the fresh fruit and the home grown veg. I'm with you with the roast veg, tried to roast garlic for the first time this week ... fantastic :love: Asparagus are good on a griddle pan too, a smidgen of oil and straight on the griddle yum. What is this gut and butt?? ideas…

I only joined (again) this week and the members are great. Together we can do it! :wink:

Not a good day today. Took my daughter in for her fourth operation on her wrists, ended up eating chocolate aero and sugar foam shrimps at lunch See if I can do better for the rest of the day :sad:

From a newbie - thank you so much for your welcome Writing everything down does make you very aware of what you are eating. I'm keeping away from the biscuits and making sure that what I eat is much healthier. I've tried growing my own veg this year and peas, beans and carrots direct from the garden are gorgeous. The…

Hi guys I'm new to all this and it's great to see all the support and all the tickers showing the HUGE losses you've all made. How do you do it and keep it up?? I'm an exam officer in the UK, I don't know which is worse being at home with all the temptations all around or being in school and not haing enough hours in the…

Aaaah I've just read the link http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20050613/drink-more-diet-soda-gain-more-weight I drink maybe 10 diet cokes a week. There's no question now .... I have to cut them out!!!:sad:

That's inspiring. I'm just starting and need all the help I can get!:happy:

OK I accept the craving, but my will is stronger than the temptation, WALK ON BY :laugh:

That's great, thanks so much, I'll add it to my favourites.

Don't get the cramps or the pain, but the cravings... particularly for sweet things and coke (diet)!!!! Would magnesium help?

Hi there Much of what I eat, I cook myself from scratch. How do you work out the calories? Sometimes I'm guessing and using prepackaged similar things, but hopefully mine is healthier. But how would I start to work out the calories For instance, I make chinese chicken with oyser sauce, it includes stir fried chicken…

Yeah there is a David Lloyds about 10 miles away, but very costly! I belong to local council gym, much cheaper, can also swim, racquet sports and do exercise classes. I tend to stick to the gym and the swimming. Thanks for the tips about green tea, problem is because I don't drink anything hot, I kind of blank anything…

Thanks for the website Banks I've just checked it out. The very first paragraph hit home "The next time you run, swim, or even walk, ramp up the intensity for 30-second intervals, returning to your normal speed afterward. Using this strategy will help you consume more oxygen and make your cell powerhouses, the…

:smile: Thanks for the encouragement, Dragon. Yeah I do feel fitter, but it would be nice to lose that tyre as well! :sad: I have joined Banks one week challenge, but then I went to the gym and lo and behold, there's this huge, big set of scales right by the entrance! Keep walking!!! :explode:

Metabolism :tongue: OK Looks like I've somehow got to get my body thinking it needs to access those fatty deposits for fuel. But this is where I get confused. I need to raise my metabolic rate???? So that it starts to use some of those extra pounds??? So I increase my exercise .... but then I eat more???? HELP!…

Next: Expectations I'm on a long term view. I would be happy to lose 500g (1lb) a week. But I've been going about a month now. I am eating less chocolate bars etc. I've increased my exercise from a leisurely gym and swim to a concentrated effort with extra walking in between. My legs are aching from a new routine and I…

Next topic: Eating the calories Yes, generally I'm eating the 1700 it tells me to. When I exercise, I do eat more, but what should I eat extra? Should I be concentrating on say more protein if I've exercised a lot - like yesterday when I was in the gym, then went for a walk with friends in the afternoon? I must admit when…

OK read Topic: 700 calories a day and not losing (yet to read the others, ) I understand the principle. I'm a teacher, so much of my day is wandering around a classroom on my feet. Though when I am at home, i spend a lot of time sat down in front of a computer. I go to the gym 3 times a week and walk for an hour or so on…

OK I'm in too. The scales are now in another room. I hate looking at them. I try to do it only once a week, but they measure to the 100g. Even the tiniest change is tooooo horrible .... and at the moment all they seem to say is the same, within 500g! No more checking!! :laugh:

I drink a fair amount of water. I don't drink tea or coffee, mostly water or vimto (a blackcurrant/raspberry squash), with 1 diet coke a day... I limit myself or I'd drink 2 litres a day! What difference does it make if you drink squash rather than straight water?

What am I doing wrong? I've been logging on to myfitness for about a month now. I'm entering all my food etc (as best I can) and logging my exercise... which though it seems oodles less than what lots of you seem to be doing averages at least an hour a day. I've seen changes in my thigh, hip and upper arm measurements, but…

Are you sure? GMT to me means Greenwich mean time ie the time in London, which now is 11:38am :huh:

Unfortunately Cadbury chocolate is my favourite. Just a bar of straight Dairy Milk mmmmmmmmmmmmm I like the idea of putting it in the freezer. I was told that was the best way to keep chocolates, particularly the high cocoa quality stuff. Yes those Lindt rabbits are something else. Ok fill up that glass of water. Find…

I was always fat. I can remember starting a new senior school (age 12) and they didn't have big enough shorts for me. I used to love playing tennis and other sports, but I would always have at least 1 chocolate bar each day. When I started work things were OK, but then I was transferred and lived in a hotel for 4 months...…

Yeah, up to now, I've been able to keep within my limits and you are all helping me restrain myself now from delving in the fridge! I think I'll go for a walk across the fields, keeping well away from temptation. :bigsmile:

Thanks Kristinkoffa That's what I'm trying to do, just a little at a time. I don't drink tea or coffee, but a fair amount of diet coke. Do you think that creates urges for sweet things? :tongue:

I thought ice-creams were very high in calories? I was given a box of chocolates recently and I'm trying to just keep to one or two a day. They are really gorgeous and that just about holds back the craving. I've only seen Cadbury thins as a big tube, that would be fatal, once I started wouldn't stop. I've tried Halva and…

The one thing I really crave is CHOCOLATE! I eat well and am doing more exercise, but I still want that chocolate, preferably as quickly as possible. I try and limit myself to just a little each day. BUT I LOVE CHOCOLATE! help :cry:

What are you talking about? Is it a USA TV programme? I live in Sussex, UK. Thing is... I like walking and doing bits of exercise, but all day, everyday? Do they not have to work, look after family, kids, etc?