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^^ This! I've owned a set of boobs for 30 years and didn't realise how band circumference affects cup size!

Congratulations! For those still in BIIIG bust territory, Enell make waistcoat style bras that do up with about 20 hooks at the front. They subscribe to the "squash em flat" theory of keeping them under control during sport. I wear one every day over my normal bra and it gives me a lot of confidence to just get around…

Sometimes if I know what I'm having I'll use logging ahead for forward planning. But then I often put meetings and events in my calendar retrospectively in case I need to look it up later.

Now that I'm tracking I eat a lot more salads and vegetables. Olive oil is disappointingly high in calories, and sourdough bread is an absolute budget killer.

Being a G cup I'm pretty desperate to lose breast fat. I've considered breast reduction surgery but it's much bigger operation than breast augmentation and I'm likely to drop a few cup sizes by the time I'm at goal. Having been conspicuously big busted all of my life I wouldn't care if I went down to an A (this won't…

And it begins. And so quickly! You've outdone yourself, kommodevaran.

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Is that how much your body needs? I'm asking how you worked out that's how much you should have, not how much you do have. Because from what you've said, you've lost 1.5lbs in about 4 days. That's pretty fast loss. Losing weight at a consistent rate greater than an average of two pounds per week can increase your risk of…

How did you calculate this 1300-1400 calorie a day limit?

This is great and should keep you pretty satisfied, as long as you're eating normally on the other 5 days of course :tongue: I'm fasting on alternate days and eating about 2000 on non-fasting days. I've been turning humble vegetables into fantastic moroccan feasts with the addition of spices and lots of fresh herbs like…

While this is true, there is a trend among people on MFP who haven't got very much knowledge or experience of IF to assume that someone trying to lose weight will happily and ignorant of the consequence hit a 4000 calorie day when not fasting. I struggle to make 2000 calories on my non-fasting days because my stomach has…

I think this was the worst response of all. Because if her friend had a bad experience and regained the weight then everyone's going to, right? Or at least everyone should go into surgery thinking about her friend's complications ... BTW good luck! LOL You look awesome. Well done on making the huge changes you needed to…

Firstly, yes you would. Secondly, that's what I said. Thanks for the tips. Nurtrients. And vitimans. Too. Good.

I cannot believe that people don't use extensions to block ads. You WANT to see all those ads?

... said the 1 millionth person who knows nothing about IF.

A Big Mac is 550 calories. You could have four a day and be on 2200 calories, as long as that's all you ate. It'd be kind of cool, losing weight by eating 4 big macs a day and nothing else. Not the healthiest, but interesting. And it sure as hell wouldn't fit anyone's macros.

Every day, and I log it in a spreadsheet so I can track progress over time. The bumps make no difference, just watch to see if you're sticking to the general incline of your plan (or to a roughly a straight line if you're maintaining). I love watching it make itself - it's been the thing that's actually stopped me caring…

I was at uni for 4.5 years, finished my masters last year and weighed more than ever at the end. I know exactly what it's like. Here's what I would suggest for eating right while you're studying: Take an hour a day to prepare your food and ration it out, including a couple of healthy snacks. It's too easy to rush out the…

I'm fasting (500 calories) every other day and it's working great for me. Started mid August and have had a steady 2lbs weight loss per week. On feed days I have no trouble keeping calories under 2200 but sometimes I've struggled to eat over 1600 as my appetite has naturally decreased. Most fast days I'll skip breakfast…

It's very easy for people to say CHECK WITH YOUR DOCTOR. But bear this in mind: stomach and allergy issues are notoriously expensive to diagnose, and a firm diagnosis will typically take more than a year to achieve. Even those diagnoses which you might think are easy to achieve (think diverticulitis, IBS, gallstones, etc)…

This is from Hillel the Elder. Translations vary.

Super cute in both photos dammit! Congratulations on your incredible results.

Christians decide I need help all the time. They think I need to know about Jesus and they just walk up to me unsolicited and offer to help. It's rude.

I mean that people don't consider the calories-in-calories-out principle to apply in terms of fasting. It's more (and I'm quoting directly here, as I did previously, thus one would think obviating the need for repetition...) "All that will happen on this fast is you'll be hungry and you may lose a bunch of water weight. As…

The OP didn't mention fat loss as a goal. I guess that's your reading.

I hear "calories in calories out!" all the time... until someone mentions fasting. Then the rules change.

Sadly people do this for attention. I'm betting this is just such a case. She says she's been reading up so unless that's been done with the world's greatest set of blinkers on she might have noticed the old calories in calories out mantra about a million times. Also her description of her "problem"... "when she eats" is…

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