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Some people are really good at "budgeting" their calories so they can fit in the candy/ice latte/whatever their vice is every day. I'm not. I eat/drink because I'm bored. Because it tastes good and because I like to eat a lot of it. Sounds like you do too. I have a 20-cal-hot-choc-with-artificial-sweetener 3-10 times a…

Have you been tracking your cals as well? I found I overate on the Atkins induction after a few weeks so needed to keep track of cals AND carbs. If you really want to persevere through the pain, get into the low carb group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-group I do agree with the…

I already have this wedding dress... I just want to look like THAT in it ;)

I think you are absolutely right servilla. If a candida sufferer can stick at an eating plan for long enough, OF COURSE they will lose weight. Unfortunately, the water retention skews the scale/measurements, so the dieter feels they are working hard and not getting results. They end up giving up before the water retention…

Good Luck! I've lost 50lb in a smidge over 4 months. Still another 4 months to go til the big day for me :) You will have to be pretty dedicated to do this - but you definitely can! I've been eating 1400 cals a day, 10 glasses of water a day, the 30 Day Shred 5-6 times a week, not eating back my exercise calories, because…

If you have lost 8lb in 3 weeks (or was it 10lb in two weeks minus this week's 2lb gain?) your body might be holding water while it figures out what the hell is going on! I often get a pause/mini-plateau/gain before I have a big drop. My weightloss normally goes -0.5,-0.5,-0, +0.5,-3.5,-0.5 etc rather than -0.5,-0.5,…

Wow you really don't know much about candida, do you Love? :huh: The gut is the main habitat of candida in humans. You have candida in you gut right now. Thrush is an overgrowth of candida in the mouth, throat, genitals. Athletes foot is candida. Candidemia is candida of the blood. Excess candida in the intestines can…

Wow this thread sure stirred up some grumpy cats! I had chronic candida. It would turn up in the form of thrush, athletes foot, a ductal yeast infection while I was breastfeeding (pain! Oh so much pain!). Met my SO, who is suseptible to athletes foot, and we both got full body insatiable itchiness! Three trips to my doctor…

For me, it's not the calories in the wine - it's the calories in the hangover cures the next day! If a glass here and there fits into your calorie goals, do it! If a glass turns into a bottle once in a while, don't beat yourself up, as long as that is the exception, not the rule. Don't beat yourself up over it! Gosh, I…

O o o me! <my profile pic! THE dress with my butt looking like that!

Me and SO would go out drinking. You have to have a big meal before you go out so you don't get drunk too quick. Something like a large Double Quarter Pounder combo (1400cals). Then we would drink 24 beers (24 x 109 cals each = 2616 cals) Then we would be drunk and hungry so get takeaways before the taxi ride home (Fries,…

Because I can't eat carbs, I have to eat more protien and fat. If you have a look at my diary, you'll see I eat around 150/day ;) thanks herblackwings and j6o4 for clarifying the eating-back-calories thing - much appreciated! It can be such a minefield trying to work out which way to do things!

But it will happen! (Dunno if i trust her though - she used to spend a LOT of time eating Trumpets!) I think its really the exercise bit that's tripping me up. Should I be sedentary and log my exercise? Or lightly active and not eat back my exercise cals? Or am I actually moderately active? Bah! This fitness stuff is…

Here you are darling..! http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ You can either set it at sedentary and log all your exercise on top or estimate your activity into a catergory (this is where I get confused!) I've read soo many threads about not eating enough stalling your loss that I'm paranoid! I can easily eat one meal a day,…

Thanks loseweightwit - I've just found youtube's exercise vids and they're fab! My girl is clingy atm so I try to do a vid or two while she's asleep :)

Thanks S0nsh1ne. I'm ever the optimist! What do you think would be a more realistic goal?

Wow that is some interesting stuff! Two big excuses SHUT DOWN. (The look on their faces when they get told that the DLW says they're telling food porkies is priceless tho) Totally agree with whierd - BOOM!

30 Day Shred, L1D4 today :) There must be a whole bunch of fear leaving my body cos it burns so bad..! Great work everyone - keep it up!

Maintaining your current weight for about 8 years -so committed!

I'm a chronic under-eater (and a big lesson as to why starving yourself won't make you loose weight!) and I use sugar-free protein shakes when I don't have time for a "real" meal. Like PPs said, it doesn't fill you up, but for me, I'm not hungry, just need to hit my macros and have a consistent calorie intake across the…

LOL I live my life by that saying! Would love to join in - got a wedding dress to fit by Feb! ;)