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A lot of things can randomly trigger abdominal pain, I find - my flatmate had issues when she ate a whole bunch of vegetables once, and yesterday and today I've had way more protein than normal and my gut is not happy! Give your body time to adjust to changes and then assess whether you think a certain food is a problem.

One thing I'd find helps is having a lot of little meals (200-300 calories a time) - things like lentils, fish, lean meat like chicken etc. etc. - helps to fuel you a lot better than trying to eat 400 calories three times a day. Body builders are a big fan of this concept, and yesterday when I had four small meals I…

The most I ever drink is 4.5/5 litres in a day, but like people on here have said previously, if it's spread out enough then it won't do any harm and may actually aid your weight loss. It is probably just muscle repair.

I started off doing the 30 Day Shred but have become rather lacklustre of late on the whole working out thing - I just try to stay active and keep under my TDEE and still losing/have actually noticed more muscle tone - I think because I'm losing body fat my muscles are becoming more obvious? I supplement with light…

I upped my calories from 1200 to 1480 and quickly got out of my plateau, have continued losing ever since!

Mine has never asked me to re-evaluate my goals, sadly. I manually set my goals anyways, otherwise it automatically tells me to eat no more than 1200 cals/day and then I feel like I might die :tongue:

I want to get my navel re-pierced! It fell out a couple years ago and healed over, and I figure that when I've reached my goal weight and have a nicely toned abdomen it'll be the perfect time to get it re-done and be able to show it off :tongue:

Weigh in Wednesday 29/1: 155lbs, down from 157! Slowly but surely wins the race :wink:

I'm floating somewhere in the region of a UK size 10-12 (US 6-8) at the moment, got into an old pair of size 10 jeans the other day which I was pretty chuffed about. I think its all a bit of a con as mentioned earlier - according to my measurements im near enough perfectly a UK 12, but in practice my weight is distributed…

I only realised today that all my MFP friends are girls... I didn't set out that way, it just sort of happened! I'm two months in and have been pretty good at logging so far - I've just fallen a bit off track with my exercise regime! I'm happy with the progress I've made so far - I also started at roughly the same weight…

I generally weigh first thing in the morning, naked, before I've eaten or drunk anything. I was dressed and had had two meals when at the doctors's, as well as wearing heavy winter boots.

Weighed myself at Boots a little while back and it said 12st4 when my scales at home were reading 11st13 or 12st

Cat, 20, based in Brighton - about 17 pounds down, another 17 or so to go :wink:

Is it better than the Polar FT4 then, in your opinion? I've been looking into getting some form of Polar HRM (ideally one that doesn't cripple me financially!) but after reading this forum I might check out fitbits as well :smile:

I've done ~20 days so far since the end of November amongst other things... was very sore for the first week but then my body got used to doing exercise :tongue: It's definitely worth the pain, I've lost much more than I thought I would

164lbs, I've gained about 2lbs recently as been really lax with exercise and drinking far too much wine! Hopefully being here will encourage me back into good habits :tongue:

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Could be one or several of many reasons including water weight, muscle mass increasing (which is implied seeing as you've noticed a change in your body composition), changes in hormones etc. etc. I wouldn't worry too much - took a look at my last 30 days earlier and there have been several 8-12 day periods where my…

A guy once meowed at me during... it was easily the most hilarious sexual experience I've ever had, sadly hilarious doesn't equate to good

1. Reach my goal weight 2. Be able to do a push up (they're really hard guys) 3. Be able to do frontways splits I'm not setting the bar super high because this year I actually want to fulfil my goals :tongue:

My name's Cat and I've been getting serious about logging/regular exercise about a month ago, having gained 2 stone within a 6 month period! I'm 20 years old and a student in Brighton which is great, although my parents have just moved to Dorset to a tiny village with around 125 inhabitants which makes me trepidant to…

I was JUST about to suggest flapjacks :tongue: delicious, (relatively) healthy and filling - maybe chuck some seeds in if you can tolerate them?

I'm also a student, with approximately £2 to my name at the moment. The DVD I recommended above is available on Amazon for £5 with free P&P, and it takes about 20 minutes a day - VERY easy to fit around other things/uni. MFP is free to use and is probably one of the most valuable tools available!

I hate it to break it to you but your weight gain is probably not due to the implant... my flatmate was having similar concerns so I spoke to my cousin who is a GP and he said that weight gain associated with the implant in trials is negligible, so there must be other factors at work :ohwell: I know how you feel however -…

My go-to breakfast is scrambled eggs made with semi-skimmed (or 1% milk if we've got it) milk, half a can of baked beans and two slices of toasted seedy bread - yum!

I've had a similar experience as you in that I've lost around 8lbs over three weeks... it's now plateaued, unfortunately. In my experience thus far I'll go for many days without seeing a loss or even gaining a lb, but I just continue exercising most days and logging every day and hopefully will reach my target goal by…

Love a bit of Shakira myself - wish I could dance the way she does! :heart:

I'm 5'7 and 168 pounds. Have stopped losing at 1200cals/day but I exercise 6x a week so have upped my calories to 1500/day which according to MFP should put me at a loss of 1.8lbs a week which I'm very happy with. I've only started this today so watch this space on whether it works! :smile:

I'm 20, 5'7 and 168lbs at the moment (down from 176ish). I've been eating 1200 calories and exercising 6x a week but have just re-set my calorie goal to 1500 having read some posts on the topic... I've also started an Xmas temp job at a busy department store so figure I should probably be eating more than I have! Aiming…

I aim for roughly 1200 calories a day and eat back exercise calories. Sometimes I go a little over if I'm hungry, sometimes I go a couple hundred calories under if I don't feel like eating - either way don't feel like beating myself up about it :tongue: