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kisseddahling - I have calculated my TDEE (lightly active, 1972) and BMR (1461), but I've found that eating approximately 1300 (with some days over) means that I maintain.

acogg - I guessed at 90% - I log as much as I can, when I eat at friends, and when I eat out etc, but I find that I can't weigh those foods and so I can't say that I weigh 100% of the time. I sometimes feel like I'm turning into a hermit, staying at home and weighing tiny quantities of cheese and chicken into a small bowl.…

Thanks for all the advice. I know that I just need to tighten up the measuring and plan for eating out better. melaniecheeks - I like the 5:2 and have done it in the past, I'm happy to wait for results as fasting makes me feel great! Lifting for Liz - yep, I do go over 1300 quite a lot, and back then I was eating more as I…

Hi Liz. I did stop logging for a few days - but I've logged quite consistently since May.

I had a lot of blood tests earlier this year, I'm not sure if they checked Thyroid function, but everything was normal. I forgot to say, by august, and at 154lbs I was given the all clear for hypertension (High BP).

I'm battling the last 12lbs (ish) and at the moment. I am currently 70kg (154lb) I am aiming to get to my goal weight (64kg - 141lb) by the end of January. I am 5ft 2in, and I aim at 1300 calories a day. Getting to 141lb will take my BMI into the 'healthy' section, and is what I used to weigh in college! I now have normal…

Hi. I'm 5'3 and I aim for 1300 - 1400, that being said my losses are much slower than for the first ~15 lbs - I have ~15 to go. My diary is open, feel free to take a look. Generally I eat cereal and yoghurt for breakfast (250 - 300 calories), Salad, soup or a sandwich for lunch (300 - 500 calories) and then protein and…

Hi Kyle. It sounds like you're just having a little panic. I actually do something very similar - about every 4 - 5 weeks. Don't let it get you down, stick with the healthy eating, think about the great things that you're doing for your body and for the future, and don't be so hard on yourself. This is what I try to say to…

Start weight: 157 Goal Weight: 137 Lbs to Lose: 20 28/08: 157 05/09: 155lb (-2) 03/10: 154lb (-1) 07/11: 05/12: 23/12: Goal 137 Not so good! But I am hopeful for October. Knuckling down to the challenge.

I'm re-motivated after a couple of weeks packed with birthdays, social occasions, too much drinking and not enough exercising. For October my non weightloss-goals are 1. No Alcohol (Sober for October) - http://www.gosober.org.uk/ - I'm not raising money though 2. Yoga Twice a Week 3. Swimming Once a week. 4. Walk to and…

I'm not sure I broke it! I thought I had. But I seem to be back where I was before and the scale isn't budging. :( Stupid body.

I eat a lot of veggies. One of my favourites is a big bowl of lightly steamed broccoli (and sometimes green cabbage), which i've then put into a frying pad and drizzled with one of two blends of seasoning and lightly "dry" fried (little or no added oil). seasoning 1. soy, about 4 drops of sesame oil, lots of black pepper,…

Start weight: 157 (as of Thursday) Goal Weight: 137 Lbs to Lose: 20 28/08: 157 05/09: 155 03/10: 07/11: 05/12: 23/12:<<<GOAL WEIGHT>>>

I just did a brutal vinyasa yoga class. And now I am really hungry!

Hell yes! This. Totally.

Over the weekend I was really good. Saturday - 50 minutes of Vinyasa Flow Yoga (with a hangover!) Sunday - 1 hour of gardening, and 30 minutes swimming. I just need to keep going this week - here's my plan Monday 1st - Swimming and Pilates Tuesday 2nd - If my replacement running trainers turn up I might try a 5k run/30…

Thanks for all the replies. That's great. I generally eat back my calories from exercise and tend to average at around 1500 calories a day, I was just curious at how MFP worked!

Thanks so much. It tells me around 1580, which seems about right from the average of what I've actually been eating since April.

Hi. Having always loved a cooked breakfast or a bacon sandwich when i started changing how i ate I was worried that I wouldn't enjoy breakfast. I really dislike cereal, and although I do like toast with peanut butter i was getting a bit bored of it. Now I tend to save eggs and fried potatoes for a special occasion - maybe…

I think I might have broken my plateau!!! :happy: :happy: :happy: It just took stubborness, exercise, weighing my portions properly. Keep going at it if you are also struggling. It took me four weeks.

Start weight: 157 (as of Thursday) Goal Weight: 137 Lbs to Lose: 20 28/08: 157 05/09: 03/10: 07/11: 05/12: 23/12:<<<GOAL WEIGHT>>>

Hi. I am in a very similar situation. Also started in April, and have been doing well, losing around 14lb. But I am about half way to my goal. At the beginning of August I went on holiday to Italy, and I was surprisingly restrained only eating a bit more than usual, but I did drink more alcohol than normal. I think since…

Nice pot plants.

I'm 5'3" and am roughly half way to my first aim. SW - 172 CW - 157 GW - 140 140 is in the middle of a normal BMI, so I could aim lower, but I am going for a 30lb drop (2 stone) as my first goal, and then I'll see what I feel like. I am a 34E at the moment, and a 34 inch waist, and ideally I'm aiming for a 31 inch waist…

I'm similar, and to stop it I try and eat a healthy snack in the late afternoon, or just after work so that I can eat my evening meal a little later - say 8pm rather than 7pm, this way I don't have the late night cravings as much. You of course could do it the other way around have a healthy low can snack planned for when…

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Excellent! I hit the same goal today too! I'd been say at a loss of 13lbs for weeks, occasionally gaining a couple. But today, I hit 1st 1lb lost - and I am halfway to my goal. Keep going Purplesars11 and so will I! I've lost 15lb over 13 weeks, which is slower than I initially aimed at - but this is for real and forever…

I've given up sugar in coffee - I have it black - but also I've cut down from 4 cups a day to 1. I've replaced it with peppermint tea. I save myself 3 teaspoons of sugar that way. I've mostly been watching calories, so effectively I've drastically cut back on a lot of things that seems like 'empty' calories. Soda/fizzy…