ruthie3110 Member

Hi!! Late to the party but I've just started keto as a vegan. First 3 days have been easy enough but I'm finding variety difficult. I'm not an imaginative cook at the best of times!! I tend to eat quite a few meat replacements and have found some that are low net carb but pretty full of protein and reasonably high fat too.…

Me :) Sent a few requests out if you all don't mind! My SO hates this site because of the meat meat meat-ness of some of the threads he's seen so it will be good to get a few vegans popping up!!

Tesco value coffee! Good enough for a caffeine fix and only 50p a jar! I had minimal meat when I first did this, the only stuff I did have was horrible tinned meatballs etc If I did it again it would be easier now because I don't eat meat anymore. I would really miss my almond milk though!

No, but just because sex sells doesn't mean I should have to agree with seeing half naked people on every street corner in the name of selling a product. I have no problem with male or female nudity, in fact probably less so than most people. What I have a problem with is society's views that only fit men and women are…

I find both a bit sexist. But I'm a bit anti-everything! Nobody's body should be displayed or exploited in the name of advertising and nor should anybody be body shamed into buying a product or not wearing certain clothes! I also think the CEOs response of "Grow some balls" is very sexist and childish. Just like I hate the…

Broccoli and hummus! Could only ever eat frozen broccoli not fresh, now we go through loads of fresh a week because SO loves it too!

There is a line of thought that the cholesterol impact from eggs is not as significant as once thought because generally people who eat eggs are also consuming other foods with relatively high cholesterol. 5 eggs daily is not particularly healthy, it's a large amount of protein too but obviously depending on the rest of…

I did this a couple of years ago and ended up living on rice and tinned vegetables. I had a microwave lasagne as a treat (most expensive meal of the week) at the end! If I was going to do it again, I'd do it pretty similar but with fresher whole foods instead. My advice? Don't start on a Monday (unless you have a local…

There is your issue then. You need to eat whole grains, wholemeal pasta and bread not white junk. Mock meats are a great source of protein so if you're eating a lot of them you're definitely not protein deficient. You need to eat a wide variety of vegetables, and rice and beans doesn't have to be bland and boring! Try a…

A few points off the top of my head; 1) consume less sodium and 2) have more patience. People talk about water weight, gaining muscle, not weighing around your period etc but at the end of the day everyone's body is completely different. What works on paper may not work for you. The sodium aspect isn't just about…

I'm thinking pretty much the same as everyone else here; too high of a deficit and potentially too lax with your logging. Grams/ozs are much much more accurate than cups and if you're exercising you really need to eat a lot more than you are!

I'm 21 and 16st 4lbs as of this morning! (228lbs) Feel free to add me :)

I dip veggies in it, use it as a salad dressing/topping, jacket potato filling.. Sometimes I eat it straight out of the tub!

I do push ups and squats and various weights using kitchen appliances while waiting for food to cook. I take two steps up (or down) the stairs and down one (or up). You look a bit silly but it gets me moving. I deliberately forget things up or downstairs so I have to make two trips.

I'd love to try this again, you can do similar stuff in places like Go Ape (UK) and I did a full tree course, which included some slacklining on holiday in france a few years back.

My go to was a baked chicken breast with a tomato based sauce, wholemeal pasta and a large serving of spinach. You can just shove it on the heat and leave it to cook, then 20 minutes later, healthy balanced meal, done!

I'd been in hiding from the scale so when I got on a few weeks back to have lost 5lbs I was quite pleased.. I got on today... 6lbs gained *facepalm*

Feeling pretty good about myself today, scales are lower than last week, and I've done a ton of walking that I'm just about to track!!

Down another lb so far this week, so some of that awful weekend crap has come back off. 1 more lb to go then back to my lowest this time. Forgot to weigh this morning so I'll do it later, probably tomorrow.

Was set to lose 3lb, but then had a really bad weekend. At rubbish. 1lb still though, and lots mroe miles than usual. Also, eaten pretty bad today too, had some bad news that then turned out to be not so bad but the damage was done!!!

UK or American sizes? That sounds about right for UK ones but I can never tell lol plus I can't see/tell from your profile. i was an 8/10 once, but that was in the days before the boobs and hips grew!! So I don't think I could get that small UK sizes but maybe a loose 12 would be nice!!

Eeee Same here!! You just filled me with sooo much hope! If you don't mind me asking, what size are you now?

Not ever given a fake name I don't think. I think we were out once and all called another friend by a different name because of someone creepy practically stalking her, it was amusing at the time, but don't remember much of it now, too many other nights out and years since that night!! We did used to give friends numbers…

You don't need to consume any extra calories while breastfeeding until your baby is 6months old. Then you add 500. Which is an "average" of 2500 a day, but from 0-6 months you should still be on your 3rd trimester calorie intake so 2200. Obviously women aren't average at all, and 2000 calories a day may make you gain or…

Wow you look amazing!! How tall are you by the way? You're current weight is my goal weight, and you seem to have a similar shape to what I had at that weight before so it'd be good to know so I can hope/dream to be there at some point!

Leeds here :) Feel free to add!!

Needless to say this dress is now long gone!!!! And was never worn again!! Never EVER wear something that completely obscures your shape!

An absolute ton of walking done yesterday! Went to a games convention in London, and was on my feet for literally hours! Plus the walking to the train station and the cinema and then to the bus stop, then from coach station to tube station and back.. Wow!! The walk to the back of the queue (practically racing the other…

Mine knows, but only because I've dragged him along to exercise with me.

Every day, but I accept fluctuations well. I'm very surprised if the scale goes down 3 or more days in a row, if it does, I use track that weight, then I won't update the weight until I've seen it further down consistently IFSWIM