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If it bothers you, I suggest you a) don't read it and b) don't feel compelled to give advice if you find the question repetitive. Who on earth wants to read years worth of forums to double check a question hasn't been asked before? edit: that was for meankeen

I'm 5'0" and have just started dieting. I've been dieting 3 1/2 weeks and i've lost 3lbs so far. hurrah!! (i'm on 1200 cals)

haha yes i know. i have no objection to exercise - it is simply that i do not do it. i'm being honest. i just bought an exercise bike, and i think to myself every day 'get on that bike' and i do not. i need a breakthrough in my mind to do it - i am mentally pushing myself to get there. i know it is what i need. in the…

Thank you for this :D I've decided my first 2 cups of the day will be just as I like them, with the skimmed milk. I'll drink the rest of my coffee black and have a few cups of tea with milk in the evening. I don't want to lose the calcium. I do need to lose a bit more than my goal, around 7lb more but I want to see what I…

thank you so much, i'm really excited about this now!!

thank you so much for this - i will read that. i have an HRM somewhere i will dig it out. i'm prepared for slow and steady, as long as i can find realistic and achievable along with that :)

Not just me then, oh good! I've been using skimmed milk for years, but it still racks up the calories at the rate I drink it. I really do need to exercise but have perfected every excuse in the book to not get on the exercise bike - I just don't do it :(

thank you both. that really rings true, i can do 1300 no problem, but 1200 is not a realistic way of life for me. of course, i could and should exercise, but i don't. i haven't found anything that fits into my life and i enjoy therefore never keep it up.

I think a single glass of wine a day has been recommended by the medical profession in the not too distant past. It seems moderate to me.