Matilda1396

[/quote] "I never ceases to amaze me how heavy people who must have eaten quite a bit to get to the weight they are are suddenly "incapable" of eating enough" [/quote] Because, as said above, eating a small portion of pasta can equal 500 calories but you would have to eat a lot of fruit/veg foods to eat 500 cals worth. So…

Thank you for the ideas everyone. You're definitely right that it seems like I'm eating loads because vegetables/fruits hardly contain any calories compared to a fatty meal. And of course I haven't reached 230 by eating 1200 calories a day, its been a build up of an unhealthy childhood and bad eating habits being created…

I didn't start in December (if it had taken me 9 months to lose 7 pounds I think I'd know something is very wrong!), I just signed onto MFP in december, but started losing weight properly about 2 or 3 weeks ago