hallswan

I am in London, please feel free to add!

I work out around TOM - keeps me sane and i eat less which is all good - I think you should always try to do something - whether its half an hour on your machine of choice - I have taken to running - and I feel so much better! One thing I have noticed - and i would like to know if anyone else has noticed - my heart rate is…

Hi, How long have you been on your journey - I have found over time (I have been at this for about 9 months) it gets alot easier - don't get me wrong there are days that I don't eat all of my calories - esp if I work out - but when I do eat at least half of them, I notice the difference then next day - I find I am less…

Hi Yes it is very annoying but people keep at it! My mother regularly says that I must be ill to be as thin as I am - I need to see a doctor. On the other hand when I was bigger she was the first to tell me that I was getting rounder and rounder! I think you need to be happy in yourself - also - don't chase numbers just be…

panties and a vest - which I sleep in after I go to the loo in the morning! I did wonder about what clothes weighed so i weighed my clothes once (yes a bit random) but they weighed almost nothing - no way near a lb so I just leave them on now

I am 5ft 11.5 - I weigh 176lbs - and I have bones sticking out on my ribs and round my neck and my collar bones - to the point my family tried an intervention! However - when I plug my figures into a BMI calculator - I am still around the 24 mark Basically, these calculator do not take into account muscle mass and bone…

You will find that at the moment, your HRM shows you burning more than MFP In no time at all, this will even out and it will be the same and then when you loose even more weight, your HRM will show up to 100kcals under MFP and you will have to work that much harder to get the same burn Enjoy

try making your own (once you buy one of the store bought versions & know that you like it) That way you can control exactly what's in it http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1577/houmous-with-veg-sticks

i wanna bite - Just one little bite - just to taste it (to me honest, i don't think i could take much more LOL :)

I eat mine depending on the time of day that I excercise For example - I have biked into wk this morning - burning approx 600 calores - and I will aim to eat all of those throughout the day plus half of my calorie allowance - so thats about 1400 calories - however, when I bike home tonight - that will be another 600 - plus…

Hi there, I burn 463 in a 45 minute class so I can imagine that 35 mins would put you at around 350's

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/4173/sweet-potato-and-feta-salad this is good

welcome - I am from London too - and loosing the weight with a little dedication and focus I think you will find is more than possible

I think the power plate doesn't make you loose weight - it tones and sculpts so you loose inches I did power plate for a couple of months and I definitely saw the difference - I didn't loose weight but I lost inches I still go to power plate at least once a week to compliment my running and biking - it is hard work and i…

I am going to rome on Friday - back on Monday and I too have made a decision to go to the gym for a run everyday that I am there! However - I travel quite a bit for work and unless I bring all my meals with me, I find that most restaurants (in the UK) at least don't put there nutritional content out there so I try stick…

@ mrsw510 - I so wish i could - but it has started to get silly now - so I am basics so I can look presentable at work - plus I find if I wear my larger clothes - people say I look thin - whereas if I wear clothes that fit - they say I look good!

My biggest problem is that nothing fits - bra doesn't fit, skirts don't fit (they spend their time moving around my waist like a merry go round!) trouser make my bum look shapeless! Generally - NOTHING FITS! On the plus side - I am nearly there for my goal - but my issue is that I can't shop till get to my goal weight and…

Hi, Natalie here - I am 5ft 11.5 - when I started on here I was 205lbs and now I am 179.5 - so I have lost 26lbs since Jan :happy: My goal weight is 175 - so I have just realised I only have another 4.5lbs to loose :smile: When I started on here I was a UK size 16 (top and bottom)- which I think is a US size 12 I am now a…

since i started my weight loss journey - all sorts of strange things have happened to me - my cycle went from 28 days all the way to 72 days and now its back down to 34 days! I spoke to my doctor and he said because of the amount and intensity of exercise - plus my change in diet has caused my body to go into a state of…

wow - that is amazing you look great! Congratualtions

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Eat, drink and be merry - enjoy yourself - your birthday only comes once a year! On my birthday I didn't count a single calorie - but I stopped when I was full - and I found that I didn't eat as much as I usually would! Take care and have a great day!

Hi! I am in transition mode at the moment - so my work trousers are all a UK size 16 - (I think that is a US size 14) - I got dressed this morning and the only way I could wear my trousers without looking like someone with no dress sense at all was to take my belt and put it on the tightest setting :) - so I have now…

I am in too =0) I am cycling to work and back - aiming for twice a week - its 45km round trip which is about 28 miles a day (hence only twice a week!) Nice to meet you all

Portion size! I used to eat way too much - I have always eaten pretty healthily - but I was eating too much - e.g. too much rice or meat The other thing I have done is cut down on the amount of sweets - Haribos to be precise - I used to eat a bag in 2 days - once or twice a month - I now take a month to eat 1 bag - I still…

this is a brilliant article - I have just started dating someone and in the last 2 weeks alone i have eaten out twice and i have been to the pub - drinking more alcohole in those two occasions that I have in the last 4 months - worse still, I have about 8lbs left to go :grumble: The only positive thing is that he is really…

Congratulations! I used to HATE HATE HATE running - but I have worked hard to get my endurance up - and I think I could now comfortably do 10k - my standard run is 7km - but if I am not doing anything else, I will run for as long as I feel - which is about 55 mins Reading what you have just written has inspired me to keep…

welcome - this site is amazing and they even have a group with lots of english people on it - its under motivation and support - have a look N

For me - it was proper running trainer - I over pronate - that's when you run and plant your foot - you roll inwards - and you should land evenly and most of the weight should go down the outer edge of your foot Basically this happened for years and I hated running because of it unless I was sprinting. Then I had an ankle…

I think it depends on you - but I will do 30mins cardio - whether it is running or cross trainer - then I do weight - then I finish with short cardio sessions or sometimes just stretching if I go quite heavy as I normally have slight tremors afterwards My programme goes a bit like this Monday - Cross trainer - 30min -…

Swim - When I had an ankle op - I swimmed lots and lots - its good all over work out and an addition thing that you can do even when you are better