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This is just fantastic, it's a wonderful photo and you are right to be delighted. Bounding up hills is something most of us don't do enough, if at all!

Well done - you look absolutely fantastic, and I LOVE your beautiful dog!

The following is copied from the very helpful email that Support sent me when I didn't log in until late one night (as far as I was concerned I was logging daily, but it was a little over 24 hours since the previous day's login so the streak was reset. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/login_counter_reset_request "The…

What a fantastic year, I loved reading about your journey. Congratulations, you look wonderful - not just pretty and healthy, but so happy, and you have such a brilliant attitude. Finn is the image of my old golden boy (RIP Oly, I miss you every single day). I've never met a bad palomino.

Near Cambridge

www.skinnytaste.com Lots of fabulous recipes on there!

Bump, thanks OP for a really helpful guide.

Bump, I'll be making these for the weekend, thanks OP

Tofu Okra Star fruit Chicken livers Dried / reconstituted egg

I love Fage 0% fat Greek Yogurt and usually use that in smoothies. Sometimes skimmed milk, recently coconut milk, whatever fruit is to hand - fresh or frozen - and sometimes a couple of scoops of whey powder for a protein boost. The one I have now is strawberry, also available in chocolate and I think there's a vanilla one…

Bump, love these ideas and look forward to experimenting!

Last year I grew: Potatoes Onions Carrots Parsnips Beetroot Leeks Purple sprouting broccoli Broad beans Climbing french beans Runner beans Sugar snap peas Sweetcorn Squash Courgettes Lettuce Cucumber Tomatoes Radish Cabbage Cauliflower Mint (3 varieties) Rosemary Parsley Chives Lemon balm Thyme Sage Oregano Basil Tarragon…

Yes I do, there's nobody else here to do it! I prefer to use my old Hayterette with an 18 inch cut, it's well over 40 years old and will power through knee high brush if necessary. I set MapMy Walk when I mowed last Sunday and it's 2.88 miles pushing it up and down the lawn and round the orchard. Not a bad workout - the…

I think most people log it as circuit training, looking at previous threads about 30DS. I did it through March, repeated level 2 twice as level 3 involved some moves that weren't suiting my knees at all. Love love love Jillian's DVDs, I'm doing No More Trouble Zones now and have Ripped in 30 to try too, also I love Fitness…

Another vote for skinnytaste.com, fantastic recipes and adaptations that always work out perfectly and taste wonderful!

U2 - The Hands That Built America

Jillian is my favourite DVD trainer and I really like fitnessblender.com too. I'm nearing the end of 30DS and have repeated Level 2 instead of sticking with Level 3 - the Sumo jumps and squats on L3 weren't suiting my knees and ankles at all. To make Level 2 a bit harder for the second time, I hold weights during the…

I'm part way through Level 2 of 30 Day Shred and loving it! I have an active lifestyle anyway and am reasonably strong, though not so supple, I also have historical known knee weakness (which has not reacted to 30DS) and have had abdominal surgery which compromises how efficiently I do crunches. In my 50s I am a latecomer…

Oh, I feel your pain! I too love to cook, baking especially, and I love to eat what I've cooked. Breads, cakes, pastry, biscuits, all bliss - and chocolate - and I have vowed not to bake until after Easter at least, or until my goal weight is achieved and stable. Meat, fish, vegetables, have all had to be approached…

Sorry, I should have picked up here that your Dad wouldn't approve of you getting new food scales - in that case why not take a notebook, measure out your various foods in cups and tip onto your mother's scales to check the weight? Keep a note of what a cup of ice cream weighs, for example, or even do it the other way…

Definitely get scales and when accuracy matters, measure weighable foods by weight, not volume - leave the measuring jug for liquids ONLY. It's a blip, it's not a disaster, and you know for next time! Hang in there, and good luck (I love ice cream...) :)

I keep the powdered shakes in as they're a quick and easy meal replacement when I'm running late. They work best for me if I have plenty of water within the next hour as then I feel full and am not inclined to nibble things! They are relatively high in sugar and carbs - I haven't used the snack bars or soups so can't…

One handful is never enough! This is another case of weighing a portion - I bought a small bag (200g) of whole almonds and would have eaten them, a handful at a time, in 15 minutes or so. But reading that a portion is considered to be 25g, and that's just 18-20 whole almonds on my scales, I'm shocked at how easy it is to…

Hmm, I wondered about peanut butter but looking at the jar, the fat is double the protein! I don't have any Greek yogurt but the 0% fat bio natural yogurt is 8.5g carb (sugar) to 5.9g protein per 100g. Going through the cupboards and fridge, tuna looks the best option, and maybe another hard boiled egg though I had one…

Weighing my food has been the biggest eye-opener for me, at the start of what might be a long haul. I didn't know that my idea of a portion was often so much bigger than it should have been - not so much with proteins but having a bowl of cereal, for example, I would routinely fill the bowl and that actually meant three or…