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Is it possible to go but not eat as much as everyone else? Take extra food for lunch - that way you can say you had a big lunch & don't want as much dinner (assuming these are evening events). I don't know how much influence you have over the food options, but could you maybe also get healthier options such as salads as…

I'm doing this for the 1st time & aiming to do the 30 days straight... On day 9 of level 1, so 1 more day before I brave level 2!!

Fantastic!! You're doing so well :bigsmile:

Wow! You've done amazingly well & you've given me hope that I can lose a similar amount in a year. Hopefully in 6 months I'll have a similar set of pictures. Thanks for the motivation to keep going :smile:

I'm not sure I get this food not touching on the plate? How do you cope with a salad? What about a roast dinner where the gravy covers everything (well, it does on my plate!)? I'm confused! Oooooh - I do the pineapple on pizza thing... I really like cooked pineapple :smile:

Dreadful as it is to say on a fitness board, pork crackling (roast pig skin!) - and I've barely had it in the last 6 months. Gorgeous as it tastes, it's not worth the extra calories. Fresh bread rolls & butter as someone else said, mmmmm... Slow-cooked brisket beef with the gravy cooked along with it.... Haven't had that…

New Years Eve just gone - I felt fat & out of shape & all the pictures showed it! So I was determined that come this New Years Eve I will be fit & fabulous :-) Half-way there and I can see the difference in the pictures and I can smile at myself in the mirror :smile:

Ahhh, ey ooop! I lived in Sheffield for about 5 years, fantastic city, loved it to bits! The people were some of the friendliest I've ever met - feel free to add me as a friend :bigsmile:

29 lbs since March is a fantastic achievement, good for you ::bigsmile: I've always been leery of "quick-fix" diets as, as many people have said, it didn't take mere weeks to put on all the weight, losing it shouldn't take the same. I was chatting about this on Friday night with friends & they were talking about a mutual…

I've only just started 30DS but I've got a new HRM, so by that it's around 230 cals on average, which is under what the circuit training would have given me in the database - maybe I need to push myself a bit further! Interestingly, the split between fat burn & fitness was about 1:2 in terms of time, so hopefully as I…

Grill them with plums & onions - they'll caramelise & they add a good flavour to go with the pork chops. Actually, most fruit go well with pork; apples, oranges, pineapple :) Serve with a big helping of some greens as well - fantastic meal :-)

Depends on what it is & why I'm craving it. If I'm craving because I'm bored, then I make myself go for a walk, do something different for 10-20 minutes, then if I'm still hungry, properly hungry I have a snack. For sweet cravings I have chocolate covered sunflower seeds, which I'll have as a small portion or hotel…

Awww, I'm really sorry to hear about your dress-buying experience, it's horrid when that happens. I don't know if going over on sugars is bad - I'm not a nutritionalist at all. I try to avoid processed sugars now - so I will still have fruit, particularly at this time of year when there's all the excellent summer fruits.…

Bump to tag for the weekend - looks amazing - thanks :happy:

Single & have been for a while now. I find it difficult to meet people due to my working patterns. Plus, unless I can love myself, how can I expect anyone else to do so? Learning to treat myself better is part of my whole weight-loss goal, only when I'm happy looking in the mirror (and I'm getting there, much much better…

There probably is a timer somewhere... but it took 4 of us on Friday night to find the flash! (Yes, we had been drinking... I'm sure there might be a correlation there!) :laugh:

I have the initial picture that set me off on wanting to be healthier & happier (from January this year). I also have pictures that have been taken throughout the year. I find it helps me realise that yes, I am losing weight, I am getting healthier & although I may not see it each day in the mirror, the change is still…

Is there any chance you can "help out" with the cooking & maybe get some of the protein without the sauce? Try the intolerance route - say to whoever's cooking (if you can't help out) that you can't eat <insert sauce here> because it gives you cramps, could you have a portion without sauce & offer to help cook it if it's…

Love it, love it, love it!! Got it as a birthday present back in February - barely used anything else to cook with since! Definitely get one with removeable plates though, much easier for cleaning. For meats (assuming you're a meat-eater!) - I find marinading in a little oil/balsamic vinegar helps avoid it drying out while…

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments :-) This site has been a massive inspiration to me, so it's good to give some of that back :-) @TinaChris - for stiletto heels, they're amazingly comfy shoes! I love them too :-)

I've substituted fruit/veg/seeds for the less nutritious snacks I was previously having (crisps/chocolate). Now - I'm not saying I don't still have chocolate (hotel chocolat, I love you!) but I have seriously cut down and I think before eating them and take the time to savour them. Crisps (chips to my American friends!), I…

Not weight-loss related, but some of my favourite quotes: "QUOTATION, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. CURIOSITY, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine…

I'm UK based, going between Northampton & Basingstoke (for work purposes!), feel free to add me. I have another 3 stone or so to lose (will see how it looks/goes when I get nearer to it!!)

I work away from home Mon-Thurs at the moment, so I can identify with the eating out but not knowing what the calories are, as so few places here in the UK actually put up nutritional details. I try to go for foods without sauce, and low on things I know to be high calorie (cheese/bread/anything fried). For things like…

Hope you enjoy it - it was very interesting from a social perspective as well as how the early detectives worked :)

Depends on what you like :-) If you like historical-based books, I'd recommend 'Innocent Traitor' by Alison Weir - the story of the 9 day Queen, Lady Jane Grey. If you like sci-fi, anything by Iain M Banks is always good. Sometimes difficult to get into but even more tricky to put back down! Pure fantasy, I'd go with Diane…

What a nasty thing to say :( Remember you're making a positive change in your life and have a plan to get healthy, she's just an unpleasant wotnot (I'd have said moo but that's unkind to cows!). Try to not let it get you down (easier though that is to say than do!)

@asathorswoman; I think you'll find the OP said she related to the song, not that she was completely living it. I have that song & sometimes I relate to the lyrics. Other times I belt out 'Big Girls' by Mika - simply because the lyrics make me smile & I think it's fun to sing 'Big Girl you are beautiful' at the top of my…

I like mini-meringues as a sweet treat... the trick is limiting to just 1 or 2, rather than the entire tub, so I tend to put them somewhere I actually have to get up and reach to get at - the extra effort is additional consideration. My other treat is marzipan - I have a cooking block that I'll cut 25g from for a very…

From what I remember of my (long past!) student days, shopping on a budget is hard. Do you have any markets nearby? You can usually get fruit/veg cheaper from them. Seasonal stock is also better as it doesn't have to be shipped half way round the planet. Given you don't have a freezer & you're not great at planning (yet!),…