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Hi Torsare, I'm a 42 year old mother of 3, and agree that your aim of 112lbs may be too little for you now. I need to lose about a stone (ideally 21lbs!) before August but don't seem to be able to get my head round it. As the 'boss' at work (and because I was starving despite eating breakfast) I couldn't refuse the…

Wow!! Thanks for all your replies and the excellent cross section of opinions! I will say something but it will be like water off a ducks back - he will get all indignant and start the 'well I won't go then' routine which I don't want at all! He and I do have very different ideas about consideration for each other and…

Charlotte, I'm in the same boat as you - not losing despite increasing my exercise! How much effort do you put into your runs? For example I run a 10 minute mile, my sister runs at 14 minute mile. She can talk all the way round, I can't talk after the first half mile! You could try varying the pace of your runs for…

My sabotage time is when I do the school run in the afternoons. For some reason as soon as I get home I want food! So I don't have it in the house - much healthier for the kids too as they snack on toast which I find easy to resist due to the unfortunate effect too much bread has on my stomach!! Try carrots, pepper,…

I all my years as a jogger/runner I have NEVER been able to talk and run at the same time! Plus, however fit I am, my heart rate goes way up really quickly although it drops back down just as quickly if I walk. So I stopped listening to what I 'should' be doing and started listening to MY body. Which is what we all should…

Another person here who is struggling to lose weight! I have 14lbs to lose to fit comfortably in my clothes again and would LOVE to lost 21lbs just because!! I've hurt my back so haven't done any exercise other than walking the dogs for an hour a day over the past week and although I never lost anything when I was doing…

Another vote here for walking - I did hear somewhere (never got around to confirming it though!) that if you walk for 4 miles you will burn the same number of calories as if you run for 4 miles - it just takes longer! The key is to walk really briskly so you are out of breath. If you can incorporate somehills as well…

I know EXACTLY how you feel!! I have hurt my back and therefore have missed 3 x running sessions, 1 x Zumba class already. No running again tonight and no circuits tomorrow. I'm walking the dogs instead but really missing the endorphins from the cardio stuff. B x

What about jacket potatoes with cheese, or salad or cold meats? Or baked beans? All low sodium and much better for you than ready meals! B x

If these pills REALLY worked, do you REALLY think they would be cheap enough for the general public to buy???? If they worked they would be so expensive that only the super rich could afford them! Don't waste your money and spend it on healthy food instead. Or put it towards a new outfit for when you've lost the weight…

I would rather go hungry than eat McDonalds, Burger King, etc. I did try a KFC a few weeks ago and was pleasantly surprised but I won't go out of my way to eat it. Same for curry. I would rather go hungry.

I battle with the urge to stuff my face as soon as I walk in home after a working day!! Out of home I can resist chocoalte, crisps, sweets - you name it. But that first hour after I get in, if the food is there it goes in my mouth! Unfortunately for my kids and husband I now don't buy any biscuits or shop bought cakes and…

Its so frustrating when this happens! I find that my body takes 2-3 weeks to show the result of any change in eating and 2-3 months to show the results of any change in exercise pattern. It may just be that you are just seeing the result of the latter part of your holiday. Keep at it and I'm sure you will see a loss next…

Thanks for all your replies and tips. I will get some Ibuprofen at lunchtime - took some paracetomol on Friday but don't tend to take painkillers. Have changed my chair at work to a fixed four legged one which is helping. i've never had any problems before with any part of my body so this is all new to me and I'm a bit…

At 5ft 9" I feel quite short after reading some of these posts! But I had the same only last week. And yes, we might look slimmer because we are tall, but it doesn't stop the health worries if our waist is too big to fit in our jeans, or if our hips are too big to fit in the same jeans we could wear only 6 months ago!…

Oh yes, and if you feel like you need to walk, so what? Who gives a damn? If you HAVE to walk, just do it for 5 steps, or 10 then start running again. No big deal. If you know you aren't going to beat yourself up over walking then it makes it easier not to walk. Does that make any sense to anyone except me???!!! :laugh:

This sounds really sad but I do mathematical sums in my head!! When I was doing the couch to 5k I counted the number of step I took in the minute, 2 mins etc and now, when I'm struggling, I calculate stuff like steps in a marathon, half, 10k, to the pub etc etc. Anything to take my mind off it! When I'm doing the really…