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Hiya I too have had a difficult couple of weeks and plateaued with the weight loss. Saw my diabetic diatetian on Monday and she checked bmi and body fat and my bmi is down 6.5 and fat is 10% lower than it was in January, so she's certain I'm burning fat now which takes longer to notice on the scales. So, don't be…

Thursday tomorrow and payday Friday, yippee!!! Well done on the lost pound. I went back to gym after 2 1/2 weeks off and am aching tonight. Pushed it a bit harder to make up I think. Lovely surprise is that I'm top of the weight/inches lost for march. Wow! How motivating is that. I just love this particular board, us uk…

I misread one of those posts as 'do you have to be a virgin'! Didn't realise there were such stringent tests for marathon runners:smokin: Mandy

What an inspiration Paul! I'm sure you can do it again. Mandy

Hi All Weekends are my downfall, and with my son at his dads the temptation to pick is greater. The support and encouragement here, however, helps greatly. So many encouraging tales of, not just getting the weight off, but the slip-ups, the family pressures. It makes it so much easier to cope knowing its not a failure to…

Hi fellow Brits lovely day here in Essex (not!). Been for my weigh in at gym, first one since I joined on 1 march. Lost exactly half stone and 6.5 inches! Woohoo! What with gold star from GP over blood sugar and bp I'm just so happy! Mind you the bloody scales at gym are exactly half stone wrong. They were last…

Best of luck with Quitting smoking AND dieting.

I'm with all these responses. I'm so keen to pass the 100kg (6kg to go) that I'm paranoid about the scales. So much that on Monday, my normal day for weighing came back as 108kg - a 2kg increase from last week. However, I checked again and got my son to read it and it was 106kg - I didn't have my specs on :laugh: I do need…

Hi Carrie Im pretty new to this site too, and am an iphone user. Already I've found it so helpful. Enjoy the support - its great. Mandy

I'm withyou there Gem. Weekends are lovely after a hard week at work but it's my weak spot too. If my sons away it's the picking at things that bring me down. Comfort/boredom eating methinks. Mandy

glad you wear shorts for swimming - your local lifeguards must be very pleased you no longer skinny dip at the local pool :)

Hi everyone thanks for the warm welcome. A difficult weekend for me. It started well with gym and shopping done by 10am on Saturday but with my son away with his dad so the calories did overspill a bit. I'm lucky in that I don't drink. My favourite sweet item for keeping on track is hartley sugar free jelly! I have my…

Hi I'm a newbie to MFP, although been using the iphone app for a couple of months. I didn't appreciate how much there was available from MFP until this week and I'm hoping the message boards continue to deliver the mutual levels of support and companionship it has so far. Its great also to find 'Team UK'. I was diagnosed…

Brilliant stuff. Well done. I'n new to the site, but have been using the iphone app for a couple of months. Looking forward to chatting with some UK peeps!:wink:

I take Berocca.

Hi all I was diagnosed with diabetes in late Nov 2009 and it was the wakeup call I needed to deal with my weight. First 5 days I lived on carrots and tomatoes, I was so shocked! Thankfully that was short lived! Being diabetic has meant total lifestyle changes for me. High complex carbs, no gorging on fruit (would eat a bag…