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Do you have a smartphone? The Nike NTC app is great and free :)

Perhaps if you are recovering physically from surgery your body actually needs the food?

My favourite skinny black jeans - that I only got (and fit perfectly) a month ago are too big, I have to keep puling them up while I'm out and about.

RNewton4269 has 200 days (on my friends list)

Hmm that's interesting: I've netted below 1200 before and not seen the message.Or it could be i just didnt care enough to read it >.< Aim to net 1300 one day then 1200 the next? That puts you in the mid range for your goal on a weekly basis.

Eat back some exercise calories?

Yes I agree, eradicate unhealthy food from the house if you cant stand the temptation. If there's really no way you can do this (i.e. if you live with your parents perhaps) then try to make a space in the fridge, cupboards or wherever food is kept that is yours. Then you have 'your food', which is healthy, and 'their food'…

Aw Peachy, I'm sad to hear that you have an enlarged spleen and that this inhibits your appetite and perhaps even enjoyment of food and of life :frown: You're right too, junk food does make it easy to overeat, I'm totally guilty of that today! just compare my filling breakfast (low cal) with my filling lunch (omg high…

I can absolutely relate to what you are saying about it being the food I need to control! I'm close to my goal (about 10 pounds, maybe 8 pounds, maybe 12 pounds - I'm not committing to an end figure just yet) and every pound is a killer to lose - it seems to take forever at this rate! I just keep super active. My 'goal' is…

It's always tempting but last time I went to Wetherspoons I ordered a grilled chicken burger. I'd saved up kcals to have some of the chips that came with it... I had stomach cramps all evening. I think it was the greasiness and I could tell as I was eating it that it was going too far for me now. Funny how I can eat a…

Hello, and what a wonderful thing it is that you want to make positive changes to your health, nutrition and weight :smile: A great way of implementing good things into your diet is to make ONE good change and stick with it until it is habit and then make another change - and carry on doing this. For example, one change I…

I'm in the UK - Essex! It's also the school holidays here, but I managed to lose a pound this fortnight. I'm down to losing half a pound a week. I've lost over 20lbs lost since joining this website at the end of March and about 70lbs lost overall in a year. Best of luck with your 5lb loss!

Fage 0% Greek Yogurt. Seriously is this stuff a 'diet' food? Because it tastes like double cream to me with strawberries and blueberries for breakfast! So few calories (under 100) for a good portion.

So is that 100 pounds you are trying to lose? You GO go go go go Girl!

Well done for losing 25lbs in the first place :wink: I'm so interested in this - as i was very overweight (morbidly obese) and at times at the start wished for a surgical option but couldn't afford it as here in the UK that option would have had to have been bought through private surgery by me. What happened to you after…

Well done on 41lbs lost! I had a look at your diary: You seem to be zig-zagging your calories - there are days at 1500-1600 as you say and days that are a few hundred kcals higher in the past week or so. I'm not sure if this is intentional or not, or if those days are exercise cals eaten back? The pas few days have…

Great to hear you're getting some medical advice: So many things could cause this. I don't agree with the poster who said that 1300 - 1400 kcals isn't low - it is very low if you are active and don't eat exercise calories back. I know you do eat them back sometimes though. Into perspective: The maintenance calorie goal for…

You probably don't want to hear this... Go to the doctor. Periods can stop for lots of reasons, some very serious, others not so serious at all (menopause onset is one not so serious reason! probably not applicable to you - who knows?) - missing 2 cycles is definitely a sign you must not ignore. If you can't get to a…

I read it and I do agree, sadly. The thing is, it's taken me a year to get from morbidly obese to a normal BMI. People go in with false expectations that losing weight can be done fast - this is due, in part to the claims 'lose weight fast' of the dieting industry. Also, I found it got exponentially harder to lose weight…

On one hand learning to understand your body is probably the key to your issues with food and dieting. On the other, you need to be confident that you are ready to take that step and trust yourself to trust your body. If you feel you can do this, then you can do it! Just be wary of anything that's hyped as 'the next big…

It's pretty easy to cool good 'clean' chicken breast to have in salads for lunches: Just make double when you cook it for your dinner then fridge the half for lunch to slice up. As for a 'raw' food diet, it might be best to google that. You'd probably need a diet book or something to follow to ensure you don't miss out on…

It can take a little while to kick start. That's one hell of a workout you're doing, are you certain you are eating enough to allow your body to lose weight? There's a link someone on here posted a while back to a very sensible article detailing what to change (and change one thing) if you are genuinely trying hard to lose…

WOW!! well done! You do need shoes. Lots and lots of shoes. We all need more shoes. I'll start tomorrow ASAP :devil:

Break the goal up into smaller pieces. Show him (and yourself) how achievable it is to get to each milestone within that 15 months of weight loss you have planned.

A very wise person here showed me this: http://fitnesswithnatalie.blogspot.com/2011/05/most-dreaded-word-in-weight-loss.html It's all about should you eat more or less to halt a plateau (when your weight loss stops). It's REALLY good advice and tells you, down to your specific circumstances (i.e. how much you exercise,…

I don't know how much you have to lose - this is subjective I guess but if you are already a healthy weight (18.5 - 25 BMI) then you my advice would be to eat more and move more! Mix up your exercise routine - swim every other day for more than 30 minutes, go for a run, start a new exercise dvd... The most common thing…

My experience of plateau's have been a few weeks of no loss despite good nutrition and exercise. It goes up and down by a small amount but remains average at the same weight. Then I lost 3 or 4 pounds when it breaks.

The closer you get to your goal weight the more the choices you make with regards to what you eat will become very important. I'd say start good habits now by making one change every few weeks. Aim to eat one more fruit and one more veg portion (within cals) every day for two weeks. Keeps that habit and add to it. Maybe…

Mummys tiger tummy :laugh: I love that one!

You can do the workout with the remote in your hand if necessary, but having the belt on your waist is fine too!