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Thanks so much for all the encouragement and advice! It's really motivating and good to have support. Having spoken to a few people recently, they sounded surprised I still want to lose quite a lot more but I think perhaps I look quite a lot less than I weigh (currently at about 220lbs). I definitely feel a lot happier…

Firstly, seriously well done! That is so impressive. You should be feeling so proud of yourself. I think sometimes, even when you have made so much progress, you don't see how you have changed, you see and feel what you are used to feeling... which is how you felt at the size you used to be. I am part-way through my…

Belated thanks for all the replies, very helpful- appreciated. My default protein on MFP was 20%, same as yours Viva55- thanks for the info, I will look into Omega 3. Ahamm002, as for being vegan, it is partly for health as I don't feel so good when eating dairy and there is family history of heart problems. As for…

Hey. Thinking about your diet full stop is a good step as these days in busy modern life it is too easy to just eat whatever happens to be around when you're on the hop from one thing to another. I've been vegetarian from birth, and I'm now trying out veganism for the 2nd time. I would say that veganism is a lot easier…

Hey. First thing first, be kind to yourself. Getting healthy is a long term thing. It doesn't sound as though you were eating 1000s of calories and although it is true you need to cut some calories to lose weight, maybe you could reduce it gradually instead of suddenly cutting out over 500 a day? (Maybe cut 100 cals a…

Good luck to everyone! I, too, am -morbidly- obese. It is my goal to be just obese. My BMI when I started a few weeks back was mid/high 40s. I have decided to tackle this at my pace, eating a lot healthier and starting to exercise again. It's not easy, especially if you, like me, had got into very sedentary habits and…

Thank you for all the replies! Saint Giff- thanks, that does make sense to me... I do think I should be drinking more water in general, so I will begin today! Litsy3- it is delicious, I agree! I have been doing a lot of walking and swimming recently, so maybe that's why I'm especially craving it at the mo! I'm the same, I…

It's always a task trying to think of ways to liven up work lunches. Maybe you could try: - wasabi peas - almonds, cashews, peanuts, brazil nuts - seeds- e.g. pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds - ryvitas (dry rye snack, either plain or versions with seeds on top) - rice cakes/snack a jacks - oatcakes - different kinds of…

Hey, sorry for the slow reply- thanks for the advice ublanchard and snowflake954- much appreciated! Since I wrote this, I decided to go vegan partly since I seem to feel better if I avoid dairy totally. I used to make chilli a lot actually, but haven't for ages- don't know why. I guess I just have phases of cooking things.…

Thank you very much hooyip and JessieBelleW! I appreciate your advice. I will definitely start eating more quinoa and lentils and beans. I love the bags of fruit and nut mix but unfortunately as you say they are high in fat (and sugar, too, because of the dried fruit), so I am going to try and make some lentil/bean…

Aw, some times things, especially chocolatey things, are just too hard to resist! For me it was a magnum ice cream bar.... but now there are none left in the fridge, so it's okay! :P

White basmati rice with a chickpea and veg curry with Uncle Ben's sauce, unfortunately not as healthy as homemade as the sauce is quite high in fat, but I needed to use up stuff from the cupboard. It will be salad for tea! To make the curry, I used 1 small can chick peas, 100g frozen veg, half a small handful of raisins…