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My date is in 4 hours, wish me luck!!

Hi Jill, I too have a date this week and am feeling a bit nervous! But I do know what he looks like as I met him on a dating site. I look forward to hearing how your date goes, and will report back after I've been on mine - and good luck!

That's great! I did the same thing this weekend too and got into a pair of trousers I've never worn before, it was such a good feeling :happy:

Not yet! :laugh: But I've only been to one class. I'm not surprised it gives you a great body, my legs were like jelly afterwards and I'm still aching now! Plus the two guys who were running the class were kinda sexy, which made it even more fun :wink:

My advice would be to have the things you love (e.g. the ice cream) but to build it into your calories for the day, and not to have it too often. The romantic breakfast sounds lovely but if you do it every week it could be your downfall - do they maybe do a lower calorie version you could have? The vacation 'mindset' is…

I do this sometimes, if I've gone over one day I try to cut back the next. But apparently you should always eat at least 1200 cals (though occasionally I don't), to stop your body going into starvation mode.

Has anyone tried this? I did a class on Saturday and I LOVED it! It was really good fun and while it was hard work, felt more like play than regular exercise. It worked too - I'm still having trouble walking today! :laugh:

Has anyone tried this? I did a class on Saturday and I LOVED it! It was really good fun and while it was hard work, felt more like play than regular exercise. It worked too - I'm still having trouble walking today! :laugh:

Thanks AJCM :smile: I am feeling more motivated today. I did a GREAT class at my gym yesterday (I can hardly move today!) and today I decided to sort out my wardrobe - when I did, I got into clothes I've NEVER worn before, and got rid of a load of stuff that was too big! So I think it's worth the extra push, but I'm going…

Oh me too, except for me it is my belly! Wish I had a flat one!

Have a great birthday AJCM! I could do with some advice/motivation, if anyone has some to give! I'm wondering whether I should just stop now and accept myself as I am. I wanted to lose the last 6 pounds but I'm getting a bit fed up of having to exercise every day, just so I can eat enough to satisfy me, and on those days I…

Oh I wish I had this problem! I usually struggle to stay under my calories. I'm studying part time and don't have time to exercise that much, even though I fit it in where I can, like walking 30 minutes each day and going to the gym 3 or 4 times a week.

Me too! :laugh:

I like bran cereal too, it's low in cals and fills me up, and I don't binge on it like I do with some other cereals!

I wouldn't eat them either. I know we're not supposed to fall below a certain number of calories a day, but equally you still need a 3500 deficit to lose 1 pound in a week. So if you go over by 500 and don't make up for it the next day you could jeopardise your weight loss for that week. There are different schools of…

Luckily I've never suffered from depression but I definitely find that exercise makes me feel good. Sometimes I get a 'rush' when I exercise, it almost feels like being on drugs but it's completely natural and good for you! Afterwards I feel tired but very relaxed and happy, and I have higher self-esteem in general because…

Thanks Nat, I've just got back from the class and yes, it was hard work! I can well believe that if you do it for an hour straight you will burn 533 cals, but I kept stopping and starting so it probably wasn't that much in total. I have to say though, I'm pretty worn out now and my arms feel like jelly! My class was…

That really is great! I'm too scared to up my cals though, I'm only litlte and according to MFP, on 1200 cals a day I'll still only lose 1/2 lb a week. I'll see how it goes...

Hi all I'm doing my first kick boxing class this afternoon and thought I'd see how many calories it would burn - I was amazed to discover it will be 533 calories in 1 hour! I can't believe it's this much, even my aerobics class is only 348 cals burned and that kills me! Is it really that hard? I'd love to hear from someone…

I think another problem is you can't help but build up an idea of what a person is like, and when you meet them, sometimes they are completely different! For example, I think I was a bit taken aback by my date last night because he wasn't really what I had expected and it probably showed - I kind of wanted to go home…

I had my first date last night with someone I met online :smile: Unfortunately I knew as soon as I saw him and spoke to him that there was no spark. But it was a pleasant enough evening and it was good to be dating again. I feel a bit demoralised today because someone I'd been chatting to online has stopped messaging me,…

I'm still here, still have 6 pounds to go! I'm struggling a bit with my eating, I can't stop! So I've upped my exercise and hope that will help.

Thanks, that's good advice and I'm glad it's not just me! I'll definitely try the idea of drinking water (I don't drink enough anyway) and I think I'll try eating more fruit too.

I do plan my food in advance but sticking to my plan is the problem! :laugh: I have been exercising a lot, in fact I went to the gym 5 times last week and I walk every day, but I've still gone over my calories. I have thought about not having the tempting food in the house, but it's so depressing to think I can't have ANY…

I've been eating too much in the last week and I don't know why :cry: It's not even that I'm letting myself get hungry - it's just like the food is there and I can't stop myself eating it. I've been doing so well and only have 7 pounds to reach my goal, and I'm so scared I'll fall at the last hurdle and put the weight back…

I have a strange relationship with logging my food and how much I eat. If I log it, I tend to stay within my calories, and if I go over, it's not by very much. If I don't log, sometimes I use it as an excuse to eat, and this can lead to a binge. I really don't know why I do this but I do, so I think I'll continue to log my…

I am a BIG fan of online dating. I have a couple of friends who met their partners online, and I also met my last partner on a dating site. It didn't work out long term, but we were together for 2 years. I've now joined another site, I've only been on it for 3 weeks but I've already been asked out on 2 dates and am meeting…

I tried it once, had the shake for breakfast - then I had breakfast too... :laugh: I just think you can get much more for your cals, for example, if you make a big stir fry it's low cal but you get to eat much more food. Plus I would get SO bored with the shakes, bars etc, there's no way I could stick to it. It might work…

I have 1oz oatmeal with skimmed milk, a tbsp peanut butter and 1 cup berries, it works out about 300 cals and is very filling. You could have a banana instead of the berries, that will fill you up for even longer!

I've done the regular SB Diet and found it quite good. People often confuse it with Atkins but it's quite different really - it focuses a lot on fresh veg and low fat protein. It worked well for me but I decided to switch to calorie counting after I found this site, as it gives me more flexibility. I also found that my…