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Good plan! I might well move this over to introductions. Thank you for the concern, but I'm wary enough not to give out personal details online. I help to run a website so my phone number is already out there anyway (believe me, I've been contacted by a good few of those weirdos you speak of!) - but I'd never give out my…

Thanks so much for the advice - this really does make a lot of sense to me. I've set my calorie goal to 1600 and will aim to eat 50-75% of my exercise calories back. I just hope I can lose a few pounds this way! Even if I don't get to my original goal and just tone up a little. : )

What can I say, I'm man enough to realise when I've made a mistake. : ) besides, I never stated that I no longer want to lose weight, I just changed to a more sensible goal.

I'm sad to admit that this is probably largely true... I've always been a bit obsessed with the number! But I honestly don't know how to get out of the obsession - believe me, I've seen 3 therapists over the last 6 years and none of them could really help - same with the binge eating - I'm just too stubborn and find it…

I'm already pretty toned, nowhere near as much as I could be but I'm naturally quite muscular - especially in my legs etc. so I don't think body decomposition is my main goal really - ideally I would just like to be slimmer, and a little more toned.

Whoops! My mistake, I didn't realise losing that much would take me into the underweight category... I doubt I'd get there anyway! I've upped my goal to 8st 7 to be on the safe side. :D

Woah - she's a bit bloody inspirational! I have always enjoyed lifting actually - I just HATE the effect it has on shoulders! Put me anywhere near a dumbbell and I start looking a bit like she-hulk! I'll definitely consider lifting though. Thanks!

Ok, so I've done a bit of research and I've decided to try to lose slowly at around 1450 a day. Wondering if I should eat my exercise calories back...! Well pretty much everyone on here seems to have the opinion that we should, and I've got no problem with eating more calories hah! Junko

Fabulous achievement, you're awesome! Well done for maintaining too, it's a lot harder than people think sometimes! Junko