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Thanks everyone- my diet's ok I think. I'm not doing anything astonishingly exciting, just eating around 1500 calories a day, not eating back more than 50% of my exercise calories (as I don't trust the calorie burn stats) and eating much more white meat and fish than red meat. Have also cut out alcohol completely (I was…

Congrats! We're similar starting weights (I was a bit heavier) but I'm looking to lose a bit more. So good to hear success stories!

Thank you- that's very kind!

Thanks! I'm working on the diet for sure but I actually just want to get fitter again as I loved how I felt when I was superfit when I was there!

Interesting! I'm going to go out on a limb here and say actually I have one meal a week where I deliberately go over my normal calorie cap and have a pudding. It will put me at or slightly over my calorie cap for that day (I'm normally fairly far under). That night is a Saturday and I ALWAYS lose my biggest amount of…

I ended up losing 10lbs in the first week then stalled for 4 days before eventually losing a further 2.2lbs (with 2 more days until my official week 2 weigh in). I'm pretty fat though and had 100lbs to lose when I started so still 88 to go!

Thanks everybody, some really good suggestions there. I can eat some fibre but just have to avoid very high fibre foods (dried fruits are a particular problem). My condition is pretty well under control at the moment so not too many problems. I try to avoid salads at night, partly because I don't feel fulfilled and it…

Ooo the pork dish sounds delicious. I love Mexican type food! Will just have to remember not to smother it in cheese! Thanks!

I loathe the stuff with a passion. I love all cheese except cottage cheese (and I do hate rice pudding as well actually!). My husband eats tons of it and I call it 'feet cheese'

I'm down nearly 9lbs in the first week but have loads to lose!

Thanks everybody. I have listened and have taken your advice. I love exercising so have signed up for a 5K race in 3 weeks to give myself some extra motivation. I have decided to stop weighing every day and to increase my calories a little so I don't feel like I'm on a diet all the time. I've already lost 3 of the 4lbs in…

I'm 5'8" and have weighed between 143 and 250. On my way back down again now but I know what you mean. I'm 28lbs down and you wouldn't know. This was my experience with weight and sizes (all UK): 240-250+: 18 200-240: 16 170-200: 14 160-170: 12 150-160: 10 Sub 150: 8

Love it- you're doing a fantastic job. I'm still in the cutting phase and doing plenty of cardio but looking forward to people telling me I look too thin ;-)

That's amazing! Lots of luck with the rest of your journey!

Thank you! In fairness I used to run A LOT and then got lazy, then I got fat and then I got pregnant so all in all not conducive to running! I'm taking it slow (speed wise) at the moment and just running until I get too tired to keep running (unless I'm interrupted by my babies squeaking!). Congrats on the c25k. I…

Yep- mine are 8 months. They're amazing but lots and lots and lots of work!!!

Congrats! I love a mini goal too! Next one for me is 220 (pre-pregnancy weight). 5.4lbs to go!

It took us a month and then it was twins :# But friends of mine have taken anywhere between a month and 9 months. If you haven't already then try ovulation sticks and make sure you get at it every other day. It turned out that I ovulated something like ten days earlier than I thought so we just got lucky! Good luck and…

Thank you- tried running 12 minute mile/10 minute mile splits which made it seem more manageable!

34:26 today, another 18 seconds down!

Yep- I've noticed this. I usually get up and weigh myself at around 7:30 when I get the kids up. Even if I then drink tea or something and I weigh myself right before I shower at around 10:00 I'll be 1/1.5lbs lighter. I've always found that weird!

Congrats- I've just started running again too and am working on my 5k time, the first one's such a major victory!

True to a lot of the above! When I was 154 and a size 8 my bf was around 16% so I'm pretty sure it was all muscle. I've always tended towards gaining muscle (and fat) pretty easily and actually have to avoid doing heavy weights (as I used to when I was younger) because I bulk up soooo easily. Unfortunately I don't find my…

Thanks ladies! I remember getting from 30 to 27 minutes was relatively easy but 27 to 25 was a b**ch and I was really fit then! I'm hoping 35 to 30 doesn't feel too bad- I'm hoping for 30 by early summer (got 5 weeks abroad with not a lot of running opportunities so that'll slow me up sadly)

Not sure yet- I'd like to get down to under 30 minutes regularly first I think!

I have survived a couple of nasty plateaus during my weight loss journey. My worst was probably about 35lbs down. People had started noticing my weight loss, I felt really good about myself and I lost focus for a bit. That was roughly when I joined MFP. I then kept a strict rein on what I was doing for the next week and…

I got contacts back in April and when I first got them I noticed that watching TV/presentations/working on the computer would make them a bit scratchy and uncomfortable after a while. I used a lot of eyedrops for the first month or so. After that, my eyes got totally used to them and I've had no problems since (touch…

The fat pad on the inside of my knees. I actually have a noticeable hollow there now (from all the running) and really need to have a pillow between my knees at night. Plus my hips - lying on a gym mat on my side is quite painful now!

Yeah - quite possibly not. Whilst that makes me very sad, I think me having this relationship with him is preventing me moving on. I'm 99% sure that he has feelings for me because he's come out and said it on more than one occasion. I've always brushed it off but I think it's making me unhappy. Selfish though it may be, I…

Great post - although I will add that almost all of my weight loss has been due to running! I clock up the miles pretty heftily though so that helps the calorie burn. For me at 153lbs I burn about 75cals per km (roughly 100 cals per mile I guess). I usually run between 30 and 50km per week - that's a nice calorie burn of…