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Couldn't agree more! Within a couple of weeks of counting calories and therefore needing to drastically reduce the amount of refined carbs I was eating and drinking suddenly fruit started tasting amazing!

That's awesome :) congratulations!

Thanks and the same to you :)

I am gradually compiling a list of things that I haven't been able to do because of my weight. Once I hit a healthy weight I'm going to start working my way through them :) can't wait. Things like going to a theme park and riding every ride I want to. For at least a decade now I have pretended I don't like rides but…

Only a small one for me but it put a big smile on my face because the scales didn't move this week despite my best efforts. Anyway, yesterday 3 people told me they could see I had lost weight. This is the first time anyone's said that since I started 6 weeks ago. It made my day :)

Hi :) I'm currently 355, having lost 15.5lbs over the last month so we have a similar journey ahead. Feel free to add me x

I'm your older sister or aunt rather than twin! Female 39 5'4" CW: 355 SW: 370 GW: 170 Add me if you're still looking :)

Last time I was losing it was a good 40+lbs before people noticed but that was starting at around 350lbs of pretty evenly spread weight. Assuming I lose relatively evenly all over it's going to take a big loss before it's obvious. It also takes a big loss for me to drop a clothing size. This time I have told more people…

You can have excuses or you can have results, you can't have both.

I am grateful that I have managed to find the right frame of mind to start my weight loss journey. I am grateful that my body is responding to the changes I have made. I am grateful that I enjoy all kinds of foods so it isn't a hardship to make healthy choices. I am grateful that I have friends and family who care about me…

How could I forget? Popcorn! I pop my own then spray it with a 1cal butter spray and season it. 25g comes out to under 100cal if you have it plain and it makes a serving that keeps me occupied if I am feeling snacky

How about dried fruit? I also get little bags of wasabi peas in the Japanese section of my supermarket, gives you a nice crunchy savoury hit

I shopped this morning and got Fruit yoghurts Plain Greek yoghurt Milk Prawns Steamed salmon Cod fillets Apples Pears Figs Onions Asparagus Courgettes Peppers Lettuce Tinned tomato Sweet corn Black beans Baked beans I also got some healthy convenience foods for the freezer and some dried fruit + mini cereal bars for…

I can't wait for this! My feet are wide and fat and it really limits my choice of shoes, I'm going to resist buying many good shoes until I lose the majority of my weight though and find out my final size :) my feet have already lost the puffiness of carrying water weight which has made my shoes more comfortable but I have…

I found counting calories works for me so far. Once I count up how much the fast food would be I generally don't want to use up so much of my daily target on it. If I am willing to then I log it and have to make it work. I definitely crave it less as time goes by.

A lot of us call it full fat coke in the uk. We don't think it has fat in it, it's just a funny way to say non diet coke. I actually know a lot of adults here that drink fat coke, myself included up until two months ago. I think it's less damaging than diet coke and I prefer the taste. I just had fun filling in a food…

I always have a large portion of whichever fruits I currently have available chopped up with a pot of yoghurt on top. I don't worry about the type of yoghurt or fruit, I just buy what takes my fancy and that stops me getting bored. I never used to eat breakfast, particularly on an average work day but I have kept this up…

your tracker is inspirational!

thanks for both of your responses. That makes sense, I think I am over analysing because it's early days! What you say makes perfect sense :)

I sometimes put cottage cheese over my fruit salad. Here in the UK it is normal to find it sold with pineapple chunks in it. Most shops here have plain, black pepper, pineapple and chive varieties. I've never thought of sweetening it with anything other than fruit but I bet it would taste good with cinnamon. I also use…