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Thank you all soooo much! I love this place! OK, here's what I've decided to do - an amalgamation of your suggestions! I'm going to eat a small dinner (small for less calories, not to save space for nibbles!) before I go and drink plenty of water, I'm going to be fashionably late (I love that idea, and I know it will…

I haven't got a particularly embarrassing story of my own, but a friend once decided to go with my husband and us ladies to the gym. My husband has particularly strong legs... and this gym had an old style of leg press where you manually put the weights on yourself and sat on a seat angled below them - you have to push…

I try to log it as soon as I've had it, but can't do it on my phone so the laptop always seems to be on the go! So I'm going to treat myself to an iphone for my birthday :-) I definitely like to see how many calories I have left for the day!

Well it certainly does - there are literally thousands of people out there who are living proof! Both me and my husband lost weight on it but fell off the wagon. But we are both analytical people and never like not truly knowing the 'science' behind it - that and you always had to refer back to their books to look up the…

Are you in Bristol? If so I've used Bardsley Sports Physiotherapist - they were very good. Definitely go private, sorry, but the way I always look at it, if it was your car that was broken you'd find the £300 pounds to get it fixed wouldn't you? Is your car more important than your body? Enough said. You can't afford to…

Yeah, physical attractiveness can be a big deal - but don't forget the mental state of mind that goes with it - confidence. If you had given up on yourself that also speaks a little of your state of mind doesn't it? Maybe it's not just the change in your body shape she's wanting to see, but she also wants to see the more…

Maybe you could try looking at your ratios - try cutting down on your carbs and upping the protein? I do believe the body gets used to what it's getting - change what you're doing and you may break your plateau. And a change of diet can be fun too! Try some different recipes and foods and it may just give you the boost you…

Sounds to me like you have a special lady who is brave enough to actually tell you how she feels. All too often people can never do that! Has she said she doesn't want to continue the relationship with you? Has she given you an ultimatum? Or did she just say that she would fancy you more if you shed the pounds? There's a…

Oh and swimming is good, though you may want to avoid breaststroke as it can put lateral pressure on the joint - stick to crawl.

I've ripped my ACL and had minor repair, plus had surgery to other knee also - managed to get post op physio pretty quickly after both ops thankfully. The physio always got me on the elliptical (cross trainer), the stationery bike and the treadmill (walking only - though with an incline). Start off on VERY slow pace. You…

This sounds interesting - I've done the green plan of slimming world before and often wondered how it worked - you're allowed to eat as much pasta and potatoes as you like but must keep protein limited, or the 'red plan' vice versa as much protein as you like but limit the carbs - never really got how you could eat as much…

Hi, you don't say what type of business you're running? That would help.. First thing I would say is to look around for other businesses doing the same kind of thing - where do you find their advertising? Can you do the same thing? Then put yourself into your customers shoes - if you were looking for someone providing the…

Only 20 more minutes... 19 more minutes... 18.5 more minutes..... Jeez that can't be my heart rate, I must be picking up someone else's.. They forgot to turn the fans on again.. can I be bothered to stop and go turn them on? No... Wow those girls in all the pop videos really love themselves, at this rate they may as well…

Just a thought, but next nap time could you pop little one into their buggy (with a sunshade!) and go for a nice walk while they sleep - I always found mine slept really well in their buggies and it's certainly going to eat up the calories! Make it into a habit rather than wandering straight to the kitchen from the…

Awwww that's lovely! It is great here isn't it? For the first time I actually think I can get to my goal - and it's all down to this place and all the amazing people on here who give support to complete strangers every day. So lovely to experience the support. Thank you.

Take a load of the diet chef with you (hand luggage lol!)? Just have a few meals out and try to avoid simple carbs! Have a nice time!

I'm in the UK, don't know if you are too... here we call it PORRIDGE! It's the best quick breakfast you can have by far! In the states it's oatmeal I believe... in the UK we have a product called oats so simple in loads of flavours which you can microwave in two minutes, job done, keeps me going until lunch time, and none…

Have you pointed her at this site yet? Get her to read through all the success stories and motivational posts - it certainly helps me! Can you offer to go to some workouts with her to get her started? I know that the first couple of times doing it can be very scary for someone who hasn't done much of it before - once she's…

I agree with all above, just carry on as usual - here's a thought, how much of that 2lb could be (as my husband puts it) 'goods on board' - you've eaten more food than usual, and it, er, weighs something you know?! Lol! My guess is that by the weekend you'll see things starting to even back out again - could TOM be on its…

Hey Vic, cool bike by the way! :-) I too have been at this now for about a month, and I've found it really interesting - the more I do it the more I realise how out of shape and unfit I had let myself become. But I'm trying to remind myself that it's a good thing, that this whole process is teaching me where I went wrong…

Ditch some of the bread - replace it with something like nimble or weight watchers and just have 2 - 4(max) slices per day, have wholemeal pasta, brown rice (make sure you're cooking it for long enough with loads of water, it should be soft not hard!) and reduce the portion sizes of the carbs and replace with loads of veg…

Holiday at the start of August, then I hit the big 40 at the end of August.. kinda wish they were the other way around, we normally eat loads on holiday (all those croissants mmmm) so I don't stand a lot of chance of losing weight then!! So June and July are going to involve a lot of sweating and not very many calories....

Definitely not alone! I found it very hard - like you I cross train a lot, do TaeKwon-Do etc. though I definitely wouldn't say I'm very fit - but that's the point of doing a video like that isn't it? There was no way I could have managed the full press-ups at the rate she did them - I can just about do a handful of…

Seems it's just you and me then fluffy! Lol!

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I second Crystal! Wholemeal muffins! My kids love it - I put out dishes with all the various different ingredients and let them 'build' them themselves, they really enjoy doing it and because they've made it they seem to enjoy eating them more, and they don't pick the veggies off, cos they've made them! Result! Wholemeal…

Eeurgh, who wants to be thin? I certainly don't! I would never want to have my bones poking out like those catwalk models (never going to happen lol!). I want to be curvy and gorgeous! I want to have a healthy BMI! Ask any blokes if he wants thin and bony woman or slim and gorgeous and I know what answer you'll get! I…

It has to come down to what you enjoy - if you find you're really enjoying doing what you're doing right now, then keep doing it! This is for life, we all need to make exercise a part of our every day lives, so make sure you enjoy it or it ain't gonna happen! If however you find that some days you just feel too tired, then…

Love it. Will you be my friend please?!

It's a regular occurance in this house - husband seems to enjoy telling me how he can have a big poo and put on a pound! ;-)