Lovelystrumpet

I selected sedentary as being a student, my days include getting up, walking 20 minutes for the bus, sitting in lectures for 4 or 5 hours, walking home from the bus, and sitting at my desk working/watching films for another 6 or 7 hours. The most activity I'll do inside of my daily routine is walk half an hour into town…

I have counted calories for the past 3 years, pretty much religiously, always in my head before finding MFP a few months back. In college (around the age of 16/17) I became unhappy with my weight and saw the easiest way of dealing with it was to restrict my calories and exercise more. Soon, though, it developed into a full…

mine is pretty much down to cost and calories. I'm a student so have a ridiculously low food budget per week, as my rent, bills and transport to campus eat up most of my loan money - normally I never spend over £15 for 7 days worth of food. I look out for the 'buy one get one free' and 'three for £5' or whatever offers,…

I;ve been recommended 1200 cals :) My diary is open, feel free to have a peep or message me or add me!

I'd love to wear a bikini, but it's a complete no no until my stomach is flat and my legs are slimmer- it's not that i judge other people for wearing one, if they don't look that like, I just judge myself. I'm glad for everyone who is confident enough to wear one whatever their shape, and hopefully soon I'll be in a place…

Mines totally open, makes me think twice about eating something if I know I have to share it with the world! (Even if it's just the MFP world!) :)

I'm not in an office, but occasionally I'm on campus in lectures all day and to save resorting to grabbing something from the food outlets, I take a couple of ryvitas, a few pieces of fruit, and a yoghurt or cereal bar, to put me on until I get home and can make something more substantial for dinner. If I won't be home…

I just decrease the reps of my normal morning routine if I feel shattered when I wake up, and then maybe miss out my lunchtime one altogether and have a light walk in the evening before getting an early night. Occasionally it makes me feel better to have done at least something, even if I am really tired. :)

I'm 5''4 and want to be 120lbs, this would still be a healthy BMI and a healthy weight, so as long as you can know when to stop and are happy with carrying on losing weight I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with a goal weight of 125lbs. The main thing is to be happy in yourself. Good luck :)

The 5 I always do, at least 3 times a day, are: Squats - 20 a time, 3 times a day Crunches - 30 a time, 3 or 4 times a day Front Lunges - 12 per leg, 3 time a day Jump Rope - usually just jump until I literally can't anymore Jumping Jacks - about 120 each time, 3 times a day. Also do pilates every other morning.

I'd never eat or drink something with so many artificial additives, even if it is zero calories, even if it promised a miracle weight loss! Losing weight is only one part of eating healthy; the main part is what is actually going in your body. I wouldn't like to be be thin if it meant putting all sorts of chemicals in…

Sharon fruit are amazing (also called persimmons), as is dragonfruit and starfruit. Both great for snacks or to add to salad (I am now a convert to putting fruit in 'savoury' salads after I had an apple, halloumi and pomegranate salad!) Other favourites of mine are kiwis, peaches, corn on the cob, nectarine, aubergine, and…

Falafels with carrot sticks, iceberg lettuce, sliced cucumber and chopped bell pepper, and some green tea :) Maybe an apple afterwards if I'm still hungry.

Full time student of Classics, and part time freelance journalist and blogger :) My activity level during my studying is sedentary to the max, so I try and do mini workouts at home throughout the day, and used to go to my Uni gym 3 times a week until they increased the membership price and now there's no way I can afford…

Haha I have this issue, when he's at mine and I cook, I split the food 60/40 or maybe say if we have roast dinner, give him potatoes and me have extra veg instead, or pasta and he'll have garlic bread and I won't....but when I'm at his he serves exactly 50/50 and it's so yummy looking and I always thinks it looks bad if I…

I'm a believer that it all adds up and every little helps, so what if one day you only wash the car and do some hoovering..successful weight loss is all about being steady and incorporating lifestyle changes so you won't just put all the weight back on as soon as you finish dieting. Yes, by all means you need to do…

I also have a tight budget (absolute MAX £15 a week) and have to rely on my loocal Tesco Metro as I'm a student with no transport either! I generally don't deviate too far from this list: 4 kiwis 4 peaches 2 iceberg lettuces 1 cucumber mushrooms carrots 3 bell peppers a box of calorie controlled, all naturel cereal bars 2…

I stopped putting milk in tea and coffee Butter for flora light or olive oild spread Oil for 1cal cooking spray Bread for Ryvitas (mostly) Rice for cous cous Pasta for lentils Ice cream for low fat yoghurt Crisps for dried fruit and I limited chocolate to a one a week bitesized amount. Now I'm doing this, I don't feel I'm…

This has been my mantra ever since last September. I've actually begun to crave the healthy stuff now and if I get offered a 'bad' treat, I don't even think twice about saying no, the thought of it physically puts me off. Practically a miracle haha!

I usually eat late too (after 7.30pm) because I'ma student and my lectures go on till about 6, and when I'm not in term time/at weekends I just kind of stick to this as my 'dinner' time. I find it's fine, as I don't get in bed till midnight most nights, so my food has plenty of time to digest and I don't have to try and…

I'm just under 5'4, and want to lose between 14 and 20 lb! Definitely 14, but when I get there I may decide to do a little bit more. :)

I learnt to like black, and even get on espresso's sometimes now! I HATED coffee this time last year...just kept forcing it down until I'd got used to the taste, but to be honest I only have it if I need a shock start wake up if I get up early, I usually drink green tea. I used to love lattes at Starbucks until I found out…

It'll be the milk and/or sweetener thats doing it! I cut out all milk, sugar, and syrups from my tea and coffee, and drink all tea pure - whether it be green, black, fruit or flavoured. Just stew the teabag for 3 minutes in hot water, and then drink. Add nothing at all. I find it tastes a lot better, makes you feel fresh,…

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The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams - all 4 in the series. I'm a complete Sci-Fi/fantasy/comic book geek, and this is one of my all time favourites. Read them all 3 times now :glasses:

Haha I know, but three or four glasses is enough for predrinks before going out :laugh:

I'm a student, and so have a very limited budget for food, but manage to eat enough and eat healthy -just takes a bit of practice and knowing what to look for and where to go! I usually plan my meals for the week before I set off, and only buy what is on my list - no leftovers or 'cupboard stockers'. And no biscuits or…

3 or 4 for a fiver! Brilliant! Being a student, about £3/4 is the most I usually fork out for wine, I'm such a cheapskate haha! So probably wouldn't get the WeightWatchers wine either, bit pricey for me!

wow thank you that's amazing! I'm going to print that out and pin it on my wall :laugh: I don't usually have a problem with food and alcohol, I've never been one for takeaways - hate the taste - and the most I'd do is have a slice of bread or handful of cereal when I get home if I really do have the munchies! Beforehand, I…

Thanks everyone! Seems to be that clear spirits and diet mixers are the way forward... I'm in England so I don't think we have those Vodka Cruisers, but I'm so jelous! Maybe we should petition for imports haha. I'll look out for 'Enlighten' though and am deffo getting the Tesco Chardonnay for pre-drinks! If it was just one…