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It already is here in the UK, oh yeah!

I used to work with a girl that kept an excel spreadsheet charting her cycle (not trying to conceive, just for interest's sake). That's neither here nor there but it did make me laugh.

MereMe what a pretty smile you have! And a very defined jaw line (coming from one with a double chin problem - I'm jealous!)

I've already got mine and it's the best gift ever! My parents have given me tickets for my husband and I fly home for Christmas to Canada (we live in the UK)! No better gift than getting to eat grandma's christmas pudding with my huge fantastic family. Oh yeah!

But it couldn't hurt to add some lovely peppermint and nettle tea to your diet either. I would also recommend milk thistle (especially if it's alcohol consumption that's made you want to detox!)

My plan this year to survive Christmas day: I've convinced dad to flood the lake behind our house and we're going to have a skating party to burn some of those extra calories!

To the OT: thanks! As a redhead myself I'm obviously biased but I do think we're a rare exotic breed!

Done! Arms and chest are on fire but challenge achieved! Next two days my workout is spinning-based so I should have time to recover!

Gave myself a lovely mud body mask, so nice!

It may kill me but I'm in!

Hi guys, I think I'm two pounds down since I last checked in. Had a week away for work which was tricky but I managed to get out for a long walk every morning and tried to eat sensibly where I could. Scale only showed a slight increase when I got home (lots of salty food and wine at the conference!) but a few days of…

Challenge accepted! It's the kitchen for me!

YOu look amazing and dude, I am properly jealous of that HAIR! Gorgeous!

Absolutely, you can do this! And we're all here to support you. It's been a bit of a bad week for me too. I went away for Halloween weekend and indulged a bit too much. My scale says I went up 3 lbs (which seems pretty unlikely, I didn't eat THAT much) but I had a few successes too. I'm proud that I managed to do two…

I'm sorry to hear you guys aren't getting along, it sucks when there isn't support at home but we're all here for you too! I totally know how you feel about the whole celebratory eating/drinking at this time of year thing. One thing that motivates me is thinking about my behaviour last year. I did just that, partied a lot,…

You look fab! And I LOVE your Poison Ivy costume, what was your dress like? :happy:

Thanks for this! I'll check out the hotel room workout guide, that sounds great! :smile:

I would say go for it! I love my trainer, she pushes me to do things that I wouldn't have done on my own. She is through my local university's training programme and is really helpful about adjusting my programme to fit my goals and needs. Before the trainer my workouts would be a light swim or a walk, now I'm boxing,…

Ooh and organise a big family walk afterwards!

You look AH-MAZ-ING! Huge difference. We have pretty much the same start weight, same height and goals so you are inspiring me! :)

Oh and a fellow stoners update: so far so good for the week. I've lost two pounds since I joined and had a great week with exercise, trying new classes. I started boxing a few weeks ago and this week I'm adding another class to my week's roster of workouts. I even got my own pair of boxing gloves: new kit always motivates…

Hi VerySalty, If I have an energy low the only thing that helps me is to switch up my exercise to something that I love and then add a little treat to the end. So for me that might be to go swimming for a while (doesn't have to be an epic session) and then pay the extra £2 to go use the sauna and steam room afterwards.…

Check out the cookbook The Best of Clean Eating. It has a section with lighter versions of holiday foods, even some nice baked treats, and it's pretty much all healthy!

I love this thread, it actually made me snort with laughter! I second the motion to read Oxygen, really enjoy it. Lifting heavy has made me feel so much stronger, even though I'm still working my way up and what I lift might not be heavy to anyone here! Anyone who is weight training and wants to add me as a friend, please…

I want to but I have boxing class tomorrow and I fear not being able to lift my arms! Might pick this one up on Thursday though!

This might not be a popular option but I don't watch TV any more for that, and other, reasons. Ads are evil and just make me want whatever food I see. If I really want to watch a show I usually get a DVD box set or watch for free online. I also don't fall into the TV coma that I used to anymore where I would almost become…

Love it!

I have a friend who uses tapping frequently and she swears by it for stress relief. Thanks for the link, I'm going to give it a whirl!:happy: