surfinbernard

The way I see it the only person I'd be cheating is myself. I prefer to try not to see food as the only pleasure, the only reward and the only 'treat' because I could reward myself with something other than food and stop struggling to control my weight!

Anything worth selling I sell due to the expense of needing new clothes, but I am a frugal shopper and most of it gets taken to the charity shops, only branded coats etc. are worth the bother. I think it doesn't really matter as long as you don't keep them, psychologically you are setting yourself up to fail if you keep…

The instantly absorbed carbs do go on your belly if they are not used immediately as that's the 'quick dump' for spare energy and a glut of glucose is likely to be stored there if you are not working out straight away and using it all. I agree with the others though, if you are losing weight keep going and it's the actual…

It has a lot to do with the unflattering florescent lighting in gyms, even I use spray tan when I frequent them in winter because the alternative is looking pasty and flabby under the harsh lighting. Everyone uses tan or sunbeds in the gym so you would be the only pasty one. Also, tanning is very flattering and makes you…

I suppose if you logged it on the next day's calories you would have more chance of sticking to your calorie goals because you may have eaten up to the limit thinking you were finished for the day and then eating in the night would take you over, so if it was me I would log it on the next day's calories so that you can…

Don't give up! You might just need to ease up on something, it sounds like you're worn out and your diet isn't giving you something or other. You could try vitamin supplements, green tea, changing the time of day you exercise... Are you still losing weight?

Yes it seems you can 'earn' extra calories with exercise as with many diets. However we are all different and while some people will still lose happily while eating the extra calories I know that if I try to create a chunk of my deficit with exercise it doesn't work. Only eating less works for me unfortunately. I would try…

2lbs may be disappointing but when I complain 've only lost a pound my Mom would say 'better than putting one on'. How true this is, and it may not have just been the one, I know that if I don't watch what I eat I can gain weight very rapidly as has happened once when I was pregnant and again when I got used to a higher…

Nobody looks like an airbrushed model, even the models themselves because they doctor the pictures to hide any imperfections. Be the best you can be, you don't need to compare yourself to artificial images or even other real women. You are precious beyond measure and beautiful and perfect, every single one of us is…

I'm so sorry! I never meant to insult you at all, I suppose that because I don't buy into the stigma surrounding mental illness having suffered with one myself and being a musician I would say at least half of my friends also have some kind of issue ranging from mild depression to severe OCD, I just didn't see that it…

You have Binge Eating Disorder by the sounds of it, the presence of other self-harming behaviours is very common with eating disorders. I would go and get treatment as it is a known condition and recovery programs are available. Dieting probably won't help you as you have a mental illness, I sincerely am not judging you in…

You look absolutely stunning!! Well done you!

Wow you absolutely do rule, you look fantastic! Well doooooone!! Whoop!

Weight loss gets trickier as you get smaller, you need few calories even to maintain and creating a deficit is a balancing act. It's all well and good to have theories, guidelines and rules of thumb bit we're not all the same. I know I would gain weight if I ate anywhere near 2000 calories and would only need 1400 to…

I'm not sure I buy into this 'starvation mode' business, it sounds like nonsense. If you're eating a healthy diet and exercising and are losing weight I can't see a problem, particularly if you're not hungry, why force food down that you don't want or need?. Well done you!

There is a very annoying tendency for various different theories to be presented as 'fact' when the 'clinical evidence' to back them up is flimsy and ambiguous. The human body is extremely complex and the experts still know very little about it and what they do 'know' is often trumped by newer 'knowledge' a little while…

Oh no that must be really disheartening! Remember that if you 'give up' you're basically tallking about giving up on yourself, giving up on your health and those who care about you and starting to deliberately overeat again and the weight will pile back on faster than you can blink so please don't think about that, you…

Wow what a lovely story! Nothing you could eat would feel anywhere near that good (with apologies to Kate Moss!) Well done you!! xx

Me too, I'm most like 11 but would prefer to be a 2!! Give us a few more weeks eh? haha

Shallow people never ask themselves if they're shallow, soul-searching is definitely a deeper activity and shallow people don't do it! So no, you can't be. And having a 'look' that you're attracted to is just human. I used to like skinny, tangle-haired guys with wicked grins, up until I fell in love with a pudgy, bald guy…

Three pronged attack: order the least damaging food you will enjoy, save some calories for it and leave some on the plate!

It's not easy to know, I regularly read or hear overweight people complaining about what someone said to them regarding their weight loss efforts and to some degree there is almost a determination to take whatever is said badly because it is such a sore point for some. Most of the 'bad' responses come out of an awkwardness…

Intervals I agree. Alternate walking and running first and build up to constant running, then faster/ slower running intervals as your fitness improves. On the bra, get a better one. Shock Absorber have different levels of support for different sports and chest sizes- go for one with the 'anti-bounce' panel across the top…