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Me too! I find I usually drink back and over my calorie limit - end up 100 over because I love my glass of wine to help me unwind in the evening!

Ooh I'm loving the ideas people - thanks! I think I'll get on the greek yogurt and fruit w/ some nuts and see how I go with alternating. We do have a microwave but I distrust doing eggs in a microwave - not quite sure why, I always think they taste a bit wierd! Maybe I'll have to try again and see. I'm especially loving…

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Completely agree - go to a good running store and get fitted properly - you can buy all the new shoes you want but if you don;t get 'em fitted by people in the know they won't do you any more good. I get shinsplints just walking fast and it's all because I know I'm not wearing appropriate shoes! Good luck with the half…

bump! Great list!

Brilliant visual, well done. This argument is so old and only caused be people misunderstanding the saying - its completely density/volume - you take 5lb of anything and 5 lb of anything else OF COURSE they're going to weight the same!!!

I'm so glad to hear people are in the same boat as me - I have work culture where it is the norm to go out for a drink with your boss or peers. It is considered unsocial if you don't. I don't binge drink anymore - not like when I was a student but I do I enjoy a glass of wine a night usually to help me unwind and me and my…

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Abokado is great if you're on the go - fresh sushi, miso soup, chicken noodle soup, and rice and seaweed wraps. They have the nutritional info on the label in the shop, not on the packaging so you have to remember to look it up - or it's on their website. But I don't think I've had anything/seen anything from there over…

Hi! I'm in! I live in north London :)

Grooveshark is my friend at work! works like Spotify but no ads, and free! :)

Hi there! I'm the same - I started but found it hard to stick to until I got really involved and started making friends on here. You can have bad days and good days but as long as it balances out - you're good :) Mine is definitely more about lifestyle change - I need motivation to exercise and eat less and that's exactly…

Join Team UK! Its a great way to get new friends all over the UK, search in the motivation forum (I think) Your story sounds exactly like my reason for joining MFP - used to be fit and now at a desk job and no time for exercise and snacking is deadly! Good luck with acheiving your goals and have a great monday! Adding you…

I'm on my fourth test now - it's a waiting game I'm afraid. Hypothyroidism runs in my family and my dad told me to go get tested when I started sleeping all the time. It makes exercise really hard some days as you just want to crash. My way of getting through it is to force yourself to go to the gym or exercise even when…

Welcome! Hope you have a great time with MFP

Is it too late for me to join?? I'm Jen, 23, live in London and gone from leading an active life to a desk job so very unhappy with the neglect my body has been receiving from me the past year! I used to play all kinds of sports and was toned as anything, but after an injury left me with surgery that removed the cartilege…

Hi, I have knee problems too - had two surgeries on the left one to remove all cartilege now because it was so shredded! Keep an eye on it to see if it swells or gets hot - it it does, keep it elevated when you're sat down, and if it's sore when you go to bed, stick an extra pillow under it and it'll drain the fluid away…

Thanks guys. Yeah true about the surfing, I'm thinking of getting a longboard to work a bit harder on it - I'm in a city so not too much surfing around :( Also, I only have a roller for my indo board at the mo, thinking of getting the cushion too as thats a slightly different workout. Good idea to log it as balance ball,…

Me too! I walked home from work, had healthy dinner and when I got home spent half an hour doing stretches and tricks on my indo board. Bring on the rest of August and more motivation!!!

Welcome! I'm new to the forums, have been using mfp for a month. Slow starting but its great to have the enthusiasm of the great and inspiring people on here to keep me going :)

Thanks everyone! I have tried swimming, but it does get pretty sore after because of the kicking. I am trying to walk as much as possible, but it's a motivation thing - hard to persuade yourself to walk an hour after work if it's raining or you're just too darn tired! Pilates is a good one (but I'm on pretty limited budget…