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Did anyone ever find a way of turning these damn things off? They're sooooooo annoying. I know rice is low in saturated fat; I imagine few people would think otherwise. I don't need little platitudes to tell me that; it's just irritating. If some people like them then fine, leave the option to have them appear - but there…

I don't have bipolar disorder, but I just wanted to respond to wish you well. I hope receiving your diagnosis enables you to now get the right treatment and feel you're in control of your eating (and your life). Cutting out alcohol, at least for the time being, sounds like a good idea - it's a depressant drug, after all,…

Exercise-wise, having a concrete goal to get you up and moving can be helpful. If I'm not mistaken, Worcester Race for Life is on the 6th July. You have more than enough time between now and then to be able to do a couch to 5k programme to be able to cover the distance - start by building up walking, and work up to…

It's hard to say without seeing your diary, but off the top of my head my advice would be to make sure you're eating plenty of protein. I know if I stick to eating loads of fruit and veg, then yes it's terribly good for me and not too calorific, but I'll be gnawing the arm off the sofa by lunchtime because it just won't…

What exactly are you trying to achieve by working out after every meal? It sounds rather extreme...

I've successfully lost weight in the past while eating in residence quite frequently (not 16 meals a week, but often enough to pick up some tricks). My advice would be, work out from the items available which ones it doesn't really matter about and load up on those; and then be cautious about the others. And the…

Wait... there are Peanut Butter poptarts? Are they any good?

Me! (I'm eating a bag of crisps right now.)

Chicken chow mein tends to run at about 550ish calories...

I just had this for dinner and I did really enjoy it, but I can't get away from the fact that it's got a LOT of cheese in it, which makes it a rather more calorific meal than I'd usually have at the moment. It would be a great option for anyone looking for something gluten-free, though.

A tramp in town, coming up to me to ask for money, starting the conversation by saying "I'm sorry to bother you, I know you're pregnant..."!

I'm eating ice cream right now, but I don't see anything about that to feel bad about!

My advice, to be honest, would be to focus on diet ahead of exercise. It's perfectly possible to lose weight through diet alone, and damn hard to lose it through exercise alone, and if you have a hectic schedule you'll have real trouble fitting in loads of exercise on top of everything else. Instead, I'd say, maximise your…

I basically do it by eating mainly fruit for breakfast, and making one meal a day (usually lunch) something veg-and-protein-y, like chicken salad, and then having more orless whatever I like for dinner, plus a couple of snacks.

I've gone from 30 (at 13 stone 4, the heaviest I've ever been, I realised I wasn't just overweight but actually into the obese bracket and it gave me a much-needed wake-up call) to 25.5 (4lbs away from being officially Not Overweight!)

I used to always get Steamed Cod with Ginger and a mango salad from the (sadly departed) Thai takeaway near me; if they have anything like that it should be pretty OK.

Frankly, if I were you, I'd take the option of a trip to Europe (or anywhere interesting, really) over a weight loss resort. Because basically, this needs to be a long-term lifestyle change, not a quick fix, so anything you achieve over that period of several weeks will, at best, give you a bit of a head-start which you…

I ended up so stressed earlier this year that I was off work for a month (and basically spent the whole of that month sitting in a chair, pretty much unable to move or do anything), and it was months more before I was back full-time. So, I definitely sympathise with what you're feeling. (Not that I wouldn't anyway, but you…

I don't bother to count my walks to and from work/into town/wherever (although I reserve the right to add them on if I'm going to need the calories for something I particularly want to eat!)

In my entirely untechnical world view, if I say that something weighs more than something else, what I mean is that if I took the same cubic volume of the two things (say, lead and feathers), one would weigh more than the other.

I wouldn't run on a treadmill if you paid me! Outside is far more fun! Although probably the honest answer is that the run's most fun when it's over and you get that buzz...

I used to use a very similar site to this one (although you had to pay to use it, which is why I stopped), and their minimum calorie level was 1100. All the conversations people have here about 1200, they had there about 1100.

Why would they decide that pasta needed to be contained in a bowl made of bread?

I pretty much always cook things and make them up as I go along, but I keep a note of what ingredients I've used and then log everything (actually, I quite often log it through my phone as I go, but the principle's the same).

Well, you want to be careful - I read that if you eat goat after 7pm you turn into a faun. I don't think I could work that look...

How tall are you?

It's been a few years since I did any running, but when I did I had to build up from wheezy unfit beginnings. And you know what? It wasn't a problem. Don't expect to just be able to leg it down the road - you'll need to build up slowly, through maybe a walk/run schedule, until you get into it. Check out the training plans…

What everyone else has said about getting checked out by a doctor. There is such a thing as drinking too much water - it can literally kill you - so please make sure your health is OK.

It would help if we knew how tall you are and what nyou weigh now. If you have quite a bit of weight to lose overall, then losing around 2lb a week is safe and achievable. However, if you only have a little to lose then this will be much harder and probably less do-able. Either way, eating well and getting exercise is a…

I mostly think in grams rather than ounces, and there are plenty of foods on here measured in grams (or, as others have suggested, find an online converter). Weigh your food, just for a day or two, as you prepare it. That way you'll know exactly how much you're taking in calorie-wise, and can work from there. The site…