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The carbs thing freaks me out. I'm pescetarian, and carbs are a significant part of my diet. Nothing crazy, a bit of rice/sushi here, a pitta bread there. But there is no way I can give them up. I watch my colleagues who seem to exist on lettuce leaves and meat, and they look great but I can't imagine surviving on that. I…

I think this is what's referred to as "gaslighting" and it straight up sucks.

This is 100% my motivator too. It was my 33rd birthday at the weekend and my face looks like a moon in all the photos. It made me so sad because I thought I looked pretty good. Also, I've been single for a while now and I'm too lacking in confidence to go on a date right now. I want to be chatted up in bars. I feel…

Booze is the #1 reason my diets always fail. I have a very busy social and work life, a lot of which revolves around drink in some capacity. Every time I start making progress, I get sloshed and slide back into bad habits again. I also think the amount I drink has started to show on my face, making me look puffy and older.…

Wow. I mean, I love a tall dude (ex was 6ft 5 and I have a serious thing for Adam Driver right now) but that's just lame, unless the woman is really tall herself. I can sort of understand not wanting to tower over your date as a female. Luckily never happens to me as I'm 5ft 4!

You guys have posted so many of the cliches already. A couple more that I see on so many guys' profiles it's not even funny: "Looking for my partner in crime" (UGH, what does that even mean, Steve? You are an accountant who has probably never even driven above the speed limit) "I'm [whatever his height is] as it seems to…

Last night I dreamed I adopted a cute little fluffy kitten that someone had dyed baby pink. WTF?!

Jillian Michaels 30 day shred this morning! Level 1 kills me, haven't dared look at 2 and 3 yet, lol

I've reached the conclusion, after years of denying the truth, that I'm going to have to do this too. Drinking is 100% the reason I've put all the weight back on that I lost 7 years ago. I work in a really boozy industry (PR) in Soho, London's booziest area, so it's gonna be tough!

Haha! Kitten it?! Oh MFP, you're cute.

Booze is always my '*kitten* it' trigger. Time to scale it right back!

Playdoh. Haha, I can relate!! You've had some really impressive successes before (8st loss?! Woah) so no doubt you can do it again. I lost a couple of stone about 6 years ago, and it's all crept back on now with an extra half stone for good measure :( Back on it from today, especially as I'm maid of honour for my best…

I've been going for nearly a week, I'll join you! It's tough but I'm already starting to feel firmer and fitter :)

I'm starting this tomorrow, first time I've tried it! I've been upping my exercise with other DVDs recently but feel the need to do something a bit more drastic to kick myself into a higher gear. This should do it by the sounds of things ;)

I've just started on 5:2 too - happy to friend anyone else doing it for mutual support :) I have a colleague who lost a lot of weight in the run up to her wedding doing this diet. She's still doing it and finds it the most effective way to keep the weight off. Personally, I control calories even when I'm not on a fast day,…

I find I have to give myself enough time to wake up properly first, and then the main thing I do is not give myself a choice. Once I've been awake for 30 minutes, I absolutely HAVE to get up and put my gym gear on, no alternative. If I fail to get to the gym in the morning it's usually because I've managed to talk myself…

My goal is a pair of tight black satin trousers (Yeah I'm from the UK - 'pants' to you guys across the pond!) that I wore to a club 2 years ago and pulled a really hot Irish guy in ;) I can just about zip them up but that muffin top is NOT attractive!

OK, makes sense - thank you.

So I eat 1200 calories when I don't exercise, and 1500 when I do? Or 1500 every day?

A few people have made a great point about diet - ie the importance of fruit, veg, lean protein. I am a big fan of the mediterranean style diet (I am a good cook) and I generally eat a big helping of salad or veg with my meals. I don't eat many ready meals and I like to cook from scratch as much as possible. Lately I've…

Thanks so much everybody for all your help! Lots to think about. For those that were asking, I've just done the calculator thingy: BMR: 1542 TDEE: 1851 Daily calories to hit goal: 1481 So that would suggest I do need to up my calories. BUT what if the problem is I've been overcalculating calories burned during exercise?…

I know everyone says this, but I do as much exercise as I humanly have time for! I have an extremely busy job involving long hours, so short of missing out on sleep I can't fit any more in.

That's a really good point and I need to start doing that. As I say, I think there has been some difference in how my clothes fit. However, I know that when I was smaller a couple of years back I weighed about 20lbs less than I do now. So I know I CAN weigh less, which I guess is why I'm wondering why it's not dropping off…

That's really interesting actually. I'm logging exercise based on what the machines/MFP calculate. I have looked at HRMs before but they're quite expensive. You might have just convinced me to buy one though! I do tend to guess weights when I'm confident I know what it should look like (eg tablespoons etc) but I do weigh…

It's so good to know someone else is in the same boat! And don't feel bad about the chocolate - we've all done it! (With me it's usually a massive glass of wine though ;))

Thanks guys! The prospect of upping the calories is a bit scary, but I will definitely consider it if this goes on much longer! Dawn - does that include Diet Coke? That's really the only soda I drink. I also drink water through the day (I don't like tea/coffee etc) but I should probably drink more. I'll focus on that.