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:blushing: Gained 4 lbs :-( but onwards and upwards - or, rather, downwards !

:flowerforyou: I suspect that, underneath, your mother is envious of the way you look and may not realise how hurtful she is. When I was working I had issues with a fat grandmother who insisted that her 4 y.o. granddaughter was anorexic, because in the honest and tactless way that small children can be, the granddaughter…

:blushing: Having gained another stone (14 lbs)!!!!!!! I have today decided to have a serious crack at losing 21 lbs by Easter - or as near as I can reasonably manage. It has been a very bad couple of years with family illness and loss but we have to go on, so this seems a positive way to move forward. My daughter also has…

:smile: Well if you do a lot of exercise - the sort that builds muscle - that would lessen your weight loss but replace the fat with some buildup of good lean muscle. I should think that could only be good. I would also therefore expect it to affect your BMI, amd TheZilla's comments fit the bill! Don't worry too much about…

:bigsmile: Well done - no call for being miserable!! I would like to be in that situation! 5 lbs down, and 20 lbs to go .............. takes time doesn't it.

:smile: I buy organic milk because I find the thought of pus etc in my milk revolting, and I buy organic carrots and onions for their better flavour, and organic eggs when I can - and if I can't then I buy free range. I make my own bread, cakes and some biscuits because that avoids additives and I know what is going into…

The odd binge is something which most of us live with. I used to get like you - depressed and fed-up with myself. Now, a long time ahead of those days, I do still have a binge occasionally, but I tell myself off (not too harshly!!) to put it behind me and carry on again. Like the rest of us, you are human after all! After…