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Ditto! I'm aiming for somewhere between 160 and 170, or a UK 12-14 (I think that's a US 8-10?). I'm built like a tank and build muscle comparatively easily for a girl, so my actual weight may be higher than it looks.

Flaunting one's hard-won body in and of itself isn't a problem, exactly, and in some situations may be entirely appropriate. I'd venture to suggest that might be at the beach, at the gym or maybe in a nightclub, rather than on a casual patio or at your husband's friend's party, though. Consider the context. Are other women…

It might not be a bad idea to see a doctor and get things like your thyroid and hormonal balance checked out, so that you know what you're dealing with - and because it's generally a good idea to see a doctor before embarking on any major new exercise plans anyway. I imagine lots of people here will tell you to open your…

[/quote] Borough is great, I agree, but it certainly isn't cheap. None of the London markets I've tried end up coming out any cheaper than the big supermarkets. I lived near Portobello Rd for a while, so did a couple of months of direct cost comparisons. Even shopping at a Tesco Metro ie. more expensive, though just a…

Cripes - where in the UK are you?! My average weekly shop is £40 for one person in Central London - and that's being very frugal. My flatmates spend a lot more than that. Lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber etc certainly aren't £0.50/pack here... 50p *might* get you one banana. No easily-accessible Lidl's/Aldis, or ASDAs in my…

What I really notice is how often special offers are available for highly-processed/high-sugar/high trans-fat items, and how rarely equivalent offers come up for natural/raw/unprocessed items. For someone shopping on a tight budget, that can make a very big difference. I have learned to hit the supermarket on certain days…

Thos apple rings might just solve a problem for me - thanks for the post!

Guesstimate - there's not really much more one can do. In general, I try to stick to things where I have a reasonable likelihood of guesstimating with a reasonable degree of accuracy - fish/chicken/steak etc - but it's not always possible, especially if friends/family have cooked for you.

I'd echo NROLFW - the stage one exercise outlines take me 30-35 mins. I'm about to move into stage two, and it looks like they'll be 45 mins max.

I think a few people need to take a refresher course on what constitutes sexual harassment - the definition has moved on since the 70s! I don't think this quite fits, but it's not far off. That said, the legally-essential factor is determining whether this behaviour qualifies as harassment is whether the perpetrators knew,…

Anything that you know in advance you're not going to be able to eat tidily/easily/without spills/slurping - more for the self-conscious/embarrassment factor than anything else. Anything with lots of noodles (the long, thin variety of whatever cuisine) in my case.

I have that problem sometimes. I had thought it was related to a head-injury last year, but I suspect it's breathing-related, in reality. Do keep track of it, though - if it doesn't improve with watching your breathing, definitely an issue to take up with your doctor.

This. You're exercising four days/week, and eating 1000 cals/day? Unless you're exceptionally short and petite, there's no way that's enough, for starters. Also, your trainer seems to think that your total daily food intake should add up to 120%... Now, if he/she meant 20/20/60, that might just about be doable, though it'd…

I wish her luck maintaining that sort of discipline when the kids aren't in her immediate control. My mother refused to buy any processed foods, 'snacks' aimed at children, fizzy drinks etc - all it did was mean that my sister and I gorged on those things whenever we could get them, and developed a very unhealthy…

You aren't the only one aiming for that sort of goal at all. Seriously, don't worry about what other people are aiming for - 5'8" comes in all sorts of builds and structures and levels of lean mass/body fat. 130 might work for some, but it sure wouldn't work for me - I'd look, and probably be, ill at that weight. Somewhere…

My solution for this - pour the half you're going to eat into a normal bowl, and microwave with a plate on top. The second half can be heated in the container, as long as you haven't already heated it once before.

My problem is that a low-carb diet results in depression (for me, and I believe there are several recent studies that have confirmed this link). After a week without any grains or starchy vegetables, I start to feel low, and the last time I tried - in a desperate attempt to get the scale to move - two weeks in I was in a…

Anything packaged in a size that means there are not an even number of servings in the packet, or where more than one serving of something that goes stale fast eg. oatcakes - seven in a pack, but a serving is 3 - are packaged in the same air-tight package, so that eating the recommended serving means wasting the rest or…

#1 - it's more classic and therefore reasonably likely to be reusable for another event. #2 is a bit too 'busy' for my taste - a few too many design elements.

I usually hard-boil a couple of eggs on Sunday evening, or grill a few high-meat-content sausages or burger patties. Then I grab one of those and maybe an apple or some oatcakes on my way out the door. Occasionally, I'll have a single-serve plain greek yoghurt. Mind you, this morning it was a hot cross bun and a couple of…

I can't believe anyone is seriously asking this question. There's a reason childhood mortality is so low now in comparison to pre-mass-vaccination eras. Get your children vaccinated, unless there is a serious medical reason not to. Herd immunity keeps us all safer (see last summer's measles deaths in Wales), and there is…

Strange person :wink: I pretty much loathe most of the exercise/sport-type things I could do on a regular basis without moving town/country/acquiring a very specific boyfriend/husband. If I could ski or ice-skate every day, or walk up hills to see beautiful scenery, or had a built-in dance partner ready to…

This. Exercise can be a multi-tasking pursuit as well. I often use walking time to memorise new music, or go through an audio language lesson. Think laterally - what can you do while you exercise, with a screen or MP3 or book or...? Exercising outdoors is much less boring, by the way, than the same activity inside - not…

I found WW unbearably patronising, misguided in some areas, and the idea of weighing in publicly somewhat traumatic. Jenny Craig (I only went to a consultation) suggested a goal weight that would have been insanity to even attempt. My mother weighed more than that when she was a biafran-looking teenager, and I'm of very…

The only way I can eat it is on crackers/crispbreads, with fresh sliced tomato and plenty of salt & pepper. Any other way, I very much agree with you.

Depends on what your preferred drinks are, and how much you're going to have. Do a little research, so you have the information to make choices you can live with. I like wine and proper cocktails, rather than beer or spirit-and-mixer drinks, so it's a matter of figuring out what works calorie-wise, and you're going to…

Cooked celery - raw is fine, in small doses Cauliflower, in any form Internal organs, unless turned into haggis Walnuts - nasty, bitter taste. Not overly keen on brazil nuts, either Tinned fish - fresh is fine Scallop roe Non-dairy milk of all sorts - they all taste powdery to me Tofu, unless chopped very small, mixed in…

Turn it into a necessity, rather than an added chore ie. walk or cycle all or part of your commute, on the way to work or on the way home. I find having somewhere to get to makes it tolerable, as opposed to walking around in circles, just for the sake of 'exercise', which does seem entirely pointless and very boring.…

The study is in no way conclusive, and the suggestion is only that high-protein in middle age *may* be problematic - the study even admits that low protein is likely to be a bad approach in later life. I wouldn't worry about it, on the strength of an observational, rather than experimental, study.

Because the garage door was locked (specified in the Guardian quote) - she couldn't get out. Thanks for the info about gun laws, though - interesting information.