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Hi, you have had amazing results so far. I'm Linda from Wales and have been lurking on here for about 7 months, Feel free to add me, that goes for anyone else to, the more the merrier!!. I love a good banter on the boards.

Totally agree, if you plan, you can have quality food on a low budget. I make most of my food from scratch and my diet looks very similar to what you have posted. Over the last couple of summers, I have started to grow some veggies in my tiny shaded garden, £2 of salad leaves seeds = whole summer of tasty salad for the…

parsips with a drizzle of honey, carrots cooked with caraway seeds, nutmeg on potatoes.... I could go on all day, Veggies can be so tasty!!

Congratulations on what you have achieved. I have a great deal of admiration for those who have battled that addiction and won, I see a lot of them in my job. Personally I think that it must be harded to fight alcohol than heroin, as a person recovering from heroin can move away and find a new set of friends to make a…

I try to keep it balanced. My carbs can be high, but that is due to the amount of fruit i will eat (or wine at weekend :blushing: ). I find that the weeks that I do not lose are the weeks when my protien has been low, so I try to keep that to the suggested level.

compulsory tea time viewing in our house, only got into it about 6 months ago but must have watched them all by now. :laugh:

I'd say that I'm Celtic for the most part as I'm Welsh born and moved back here some 16 years ago to the beautiful North Wales coast. My maternal grandfather was English, but my other three grandparents and both my parents were Welsh and that goes back through the generations.I have a typical Celt body - short and stocky!…

First can I say that I'm very impressed with your weight loss to date. I took the liberty of looking at your food diary for the last week and I see that you are usually under yoru protein allowance and high on carbs. I found that it was easier to lose weight when I upped my protein. Have you considered changing some of…

The beautiful coast of North Wales

you look amazing, to be truthful, you look like youve lost more than 50. there is some serious toning going on too. You are right to be proud!

WEcome back, would be happy to share the journey with you if you wish.

Did over Xmas - shocked to gain 8lb between xmas eve and boxing day - it was all that compressed meat. Shocking!!! Came off about 2lb a day tho:explode: All back off now tho. Now weighing 2x week.again

Hey, I've been jogging/running for about 6 months now. Its been a big contributer to my weight loss. If you have a smart phone, try downloading cardiotrainer. It will log your run with the GPS so you can see your progress. On the trainer front, a friend recmmended sofsole airr. I bought a pair and they have completely…

welcome back!

I've just started with a HRM, thanks to my lovely hubby so its more accurate than what I was using before (cardiotrainer app). I tend to eat about 50-70 of cals burned but do it over a week rather than day to day. A good Zumba shesh in the evening averaged over that day and the next if I don't excercise. Mind you, my…

completed in 4.40 on 39 cal burned tho according to my HRM :(

about 50/50 I'd say. but I wish that this site was more like FB. I use the mobile app mostly, and find it difficult to track threads of comments on MFP if I go back on after being at work, whereas, FB will tell me when someone has commented on a status that I have commented on. Maybe this years the developers will get the…

If you are under your calories, your body may be going into starvation mode, try to up your calories, log all your food (it'll be easier after a few days as MFP will remember them) and make it good food, clean food - go back to basics, keep the good oils in your diet in moderation. It'll come off you soon enough.:smile:…

WElcome, you can do it. There are plenty of us here that are trying t do it the healthy way rather than a quick fix, and its working. I've maintained a lower weight for 6 months now and its mostly down to MFP - its the only thing that has been different this time and has seen me go under a certain weight for the first time…

me too please!!! I find with a good non stick wok and spray oil i cna get the cals down on most chinese food. when i do stir fry, i add some water so the veggies steam rather than fry - the family didn't notice when i started to do that. I can also do special fried rice with only about a teaspoon of seseme oil for three…

start with the basics, eat plenty ofved and fruit and add some lean protein and complex carbs. Try changing to wholegrain pasta, brown rice, etc, it will fill you up quickly. Slimfast is bad news generally imho. There are some great suggestions on here for foods, typical day for me will be yogurt and muesli for breakfast…

has to be black and it has to be real coffee, not instant. I have never liked milk in my coffee. There is an exception tho, cofee laced with brandy in the winter. mmmmm....

Do as much as you can, excercise wise. Avoid the fad diets - stock up with loads of lovely veggies and fruit, eat good protein. I avoid saturated fat but cook with small amounts of good oils. . My nutrition looks good most weeks thanks to MFP. I cook most of my foods from scratch even though I'm a working mom. I still…

sounds like some pretty good advice from Demwitted. I try to get as close as I can and dont stress if its a couple of hundred either way. i try to eat most of my excercise cals. My rule is eat well and dont be hungry - but also try to ignore that"3pm I want a cookie" hunger - I know that for the demon it is, so I keep…

I'veheard that Santa is dropping off a Polar FT60. Can't wait!

Dont be downhearted. Its Xmas - we are all failing in one form or another, we are all human after all. But come January, the fridge will be healthy - the treats at work would have been scoffed by more weak willed people (perhaps with a litte of your help). dont beat yourself up over a couple of slip ups. Come January you…

may find that searching for cleaning will get the rates you want.

"I have'nt been the same since my teenage lobotomy" Ash - Kung Fu "I'm the instigator of underwear, showing up here and there, oh no" - Pink -Bad influenece

glourious skinny soups - new england butternut and Thai fragrant carrot and both are only £1 per pot at Asda - bargain