truelypinkthing Member

Bossiness !:huh:

Don't you believe it!! Pumpkin and squash cooking alive and well in my house. Roasted in soup, fabulous, especially with a pinch of chilli flakes, mashed on top of fish pie or cottage pie, always add it to a thai curry with prawns. And all the usual pie recipes. And i love the seeds roasted and sprinkled in my bread dough.

5 Ft 4 ins, 111lbs 7st 13lbs size 8 (next and Marks n Spencers) Ive lost 32lb, was a size 14

Ive looked this up, sounds lovely. I had carrot and coriander soup with a wholegrain bread roll.

I've finished off yesterdays Roast chicken, with a green salad, some homemade red cabbage, red onion , red apple and grated carrot slaw, dressed with wholegrain mustard and quark, also added some quinoa with roasted vegetables and heaps of chopped mint.

Of course you can. Im in maintenance now having lost 32lb. Help yourself.

I have 30g of rolled oats, with strawberries, blueberries and raspberries and a cup of unsweetened almond milk most mornings, around 320 calories and keeps me going all morning. But I'll have weetabix or oatabix for a change ( always with berries though). In the winter i have porridge made with water but a splash of almond…

very well done.

without being a medic or anything, it sounds like a gluten intolerance. Try cutting out all bread, pasta and flour based product-cakes biscuits etc. Yes you'll have to work harder, loads of fresh vegetables, salads instead of sandwiches, you can buy gluten free bread at supermarkets but its pricey. Im not gluten intolerant…

I have a bowl of blueberries, raspberries and strawberries, topped with 20g of rolled oats, 1 cup of non sweetened almond milk, a dollop of 0% greek yoghurt and a squirt of agave nectar, always delicious and about the 300 calorie mark. Oh, and a cup of peppermint tea to start the digestive juices going. Im on maintenance…

I think you could do it, but it will be a false reading and it will mainly go back on again. To be fit and lose weight for life you need to wholeheartedly grasp the nettle and change your lifestyle. This isnt a diet site its a health and fitness site. So eat good healthy food, in smaller portions, exercise lots, drink…

Hello, I havent done the Dukan diet, but i have tried the Atkins which is very similiar. I lost weight but really struggled after a week or two, mainly because i got heartily sick of meat and protein and really really missed vegetables and salad. (if you look at my diary you'll see why). No faddy diet that makes…

Good afternoon.:flowerforyou: I went to settings and synced the fitbit one with fitnesspal, i continue to log food via MFP and somehow the magic happens. Not exactly how the 2 combine because fitbit says ive used 1234 calories so far today, but has adjusted by 140 on MFP........:huh:

I'd add a big bowl of crunchy salad to go along side the chicken in the evening, and add some fruit-berries to breakfast. Also make sure you drink plenty of water.

Have a look at fitnessblender via you tube or facebook, they have lots of excellent workout videos to follow.:drinker:

I tried c25k three times :sick: but couldnt get motivated enough to do it. But now Ive discovered treadmills:happy: and love running on those, with an incline. Im sticking to the gym for now, but when the weathers better and im more confident im going to have another go at c25k.:wink:

Make sure you are drinking enough water. And i agree about changing things, add something new, drop a few regulars, trick your body by zigzagging, over eat for a couple of days (healthy food obviously) then have a really low day.:happy:

I tend to estimate quantities and make a recipe, it's sespecially useful if I freeze portions because I've got something to log in the future . Or, I look for an equivalent on the mfp food log and kinda hope it's reasonably accurate. Bit slapdash I know....:laugh:

Log everything, every day, dont cheat-you are only fooling yourself.:smooched: Get lots of like minded mfp pals, world wide.:love: Drink lots of water.:drinker: Dont weigh yourself every day, do it once a week.:sad: Download endomoro onto your iphone and use it to track walks, runs etc. Have alook at fitnessblender.com…

i do this with some friends after work. Ouch! We do the whole thing, 2x a week, i follow the 'beginner' except he's not! Its ok, I prefer fitness blender, an online video library with some really go videos.......

:blushing: oh yes, so true.

I'm a natural pink.:happy:

Take a deep breath, add a thick skin and open your diary up for public view for a week. That way your friends can give you realistic support. But based on what youve said so far...... Up the veg and drop the juice. Drink loads of water, nothing sweetened. Protein is filling and good, as long as its lean so dont fret about…

Plain Totall fat free Greek yoghurt, with a big squeeze of sweet freedom natural agave on top of oats, raspberries and blueberries with skimmed milk, the perfect breakfast.

25g porridge oats, 1 cup skimmed milk, handful of blueberries, handful raspberries, 4 strawberries, tablespoon of nonfat Greek yoghurt and squeeze of honey. I have this (vary berries) practically every morning, fills me up until lunch time. Coffee at weekends, peppermint tea in the week.

I've just done upper body level 1 and boy can I feel it! Don't know how to log it tho.....

I think you need to track your water and sodium more closely, log your exercise, add loads of fruit n veg. Tweak your breakfast, reduce sandwich intake .......

I'd try 1200 for a month and see how you get on.

I'm a natural pink :wink:

Agree with advise about tv and computer out of bedroom. Also recommend a milky drink before bed and if you can't read, how about listening to an audio book, something amusing and light.