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I normally have the following lunches. Gets a bit repetitive but I know the cal count in each so tend to stick to them. Always looking for new ideas though. A small bowl of homemade vegetable soup and 3-4 low calorie crackers (25cals each) with light philly cheese and a scraping of chutney or some roasted veg. I also have…

Eggs Skimmed Milk Low fat spread Tomatoes Tropicana Orange Juice

Not sure. It might be psychological, but I always feel better when I have at least one cup of green tea a day.

Amazing! Massive well done.

I went to a 1 hour body pump class this morning. Upped my weights so it was tough but hopefully it should get easier soon.

Hey I'm Suz. Mines is a bit dull and I'm just starting to get the hang of it... but feel free to follow :) http://skinny--jeans.tumblr.com/

I've just started using tumblr to keep track of my weight loss and still getting the hang of it. It's not particularly exciting but feel free to follow and I'll follow back :) http://skinny--jeans.tumblr.com/

I usually have scrambled egg whites and some cherry tomatoes after my workout. Weird and I have no idea why or if it's the right thing to do... but I always seem to crave it. I don't eat anything beforehand.

I do Attack or Body Combat on days I'm not doing pump. If I'm doing two classes in a row I tend to do Body Pump followed by Zumba just because it's a bit more fun and there are more opportunities for breaks.

Oh and also lollipops if the cravings were bad... gave me something to do with my hands and was nice and sweet x

I found sugar free chewing gum and freezing cold icy water helped me a lot! Good luck. You'll feel so much better for it & the cravings will subside... stick with it x

Quite easily I'd imagine. I'm at 1300 a day plus most of my exercise calories.

Awesome novel. I'm teaching it at the moment and the kids love it too. Such a classic.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks are my all time faves. I'm also a big fan of Toni Morrison and any WW1 fiction or poetry :)

On average it's about 500 cals. Even if I don't take body pump in to account I thought zumba once a week and BC three times would have some impact. Especially as my exercise before was a leisurely stroll on a Sunday afternoon. Ahh nevermind. I'm keeping it up regardless of what the scales say. Thanks anyway though. Good…

I'm in kinda the same position. I'm eating 1300 calories a day (plus most of my exercise cals) and I'm exercising 5 days a week (1 x zumba, 3 x body combat and 1 x body pump) and the scales just aren't reflecting it. It's so frustrating and I'm having to use all my willpower to keep going and not give up. I'm feeling a lot…

You look amazing!! Well done.

You look amazing!! Well done :)

Good luck :)

Sorry to hear you have had a bad experience here in the past. I really hope it's different this time. Well done for staying strong & good luck with your quest to get healthy :)

Thanks guys. I appreciate all the advice. I do pay for classes (it's £6 per class too!) so don't really want to socialise there. I'm seeing her on Monday so I'll float the idea of a walk n talk! Thanks again :)

I go to 5 1 hr fitness classes a week (1 x zumba, 3 x body combat and 1 x body pump). I wish I could go to more but I can't fit any more in because of work. I think having those two nights off though are probably good for me. I might try and push myself a bit further soon but doing two classes back to back one night a…

This is a great idea. Thanks!

Thanks guys. She is smaller than me and I think she has it in her head that we're both the same size when we're not. It's like she's a little bit blinded by how much weight I have to lose.

I'm 26 :) I'll add you.

I think it's between 400-800 cals depending on height, weight etc. I calculate my calorie burn as 500 per session although I work really hard so it's probably a bit more than that. I LOVE body combat. I've started going 3-4 times a week... it's a little addictive!

1 hour of body combat after work.

1 hr of body combat tonight :)

Hey! You sound SO motivated. Fantastic! I'm a little nervous about going back tomorrow too. Last year whenever I was marking (english teacher so usually lots of essays on the marking pile), I felt the need to have a biscuit or ten! I'm doing the same as you... I'm taking lots of water in and I'm going to make sure I have…

I didn't know this website existed! It looks awesome. Thanks for the tip :)