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CalorieKing - Diet and weight loss. Calorie Counter and more Has the calorific values of every food on the menu at well known resturants/food chains. It's really useful if you know where you're going. :)

A woman needs at least 1200kcal a day just to function normally without any damage to organs etc. Eating less than that will play havoc on your metabolism. Most people who calorie count eat around 1500kcal a day, coupled with exercise (which is the key, really). It helps to vary the amount you...

I used to weigh myself a ridiculous amount of times a day. I now limit it to once a day. I know it should be once a week, but I can't stay off the scales that long. Which is strange, because when I was at my biggest I wouldn't go near the scales. x) You correct weight is the one in the...

I'm finding the changes hard to accept. I have never in my life been skinny. I have always been a chubby child, bigger than all the over kids, and was overweight by age 9, obese by age 11. I'm now a size 6 - 8 and the skinny one among my friends. After being the fat friend for so long, I can't...

^I'm the oposite. I have virtually no hips, but a bigger waist. I'm one of those people with the "straight up, straight down" figure, which is actually a nightmare for buying clothes.

It depends on how/where you carry your weight, and the amount of muscle mass you carry. We all hold our weight in different places, and have rangin levels of fitness, so it plays a part in what size you are. At my heavist I was 12st 12lbs, and I was only 5'2" at the time, but I was still only...

Dark chocolate. :(

Isn't any kind of diet aiming to put less calories in your body? Your metabolism only slows down if you consume less calories than you need. The average adult woman needs around a minimum of 1200 calories to survive without any damage to organs, etc. Most people who calorie count consume...

I'm buying all the things I've always wanted to wear but have never been able to. :)

^I'd definitely try before you buy... Twiglets are one of those foods like marmite; you either absoloutely love them, or can't stand them.

Thanks everyone :) My family sadly has a warped vision of what is "healthy". They're all quite big people, and don't really understand the concept that because I'm short, I'm not supposed to weigh much. My gran seems to think I should weigh the same as my brother, despite the fact he's 4 years...

...about how much weight I've lost. I know it's a strange thing to be complaining about, but recently I've been having people tell me I've lost too much weight. I'm not really sure how to take these comments, because it's not an issue I've had before; I've always been too fat, not too thin...

Chocolate fudge cake. My brother baked it. It looks soo gooddd! Dumped! :(

I've just realised you're quite tall, which also means it'll be less noticable. I generally find the taller you are the less noticable weight fluctuations are; which is both a good and a bad thing. I'm not very tall so half a stone loss is easier to see on me than it is on someone who's 4/5+...

I've charity shopped all of them, except for a few jumpers that are too warm to get rid of. ;)

Take a photo after every stone you lose. It's much more visible on camera. :)

ditzyangeluk: 25lbs - 2lbs off - 23lbs to go Brewanne: 28lbs - 2lbs off - 26lbs to go Keisha: 14lbs - 13lbs off - 1lbs to go MommyB: 14lbs - 0lbs off - 14lbs to go Wannabslim: 28lbs- 19lbs off - 9lbs to go Stacey: 16.5lbs- 0lbs off - 16.5lbs to go Catznolan: 22lbs- 20lbs off - 2bs to go Spod...

I have a new favourite snack food: Rice cakes with soya cream cheese. Filling, and not bad at all calories-wise (the rice cakes are only 23kcal a piece, and depending on how much you use, the cream cheese is only about 30kcal). Sugar free candy, too. 19kcal a piece and tastes just like the...

4lbs down this week. :D ditzyangeluk: 25lbs - 2lbs off - 23lbs to go Brewanne: 28lbs - 2lbs off - 26lbs to go Keisha: 14lbs - 11.5lbs off - 2.5lbs to go MommyB: 14lbs - 0lbs off - 14lbs to go Wannabslim: 28lbs- 19lbs off - 9lbs to go Stacey: 16.5lbs- 0lbs off - 16.5lbs to go Catznolan: 22lbs-...

I think "I'm big boned" is an excuse most people have used at one point or another for being overweight. It is true some people have a large frame, but it still isn't a valid excuse because you can be a healthy weight and be big boned at the same time. I used to say it frequently, because my...

It's basically a juice fast, isn't it? The problem with these "xlbs in 7 days" things is a lot of the time people tend to put the weight back on. :\

ditzyangeluk: 25lbs - 2lbs off - 23lbs to go Brewanne: 28lbs - 2lbs off - 26lbs to go Keisha: 14lbs - 9.5lbs off - 4.5lbs to go MommyB: 14lbs - 0lbs off - 14lbs to go Wannabslim: 35lbs- 19lbs off - 16lbs to go Stacey: 16.5lbs- 0lbs off - 16.5lbs to go Catznolan: 22lbs- 14lbs off - 8bs to go...

Unrealistically, I'd like to be 8stone for Christmas, but the likelihood of me losing 10lbs in three weeks is virtuallly null, so I'm aiming for 8st 3lbs. :D

I chose mine because I don't have money to spend on it, I'm socially inept so I couldn't deal with anything that involved meetings, and I felt like this was the best way to get control of what I eat, and stay in control once I've reached my target weight.

My mother (who is very skinny now) was 12stone when she was twelve years old and the same height as I am now. She showed me a picture of her at that age, and I thought "woah she looks huge." The next morning I stepped on the scales and found out I was 12stone 12lbs. Almost a stone heavier than...

I try to plan for weekends, but if I end up eating junk (which is common, because I'm a teenager and stay over friends a lot, and you know what us kids are like ;)) I don't beat myself up about it. If you eat well the rest of the week, going off track a little at the weekend isn't gonna have...

Figured seeing as November is over, I should join this one. :) ditzyangeluk: 25lbs - 2lbs off - 23lbs to go Brewanne: 28lbs - 2lbs off - 26lbs to go Keisha: 14lbs - 9.5lbs off - 4.5lbs to go MommyB: 14lbs - 0lbs off - 14lbs to go Wannabslim: 35lbs- 19lbs off - 16lbs to go Stacey: 16.5lbs-...

rainbowbrite - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! BlackRose - 15lbs - 0lbs lost - 15lbs to go! Wizzy 20 lbs - 0 lbs lost - 20 to go! CAZ72 - 16lbs - 0lbs lost - 16lbs to go! snowie - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! Frijj - 7lbs - 4.25lbs lost - 2.75lbs to go! Rachel L - 6lbs - 7lb lost - minus...

I'm generally a pretty anti-social person, so it's not really that common. ;) I'm homeschooled, so the only time I see them is Saturdays because I spend Sundays with my dad, so it's usually a sleepover on Friday night that leads to binging. Once a week ain't gonna hurt, though.

I spent yesterday and today at a friends. Junk food galore. x_x Hopefully I can make up for it tomorrow. :)

Pretty good. Kinda balancing at the same weight atm because I've been staying over friends houses, which leads to binging. We always say we're gonna not eat junk but then we end up eating it anyway. :rolleyes: At least I'm not gaining.

^The ones I have are 125g. :)

I do up day/down day. I find it's easier to lose weight that way, because my metabolism is always working at the rate of my "up" days (when I eat more), so on my down days, I'm still burning as much as I do on up days. If that makes sense. (I thought it sounded kinda iffy at first, but it does...

Well unless the pot is lying to me, it's 57. xD My snacks haven't varied that much. I always used to eat a load of yogurt regardless, and I eat energy bars which I used to eat anyway (except now I eat one instead of 5 :rolleyes:). I eat a lot of fruit as well, which I've always done, and I know...

Hopefully. I can deal with "tempting" foods when they're portion controlled. Like, a packet of something. But when there's just loads of it sitting in the cake tin, I'm pretty much doomed. :rolleyes:

^I'm horrible when it comes to junk food. If I eat one cookie, I will end up eating 10. I'm better off just staying away from it all completely. >.<

My little brother is going through a "I love baking!" phase. Right now, there's chocolate chip cookies, chocolate muffins, fudge, shortbread and fairy cakes sitting in the kitchen. Dumped! I wish he'd make something healthy. :(

Hey Danny, welcome. We're the same age :) Similar situation as well; I started gaining weight when I was 10, and never bothered to diet/was in denial about it until now. Minimins is great for support; I'm sure you'll find the diet that suits you in no time. :)

Weekends are either really good, or really bad for me. On a good weekend, I go horseriding and iceskating. On a bad, I go out with friends and eat waaay too much junk, then see my dad on Sunday and do the same. ¬_¬

Gah, totally guilty of boredom eating. Now, if I feel like I'm going to give in to temptation, I have something to drink instead - usually low-cal hot chocolate; it takes a while to drink, and gives me a sugar fix.

Welcome to Minimins! :) We're the same height and have the same music interests. ;) Good luck with your weightloss journey. (:

I've gone a bit exercise mad, recently. x) - Gym three/four times a week. - Cycling when the weathers decent (but seeing as I'm in Cornwall, it rarely is!) - Walking my neighbours dog. - Horseriding whenever I can get down to the stables. - Ice-skating whenever I've got the money for it. -...

I know that. x) But still, the average person could not lose that amount of weight in three months just be eating right and exercising a little. And IrishMum: actually, that's incorrect. For someone to under eat, they must eat less than the reccomended daily amount. So if you are eating...

Since when did anyone pay to make friends? As for the avoidance of any question asking for hard evidence you have failed to provide... How convienent of you. I wasn't aware weight loss was a competition. I lose roughly 2lbs a week; I don't feel like s**t, because people here are so supportive...

^Yep. That's what I'm doing. :) If I hit a standstill and can't lose anymore without cutting food down even more, it's obvious that's the weight I'm supposed to be. I probably fit into smaller sizes because I'm younger. My mom is around the same size as me measurements wise, but I'm an 8 and...

Yeah. The danger with people aiming too low because it's still considered "healthy" is that they don't take build into consideration and end up losing muscle mass! :eek: I'm just under 9 stone and I'm 5'2", and can fit into a size 8, so I reckon at 9 stone you'll be plenty slim. :)

^I would say 9 stone at 5'6" is a good target. Those "healthy range" things are a bit naff; it all depends on your build. Someone who is a very small build could be 5'6" and 8 stone and look fine, while someone who is a medium build could be the same height, but look too thin and "gaunt" at that...

To start with it was for my parents. Now it's for me.

^Whenever I speak to someone about snacking, they suggest nuts. Sadly, I'm allergic. :( It's lame, as I actually really like nuts.

^I have weird bump/marks on my arms, which a lot of teenagers seem to have. Apparently if your skin is really dry, or if you scratch them or something, it can scar.

^How young? x) I'm fifteen. I don't have any on my arms. It's mostly my stomach/thighs.

Not for me... but then, I'm pretty young, so that probably makes a difference.

Coco butter is what worked for me. It took a while to become noticable, but once it did it really made a difference.

My weigh in was today. 3lbs gone, and it's totm too, so pretty pleased with that. :)

rainbowbrite - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! BlackRose - 15lbs - 0lbs lost - 15lbs to go! Wizzy 20 lbs - 0 lbs lost - 20 to go! CAZ72 - 16lbs - 0lbs lost - 16lbs to go! snowie - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! Frijj - 7lbs - 2.5lbs lost - 4.5lbs to go! Rachel L - 6lbs - 4lb lost - 2lbs to...

Muller light fat free yogurt. It's only like 57kcal for a big pot of it.

The Chili Con Carne my family are currently gorging on... Dumped!

^165cm is about 5'5".

^The people who weigh the same as you may be more toned. My mom is a good 10lbs heavier than me, and not that much taller, but she is far more toned than I am so she appears smaller. Dress sizes depend on fit and body shape, as well as where people lose/put on weight. If you hold a lot of...

This may help: Size ..8 ..10 ..12 .14 ..16 Bust .32" 34" 36" 38" 40" Waist..24" 26"...

^Ah xD I went to Barcelona when I was 13 with the school, and I know the teachers had a hard time controlling us. x) It didn't help that the drinking age there is 14; as soon as we were allowed near the market street, everyone loaded up on alcohol and then spent the entire night drunk and...

^Spain?! You lucky thing! Hope you had a nice time. :) I'm supposed to be going ice skating with my younger brother today, though whether or not I'll actually go is a different matter. ;) I've already been horseriding yesterday; that's enough bruises for me. xD

rainbow brite - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! BlackRose - 15lbs - 0lbs lost - 15lbs to go! Wizzy 20 lbs - 0 lbs lost - 20 to go! CAZ72 - 16lbs - 0lbs lost - 16lbs to go! snowie - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! Frijj - 7lbs - 0lbs lost - 7lbs to go! Rachel L - 6lbs - 2lbs lost - 4lbs to go...

^No problem. ;)

^I print screened it and copied it into paint. :)

^Well I made myself a man just to see what it'd look like. ;) I think I'm either blind, or they've changed this thing since I last used it.

That's odd... I know there's a way to do it, because I made mine male at one point, but I can't seem to see the tab now. It was a little tab on the left hand side that let you change the gender.

^You can change the gender on it.

Thought I'd give this a go (: rainbow brite - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! BlackRose - 15lbs - 0lbs lost - 15lbs to go! Wizzy 20 lbs - 0 lbs lost - 20 to go! CAZ72 - 16lbs - 0lbs lost - 16lbs to go! snowie - 14lbs - 0lbs lost - 14lbs to go! Frijj - 7lbs - 0lbs lost - 7lbs to go...

^Yep. As soon as I move out I'm getting rats. Well, rats or a chinchilla. I'm undecided. ;)

^I don't think she has a phobia, she just... Doesn't like them. I work in a pet store, and she's seen the rats there, but she won't let me get them out for her to see. I think it's just the fact that everyone associates rats with sewers and diseases and being really dirty animals, even though...

Aww, adorable pics. I love rats. I really want some, but my mom hates them. My brother has a hamster, and she's fine with that, so I don't see why she's so opposed to me having a rat...

^I look younger than my age apparently, so hopefully that'll stick when I get older. x) My mom is 44 and still gets hit on by 20 year olds.

I've taken to eating different meals at different times to the rest of my family, so I'm upstairs while they're eating and not tempted by the food. ¬_¬

xD Yeah, my mom was fat as a child, and now she's pretty skinny, and she said she's run into the girls who used to bully her for her weight, and they're now twice the size she ever was.

^I know. (: I try not to let it get me down; we're not all supposed to be the same size or shape, and I know half the girls that size won't stay the same way forever. It's just annoying they can be small effortlessly, while we have to make so much effort. It'll pay off though; always does. :)

^It annoys me to no end. I'm more self conscious now than I was at my biggest. The fact I'm surrounded by tiny size 6-8 girls probably doesn't help...

I can't ever see myself as slim. I've always been fat. Now, I'm a size 10, but I still feel fat, and still look it when I look in the mirror. :\

I love boiled cabbage! My friends/family always think I'm really weird for eating it, though. -- Breakfast bars are pretty low cal (usually around 90 - 100). They're great for replacing normal chocolate bars. Especial the choc-chip ones. :)

My mom always orders in Chinese on Saturday night. I'm gonna have a hard time saying no to that one. ¬_¬

I find I can't eat much anymore. I used to eat these massive portions, but nowadays I can manage less than most of my friends. I went to Subway with one of my friends (I was having a "day off") and before I used to get one of those foot-long sandwiches and still be hungry afterwards, but that...

Genetics and being a big comfort eater. I'm the middle child, my older brother being my dad's favourite, and my younger brother taking all of my moms attention, so I often felt unwanted and turned to food for comfort. My parents split up when I was nine, and from then on it just got worse. I...

Hi, welcome to Minimins. (: I'm relatively new as well. Sammy84 is right; set yourself some smaller goals. That way, when you hit them, you'll feel much more acheived, and the weight will come off in no time! Just take it half a stone at a time. (:

Supa Noodles! They're sitting in the cupboard, and no one in this house likes them but me. ¬_¬

Far too much! I admit I'm slightly obsessed with the scales. They're just right there in the bathroom, and I often can't help weighing myself sneakily. I don't count anything during the week as an "offical" weight though. I only record my weight on my proper weigh in day - Sunday.

Well done, that's great! :)

Thank you both. (: Carolanski: She goes out a little, but she seems to think shes a dog in the fact that she loves following me around. I'll go out and she'll come with me, but if I go back inside and try and leave her outside, she doesn't like it. Same as when I go out and leave her inside. x)

My kitten is coming up for six months, which means we're getting her spayed soon, so she'll be allowed out all the time. The next issue is trying to train her to stop using the litter box and go outside instead. The problem is, I have no idea how to go about it! Any tips? This is her by the...

I think it's just because it's far away now, that it seems impossible. I mean, ten months ago when I was almost 13st., there was no way I thought it would be possible to weigh what I do now. I haven't been this light since I was about eleven.

It's just something I've always had. I hate odd numbers. A weight has to be on a multiple of 10 in lbs, or a solid stone. I can deal with it if the numbers match, though. (8st 8 or 9st 9 etc.) If I turn up the volume on my TV it can't be on an odd number. I never watch tv stations that are odd...

Haha, wow. I feel so young. I'm Zoe, I'm fifteen and I live in Cornwall. I'm homeschooled, and work in a pet store part time. I live with my mom and my younger brother, who's 11. I have an older brother who's 19, but he doesn't live with us. I have a kitten, who I absoloutely adore, and I wish...

^I actually tend to go to the gym a lot, but the one I used to go to closed down, so I had to switch. I exercise a lot generally, so I think it might just be a case of me having a slow metabolism.

So I ended up not going to the doctor. I went to the Gym today, and it turns out my friend's mom actually works there as a Gym Instructor. I asked her advice on what I should do, and she gave me some helpful tips, and obviously she knows her stuff, so there's not need to go to the doctor after...

I'm around 5'2" - Give or take half an inch. Quite a few of my friends are 8 1/2 stone and a size 8, and they vary from 5'1" - 5'3", so I guess being the same height and weight means I'd be the same size-ish. I know what you mean about everyone looking skinnier, even if they're bigger. It's...

My friends are all size 6 - 8. It's terribly unfair how they can eat so much yet be so tiny. x] I was size 14 - 16 as well, so they were all about half my size. I'm now a size 10, same as my mom, but she still looks skinnier than me. ¬_¬. She insists she isn't, but I took a photo of her and I...

I'm like that. I used to be big all over, but now its just my stomach and my thighs, so I really notice it, even though they're half the size they used to be.

I think it's because I'm young, so most people my age are tiny. I'm cursed with a slow metabolism and the "fat gene", as well as bad eating habits, so I gain weight easily while most girls my age eat for England and still stay size 8. If I was older, I'd probably feel more comfortable the size...

I wish I had some pictures, but when I was bigger I avoided the camera as much as possible. x] I think I have a rather warped vision of slim. When I was size 16, I said I would be happy to be a size 12. When I was size 12, I said I'd be happy at size 10. Now I'm size 10, I'm still not happy. ><

I've lost weight reasonably quickly, which is probably why I haven't really noticed it. It doesn't help that most of the people I know are still smaller than me (the average size of my friends is size 6 - 8), so compared to them I still look big. I wear the same size clothes as my mother now...

^Weight tends to worry pretty much everyone I know. Even those who are very skinny. I guess it comes from having beautiful women shoved in our faces most of the day. Sometimes I think it would be easier to be a boy. ;) It bothers me because of my family. I take after my dad, and everyone on his...

scratch that. Now 11lbs. Weigh in was today. ^_^.

Sazzy34 14lbs Keisha 28lbs radicore 13lbs. :rolleyes:

^I'll try and see a doctor then. I'm not sure why they said that before if that's the case. Oh well. :) Thanks everyone for your help. ^_^.

I find when I'm buying clothes, I'll pick something up in several sizes too big, because when I look at it, I think it'll never fit me, but when I put it on, it's huge! I'm now a size 10 and I still find myself picking up size 16 clothes because to me they look like they're the only ones that...

Thank you everyone for the welcome. (:

1.) I've never heard of people overdosing on vitamins. o.O My whole family takes some kind of vitamin, me more than my brother, my mom more than me. 2.) As in, my clothes are tighter and you can see I've put on weight. It's not just the scales that go up; I can feel/see it as well. 3.) I had a...

A lot of people tell me I'm looking really slim, but I still look fat to me when I look in the mirror, and I still feel fat. I think for a lot of people including myself that will be a hard thing to overcome, because it's kind of embedded in your brain after being fat for so long that that's...

G'night. (: x

I'm a computer geek, just not when it comes to internet speak. x) I'm a little OCD with the proper spelling/grammar thing. I'm an Editor on a creative writing website and the year and a half of badly written stories has pretty much melted my brain. x)

Yep. It's almost as bad as leet speak where they 7yp3 1!|<3 7|-|!5.

I didn't know what lol meant for ages. My friends say it outloud sometimes, and it's like, "Er, what?"

^Ooooh, I shoulda' known that. x) I spend a ridiculous time on the internet, yet I know very little about internet-speak. I'm bad at being teenager, obviously. ;)

I think I'm a bit of an internet noob, but isn't spam that weird meat stuff that tastes like cat-food? o.O

I swear these models are off. I don't ever remember being THAT big, and I'm definitely not that skinny right now. ;)

I might do that. I'll see how I go as I am for a few weeks, but if I start feeling tired/down/light-headed etc. I'll go see if I can make an appointment with the nurse. I've been fine as I am for the last week or two, so I'm probably doing okay, and I take a lot of vitamins and such, so...

I don't want to look like everyone else, so much as I'd just like to be the same size. A lot of my friends have said I'm looking great now compared to what I was, and I'm certainly not under pressure to change, but it would just make me happier within myself to be the same size as them. I've...

^Thank you. (: I'll definitely give them a call. I'm definitely going to do it correctly. I see no point in doing it any other way because you always come worse off in the end. I've come a long way from what I was at the start of the year, and pretty much sorted out the issues I had with food...

Fluffa: I've thought about it, but I wouldn't really know how to go about joining a club like that. KD: Well the last time I tried to make an appointment for a different issue, they told me I wasn't allowed to without my parents because I'm under 16. The reason I'm dieting now is because I've...

As far as they're concerned you're not supposed to be having sex under 16 anyway, so if you do and get pregnant/might possibly be pregnant, it's your own fault and you'll have to tell your parents. :\ At last check I was 5'2" and my BMI was 23.6 (but this was measuring using an adult...

Where I live, you're not allowed to make an oppointment to see the doctor without parental permisson until you're sixteen. My mom is on the same side as my gran with the eating thing, so she won't take me. The last time I saw him (which was a few months ago for a different reason, when I was...

I've lose a lot of weight over the last year, but have recently come to a stand still. I still have about a stone to lose, so I've taken to eating no more than 1000 calories a day. The problem is, I'm only fifteen, and I've had one or two people tell me that eating like I do while I'm still...

Weird as it is, the trigger was actually dropping out of public school. I'm homeschooled now, but for a few months at the start of the year I wasn't in any kind of education, so I had a lot of free time. Sitting around the house all day got boring fast, so I started going out for walks and bike...

I'm about 15lbs from my goal. I can lose that by Christmas, easy.

Hi I'm Zoe :) I think I'm pretty young compared to most people here (I'm only fifteen), but I thought this site would be helpful with my weight loss. I've been overweight since I was about eight or nine, as I take after my dad's side of the family (all of which of obese) and have always been...