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Thanks for the advice. This could well be the problem. I can drink 5-6 cups tea a few coffees copious amounts of water and still not need to go to the toilet much. It measures my water content consistently between 60-68%

I always measure in the morning after going to the toilet. I'll have a clean of the pads and see but I have consistently been getting the same reading for the past week. At first I thought it was a glitch and it would change the next day but it's been the same. ok i've cleaned them and it's...

So my scales supposedly measure body fat percentage BUT does anyone know the purported accuracy of these. The only reason I ask is I started off at something like 22% which I think is fairly healthy and as I've lost weight it dropped to 18% ish which I guess I'd expect. In the last month or...

Hi everyone!! I am also a saturday weigher I was at the beginning of this thread but have been AWOL from minimins recently but I'm back on it. I've weighed this Saturday and will be going from there. At the moment I don't have a goal so will just be going until I feel comfortable. Well done...

Thanks happyhealthy for the menu I should have just googled Ottolenghi menu but clearly wasn't thinking straight... too much (or in my case probably too little) goes to your head. I choose Ottolenghi for my birthday because I know it's got a lot of vegetarian stuff which otherwise I end up...

It makes sense. My friend had a very similar situation earlier this year, basically she went out with the second guy but when it came up with #1 she didn't hide from the fact that she had gone out with a #2. Do what you feel is right for yourself. Don't do one thing and then worry like mad...

We are twins I'm 19 too lol I don't know what any counsellor would do I'm working on it maybe it just is the passage of time?

Okay, so it's Ottolenghi - Home this restaurant. I can't even find a menu so I don't even know what they serve!

While we're talking about eating put. What do people do when they're going yo a restaurant with no calorie info Online?

Just wanted to say. Well done on your loss that's great :)

Caroline - 10lbs total : 0lbs down, 10lbs to go! Bev - 10lbs total :0lbs down, 10lbs to go Legomom - 0lbs down, 8lbs to go Fattack - 0lbs down, 6lbs to go Michael - 5lb, 0lbs down, 5 to go shanny - 9 lbs, 0 lbs down 9 lbs to go Tol116 - 6 lbs, 0 lbs down, 6 lbs to go Nixy - 6lbs, 0 lbs down...

Thanks for the help you are giving. It's not like I haven't been trying to get help. I have been to student counselling, initially about other issues but it includes this and they have basically simply said they can't help at all. It's a big deal I honestly just don't know why. I'm so...

Thanks for this :) I live near plenty of Cafe Rouges but acutally haven't been for a while (Pizza express is my downfall), will have a gander at their menu

i'm sorry about the news. Hope it's a tincy bit better? I've lost 0.2lb which I'm doubtful about... Last week I was artificially light as I had ahem expelled everythign the day before due to illness and this week I weighed myself this morning after an hours run... Ah well my losses will be...

Okay so today I wore a vest rather than my baggy stuff I usually wear and someone commented and I panicked and said I'm the same then ran to get changed !! Does Noone else have this issue?

But you still have to eat those calories some way, which is v hard some days

Thanks for all these ideas :) Ah yes wraps love them at the moment I'm on the hunt for corn ones as apparently they're really yummy. It's a catch-22 (is that the right phrase?) I worry about going over so much i end up going under then I have to think about how to keep it up then I worry about...

I absolutely love pearl barley. I got onto it when my flatmate siad she had a bag left over that she wasn't going to use. Any chance for some free food :P but it turns out it's realy nice. If you cook it a little bit under it's time it has a nice bite to it. I just use it instead of pasta with...

Lol happyhealthy!!!!

I've just had a look on amazon at this and it looks super hard. Good luck all of you!!

I generally find by habit. I don't generally eat bread, pasta and I hate rice. Unforunately I'm allergic to milk protein and nuts so that's out. I do have soya milk for protein and my main protein source is probably those Linda McCartney vegetarian sausages. I will definitely eat more avocado as...

I often go under just because I can't eat enough calories, I basically only eat fruit and veg... (not good diet choices I know) but it is impacting my weight loss now I'm kind of plateuing/putting on weight :(. Are there any higher calorie options. I find I am limited by my fussiness

Yes, like ladyantoinette I just have a round figure which I call 'tidbits' at the end of the end of the day, usualy about 40-50 cals sometimes up to 100 for those little bits which I havent necessarily counted

frozen!! they take way longer to eat so sweet and yummmyy i portion mine into 30cal sandwich bags

I have the same mentality as you and just dont undersatnd it either. I would also prefer to workout and not eat the calories back to lose weight quicker but that's not happenign either. I think I#ve plateued unforunately

Also, what constitutes exercise. If one was to walk 6 miles out of necessity not exercise should this be counted? Especially if it was often?

Conversely I've also had a very low body fat content yet still been 'fat'. I think it also depends on the background and people you around. From my stats I might not seem fat but I am still larger than anyone I know which does contribute to your mental image of yourselv in your head

Thanks just going to have a look online Here it is: http://direct.tesco.com/q/buylist/id.5290.aspx

Good luck :) it is tough at first but once you get into the swing of things and start remembering certain foods it gets much easier :)

I read this and was like :O I lovvvvvveeeeee Diet Coke! It is my go to fizzy drink, I don't acutally like Coke

Ooh well done :):):)

This info has been really useful thanks I normally have a lot/most of my days calories from fruit as I don't eat meat, not a big fan of most carbs, and I do eat vegetables for meals. Will keep on with the high sugar content unless weight loss does stall.

They are nice indeed :) Today I've bought some grapes and portioned htem into 30 calorie packs for the freezer too, lovely!

Thanks for all your advice. I know it's a good thing to have lost the weight but I honestly don't want ANY extra attention drawn to me. Plus, I'm still a bit chubs on the stomach/legs. I think wearing larger clothes until I feel comfortable in smaller ones, and develop my confidence will be my...

Hey it can only mean that that 0.5 will be on there next week! Don't have quite as an impressive loss I'm 3.2 lb this week (which seems rather a lot for me)

Well done too dominiod :) Going to weigh and take measurement in a minute.

Well done!! That's amazing loss :) how did you get weighed so early in the morning ?!

So, tomorrow is weigh in. How does everyone feel ?

This is probably one of the oddest questions/topics posted on this forum but, basically I don't want people to notice I've lost weight. I'm just a very self-concious person and I don't want them to see. Any tips to cover it up? As it is I'm wearing the baggiest tracksuit and jumpers etc. but my...

Checking my spreadsheet last saturday I was 127lbs. Don't know how well this week will have gone I've done everything right calories exercise etc but I feel fatter.

That's the first time I heard that you can't do a VLCD with a less than 25BMI. That's probably why when I tried it once in the past it didn't work... Also my body fat percentage was, last time i measured, 21.7% so I won't be trying a VLCD. Just the good ol' calorie counting

Good luck :)

Ok I can't remember my weight I'll check tomorrow and post it!

Thanks for explaining that. It's just so tempting to so it for a quick fix but loss of metabolism is definitely one thing I need to stay away from!

I've just been reading all this information and I was wondering if anyone knows how come the people on the VLCD board all seem to lose weight yet are eating like 600-700 cals /day. To top it off they seem to be losing super fast.

I'm a Saturday weigher too! I do weigh every day but Saturday is official. Do we state our weight now?

Hi :) Welcome :) Lots of people seem to suggest myfitnesspal as a good helper for calorie counting

I can tell you from experience. Don't try and lick the lip balsm because they smell nice...

Thanks fattack. I also see you have in your sig your fat%, my scales weigh this (they have those electro thing things on the bottom - if you get my drift?) and I've checked mine out and I really don't see how I'm going to improve it! Ah, sorry this weight loss thing is probably one of the most...

Thanks for the motivation. Yesterday had a slice of cake and a cocktail! On the flip side, as I knew I'd be going out in the eve I did half an hour swimming (tough for me as I can barely swim...)

How was it ? I went out last night for cocktails, stuck to one, Berry and Pomegranete Martini :) yum. I can't work out the calories of it though - does anyone know what this would be? It had Finlandia Cranberry Vodka, Chambord Raspberry liqueur, blueberry, pomegranate and lime in it.

jayne289 - 20lbs to lose - 1lb lost caroline g - 28lbs to lose lucysmommy - 28lbs to lose scot minx - between 21 and 28lbs to lose the mango - 15lbs to lose - 5lbs lost

Hi! Is anyone else doing this? I'm doing the London one. I thought it would be something achievable that I could work towards while exercising :) It is only a walk so I think I might be able to do it !

I want them too but is there any cheaper place to buy them?

Thanks for the welcome :) I have seen myfitnesspal but it seems to take me too long to fill it in etc, although it is useful with the fat/protein content etc of everything as my spreadsheet purely counts calories and with not eating meat I feel that I probably do not get enough protein...

Thanks for this :) Very useful!!

Also, if you don't mind scrapping the pasta altogether you could make spaghetti out of courgette, that's what I'll be doing for my quorn spaghetti bolognaise tonight. If you google it it comes up.

I'm sorry this won't really help you but that looks so useful for me! I have a tiny room in my flat and need something like that. What you do so far sounds like it's good with the aerobics, dance etc. if you feel you would use it then go for it

Yay :) Must just have been water or something! No more worrying you're doing fantastic :)

Hi, I thought I'd come and join you on this forum if that's ok :) I've been calorie counting for the last two weeks (having lost a lof weight two years ago and keeping it off, but I'd like to lose a bit more- still a bit podge lol). I've been trying to do about 1200, my days vary from 1150 to...

Good luck. I'm just starting out too!! (or restating) Viva la diva I love your picture :)

Sainsburys have red seedless grapes on half price at the moment. A decent size bag is only around 60p

Thanks for this :). Having read it and considering my height and weight it means there is no way I can lose over 1lb a week unless I go under 1200 as my normal calorie intake supposedly should be around 1650. If this right?

Hii Very first post. Also going to Florida at the end of July and would like to lose about 15 lbs. Not sure how many calories etc I would need each day etc though? would someone be able to hel? good luck everyone