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Hi Vicky x How are you .? It's now June lol I hope your hours have lessened a little .!!! Are you doing lots if bank/agency .??? 56 hours us bloody crazy and you will be tired ... BE CAREFUL ..!! I'm glad I'm part time lol Do you do e-rostering .?? The only good thing about it is we can...

Well the roasted cauliflower was nice :-) was very impressed x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hi not at all :-) I don't always write in it .. But I'm hoping to be around a bit more :-D Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm really going to have to try that :-) Cauli rice doesn't retain much moisture and I dint have a problem . It's when I cook it in florets then mash that it can be watery .... I add a little butter to the mashing process but to make proper creamy mash ... You cook it as cauli rice in micro...

Not roasted no .!! Let me know what it's like x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm eating 1700-1800 cals reduced my carbs to 80-100g and protein to 100-130g. Im happy so far ..! I eat fruit and veg but no bread potatoes or rice ... Use cauliflower a lot .!! Mashed and riced and I have even made a tortilla and a pizza base with cauli :-D Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm getting there thanks :-) I feel so in control with diet and exercise at the moment :-) long may it continue xx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi all .. How are you doing ... ?? I'm not too bad .... Going through some personal stuff but I think everyone does :-( Weight wise I put on but I am focused and lost again this last month :-) so that makes me happy x Hope you're all well x Love to you all x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Vicky :-) How's things ..?? How's the weight loss coming along ..?? I feel your pain with the hangovers .. I'm the same ... I'm 44 and can't do it anymore lol Xx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi all :-) Feeling great today :-) Have been very low recently and it's affected my eating and my exercise .!! Ie: hurting myself whilst lifting etc .... Today I seem back on form ... Walking and the best lifting session in ages .!!! Feel the cloud has lifted abd I'm back :-) Sent from my...

Hi Vicky :-) How's it call going ..?? Have you lost weight ..?? My best friend swears by SW .!! :-) I'm full of cold too :-( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Ooh what's your username .? Mines the same as here x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Ooer ..!! Lol Glad you're enjoying it xxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Ooohhh hello :-) Nice to meet you x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi all .... Just popping in to say hello :-) After dad dying I'm getting back on the straight and narrow with the exercise ..!! Making myself do it ... And I think I'm reaping the rewards :-) I can't seem to stick to a diet deficit tho :-( Keep eating at tdee .... Oh we'll doesn't seem to...

Hi Vicky :-) Here to subscribe :-) Good luck Luvvy x Xxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Only coz you've changed your mind again x I can't do SW... I have no portion control ..!! If they said I could have limitless pasta then I would lol ..!! My best friend lost about 2stone with SW ..!!!! So it does work for most :-) Is it Monday your going to that thread ..?? Ill look out fir...

Good luck ..!! And stuck to it lol ..!! If this has worked before it'll work again x Ill gone along and join your thread x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Darling I'm larrfing at you :-) Yes I'll look fir you sweet :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wow Lauren ..,!!! You're looking brill .!!!! Well done you ..!!! :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Lauren :-) You're sounding so well :-D So focused :-) You had a boob job .??!!!! Wow .! I want mine reduced .!! I'm a 34 F and would live to be a C-D cup ... But iv priced it up and it'll be £5000.. Gulp ..!! Better start doing the lottery lol The last half stone fir me is hard ..!! But...

Hi Vicky ... How's all the weight losing going .? Xx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

We drive down .!! 3 hours to Portsmouth ... 6 hour ferry crossing to Caen..... Then 3 hours to Loire valley x I'm back to work in wed night :-( 2 twelve hour night shifts :-( yuk ..!! I suppose with the new 12 hour shifts I only work fir 2 days a week :-) I didn't gain any weight on hols ...

Hi Tessa :-) I'm back from jollies now x had a fantastic time x a lot of travelling home but so worth it x I don't like telling people what I weigh .!! Its10 stone but I'd love to tell people 9.7 ..!! Hope I do one day x OR that I wear size 10 clothes x My mum tells me I'm obsessed with...

Tessa ... I'm about to finish my two week French holiday ... Boooo .... Could stay here forever :-) Vicky .... I'm ok ta .... Can't wait to get back to the weight training ... Although iv been running and swimming here in France ..!! It has been great not to count and log and I haven't put...

Hello lovely :-) I'm not too bad thanks :-) I'm still plodding along ... School hols have just started ... I have two 12 hour shifts between me and my hols too :-) How are you ..?? Xxxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Helloooooo :-) Much respect for fasting ... I couldn't do it ... Get headaches if I'm hungry .!! Good luck Luvvy xxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Luvvy ... No .?? Where do I find that .? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi all I'm still plugging away at the old weight lifting and eating more ..!! I'm constantly hungry tho ... Maybe I should eat more ..!!!! The scales aren't moving and I don't think the tape measure is either ... However I look different so maybe I'm sculpting my muscles ..!! I'm living the...

Hi :-) Nice to meet you x Thankyou so much for our words x nice to know others hav been though exactly the same as me .. Well not nice .. But you know what I mean xx Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Thanks all for your well wishes x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hi Thanks again x Yes my support network is good and his wife and my two younger half sisters are ace... Finally have coroner report and it was smoking related illness that was his demise .... I cannot stress the importance of not smoking and the people who think it'll never happen to them...

Thankyou guys ... I really don't think it's sunk in ... I wasn't with him when he passed as it was sudden but he, a week later, us still with coroner and I can't see him until he is with undertaker .. Can't even have a date for funeral yet .... I need to see him and give him a kiss to say...

Well my dad died on Sunday .. Suddenly .. Very sad x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

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Hi I'm on the mend thankyou x Still sore and I have a headache today x Thanks or asking x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Today Waist : 30" Hips : 36" Wrist : 4.8" Forearm : 8" Back : 31" Calf : 13" Thigh : 19.8 Not moved at all .... Losing hope ... This lifting lark I love ... But I can't see any difference at all .. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

They are good ..!! The tramadol are too but can't take at night as they seem to stimulate me and I don't sleep ... I took them once before after an op on my neck for strange lymph nodes .. Which turned out ok thankfully.... But the the tramadol stimulated me then too ..!! Bizzare .! Sent...

I have indeed ... Tramadol and co codamol ... Which are fab but you can't half feel them wearing off ..!! About to take some more :-( Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Thank you x I'm actually in pain at the mo :-( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

No had all those out when I was 18..!! I had a large cyst above my front teeth that had to be removed .. Had a GA... Thank goodness .... They went through my gum drilled through bone and existed it .. Abd also did an apicectomy which is trimmed off the two teeth at the top abd root filled them...

I had dental surgery today ... I'm so swollen ..!!!! And bruised and sore ..!! I was first on operating list so I was home for 1.30..!! I ave consumed ice cream soup and mashed banana with Greek yoghurt ..!! Probably that for a couple days to be honest x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hi :-) Well done x You sound great which is lovely x I love my heavy lifting better than my cardio I think :-) Nice to hear from you again x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

The weights are fab x Yday I squatted 100lbs, shoulder pressed 50lb and deadlifted 105lb :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Yes tam ... Jus caught p with your thread ..!! Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Bad day yday ... Just wanted to trough everything in sight and more !!! Wanted to feel that really stuffed with food feeling .!!! I did eat a lot but in stages rather than having that stuffed feeling .!! :-( I feel ok today ... But had lots of protein for brekkie ... I'm sure that makes a...

Hi :-) That snacking doesn't half add up .!! But that's brill that you managed to lose that quickly :-) well done x I do feel strong so there's definitely done thing happening with the weight training :-D Xxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

To manicdeb I just ran your numbers ... And your BMR is 1428 At lightly active your TDEE would be 1964 and at moderately active it would be 2214 Hope this helps x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

New weights today :-) have had to convert my sessions to kilos tho ..!! The bar is 20 kilo and 7ft ..!! Today I lifted ... Squat 100lb.... 45k Overhead press 50lb .... 22.5k Deadlifts 105lb ... 47.5k Waist is still 30 inches ..! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Ha I wish .!!! My shoulders and legs definitely are but my belly isn't lol Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Sarah I follow a programme called stronglifts 5x5 ... Do basically lifting 5 reps for 5 sets ... You do 3 lifts per session. There's programme A and B and you alternate and lift 2-3 times a week ... It's an app that you can download and it records everything for you x But you can research...

Noooo ... That's bad ... Lol I'd go again tomorrow if I had too :-D Had a good lifting session this morning before work ... I'm in week 6 I think ... Squat ...90lb Shoulder press 55lb Bench press 65lb Deadlifts 95lb Barbell row 75lb I really need new weights tho ..!! I can't go any...

Went see 1 direction last night with my girls .... And I have to say they were brilliant :-) hehehe .... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hope it works :-/ gulp x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi :-) Nice to meet you x I don't mind you subscribing at all x I don't write every day ... I love helloitsdan too :-) I live eating this much as the stress has gone out of eating x If you read all around the stuff about eating more to weigh less then you'll understand that in doing a...

Hi Gillian Yeah spouse I am really. I follow the eat more to weigh less thing (em2wl). I'm eying a tdee at the mo as i lost 4lbs and then stalled again ... So hopefully my metabolism will get used to eating higher then ill take a10% cut. Been yo yo dieting too much in the past .. My poor...

Iv been dong this since January :-) Love it x I'm on a reset at the moment ... X Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Have been away for three days with my dons rugby team on their annual tour ... A party from watching rugby and late nights abd early mornings and climbing adventure walks etc ... I ate drank and was a bit merry ... Feel yuk after the carb fest so back on it tomorrow :-) Actually looking forward...

Happy Easter everyone :-) I'm in an early shift in the morning and looking Forward to finishing at 2.30 and annual Leave starting yay :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi sweety You most definitely are not a failure ..!!! Lets get that straight right now :-D There's nothing wrong in saying you're finding it difficult ..!! I had 3 under 5 at one point I know how hard it is ..!! No one will see you as failure ... You're kids won't get taken away .... Post...

Oohh allo :-) Nice to see you x Good about the weight gain ..! Well done you x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Old depression rearing its head ... Must remember .... Stop eating to comfort ones self.. I don't need the sweets on the nursing station ... I can and will look fabulous.... The way I look in the mirror is my mind playing tricks on me .... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'd say that's a definite nsv :-) fabulous :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Morning Luvvy x I can identify with the totm bloat :-( grrrrr Hope you are well otherwise x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Feel a bit crappy today :-( I'm pre menstrual and snapping at everyone and my stomach actually looks bigger ..!! I know it's only PMS bloat but I feel like I've failed .. I was doing so well felt great and sexy and slim .. Now I feel life a bloated horrid thing ... Why do we have to go...

You've had a lit in your mind x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I actually think its the lifting weights that's helped .. I'm lucky to have a home gym ... So I don't have to push myself out to a gym x I'm really loving it :-) and I to interval training 2-3 times a week x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Morning all :-) Sneaky look on scales and I'm half a pound down and my waist is under 30 inches :-) started off 31.3 :-) love this lifting weights :-) I'm currently eating 1750 calories a day .. It's fab x Hope everyone is ok x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Ooh allo :-) Ill look fir you right now x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Fantastic :-) Well done you x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Was bad yesterday ... Sweets at work and 400 calorie worth of breadsticks when I got home ... Oh bugger ... Didn't go over cals as I ran yday morning then work .. Which is another workout lol so I had calories .. But I was bad never the less x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I hate the bike lol ..!!! With a passion ..!! Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I am lucky ... I have my ordinary sitting room and then this room . It's ace :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Loving my little gym at home .!! I gave a huge room at my house ... The bottom part has seating and tv etc and the top part my gym :-) I have a treadmill, a stationary bike and a weights bench and a loaf of weights .. Barbell ... Dumbells ... My weight bench My new weight lifting gloves...

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Hehehehe that's what hols are for x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Morning folks ... Weigh on today .... I'm still 10st 1lb ... A tad disappointing .. But I definitely look slimmer ... I have measured me too Waist : 30" Hips: 35.8" Rib cage: 31" A tiny hit off hips ... A whole inch off waist ... And a little but off ribcage. I'm kinda not stressing tho...

Aaahhh thankyou x we usually get shouted at lol for the waiting times x but .. As I saw on a Facebook picture ... If you have to wait you should be thankful... It's the people that have to be seen straight away that you wouldn't want to be swapping places with x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hmm yes my last two shifts in particular ..!! Was good or my dieting .. No time to eat or drink lol Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hehe thanks Hun x always busy day and night in the emergency dept ... So hopefully won't be long until morning x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm on night shift tonight .. No alcohol fir me :-( Iv fine a run of 4 days and they've shoved a blooming night in the end of them ... Bar stewards ..!! However I have 5 days off from tomorrow morning :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm not doing too badly x Iv been lifting weights for a little while but I started the 5x5 lifting heavy today .! I need the proper equipment tho .. Need a bench and a squat stand .! I will get ripped :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

You have to celebrate a bday :-) have everything but less of it if you really want to be good :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Luvvy ... We're all allowed time off from dieting :-) Glad you're ok ;-) Another crap shift today .. Going to try and shred later .. If I gave the energy x in a night shift tomorrow .. Just one .. After 4 day shifts . Grrr so ill put my feet up tomorrow lol x Sent from my iPhone using...

How is everyone ..?? There's a few peeps I descent heard from in a while ... Hope you're all ok x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi x I'm dying to stand in scales but its totm so there's no point and I'm trying to weigh only on last day of month ... I don't think iv lost any tho in feb ..!! I'm smaller but not lighter ... I shall measure next week to..... I haven't been exemplary this last week or two ... Iv been ok but...

I know it's hard ..! We are allowed bottled water on the ED but getting to fill it from the kitchen is always a task and a half x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I do try and make the effort .. Sometimes ie: Tuesday I was in resus room all shift ... And basically you can't leave the patients .. So if its busy and noone can bring you a drink you're stuffed ..! I did drink yesterday x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm starving after not eating for a shift at work ..!! I go home with a headache .. Mind you that's lack of fluid too x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Good on you for that ... There is no wAy I can fast ... Leaves me grumpy and a migraine .., ill stick to what I'm doing lol x But great fir you . Have you found it easy .? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Happy Birthday Gilliam :-) Yes you must indulge x it's the law :-) Glad the weight is shifting .! Us that in 1200.?? Xx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Brilliant :-) We done you x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi all :-) I have nothing to report lol Iv been ok ... I have been good I think ... Had a couple of days of being over but still below TDEE :-) How's everyone else .? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I think I look ok at the mo ... I seem to be in a good place .. I know I'm 10st 1lb and have another 7 to lose but I'd be happy just to be 9.13 which is what I was for years. I'm happy at eating 1500-1600. I'm not finding its excessive... 3000 is excessive lol... and I'm never hungry. If...

I'm sorry Gillian :-( I don't know whether iv lost any more than the 4 I lost in jan .. I stood in scales yday and I was 1 pound up but I'm due totm any day .. However my waist is half inch smaller and rib cage about an inch .. Nothing off hips tho so ill keep plugging on ... I'm going to...

Wow that lunch looks lovely x I'm doing a bit if snacking at times too .. Not a great amount .. But nevertheless a packet of crisps is sneaking in ..! It's almost totm so I'm using that as an excuse I think :-( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I'm either watching singing dancing football or rugby or at work x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hi folks Not a bad weekend so far ... Work yesterday was simply awful ... So busy ... No break etc so calorie wise was ok lol Went to watch my boy play rugby today and couldn't resist a bacon sandwich ... Was lovely :-) Hub cooking a chicken roast dinner yum ... And I'm sat with a glass of...

I will next time :-D Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Aaawww thankyou :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

This morning a 38 min run interval training .. Did a few bursts if breakneck speeds of 40 seconds only .. Must have looked silly running like the police were after me lol :-) Finished workout with a weight training session ..x Won't be able to get up fir the early shift tomorrow .!! Lol :-)...

Made meatballs for dinner .. Very yummy x Made pancakes too ... Lemon juice and sugar ..!! We're verrrry nice tho :-D Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hehehehe :-) If you're anything like my mum you'll be able to make something out of nothing x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I think 9st is bloody brill anyway ..! I'm 10stone ... 9st is a pipe dream :-( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Tessa it's taken me a long time to be in the right frame of mind .!! And I bet you're not doing as badly as you think x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Lauren :-) I feel fab x I not know I've lost anything since 31st jan oz I'm doing a weigh in on last day of every month now .. However 28th feb will be totm ..!! But for the first time in a long time I feel I control of everything ... I feel I look ok too .. My face looks thinner I think...

Agreed :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

You do that :-) Glad yours feeling ok x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

That's makes perfect sense ... Thanks got that .. Today I'm on a late shift .. So 2-10... I make a proper meal and eat before work then gave a sandwich and some nuts after work x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wow brilliant :-) You're back on the road recovery .. Fab x a girls holiday ... I'm 43 and never had one ... :-( I'm ok thanks .. Still plodding on x feel in control for the first time in a long time x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Cool thanks for that x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Lou ... Do you eat all your calories then from luring to 6.30..?? I think working shift work I would struggle lol We don't have breaks on a late shift therefore I'm eating at 10pm .! And when I do my body tune class I eat after it . Which is 9pm .. I couldn't eat before as I'd be sick lol ...

Hi Lauren .. How are you doing /feeling ..?? Xxxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Enjoy :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Great advice Lauren :-) This podcast .. Did Jillian just go the one .?? It do I have to sift through loads ..?? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Hun x Don't get upset .. I agree with both of the above .. And I think you need to eat more .! 1200 really isn't a lot x If you eat 1500-1600 a day you will feel better .. I do the TDEE minus 20% way of eating and lost nearly 4lbs in the first month .. And I now only weigh monthly .. With a...

Did you weigh two days ago ..??? If so then ignore it ..!! I know it's hard not to weigh but I'm getting good .. Only weighed twice since jan 31st.! Official weigh in being end if each month now ..! You can't reliably do it every day or even weekly iv found .! The scales will change daily due...

I am getting quite good at it ..! Only looked twice since jan 31st lol Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Yeah absolutely .! I'm determined not to stand on scales until end of feb though .! Lol I'm trying to do it monthly x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well done :-) I feel iv been ok .. Had my fitbit weekly report and after a few calculations I appear to have broken even with an average daily eaten of 1668 cals and average daily burn of 1900 and that's with a night out and working a nights and exercise was poor last week x How's Lou doing ...

Had my fitbit weekly report and with lots if calculations the last 7 days I appear to have broken even .. Despite my night out on Friday :-) Fab x Woken up tired and cranky today and muscles all tired and twitchy from my body tune class last night :-( At work at 2pm so here's hoping that my...

Ps: I had a bit of rocky road :-( But cooooor it was lovely :-D Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

1500 a day is ok :-) I have between 1500-1600 do all ok :-) You exercise a lot more than me .. I only do 1hour class and two half hour/4min runs .!! Mind you I do run around a lot at work lol x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Weekend was good food wise .. Exercise rise was rubbish did to hangover sat and migraine and dress rehearsal with girls on sun ... Going to body tune tonight :-) Food all planned. Have made children rocky road crunch ... I promise I won't nibble :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oohh have a nice time x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hello all :-) Today we're having beef casserole for dinner .. It's in slow cooker yummy :-) they will be having mashed potato and I'm having cauliflower mash :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Thankyou x had my hair done yesterday ... Layers put in and a load cut off .. I love it x Still have headache :-( I've been good with food ... Just shy of 1500 cals :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Absolutely x y have to live :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I'm just having a single vodders... Might have another one then call it a night lol I'm just a tad hungover .. All blooming day .. I'm such a lightweight now .,!! Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hahaha ... O dear ... Lots of typos lol Erm feel dreadfully hungover .. I'm obv a lightweight since starting this losing weight lark .. :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Oh dear ... :-( it isvtyeceeekend tho :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

My three babies x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wow 4lbs is brilliant :-) And yes agreed .. You have to enjoy yourself .. :-) I saw on another thread yday someone had lined up cheese on toast for a post night out snack ... So when I had the munchies I remembered back and thought I KNOW ... The rest is history teehee :-) Sent from my iPhone...

Hmmmmm ..... Half bottle wine and 4 or 5 vodkas ... And then cheese on toast when I got in :-( tasted bloody lovely ... But the cals would have been terrible .. Oh well today is another day and this next week I will mostly be sticking to 1500-1600 calories :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

You're right things can only get better x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Have a great night x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wow that is a lot of exercise ..!! I went to body tune on Monday and nothing since coz of crap shifts .. Should have done something today but I started doing housework and then messing on kids computer setting them up their own iTunes coz I'm fed up of my phone red hot with FaceTime rings for...

Hi. I'm good thanks x Had a tough week but I'm ok ... Stood on scales this morning and I was 2lb up :-( however had some oven chips last night which I salted so I reckon it's water weight :-( Silly me x going out tonight so u need to choose food wisely today x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi .. I wouldn't go under BMR .. I think u need to be very big and need a lot of loss to do that ..for me it just wouldn't be sustainable .. Coz my BMR is 1350 . I need more .. And to go under and keep under fir the rest of your life isn't sustainable ... In my opinion ... Xx Sent from my...

Yep I work shifts ..!! Bloody nightmare ... Worked a night shift last night had 3 hours sleep today and on early shift tomorrow !! RUBBISH and defo a detrimental effect on food consumption ..!! I know there's no way I could eat as early as 5pm .. Like you I'd be starving in the eve x Sent...

I never have my evening meal until 6.30-7pm .! With girls dancing and hub work finish time this is when we eat regularly .! X Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Yep only do brown rice too :-) No complaints thank goodness ... HOWEVER .... They won't touch whole meal bread grrrrrr lol Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Ooh I like it x My children didn't even notice when I made the swap about 4 years ago ..! :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Have you tried wholewheat ..?? I wouldn't eat white pasta now x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

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I saw one of my bestest friends today and haven't seen her since the beginning of January ... She told me how much smaller I look and that its soooo noticeable ..!! Jonah lost 3 and half pounds but I'm timing up to. It's do lovely when it all goes noticed :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Good god that is bad ..!!!! I just hate the quick turn around .. Finish nights wed morn and then up at 5.30 thurs morn .. Only the two to do tho .. Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi . Sounds like a super day :-) And super food too :-) I'm on 1 solitary night shift tonight and then an early shift in Thursday . .. Gonna be a bad week for tiredness I'm a hit fed up of these crazy shifts :-( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi Lauren :-) I'm 141lbs and 30.9% BF... I'm eating 1500...I'd better go away and do the maths lol Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Have to say iv had it for two and half weeks and I wear it everywhere .. Even work ... Take it off fir working out and put an HRM on x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Absolutely ... The fat 2 fit averages it all out .. So I did .. The stats says 13,117 in a week and virtually the same fir the week before ... So dividing that by 7 was 1,873 so rounding it up to 1900 .. I'm really impressed that I got things right x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well two full weeks with fitbit and two lots of Weekly reports and calories burned were 13,117 which is virtually 1900 Calories a day so the fat 2 fit radio calcs are correct x fantastic :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hope he's well soon x Iv exercised for years and run too for years x can't imagine not now x When I holiday in France I run every other morning :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oh dear :-( what his bp..?? Iv done well today :-) diet and exercise wise .. Went to my class tonight and either so hard I wanted to vomit ... He had us running round the car park with weights ... I am so in the zone and loving it :-) Long may it last ... Back to work tomorrow so I may have...

How about a Friday ..?? Then you can have a little treat or two at weekend then time to get back in track ..?? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Have you had naughty weekend it dine a lot if execute ..?? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oh noooooo .... WhAt about your measurements ..?? X Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Happy happy happy birthday Lou :-) Have a super duper day :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I know and the 25th anniversary tour ..!!! Fabulous :-) Annabelle did Oliver last year and worked with Brian Connelly who was fagin .,!! I'm in awe really of them x they have had some great breaks thanks to their dance teacher :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Mmmmmm nceeee :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hello :-) Have to say I'm in a really good place at the moment with diet an exercise ..! Hang always been so and I'm sure ill have crap moments x I will private message you as not allowed o talk about other sites here x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Where I am the do an under 5 team ... It's obviously tag rugby and not intact rugby a that age :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

My boy Edward is 10 and plays rugby .. Loves it although I do wince when he is at the bottom of a ruck lol he plays football too x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

My daughter Eleanor was asked by her ballet teacher to audition for the royal ballet in London but I declined as she is very clever like her daddy too and I want her to dance but want her to carry on well at school .... I see a lot of girls really enjoy the royal ballet but then a 18 leave and...

Hiya x Was a fab night thanks x Jeans just the jobby :-) there was live band who played ok music which is just up my alley x didn't drink too much x Just as well as my eldest is doing her advanced ballet classic Birmingham at the mo :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hi Tessa .. Sorry been out .. Hic ... Why don't you try 2000 and not eating back any formal exercise back ..?? Nice to see you here ... There's so many that are losing doing this ... At first you think it's a washout then you stand in scales and you've lost :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I could never lose weight .. Only had a stone to lose .. Spent a year. Weight watchers and only lost half a stone ... Then calorie counted and lost but put back on 4 lbs ... In a silly indulgent week I now have learned all about BMR and TDEE ... Eating between the two numbers and losing weight...

Hehe thanks x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Have no skirts ... But I have some tips that will go perfectly with my black jeans and Rex high heels :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Thank you feeling smug now after my run and lifting weights and iv told my hub that I'm wearing jeans and high heels :-) He says thank god iv made a decision and be bloody happy .. It's our friends party and they'll be happy to have us whatever ..!! Thanks fir your words Gillian xxx Sent from...

Well been out fir a 3.6 mile run :-) fab And lifted weights in my return .. I lifted 20lbs and did 3 sets of 12 reps for : barbell chest press, barbell row, barbell dead lift, bicep curls and barbell squats :-) Feeling smug x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hahaha yeah I will thanks for that :-) Iv just done a 3.6 mile run .. About to do done lifting now x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Really ..?? I have a nice pair if black skinny jeans and a pair of red high heels ... I could get a spangly top and jewellery to dress them up ... There's one person who will be a slim and pretty and will be wearing a glittery lovely dress and everyone will tell her in person and bus Facebook...

Going out tonight to a friends 40th and I'm so stressed about what to wear :-( I turn what should be a fun night into a Crappy stressful time coz everyone will be in spangly dresses and I will look like a numpty ... I'm happy just sitting in a pub with jeans and vest on ... Anywhere I need to...

I need to get my arse in gear ... Want to run and then lift some weights .. Going out tonight to a friends 40th and I'm so stressed about what to wear :-( I turn what should be a fun night into a Crappy stressful time coz everyone will be in spangly dresses and I will look like a numpty ...

Wow that's is brilliant :-) half a century lol I'm so pleased for you xxx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Plus I need to switch off predictive text lol Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hehe ... See what you mean now .... I wasn't taking your eating back exercise cals back ... Sorry xx And yes you're right I'm over thinking it ... And tired and need t start reading my book agin rather than about bloody Leung weight every night ..!! Getting obsessed :-( Night night x Sent...

Not confused just bloody can't type ... However I do get confused with exercise cals and eating them back as dan sats not to but some weeks my exercise is crap ...!! Unless I class my work as exercise ... I'm usually up to tdee when I work and over 2000 when I do formal exercise Sent from my...

If your tdee is only around 1700 and you eat 1800 regularly then you could put weight on ... If you eat below bmr you will stall but if you eat over tdee then you will gain x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

The point I wanted to make was about the eating nd non eating bak f exercise cals x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

When I read it again realised it said minus 500 and we are in the game of minus 10-20% Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I deleted my post coz I thought. Was talking crap ... Sorry crisis of confidence ... However in answer to your question ... I just read that very thing and it was suggested to lessen your deficit to minus 10 or 15% Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Oh my gawd ... You dont do things by halves ..!!! Bless you x I'm ok ta Hun xxx Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Blimey hellooooooo :-) How's things ..? Xxx Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I'm sitting reading all about tdee AGAIN ...

Yep and I think we do that :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

:-D Well there you go then lol Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

But it is getting smaller ... Sorry am I not helping x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Your tummy is smaller than the other two pics ..!!! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Fantastic :-) something us agreeing with you :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wow you ..!!!! Looking good :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hi .. Sorry been out and just caught up ... I did feel bigger before I lost .. In fact put weight on .. You have worked out a lot recently I think .?? Have you measured .. It isn't always about weight ... However I know how hard it is to pass that .! I still like the scales ..!! Try weighing...

How long have you been doing it ..?? Are you being very truthful about your food ..?? Iv found that I gave more truthful and tracked everything x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Thank you x To be honest I thought I'd be heavier after lifting with water weight and repairing muscles x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well stood on scales and another lb gone .. That's 3.6lb in January x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well stood on scales and more weight gone ..10st 1lb today :-) that's a loss of 3.6 pounds in January x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Woohoo ... 10st 1lb today .. That's a total of 3 and1/2 lbs lost in January x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wow how brill are you :-) You're sounding strong and I think you can do it ... Good girl x Hold your head high and smile xxxx Hugs x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hehehehe :-) clumsy as me then x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

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If you go online there's loads of different workouts :-) Iv just had a quick go of mine ... Erm worse than the lifting I did a bit ago lol Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Dunno really I Spose .. Mine was a Xmas prezzy so a little dearer .. My lady one was about £30 and was fine for quite a few years x Anxiety plays a huge part in his hr and palpitations and shortness of breath x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Fantastic well done :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Yeah it could ... But nerves and anxiety also .!! If there is no Ruthin change then its prob ok ... I'd wear an hrm whist sitting watching tv to see what your real hr is maybe :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oh bless you x working in a/e I have to teach people how to do it whilst they are waiting their scans :-) in nursey world it's such a small needle but would would make grown men nearly pass out :-D Not nice for you x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Can't find anything on short women and bands lol I don't think I gave then much of a chance ..!! Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oohh good girl x .. I don't think I got on with mine ... But I wonder if its cozI'm short and the bands seem so long .. I might look into this x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Obviously we're querying a PE ., glad all was ok .. Well I assume it was :-) Xx Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oh ok lol I'd go for these ..!! I have one but never use it .. I really should :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Flipping eck wow ... I was thinking of a band for about a fiver lol ... But yeah they look great :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I'm actually feeling that I haven't done much now in terms of lifting ... Should have gone heavier .. Feel like all o have done is a warm up x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Think my bar is hollow ..!! I was just looking at a band ... For exercising .. Was thinking of you travelling .. You can get a good workout using one of those .. Your muscle fibres don't know whether its a barbells or a band .. nd you can perfect a routine .. Loads on line before yo go ...

As you should be .. If it is only a precaution ..! 135 is a tad high for a healthy young women lol x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Well I did 7.5lb (3.5kg I think) on each side of barbell ... 3 sets of 15 reps of 6 different lifts .. Was a tad easy so at weekend ill go up to 10lbs (4.5kg) each side x thought I'd start lighter. X really loved it x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I'm an emergency nurse therefore I would have thought he'd have one there and then .. Let us know how you get on x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Looking good x I'm in the middle if my weights lol Think I need to go heavier next time Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Right I'm going to try and lift weights .. Have barbell and dumbells and full set of weights that I kinda forgot I had .. Well they are my husbands .. So I I'm going to utilise them x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Did they not give you an ECG whilst you were there ..?? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oohh bugger they are dear . I do have some in my house ..ought give it a go tomorrow ..! Got dufferent weights and everything ..!! Bought then years ago fur hub ..!! He never uses then now .. I just might have a look tomorrow x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Very well done :-) you look great x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Glad you're feeling better x I have around 100g of carbs a day ... I feel good for it ..!! I'm all for lowering my carbs and upping protein :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

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It's Lindsay lol Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I went for a run ... Blowing a gale but lovely and sunny .. Did 3 miles I agree with you Lou I don't find it hard sticking to cals now .. In the zone :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Wowsers that'd be great ... I'm struggling really .. I lost that initial 2.5lbs haven't weighed myself since but I don't think iv lost anymore .! Damned thyroid .!! Hey ho I don't feel too bad tho .. Maybe it's a bloat that I'm rid of by watching my carbs x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Oops .... Hope it gets sorted ooh x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

I need some new weight x Great thing about jogging its free and transferable x Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Well done on your jog :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Think you should have rest days Hun ..!! You did a lot yday so today just a nice walk would have been sufficient ... You'll end up hurting yourself .. Be careful x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

You did an awful lot of exercise and your muscles hold onto water whilst they are being repaired .. Don't despair ..!! Only weigh after rest days x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Had a bit of a naughty day again yday .. That's two days this week ... Oh gawd ... Back on the wagon today x Waiting fir new washing machine to arrive and then I can get sine exercise done x Not a lot of steps yday . Just 2000... A very lazy day. Having this fitbit really makes me aware of...

I hope so Hun x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Agreed .... Creme egg lol :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Well girl you need to get out if the way if thinking ..!! Can you not see how pretty you are .?? Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hiya Hun Oh dear .. You are in a pickle .. I don't what the answer is really .. Your situation is making you depressed . You need lifestyle changes .. However difficult to do with no money and no inclination due to depression x We are here to listen and be used as a battering ram xx Sent from...

Aaaawwww thanks guys :-) Slept rubbish last night .. So tired today x The last time ... Thanks about remark re: pic .. Guess I don't see that x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Aaawwwww thank you :-) I never give up the weight losing exercises lol My low self esteem spans years x On the outside I look ok .. Smiley and laughy but I'm a wreck deep down .. Have huge crisis of confldence .. Rotten mother .. Rotten nurse . Rotten person . No friends ... Well I have 5...

Hehe we do :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Hahaha so cruel :-D Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

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Nope at home ... I do suffer some depression and low self esteem and low confidence etc :-( Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

It is beautiful :-) 23 ..?? Woohoo lol :-) Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Have had a really bad emotional day ... Feeling very paranoid :-( However I pushed myself to go to body tune and worked blooming hard and burned 460 cals. Have been a good girl with food with food x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Lol :-) I went to Barcelona for long weekend with hub fir my 40th :-) Was lovely x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

I would go with lightly active :-) it just go with 1500 cals x it's what I do x Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

Stick with it Hun .. I think maybe that text was a silver lining :-) Sent from my iPad using MiniMins

Hi sweety I'm sorry fir your mum x Unfortunately she had to figure these things out fur herself ... I think .. I'm no psychiatrist .. Does she take anti depressants ..?? Does she do anything outside if the home .. An interest etc.?? That takes her away from the humdrum of normal life .. ...

Really feel bad today ... Had to push myself out of bed .. And strip them all and went supermarket .. But I just wanted to curl up in bed .. Avoided my friend in the playground because I feel she's fed up with me .. Feel like moons wants me and I'm alone ... Sent from my iPhone using MiniMins

At work when I had surgery on my neck for ?? Lymphoma (wasn't tho thankfully) I had no card mo phone calls no flowers etc .. A colleague had surgery for ? Tumour too and she had big collection for her etc .... Apparently mine wasn't as terrible as hers .. Hers wasn't cancer either thankfully but...