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Congratulations on your first weeks loss! I started S&S today and currently feel pretty hungry so gonna have to get an early night to avoid eating! Lol x Sent from my SM-G900F using MiniMins.com mobile app

I forgot to log on yesterday evening, but yesterdays food diary was as follows - Breakfast - 2 weetabix with 150ml skimmed milk - 187 cals Mid Morning Snack - Banana & custard Muller light - 99 cals Lunch - Warburtons wholemeal sandwich thin - 100 cals 1 laughing cow light triangle -...

Hey everyone, I've been on minimins for about 2 years, maybe a bit more.. and I've had diaries all over the forums. I'm pretty sure I've tried every diet our there, never sticking to anything for longer than a week, and then jumping over to something else and failing at that too, and the cycle...

Re: Lauren's diary - a new year, & a new beginnings! Here we go...

Re: Lauren's diary - a new year, & a new beginnings! Thanks girls :) Recovery with my boob job went well littlemiss.. I'm 10 weeks post op now and able to attend the gym as normal, lift and everything as normal, wear pretty bras or no bra etc. The first few days were sore but the recovery...

Well everybody, I've found the old photos and taken some new ones.. I'm actually genuinely shocked at how big I was. I knew I was big, but actually looking back at the photos after so long has really hit home. The first photo is the before obviously, and taken January of this year when I...

For anybody who may be losing motivation or losing hope in calorie counting and thinking they'll have to resort to the extremes of a VLCD in order to lose weight.. don't give up just yet! I was probably once upon a time the record holder for the most diets tried, most money spent and wasted...

Re: Lauren's diary - a new year, & a new beginnings! Hey everyone! Another update... I'm currently weighing in at 12st 2lbs and am a UK size 12.. can squeeze into some size 10 but depends on the store! And I've had the boob job done that I told you all about for ages.. so now my...

Lauren's diary - a new year, & a new beginnings! Hey everyone! It's been forever since I've last been online, I actually deleted the app and only now have come around to reinstalling.. so thought I'd pop in and see how everyone is and update you all on how I am. So I broke up with my OH...

Hey everyone. Thought I'd start a diary to keep me on track and distract me when the food demons start haunting me! Little brief... I'm 22, 5ft 3 and my starting weight is 14 stone. I've been calorie counting the last 8-10 weeks and managed to lose 26lbs, but I have surgery the end of May...

Yeah but I only started yesterday. So I'm asking from people who've been on plan a while how quickly inches come off in comparison to pounds.

I'm guessing the first week is a lot of water weight though so it's just a matter of going from bloated to not bloated?

I know that the weight loss on Cambridge is amazing, and people lose pounds & pounds each week... But what I'm wondering is how quickly did you notice the inches coming off too? The last 12 months I've unfortunately gained 6 inches on my bust, 9 on my waist and I think 6 on my hips.. and I...

My CDC told me yesterday that you're allowed sugar free mint chewing gum for the bad breath! She said for some people it can trigger cravings for food cause of the sweeteners and chewing, but for her it didn't & for me I find chewing gum helps curb my appetite!

It's difficult with a LO cause I just wanna eat all his food! & tonight I'm really craving pizza and chocolate which is driving me crazy... I've had two shakes which I love, but I'm having a chicken & mushroom soup now and I'm not too fussed.. I'm looking at clothes online to focus my mind on &...

Yep I've started today, this is hard!

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/4314153/Sun-reader-Holly-Wilson-reveals-how-she-lost-nearly-ten-stone-and-dropped-from-size-22-to-size-8-with-Cambridge-Diet-plan.html

Hey everyone! I've been AWOL with updating things on here lately, life has been so hectic that I just haven't had time.. To update on my weight loss journey and progress so far.. I weighed 15st 12lbs back on the 13th January, and today weigh 14 stone exactly. So in 10 weeks I've managed to...

I'm so rubbish! I was the one who created this thread & challenge but I've been AWOL! I have done 30DS now and again, but havent managed two consecutive days just yet.. it is getting easier to do each time I do it though so that's a major plus! Well done everyone, you're all doing fab! :)

Participants: laurenmay -- 0 out of 30 workouts completed. ndz -- 0 out of 30 workouts completed. Cas3 -- 0 out of 30 workouts completed.

Hi Cas! That's okay & hope you feel better soon! Well I just attempted workout 2 but only got through 13 minutes and had to give up! That's wiped my number out and I'm back at 0 out of 30 workouts :( but hopefully the more I persevere the easier it'll get and one day I'll hit 30 consecutive days! xx

Participants: laurenmay -- 1 out of 30 workouts completed. ndz -- 0 out of 30 workouts completed.

Yay someone to join me! I'll put you on the list now :) I've gotta do 30DS later to get my 2 out of 30 workouts - dreading it already! Lol

Hey everyone, Summer is quickly approaching & the weather is perking up (well it is over this end anyway), so I thought it'd be a good time to start a bit of a fitness challenge! The rules are as follows... Every participant must complete a FULL 30 day shred workout EVERY SINGLE DAY for...

Just centerparcs with a group of girl friends :) never had a girly holiday & in desperate need of one after my breakup!

Thank you! :) I've lost 23lbs so far!

I've just looked back on my goals, and thought I'd cross off the ones that I've achieved so far and remind myself of what's left to go. The ones I've achieved are in bold font :) GOALS. -- Lose 14lbs, preferably by February 1st -- Get out of the 200's and back into the 190's -- Get down to...

It's nice to keep low in the week and then have something to look forward to on the weekend :) x

Yeah I exercise on those days & find I have plenty of energy and feel fine :) and I do have a diary but don't regularly update it x

Yep :) I have 1689 leftover after today, so I can eat that many tomorrow and still be on target for an average of 1300 a day! x

Yeah that's what I've been doing & it's working well :) some weekdays I may go lower if its a busy day and I haven't had much time to eat, and other days I go higher like up to 1200, but I use my fitness pal and they've got a weekly tracker which will show you what you've eaten on particular...

Thanks everyone :-) Lost another 5.5lb this week so that's 23lbs gone in 7 weeks! And today is treat day! Yum!

I've updated yours :-) well done!

Lost 5.5lbs this week, so I've smashed my target for this month! :-) Elm - 2.8lbs lost, 7.2lbs to go! Lisa123 - 0lbs lost, 5lbs to go Blueway - 4lbs lost, 1lb to go Choc_Bananas - 2.75lbs lost, 1.25lbs to go! gabbiearcher - 9lb lost, 1lb to go! happyhippo - 0lbs lost, 4lbs to go! 10stoneplease...

.. is really keeping me on track! I'm proud of myself that I'm actually sticking to a diet plan, and I haven't given up or quit or thought oh I'll just binge tonight & start again tomorrow. I'm averaging 1320 calories daily, but rather than sticking to that set amount each day I've been...

Finally devised a plan for myself :-) My BMR is 1743, and my TDEE at sedentary (which I am & I'd rather add in my own exercise calories than have them estimated) is 2097. I've chosen to eat 1200 calories for six days of the week, and then 2000 on one day which will be the day I weigh in to...

Well the weathers beginning to pick up, and where I live it's surprisingly sunny today. But this seems to be dampening my mood rather than lifting it.. It's a reminder of how close summer is, and how far I've got to go weight loss wise and it's frightening! I'd love to be at goal weight by...

Hi Lindsay :-) How are you getting on? I've decided to bite the bullet and eat TDEE minus 20%. I'm struggling eating 1300 & less, I'm so hungry and tired and irritable, and keep daydreaming of food! Hoping that TDEE minus 20% will keep me on the straight and narrow because its more...

Hi Sarah :-) Congratulations! I'm not sure if you have an iPhone or iPod, but there's podcasts by Jillian Michaels and in one episode she actually discusses pregnancy fitness & diet. She mentions you need only 300 extra calories a day for a healthy pregnancy, so figure out your bmr and don't...

Yes to collarbones too!!

Yep it's granny bras for a while after the op! But then when they're all nice & healed I can go shopping for pretty bras :-)

I actually have boobs at the moment but its only because I'm 5 stone overweight lol! When I'm my 'normal' 9.7 stone self I have barely any boobs.. after having my son it seemed like they deflated and lost shape & everything! So I'm having nice new boobs when I'm at goal weight again so they'll...

Hi everyone. I probably should start updating my diary & keeping track of it again. I've had a weird four weeks of adjusting to a new life and new routine, but things are finally getting more 'normal' and I'm mentally ready to conquer this calorie counting business again. My weigh in day is...

For me it's my first girly holiday! There's 6 of us going to centerparcs in late August and I'm determined to do two things that I haven't done for EIGHT YEARS!! o wear a bikini o get in a swimming pool! I'm also having a boob job late May of this year, so that's another goal of mine. New...

She's done over 100 podcast episodes now, but it's the episode called "excuses, lunchtimes & zig zagging calories" and the zig zag bit is right at the end :-) x

Hello :-) I'm okay thanks. Had an up & down month but that's all cause of the breakup and its only now that I'm starting to feel a bit more sane again! Lol. I was 14.9 stone on Saturday, so that's a stone and 3lbs gone in the last four weeks :-) and now I'm properly counting my calories and...

Hi :-) Congratulations on your loss so far, that's brilliant! I'm starting tomorrow & have nearly 5 stone to lose. These boards are gonna be my saviour for keeping me focused! x

Lost 3lbs :-) Elm - 2.8lbs lost, 7.2lbs to go! Lisa123 - 0lbs lost, 5lbs to go Blueway - 2lbs lost, 3lbs to go Choc_Bananas - 2.75lbs lost, 1.25lbs to go! gabbiearcher - 4lb lost, 6lb to go! happyhippo - 0lbs lost, 4lbs to go! 10stoneplease - 1lbs lost, 4lbs to go! laurenmay - 3lbs lost, 7 to...

I haven't really stuck to a regimented diet plan for a while now. With things going on in my personal life & everything being a bit hectic, I've been dieting really well and staying below calories for a day or two, and then eating rubbish with friends the next day, then dieting again etc etc...

This message might be a little jumbled, just cause that's how my head is right now too. I'm torn between doing CD or plain old calorie counting.. The pros & cons of CD for me are: Pros - o It's a definite way of losing weight pretty instantly, no messing around trying to find the perfect...

I wouldn't do a low calorie week if I were you because like you said you're 4 months into it.. I'd be a bit concerned that if you did a low week that when you went back up to your normal calorie allowance of 1500-1700 your losses wouldn't be as good because you dropped cals & then went back...

I'm not suggesting that anyone needs to eat below their BMR forever anyway? Only while losing weight & then when you're at goal weight to maintain you eat over your BMR.

You'll only lose muscle when you have no available fat stores apparently.. Like I'm 41% body fat, so I can eat below bmr for a long time before it starts affecting my muscle. Obviously as I lose weight my body will lose fat so I'll have to keep check that I have enough body fat to still be able...

You're obese or overweight. I've done a lot of research and spoke to a family doctor and apparently eating below BMR is perfectly safe and won't slow the metabolism down so long as you have body fat to lose.. If you're a healthy weight and have a healthy BMI with low body fat, then it's not...

That's good to know :-) thanks.

God I hope not. Me and my partner split up 3 weeks ago.. and I already have one 19 month old little boy whose a terror lol

Isn't it a case of that you can't have water flavourings until you've been on plan for a few weeks?

I'm so confused & frustrated!! I seem to be having a huge aversion to healthy foods such as chicken & salmon etc.. The sight, smell and thought of eating them just turns my stomach! I'm not sure what the reason is, unless I've eaten them all so much in the past that now I can't stomach them...

To give Cambridge a go to shift the 5 stone that I want to shift & then follow up the steps to maintain. I've lost a stone over the last 4 weeks through calorie counting, but I've eaten so much chicken & salmon that I now can't stand the sight or smell of either.. and I seem to be having a...

I'll join :-) I hit last months target so fingers crossed I can hit this one too! Elm - 0lbs lost, 10lbs to go! Lisa123 - 0lbs lost, 5lbs to go Blueway - 0lbs lost, 5lbs to go gabbiearcher - 0lb lost, 10lb to go! happyhippo - 0lbs lost, 4lbs to go! 10stoneplease - 1lbs lost, 4lbs to go...

Thanks everyone for all your caring & kind words, it's really nice and lovely how a bunch of people who've never met can be so connected on here & caring towards each other :-) I spent tonight with one of my closest girl friends who I thought I hadn't seen in about a year.. It turns out we...

Hey everyone :-) Well I'm starting to pick myself up now & feel a bit better. It's been over two weeks and I'm adjusting to life without the ex and adapting into the new routine of living with parents & spending time with my friends, family and son. What I really wanna focus on is my body &...

Well I text my local CDC but she's away on holiday for a week, so she wouldn't be able to see me until next week.. So now I'm torn cause I don't think there's any other CDC's local to me. I might just continue CC'ing and see how I get on, I'm gonna force myself to eat 1200 calories & keep it...

Hey everyone. After some thinking I've decided to go back to Cambridge for a little while.. The main reason is I really don't have an appetite at all since the break up, and over the past 2 weeks have barely eaten, and am gaining weight now rather than losing. I feel & look run down and I...

Well it's my official weigh in day today, so weighed in and I've stayed the same since last Sunday. I'm grateful it's not a gain, but it's still confusing how I can eat so little yet not lose any weight. Anyway, I'm forcing myself to get back to eating normally today regardless of whether I...

I'm gonna take some measurements now but stick to scales also, and even if I do jump on the scales throughout the week out of habit or curiosity then I'll make sure only to take note of my weekly scale readings every Sunday. xxxxxx

I don't think she set out to do a DVD from the beginning though? I think she just lost the weight herself and then cause she's got the benefit of being a minor celeb she was able to do a DVD. I'm not sure though!

Has anyone else read her success story and seen the photos? She looks amazing!! And lost 6stone in 6 months.. her starting weight and size is the same as me so it's inspiration to look at her now & think I could achieve that! She only ate 1250 calories a day but its all high protein things to...

Hi Lindsay :) How is TDEE minus 20% working for you? Have you noticed much inch loss?

I think I'm gonna have to try and bump my calories up ASAP before it gets any worse cause I feel bloated too.. I'd be okay if I felt skinny but was gaining weight, cause I'd put it down to water or something, but to be feeling fat & gaining its obvious that the starving my body is not working...

Hey everyone, I'm still not doing very well, I'm just about coping & it's been a week and a half since the breakup now & if anything I just feel worse everyday. I still don't have much of an appetite, I've been trying to force myself to eat but it's really difficult when I just feel sick...

Thanks you three :) I'm okay dd82, been feeling quite down the last few days & reminiscing about good memories & resenting him for letting me go and our relationship & family go too.. Finding it really tough if I'm honest.

I've gone straight from 844 calories yesterday to 1251 today. I just hope that I haven't jumped up too high too quickly.. I do feel that I need to get back to normal as soon as possible though & crack on with my journey. I really wanna start weight training again, if anything just to help ease...

Thank you everyone! Had a real bad tummy today, not sure if its my body trying to adjust to food because I haven't eaten properly in so long. I ate 590 calories Friday, 698 on Saturday, 844 yesterday and gonna aim for 1000 today.. just trying to build it up gradually to 1500 to avoid any...

It's my 2nd weigh in.. and I've lost 8lbs since last week. So that's exactly 14lbs off in two weeks. Feeling slimmer already & lighter on my feet which is nice, and haven't had the nasty knee pain in a while.. Having my hair dyed today & then extensions fitted Tuesday, so that'll perk me up...

Thank you :) x

Managed 698 calories today.. It's weigh in day tomorrow so will see how I've done. Was 15st 6lbs last Sunday, so if I'm about 15st as I was this morning then that'll be 12lb off in two weeks! But we'll see what those scales say tomorrow... & thanks to everyone whose been so supportive, I'm not...

I only managed 590 calories yesterday, and weighed this morning and I'm 2lbs up from yesterday. I know weight fluctuates day to day and I should weigh once a week which I normally do, but with the recent events I've been weighing every morning to see what this breakup is doing to me.. and now...

Hi girls.. with the Nike fuel band & the fitbit you're meant to remove them during workouts and exercise, and instead wear a heart rate monitor for a more accurate calorie burn.. So wear the band & fitbit all day, and during sleep, and it'll accurately track daily steps etc, but then during...

I've actually managed to eat & now I feel quite sick.. I've had two coffees with semi skimmed milk this morning which totals 49 calories, and for lunch just ate an Asda reduced calorie beef lasagne, mild cheddar cheese stick & a lemon cheesecake muller light.. So I've had 590 calories today...

Hi everyone. I'm still really struggling, feeling quite broken & lost.. I haven't eaten since midday on Tuesday, and not because I'm starving myself purposely but because I just don't have the appetite to eat anything. Occasionally I get the odd hunger pang but it quickly goes, and I'm...

I still can't stomach any food. It's been nearly two days now since I last ate. I'm drinking plenty of sugar free squash & coffees, but food just makes my stomach churn.. It feels like someone's died, I'm grieving over someone who I spent 3 years with and who has changed so much he's...

I'm trying to keep strong for my LO but its so tough. A 3 year relationship just down the drain. At least I'm on the heartbreak diet & should shed a few pounds lol.

Hi everyone, sorry I haven't been on much. My oh left me last night, so having a really stressful & hard time at the moment. It's been 36 hours since I last ate anything, just been drinking a lot of squash and feel too sick for food.. barely slept a wink last night and just feel drained & in a...

Lol I've asked on the MFP forums :) x

The way they work is they calculate everyone's BMR based on their height, age, weight and sex, so that's automatic & the number will be divided by however many seconds in a day.. so for example if your BMR is 1500 then every second your fitbit will add like 0.017 calories burned... then your...

I can't blame the snow.. it's not bloody snowing around here :( lol Back on track tomorrow, bye bye binge face Lauren! & thanks everyone for your kind replies.. was worried I'd get a row off someone! Lol

I've had a bit of a wake up call this evening, and I'm not even sure how to put into words what I need to say.. First and foremost, I didn't wanna post this cause everyone whose been so proud of me is gonna think I've failed.. but yesterday I had a day off as you all know, & today I've gone...

I'm having a bad day too sweetie. Not sure what it is but feeling really low & miserable, got an achy body from a cold I've picked up off my LO and just craving sweet food in mountains! :( x

It's so tough! I keep daydreaming about going home, popping my pyjamas on and binging on chocolate and cakes! I'm trying to forget about it but seems like it's easier said than done. Definitely gonna have to read through my goals and get some motivation as to why I'm doing this!

Well done Lindsay! Is that your TDEE minus 20%? 1500?

Hmm.. I don't think my idea of having one day off a week on weigh in day is gonna work out for me. After yesterday I feel bloated, crampy, miserable & I'm craving all the wrong sorts of foods now too.. I almost feel like I've let myself down, because I did so well last week & then That's why...

Thanks Rach :)

Thanks Tricia and thanks everyone else :) xx

I think it's gonna be trial and error, so I'm having today off but not going mental & binging like I used too.. just having one meal and one dessert afterwards that's naughty, otherwise had a good healthy breakfast.. Then I'll be straight back onto a strict calorie intake of 1300 tomorrow...

I'm contemplating having each Sunday off plan, not to go completely nuts but to go out for food with OH or get a meal in etc.. I used to do this before with success because Sunday is weigh in day, so then I'd have 6 days to pull it back in & be as strict as possible with my calories and hope for...

I am cause now it seems possible that I can get this weight off & I can be slim and happy again whereas for a long time it seemed like I'd never be able to do it.. But I'm proving to myself I can :) x

Most of the time when you have very little to lose like yourself then you need to eat MORE calories or your body stresses and holds onto things apparently. Wait & see what your TDEE is when your fitbit arrives, you'll have to wait 2-3 days to get an accurate result & then adjust calories if you...

Thank you! I am determined now & it's a nice feeling :) the temptation to binge is still there but before I would've caved in without a second thought, but now that I'm doing well & feel happier & can see the weight falling off the last thing I wanna do is binge and ruin my hard work! Plus the...

Well I've weighed in a day early to make Sunday my weigh day, just because I have more time in the mornings to weigh on the weekend than I do on a Monday when I'm rushing around for work etc.. Pleased to report a 6lb loss my first week :) So I'm 4lb away from hitting my 10lb target by the...

I wear it on my bra strap :) it supplies a wristband to wear it on during sleep, but shows on the packaging that for best results a female should wear it at the front on the bra strap between the cups & a male on their trousers.

Haha good girl!

Yeah it measures your BMR automatically by calculating your basic info like height, age and weight etc.. then the daily activity you do in the form of steps and floors climbed & miles walked totals up to your TDEE.. sleep efficiency contributes too cause judging from my results the past few days...

The actual fitbit site :) its £79 on there and on amazon so I wanted from the genuine site cause its free next day delivery too.

They're great and I think relatively cheap at £79 too! Be sure to have an IPhone or iPad though cause that's how it logs your info, the app isn't available on android & without the app you can't see your sleep efficiency or how many calories you've burned etc cause the device wipes information...

Screenshot showing sleep logged :)

Yep :)

It's also teeny tiny! So discreet :)

Yeah it tracks calories burned day to day, including calories burned during sleep & tracks steps and floors climbed too.. I shook the thing to death when I first had it to see if it'd overestimate steps but it didn't budge so it seems accurate! I've got the fitbit one & it's £79 but totally...

After wearing my fitbit for 5 days now, it turns out I'm not burning as much in a day that calculators online estimate.. according to various online calculators I should burn 2500 in a day, but I'm only burning about 2300, some days a bit less.. Therefore after this week I'll have to make my...

I'm not sure whether to weigh in tomorrow or Monday though? Monday is official weigh in day but if I weigh in early tomorrow then I can workout tomorrow too and not worry about holding water weight!

Thank you! I just made an ice cream treat for tomorrow -- a 200g pot of fat free Greek yogurt, some granulated sweetener & 20g Cadbury cocoa powder so it's 186 calories in total and quite a big amount.. popped it in the freezer so will see how it turns out tomorrow :)

Another day done. Pretty gobsmacked that I'm on day 6 and still going strong, I think this is the first time in 13 months that I've gotten past day 3 of a diet and stuck to it.. Was gonna do 30 day shred tonight, and tomorrow.. but I'm a bit worried about doing so just before my weigh in...

They're 350g and are a nice size yeah :) definitely filling enough to have for dinner alone or bulked up with veggies or something else.

These things are absolutely gorgeous!! I've tried a variety of frozen low fat ready meals in the past such as tesco light choices & weight watchers, but the asda reduced calorie range are far better than any others I've tried!! They're full of flavour & bigger too, you get a lot more food and...

All I can think about tonight is a takeaway & lots of chocolate! The weekends are harder than the week :(

I buy the tub cause its £1 in asda for a 160g and the pack of 4 little pots are £1.65 and only 120g!! I just make sure I weigh out how much I'm having so I never go over :)

Yeah it's lovely :) obviously nothing like Nutella but when you haven't eaten a chocolate bar or 'proper' chocolate in a while it tastes like heaven! I have it on pancakes or kingsmill breakfast waffles :) it's a nice treat & kills the chocolate cravings.

I think your phone has autocorrected or changed words cause I don't understand the sentence? Lol.

Forgot to update with yesterday's food diary, so here it is.. Friday. B -- coffee with 100ml skimmed milk, one kingsmill crumpet with 10g flora lighter than light margarine = 158 calories Morning Snack -- medium banana = 100 calories L -- asda mild cheddar stick & 2 bags of quavers = 259...

It's getting to the point now where even though I crave and fancy junk food, I won't cave in and eat it because I'm on day 6 & I'm doing well and the thought of ruining my hardwork is unbareable! xx

It might be the weather, it was minus 1 here this morning and we've got snow warnings for tomorrow! Just finished my dinner so hoping the hunger staves off now till I get home this evening and have my pancake treat :) if I feel peckish while I'm out then I'll just have a diet coke so the bubbles...

Really hungry today, having an early dinner at 3 cause I'll be busy this evening and don't wanna end up grabbing something unhealthy while I'm out.. then using my remaining few calories for two kingsmill pancakes and chocolate philly & an aero chocolate mousse when I get home tonight. I was...

Hi Sarah, I definitely wanna be a new person & don't wanna be the person I was before. Like you said I have a new life now and a child & a good job and all the great things in life except I'm overweight and that area of my life is making me unhappy. x x

I'm hoping to lose more than 7lb a month tbh.. I've got 90lbs to lose and it should come off pretty quickly at the beginning and then start slowing down. I'm aiming for a 3lb a week loss so that's 12lbs a month & I'm still in the team to hit a goal by February 1st and my goal is 14lbs. So...

Hi Tricia, I've always been chubby I guess.. I was a big kid cause my parents were overweight and fed me what they ate, then when they cut down I lost weight along with them.. From the age of 17 onwards I always stayed at 11st 7lbs and a size 12, and was happy for a while but then decided I...

Today's food diary - B -- coffee with 100ml skimmed milk & 1 kingsmill 50/50 pancake with 15g philidelphia Cadbury cream cheese = 154 calories Morning Snack -- medium banana = 100 calories L -- quavers and asda mild cheddar stick = 171 calories D -- asda reduced calorie beef lasagne &...

I looked at before, but tbh I haven't seen enough good weight loss success stories to be able to convince me to try it.. I've got 90lbs to lose & I don't wanna waste time by messing around with other diets anymore. I've done enough of that the last 12 months :( and I don't think I could eat 500...

I think a lot of it is down to genetics too.. my mum has good skin and doesn't look anywhere near her age of 47, and after two kids her stomach is great.. and mines the same. But I know friends who've had babies and they have elephant skin left and it's really saggy but their mothers are the same...

Had a bit of a slip up last night, not my regular binge but did eat more calories than I was meant too... I had a tuna pasta bake for tea with bread & butter, two aero chocolate mousses and a cream cake. Not sure how many calories it came too but it's done with now and I felt like crap for it so...

How.. how do people manage it? I so want to eat clean and cut out all processed crap, not just for my health but to help with my weight loss and exercise journey. I'm not a veggie fan, anything green and I can't stomach it without heaving. And I'm not a fan of most fruits either.. The fruits...

Struggling today, feel pretty hungry & been daydreaming of chocolate and cream cakes all bloody day! But I've stuck to plan 100%, and refuse to back down.. it's been sunny here today and it reminded me that soon enough it'll be summer, & I want to enjoy it this year and not have to hide away in...

Get sugar cubes instead so the sugar is portioned & it's easier to know the calories :) or try sweeteners xxx

Day two and I've stuck to my food plan again & just under calorie goal, haven't managed exercise but pleased with myself that I'm getting the diet part down and going strong :) B -- belvita strawberry & yogurt biscuits and coffee with 100ml skimmed milk = 257 calories Morning Snack -- medium...

Thanks everyone :) Had a good day calorie wise, stuck to my food plan apart from swapping my planned dinner for an asda reduced fat beef lasagne instead. My LO and OH have been full up with a bad cold which I seem to have caught, so feeling super run down & didn't manage any exercise nor fancy...

Yeah I've got 2kg handweights :) I know the jumping jacks I'll struggle with & the squats might be a bit difficult, but will see how my knee holds up later on!

Hi to anyone whose following! Well I've had a shitty new year start and haven't stuck to plan at all since I was meant to on the 1st of Jan.. Too much stressing myself out with researching into different calorie amounts and overthinking things lead to getting fed up, feeling sorry for myself &...

Almond milk is lovely in protein shakes, but in tea or coffee or cereal - NASTY! I drink skimmed milk & have drunk it for so long that I much prefer it to semi skimmed or whole.

Sorry I don't have time to reply to everyone individually but thanks to everybody for their help and we are all in this together so time for me to crack on and get some patience & into weight loss mode :)

It feels like people are giving me a hard time when they're saying how I can't have gained 2lbs and can't be morbidly obese.. I have gained 2lbs, the scales said so yesterday and this morning & afternoon, and my doctor is the one who told me that I'm morbidly obese. Maybe like Tracey said I'm...

I have a BMI of 38, which is classed as morbidly obese. I'd love to think I'm not morbidly obese but apparently I am so that's why I said it.. I just feel like everyone's giving me a hard time and I don't understand why? I was just wondering what everybody's opinion was on which route to go...

I gained 2lbs and I'm now 15.12 stone, I don't know if it's fat or not but I'm definitely 2lbs up.. and I'm only 5ft 3 and 222lbs, so on the BMI scale I'm morbidly obese and been told so by the GP too... You're probably looking at an old photo? All my photos on here are over a year old when I...

Hi Amy, thanks for all your help. I'm gonna stick to 1300 and see how I get on. That was my magic number before so fingers crossed it will be again.

Hi Rachael, don't worry, I haven't forgotten you! Yeah I think I will. I'm definitely gonna stick to the 1300 number but gonna try & cut actual chocolate bars out for a while, and if I fancy anything sweet then I'll have an options got chocolate or a muller light x

Yeah I have to learn patience but its so damn hard! I'm gonna stick to 1300 calories & try and get some exercise in and then aim for 2-3lbs loss per week.. I'm hoping with 87lbs to lose that 2-3lbs a week should be easy for the first few months cause I've got so much weight to shift.

I tried TDEE - 20% for four days & gained 2lbs.. I KNOW four days isn't long & people will say stick with it and give it longer.. but the thing is - I have 87lbs to lose! And I've been not dieting & eating 4000+ calories daily for months, so realistically any cut in calorie intake should get the...

Hi Tracey, I have to weigh myself regularly to see how I'm progressing otherwise I just give up altogether. And I think 1500 is too high for me cause I lost weight on 1300 before, and I wanna try and aim for 2-3lbs a week which I know is do-able if I eat at 1300 but start working out & burning...

I used to eat a cheat day once a week before & it'd be something like a Chinese and then a tub of Ben and Jerrys for dinner so that'd total 3000 calories.. I like sweet things too much & I know people say incorporate a treat each day but if I get the taste of chocolate or sugar then I end up...

Could everyone whose following me please read my ready for a rant thread on the main CC boards, and help me figure things out!

Right, before I start ranting about all the confusion and frustration going through my head - PLEASE do not give me a hard time, I don't need that & just need everybody's solid advice and help! MFP sets me at 1330 calories per day to lose 2lbs a week, that to me sounds fine, I ate 1300 before...

Hello! Yep it's an ongoing joint issue, I've had bad knees since I was little in primary school & when I gain too much weight like I have now they get really bad. I'm due an X-ray on both but keep putting it off, I should really make effort to go next week and check if everything's okay. I...

I've just deleted my inbox so try again :) xxxxx

Hello! Yeah I know but thanks anyway :) to be honest I wanna do more weight training & less cardio, so today I did leg weight training and then 10 minutes on the bike and that was enough for me. I haven't worked out for a long time & need to build it up slowly cause I'm so weak & get worn out...

I haven't been so good with keeping my diary up to date this time round! Should really try harder and use this as an outlet for whatever's going on in my head to help me with my journey.. Decided to get my butt back in the gym as of this morning, but didn't realise just how much my knee would...

I think I might.. I'm gonna try 1600 calories and get my butt down the gym tomorrow & see how I get on. Ill give it 2 weeks to prove itself & if its not successful then I'll go Jillian's way :) x

Thank you & you're really inspiring! I don't like clean foods either, fruit and veggies are an enemy of mine and always have been unfortunately. I prefer low fat versions of foods I like such as low calorie lasagne etc. I'm torn between following 1200 calories and having a cheat meal once a...

You're 5ft 3 & 125lbs? That's teeny! I don't think you'd need to lose anymore? If you're looking at getting toned & losing bodyfat then 30 day shred would be ideal, but as jillian says - for people looking to lose a few pounds and lower body fat they shouldn't have a huge deficit, so maybe only...

Well done!! Solid proof that Jillian's method works and the weight DOES stay off & you DO end up maintaining on a good high calorie amount! Did you ever have cheat meals? I'm considering incorporating one cheat meal a week to keep me sane.. I know a lot of people swear by it & I did it a few...

They're really good! She tends to talk about a subject, then fitness tips & diet tips etc, then she always has callers who ask diet questions etc

Yep! All free :)

Yep that's good! I've got that one too lol

Yep she's got a few books.. I've got her master your metabolism one & unlimited but that's more of a self help discovery thing. She's got making the cut which is a book to lose the last 5-10lbs.. the podcast is called the jillian michaels show & there's probably 80 odd episodes now. Each one is...

Ooops also forgot to add that she allows her clients, and herself, a cheat meal once a week on the evening of the day they weigh in.. But just a cheat MEAL and not a cheat DAY!

Yeah she's got an under active thyroid & something wrong with her bones too.. osteo something? I love her. I know the biggest loser promoted freakishly fast weight loss and some contestants put the weight back on, but that's not Jillian's fault nor her show, she was just a personal trainer on...

She says she personally eats 1690 to maintain her weight, but she's tiny - 5ft and 117lbs - and whenever she works out she eats ALL of her exercise calories back cause she doesn't wanna lose any weight. I calculated my BMR at my desired goal weight and its 1450, so my TDEE at lightly active...

I've messaged you xxxxx

I love Jillian. I've been a big fan since seeing her on the biggest loser, but then reading her books, seeing her DVDs and listening to her podcasts converted me even more. Biggest Loser aside - because I know a lot of people either don't like the shows methods, don't believe in it or doubt...

It's bringing me down knowing it could take so long, I won't lie.. I'm not used to the fact that you need to eat a good amount of calories & lose weight steadily etc. I'm eating 1600 now, but I feel that it's too high for me and I should be within 1200-1400.. A couple of months ago I CC'd...

I'll no doubt be spending all night here to distract myself! & gonna have a nice soak in the bath and start moisturising my tummy later too... It's a vicious cycle with me of feeling down about my weight, so then binging & feeling worse, gaining more then feeling down again & it goes on and on...

I think I'm gonna write out my goals properly on paper tonight.. it always seems to mean more when it's written down...

Feeling really down in the dumps today. I'm sick of feeling fat & frumpy, and of how much my weight wears me out from doing the littlest of things. My knees are extremely painful & I'm walking with a bit of a limp to avoid hurting them anymore - when I bend my knee it makes a big pop like its...

I'm not sure if this is aimed towards me? xxx

Hiya littlemiss, I'm not going near another VLCD or low calorie diet again. It's tempting sometimes when I know I could lose the weight within say 6 months or less, but it's not worth the hardwork or hassle if it doesn't stay off long term! I'm dedicated to sticking to a healthy calorie...

I worked out that if I lose 2lbs a week as of this week, that I'll be 10 stone by October which would be great.. I'd like to be 9.7 stone where I was before, but maybe if I weight train more this time that I'll weigh a bit more due to muscle growth but I'll be slimmer & inch wise smaller which...

Hi Sarah, thank you. It was scary putting it up & I do worry if people that know me from work etc will see it but I think it needs to be there to show people what their doing by eating so little.. That's the same as me! I spent last summer covered up in so many clothes & indoors and made my...

Thanks to everyone that's replied. That's taken a huge weight off my shoulders knowing I can eat the things I like within my allowance. It's so nice having two pancakes with flora lighter than light & a cup of coffee for breakfast - and not feeling guilty about it! xx

Hey! Yeah you did mention you'd had a similar experience. It's horrible & I wish I'd have known before cause I never would have done this to myself had I known.. It petrifies me that it could take the entirety of 2013 to lose this weight, and that I might not be goal weight this summer like I...

That's great :) well done! xxx

Thanks everyone! Feel much better and more relaxed now :) I've got some physillium husk fibre tablets to help boost my fibre levels, and got plenty of diet whey protein shakes here too on days I need a bit more protein :)

Thanks, will have a read now! xx

I don't think there's much difference, but I'm not 100% sure? My OH has the men's slendertone & all I've noticed is that his has higher power settings.

How long has it taken you to lose 2 stone if you don't mind me asking? I've got 6 stone to lose too and am starting at 1500 calories.

So, lately I've had a few people ask me if the photo in my profile picture is actually me, and if it is then why am I calling myself obese & saying I need to lose 6 stone etc.. Well yes, that photo & the one other photo on my profile ARE me. They are taken November 2011, when I was a size 8...

...so long as I track the calories I'm eating? I don't mean that I wanna consume 1500 calories a day worth of takeaway and junk food. But I'm not a fruit or veg fan, and just can't cut the whole clean eating thing even though I wish I could. I've ordered my food shopping, and it consists of...

I actually have a slender tone women ab belt that I bought last year, so I might start wearing that for 20 minutes every night & see if it helps.. definitely need to start moisturising again! I've got loads of nice expensive moisturisers & firming creams here that I bought after having the baby...

Dropped to 1580 calories per day as MFP suggests in order to lose 1.5lb per week. Will give it a week or so to see how I get on, and if I need to drop calories or increase then I'll readjust until I find the number that works best for me.

I've never experienced this before, even after having my son I lost the 5 stone I'd gained and shrunk back into shape within 4 months & my belly showed no signs of pregnancy besides the caesarean scar & a few stretch marks.. But now that I've gained so much weight my belly is starting to hang...

Can't wait to start crossing off goals on my list as I reach them :)

Hello! Thank you! There is loads of conflicting information about calories & it gets a bit much, and I don't wanna over complicate it cause that's when I'll find it a struggle. I had my consultation with the hospital group last Feb when I was 10st 7lbs, I was a stone heavier than what I'd...

I've just finished writing my list of goals that I wanna achieve along my weight loss journey, from the beginning right to the very end & the ultimate goal.. it's been an eye opener just by writing it, and now I can focus on each mini goal along the way to keep me motivated. I think everyone...

Would help loads if you guys could follow my diary & support me :) I just posted my list of goals.

I'm not sure if anyone's actually following my diary, so might be talking to myself.. but need to update what I'm doing anyway. After asking people both on here & MFP, it's been decided for me that as I can't exercise properly at the moment, that following MFP's guidelines would be more...

I'm gonna take the majority advice off here & MFP and eat the reccomended 1580 to lose 1.5lb a week.. then when I'm slimmer & lighter and there's less pressure on my knees I'll attempt exercise regularly again.

What are my stats? I always use the MFP app so I probably haven't updated them since I first joined! I'm 15.10 stone now :( that's what messing around with different diets & wasting time does.. I feel like if the weight loss is too slow then I'll give up & end up resorting back to a VLCD again...

Yeah my TDEE is 2481. I'm 220lbs lol

1580 is what MFP suggests for me in order to lose 1.5lbs a week.. but that's like 35-40% under my TDEE. I'm just paranoid that cause I'm unable to exercise that by eating TDEE minus 20% which for me is 1960 that I'll not lose very well :( x

I'm confused now! I'm not sure whether to follow the TDEE minus 20-30%, or to follow the MFP suggestions that would have me eating 1580 calories a day for 1.5lbs loss a week.... its so confusing! I can't exercise so I feel that eating high calories might not help me now :(

I'm not cutting dramatically! Lol, I'm going to try 30% under TDEE rather than 20%.. it's advisable for obese or the morbidly obese - which I am - to do a 30% cut but the only reason I was gonna start at 20% is because I thought I'd be burning a lot of exercise calories, but now that I won't be...

Oh and thank you! That's sweet :) it doesn't even feel like me anymore when I look back at old photos of myself, but I'm determined to look that way again! x

That is strange that there's a 124 difference.. maybe the results they're giving you are based on a lower percentage cut, like 15%, it could be if you don't have much to lose that you don't need to make as big a cut as 20%. And are you really sedentary? I'm not exercising at the moment, but have...

I've injured my knee and am unable to exercise so won't be getting a good calorie burn from anything really. So seen as I'm morbidly obese BMI wise, am I ok to make a 30% cut from my TDEE? That's what the in place of a road map thread on MFP suggests, but I just wanna make sure that it'll be okay.

Well, I feel really down & crap about myself now :( I've got loads of Jillian Michaels DVDs - 30 day shred, killer buns & thighs, ripped in 30, extreme shed and shred and her complete body revolution program. I've attempted body revolution before, and found the DVDs tough but doable, but gave...

Go on the fat2fit radio website, and they have a link for their own BMR calculator. You can also download their app if you have an iPhone or android.. Enter your details, & it'll give you a chart of activity levels, choose the one that best suits you & that's how many calories you should eat to...

Thank you :) happy new year to you too! I've just finished my ironing & I've broken a sweat just from that, so god help me after I've done my DVD! Lol x

Are you sure your TDEE is 1688? That sounds more like your BMR.. my TDEE is 2464 but then minus 20% means I eat 1961. My BMR is 1783 which is fairly high but that's cause I'm overweight, but then at goal weight my BMR would be 1500 & my TDEE would still be 2062.. I'll follow your diary :) I've...

Good morning everyone! & happy new year :) Well today is my fresh start, the day where I kick myself up the butt & turn my life around and wave byebye to the old me! I feel so good about this for the first time in a long time, maybe the fact it's the start of the new year is helping? I'm not...

I think I've got one but haven't officially started it yet, so I'll be starting my journal properly tomorrow :) xxx

Hiya :) The pictures are great, you can definitely see a huge difference! I can find them & post them on here for you if you like? I'd be a bit wary about eating such low calories.. why don't you at least move up to 1200-1400 & if you struggle to bulk up your cals some days then have a bar...

Just read both your posts so will reply on this one. I wish I hadn't wasted time fussing about with different diets too, I never believed people when they said I'd gain all the weight back plus more! & I never ever believed that I could weigh 15 and a half stone... I know what you mean. I feel...

Hey! I've got 6 stone to lose and I'd die to lose it by July in time for summer - I've got 3 weeks off work the end of July to the middle of August & was hoping to go abroad, so would really love to be at goal weight or close to that by then! I thought it'd be asking too much aswell until...

Hello! That'd be great if you could find the photos! & to hear you lost 5 stone within 7 months by doing it the healthy way rather than a VLCD is amazing! How many calories were you eating? I'm probably gonna eat 20% below my TDEE and train hard, so it'll be 1960 calories per day and then...

I'll try 20% below TDEE for now and see how I get on :) gonna start a new training program at the gym that'll involve a lot of body weight and resistance training so should need the extra calories! xx

It works out BMR, TDEE and that for you doesn't it? I've seen it before :) I'll still have to go on either that or fat2fit every 5lbs to recalculate calorie intake though! Lol

Gosh every 5lbs is more frequent than I thought! I don't have fancy scales so I'll have to recalculate manually quite regularly then!

Hi Tracy, I think I should be banned from the food replacement section of the threads! Lol. I do have a habit of overthinking things, not just with dieting but most things in life, and it does get me into trouble! I was gonna try 20% below TDEE, which is 1961.. not so much for weight loss but...

I wish I had a treadmill at home! & I wish I was only 10st 2lbs! Lol

Yep very true! Baby steps is what I need or I get too stressed out with loads of changes at once & don't stick to it x

I'm the same, really impatient and haven't given anything a chance. But if I had then I probably wouldn't be anywhere near as heavy as I am now, which is a depressing thought! & I've always looked for the quick fix miracle cure, but it's not out there so I'm not sure why I've been in denial for...

Hey everyone! Hope you all had a good christmas! Just a quick question in preparation for my start on Tuesday.. when it comes to eating 20% below TDEE, how often do you recalculate figures? My BMR is currently 1783, being 216lbs, 22 years old and female.. then with an activity level of...

I know, everything you're saying is right & I heard it before, back in June off a woman on the Cambridge boards when I was doing exactly the same thing & being destructive and sabotaging myself.. she said if I didn't get a grip on myself then I'd be 15st plus before I knew it, and I didn't...

Well done you!! That's amazing! Hope you had a lovely christmas off plan, you deserve it! xxx

Thanks. I just hate myself for how much time & money I've wasted by messing around with other diets when if I'd just put my faith in CC a while ago, I wouldn't be as big or heavy now & could possibly be close to goal weight! What are your starting stats and your goal if you don't mind me asking? X

Those who know me on here, like mrs-s and Tracy & everyone else whose been friendly & helpful & supportive on these CC boards - I'm deeply sorry! Earlier this week I spent £100 on slim and save products to do that for a little while, just to kickstart things & hopefully get the ball rolling -...

Yep I know ketosis isn't needed & it's just the apparent 'keep hunger at bay' tool but thank you for the info anyway. I just don't wanna go over carbs because some slim & save packs, such as the cottage pie meal, are 30g of carbs and that's practically double what a Cambridge pack is.

Thanks :) x

Okay thanks! I don't have any Cambridge nor slim and save bars as I don't like them so should be okay.. will add all my packs into MFP daily to keep track anyway :)

Thank you :) starting tomorrow and excited but dreading it all at the same time!

Does anybody know what the maximum carb intake tends to be on SS? There must be a limit to keep people within ketosis and was just wondering what that is.. I'll be following CD using my CD steps book that I've got from a previous attempt but using slim and save packs as they're cheaper, so just...

Aww okay :( it's so lovely and I have 2 packs in the fridge! Lol

Could you have Bernard Matthews wafer thin turkey ham?

But I won't be following S&S long term, that's the difference.. I want it for the kick up the butt and will only be using it to introduce me back into restricted food intake & to shed a few pounds in order to get me motivated. I've said all that above anyway.. I don't have any special occasions...

I know what you mean, I've got 1 little boy whose 18 months old & don't want him seeing mummy living off shakes forever anyway! I want us as a family to eat healthily together & be active so that he doesn't grow up with weight problems like I did when I was little.. So I'm gonna VLCD for a...

Hi everyone, I'm not looking to VLCD for very long, only 4 weeks to kickstart my weight loss journey and then I've chosen to follow the CD steps in order to gradually transition from VLCD to calorie counting & healthy eating but hopefully without gaining.. The main reason for me not staying on...

Thank you :) that's what I thought. I'm finding it difficult to just start calorie counting right at the beginning of my weight loss journey, but doing a VLCD for a short period of time will be so strict that when I do transition to calorie counting it should be easier - at least that's what I'm...

Hi everyone, I'm thinking about trying slim and save for a few weeks.. I won't be sticking with it for ages, mainly because I can't afford too, but I'm tempted to give it 2-4 weeks of strict slim & save, and then slowly transition to calorie counting & healthy eating. Basically I want this for...

I'm confused because I've always thought you're not meant to restrict calories gradually when losing weight, as then your body adjusts and you'll end up on an extremely low calorie amount just to maintain your weight? Jillian Michaels says to start low, and keep low until you hit goal, and if...

Hi Tracy, thanks for replying! I'm doing my best to just focus on the calories and ignore the carbs, it is hard though when every other diet out there seems set against carbs & restricts them so much to the point of removing them altogether.. I'm a bit concerned that 1700 calories is too high...

I'm doing my best to just concentrate on calorie intake, but I can't help but worry about my carb intake too.. Carbs are given such a bad rep that I panic when eating them & if I see my carb intake on MFP creeping over 100g then I freak out! Should I be trying to restrict carb intake along...

DAY ONE Hi everyone, now that Christmas is over with I've decided enough is enough & it's time to kick myself up the butt and get this weight off. I weighed and took measurements this morning, so they are as follows: Weight - 15st 6lbs Arms - 13ins Waist - 38ins Belly - 45ins Hips - 43ins...

That's true, cause it was always when i felt deprived of treats that I'd give up and binge in the past. I'm gonna try 30% below my TDEE so that'll be 1700, and see how I get on. xx

True, thanks :)

I've been reading a thread on MFP titled in place of a road map thoroughly, and he states that eating 30% below TDEE is fine for people that are obese, and currently I'm considered morbidly obese in respect of my BMI. 1700 still seems a high calorie number to start on to me, cause in the past...

Right, I've yoyo dieted and done many VLCD's in the past - lost weight & obviously regained it all back, plus more! But the last 12 months I've literally eaten what I wanted and however much of it I wanted, which is the reason for me gaining 6 stone so quickly, so at least my TDEE is reset so I...

Yep, 1200 calories is hell & so are VLCD's, and what's worse is it doesn't matter how much hard work and dedication you put into it - if you can't sustain it forever, which I doubt many people can, then the weight comes back on twice as fast and it's really not worth it. Happy christmas to you...

Hello! Thank you, I'm probably gonna go for 1700 calories to begin with, that's my TDEE -30% which is okay for morbidly obese people, which I now am unfortunately xx

I have 6 stone to lose so I'm gonna 30% for a little while and see how I get on :) it does say in the thread though that for anyone doing 30%, if they stall then they'll need to eat full TDEE for a few days before going to 20%.. but we'll see, maybe I've for so much to lose that I won't stall...

Okay thanks :) I'll do this then!

I've just read the my fitness pal forum thread titled 'in place of a road map 2.0' thoroughly, and I'm not sure whether to eat 20% below my TDEE or 30%? It says 30% is only if you're morbidly obese, which I am at the moment.. so any ideas?

I'm starting on the 27th, just wanna get the next few days of Christmas festivities out the way first.. I'll be sure to take measurements Thursday morning! x

and thanks for the good lucks and welcomes :)