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At my heaviest, 18 stone 3lb, I think I was a size 24. I say think, as I always avoided dresses with zips (bought cotton ones you pull over your head) and bought jeans in Evan's or Inspire (New Look) and I think there plus size sizes are quite generous but fitted into a 20. 15 stone 3.5lb now...

For anyone who has IBS or even slight IBS, do not buy any of the weight watchers sweets they sell in the classes. I have bought and tried nearly all the ones the sell in the Irish classes and after eating about half the packet (about 7 sweets), I got the WORST stomach cramps I have got and they...

Hi all :) Just wondering your opinions on alcohol and weight loss? Now, I am not talking a huge amount of alcohol regularly, just a few drinks a few times a week. I (like many many others) cannot afford to go out as often as I used to (I go out about once a month max) so I really look forward...

I'm Monife on MFP :) Feel free to add me :)

Comfort food tonight. Aldi chunky haddock fillet in breadcrumbs with 250g (raw weight) plain mashed potatoe, 100g peas and a big dollop of ketchup - 483kcal

I know when I was doing Weight Watchers, a chow mein (with chicken or prawns or just veg) was the lowest pointed option. It really does depend on the size of the portion your local chinese gives you. My Fitness Pal might have the calories in certain dishes.

Down 1.5lb :D Delighted as I had quite a lot to drink on Saturday night but I was really good with my food :)

I would recommend calorie counting, using a website/app such as My Fitness Pal. It is so easy to do and you can still eat what you like within reason. It is not a quick fix though. In my opinion, quick fixes (such as lipotrim) do not work in the long run. Best of luck :)

I am loving calorie counting aswell (also using MFP). It has made me much more accountable and made me realise if I want to eat a bigger portion or let my hair down at the weekend, I need to work up the extra exercise calories.

My dietitian told me to get my husband to hide my scales and take it out once a week because she thinks that the daily (or few times a day) weighing was seriously affecting my weight loss (see a good result, think oh I can have a bit of chocolate then, see a bad result that is not deserved...

Yeah I think I might need to seriously shake things up (but I hate change lol). I have been trying to lose weight since November 2011. I lost almost 4 stone within 8 months and then regained about 16lb between August and January. Since January I had only lost 5.5lb on Weight Watchers so that's...

Weight is DEFINITELY a huge contributor to low self esteem but you can't think that all your problems and confidence issues will go away once you lose the weight. Yes you will be more confident, but there will always be that voice in your head. You have to learn to love yourself (I should heed...

I had a major slip up on Tuesday. Let's just say there wasn't much left of a certain TIN of biscuits :( Oh the shame. But the one thing I am proud of is that I logged it all on MFP (first time I have ever logged all of a binge) so hopefully I am one small step in the right direction...

I was up 1/2 lb :( Have no idea why. Went a bit over my cals one day but it should defo not been enough for a gain :( Oh well... onwards and downwards (weight wise) :)

Definitely should have been called "Deluded Eaters". They were not secret eaters at all, they just ate more than they thought they ate. I would love to watch a show/documentary on true secret eating and binge eating.

I too have this worry as some of my friends are planning a trip to Alton Towers in the summer. I read on their website that if your girth is more than 52/54 inches, that you won't be able to go on some rides. Your girth is the circumference of the biggest part of your body, so I would be...

Yeah I think it is their brown sliced (not the thick one) that is 2 slices for 2PP and all their other sliced breads are 2 slices for 3PP.

Hi girls. Hope you don't mind me joining in. I think I have B.E.D too although I have not gone to a doctor or anything about it. I too have had it since I was a child (funny enough it started around the time of my parents messy divorce). I haven't overcome it yet but what I have found that helps...

I like my lips, they are really full and a nice colour and have a nice shape.

This makes so much sense and very motivating :)

If you find yourself actually hungry and have no points left, then you can use some of your activity points on healthy, nutritious food (not a good idea to waste them on junk). If you don't use your weeklies, I would definitely recommend eating your activity points as your body might not get...

First week of calorie counting (having previously lost 3 stone with Weight Watchers) and lost 2lb at last Thursday's weigh in. Can't wait to weigh in this Thursday, hope I have lost the same amount or a bit more, had a really good week food and exercise wise :)

Great to see it can be done the old fashioned way of calorie counting. Well done!

Wow, what an inspiration. You look fantastic. Gives me motivation to know I CAN DO THIS!! :)

WOW. Well done, you look brilliant!!

Instead of points being calculated on sat fat and calories it is calculated on protein, carbs, total fat and fiber. (If you are planning on joining, I strongly recommend you buy the propoints calculator) You will also have a different daily points allowance and all the points for food have...

Good luck. The best thing I have learned on my various weight loss journey's are that if you slip up, just get back to plan straight after and try and not feel too guilty. Guilt can drive you into a downward spiral. We are all human and we all make mistakes, we just need to learn from them :)

This is site has a list of the calories in alcohol - Calories in Alcohol I think the best thing, calorie wise, to drink is vodka and a diet mixer :)

I think a 60g egg is considered a large egg (or might be 65g) which are 3PP.

I am lucky I don't have any health issues nor did I have them at my heaviest (18 stone 3lb) but I want to lose weight so I can be and feel more healthy. I am newly married and while we are not in a position to have children yet, I want to be able to conceive easily and to have a healthy baby. I...

Having a DIY takeaway tonight. Goodfella's chargrilled chicken Delizia pizza (393cal), 50g Country Kitchen reduced fat coleslaw (82cal) and 200g McCain Rustic Oven chips (202cal) = Total 677 calories... Can't wait :) nom nom nom

Brunch today is 1 slice of soda bread, 1/2 tin of beans, 1 egg fried in low cal spray and 2 bacon medallions :) (324 calories)

I know it does sound crazy (and scary) but you really should try upping your calories. On the information you gave (age, height, sex, weight), I calculated your BMR which is 1450 calories. This is the amount of calories your body needs just to function (as if you were in a coma). If you eat too...

There is a lot of talk on My Fitness Pal about how you should never eat under your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate - the calories your body needs just to function, as if you were in a coma). So let's say your BMR is 1600, and you eat 1600 that day but you burn off 400, they say you should eat your...

If you go to the website Free Calorie Counter, Diet & Exercise Journal | MyFitnessPal.com you can set up a profile and it will calculate your daily calories for you. If you exercise you earn calories and you can eat them back if you need to but if you find that you are not even hungry at all...

If you have been doing low calorie for a while, your body could be in a "mini starvation mode" and will cling onto the fat and any food you give it because it thinks it needs to preserve as much as possible. I would suggest, as Rigby said, to do basic calorie counting. My Fitness Pal has an app...

Down 2lbs today :) First weigh in doing CC (after previously losing 3 stone with WW) Delighted :)

This sounds too good to be true but I actually believe it. Have recently started looking into HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training). Now my fitness would not be the best, I just walk for exercise. But definitely think I might start doing my own little routine of walking with a few sprinting...

This is just awful. I feel for her with her family situation but it is no excuse to put 14 stone on in just a couple of years. I find it unimaginable that you could let yourself regain all that weight after losing it, fair enough if it was a few stone but 14 stone, I would be sick with myself!

I love raspberries but they are so expensive for such a little tray of them (EUR3.99). Also love really crunchy red grapes :)

I had 2 slices of mccambridge bread, toasted, with a bit of light spread and 2 boiled egg whites (I don't like the yellow when it's boiled lol), 229 cals... Nom nom nom

I wish I left then too. While I did lose a bit of weight with proponents, the weekly points are just dangerous and I got way too complacent. Just started calorie counting on Wednesday, looking forward to see a (hopefully) good result next week :) honeybee best of luck with your weightless. You...

As I said earlier, I am on 1370 as set by MFP which supposedly will give me a loss of 1.5lb. Just wondering after reading your posts, should I be on more? I am 15 stone 5.5lb and I lost almost 4 stone with Weight Watchers from November 2010 to July 2011 but then I put about a stone back on. I am...

Had a yummy homemade fruit salad of melon, strawberries and kiwi for brekkie and mid morning, 2 boiled egg whites for a bit of protein to keep me satisfied til lunch :)

Definitely recommend on the advice above re losing it slower. If you lose that amount of weight that fast, you will end up with a HUGE amount of saggy skin and possibly stretch marks and there is a big liklihood that you will need surgery to remove the skin before you can be completely happy...

I am on 1370 using MFP and that is supposedly enough to give me a loss of 1.5lb per week, even with eating back exercise calories. Haven't weighed in yet but can't wait to see the result on the scales. Hoping calorie counting can give my weightloss a new lease of life :D

Why don't you up your kcals to 1,200 and see how you get on? Also, definitely +1 on the exercise. Even 30 minutes exercise builds up a nice amount of calories to play with if you have gone over or want to eat an extra potatoe with your dinnner (or a handful of chips in work ;) )

This thread is great. Thanks for all the tips. So annoying though in Ireland, you can't get a lot of the lovely low kcal things you guys mentioned. We have an awful selection of low fat, low calorie things! No wonder we are making good progress on getting to the top of the list of obese countries!

Thanks for the advice Venus_Blue and busybee_mummy :) Busybee, already added you on MFP (from the MFP thread), i'm Monife on MFP for anyone else that wants to add me :) It's great to see how others are doing and really motivates you

I thought I posted a reply to this thread :( Thanks Babana :)

Thanks Babana. I look forward to regularly post in this forum for support and hopefully to give some support to people to when I become more knowledgeable. There was a thread on boards.ie for WWers which I found a great help when I was doing WW. Just wondering would you know the answer to my...

Hi everyone. I am new to this forum but hope to become a regular poster now that I have started a new journey. A bit of background history... I have been overweight since I was 10 years old (24 now) and my weight didn't really bother me until a year and a half ago. I joined Weightwatchers in...