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When i'm working (or at uni for that matter) I tend to whip up a large batch of sweet potato curry on Sunday, portion it out with some wholegrain rice into plastic takeaway tubs (my parents are massive hoarders of anything useful) and then just grab one on my way out. I couldn't deal with eating...

I attempted to go without shampoo for 6 months. After 3 months I ended up wearing my headscarf whenever I went outside. For me, personally, plain water washes were not enough to keep my hair in the fashion I prefer. However a friend has been using nothing but water to wash his hair for 6 years...

Well done on your loss, it really is a brilliant feeling to reach a milestone. I can only imagine how happy you'll feel when you get into the 12's :]

So i've been calorie counting for a week now. The first 7 days were easy, being by myself most of the time I could weight out ingredients, cook for myself and make sure I never managed to blow a third of my budget on a single unhealthy item. This weekend has been rather poor, mother has been...

I'm losing weight because i'm fed up of being viewed as the big girl, at having to shop in the plus size corner of clothing shops, of being the fattest one in the class. I'm losing weight so I no longer feel uncomfortable on public transport or worry that the seat belt on coaches/airplanes won't...

Oh my, yes! Ha. I've informed everyone i'll go on holiday once I no longer resemble a pregnant seal on the beach. Only a few stone to go XD.

My Christmas target is to have lost anywhere between 15 and 20lbs. Fingers crossed!

I'm another walk lover! It used to be running, but my weight needs to come down and my fitness improved before I risk further damage to my dodgy knee. I love swimming, but given my current hefty shape i'm too self conscious to go, even if I know most people will only pay the smallest amount of...

Anything under 200 I leave them, if it's the end of the day and i'm genuinely not hungry then I don't see the point in eating something for the sake of filling them up. I tend to view calories as cumulative, so I generally don't pay too much attention if I go over one day or under the next, so...

When people do it properly and take into account their activity levels I think intermittent fasting is a fabulous thing to do. I know that personally that if I added fasting back into my routine i'd slip back into an eating disorder, so definitely not for me, but good on everyone who can do it...

So long as i'm able to control what I eat and my family do not suddenly present a mystery dish I haven't been able to weigh or check the packaging of, then I find calorie counting an excellent way to not only control my diet but really think about what i'm putting into my body. I know that if I...

Well done you on those changes :). I wish I could enjoy cauliflower and prawns, but no, the taste and smell just puts me right off. Actually... there isn't anything I miss eating, I still eat it but not in the quantities I used to. I just miss eating without thinking about portion sizes, before...

Following a conversation on the bus i'm actually looking forward to the day where strangers using the phrase"big girls like us..." in reference to me are few and far between. I feel horrible saying it, but I realised today how sick I am of being put in the big girl box. I don't want to be in the...

Oooo yes, this is definitely starting to irk me! I find all the small print about how a portion is actually 1/4 - 1/2 a pack when everything else indicates it's designed for one person really, really irritating. I'm just giving up buying ready made pasta salads, it's easier now just to prepare a...

My knee no longer shouting that i'm too heavy for it. Being known as the older sister instead of the fat sister. Being able to ride again - whilst I could ride at my current weight I won't, my mind won't let me even consider getting in the saddle at this weight. Not feeling as if someone has...

Tahini, houmous, chickpeas, maize, and halva. I gobble them up far too much, and it shows.

Wow small world, whereabouts? and well done on your progress!

Honestly it was seeing my graduation photograph. I knew I was fat, but I didn't know I was that fat, seeing a photograph that hadn't benefited from carefully angling the camera/body to be kind shocked me into action. I'm 24, I shouldn't look like a stout grandmother. The fact my bad knee has...

Recently moved from Carlisle, Cumbria to Walsall, West Midlands That said, with the amount of time I spend in Birmingham though I may as well live there.

Oh, tea is definitely one of my snack replacers: mint, nettle or ginger usually. Sparkling water too, especially if what i'm craving happens to be pop. Sometimes though, when I just need food i'll have cucumber. Fortunately I love cucumber, even more than chocolate :o. Broccoli too...

Mango, papaya and lychees. Plums too when they're ripe.

Stumbled across this forum today and I am very happy to have done so! I'm officially changing the way I live and my relationship with food on the 6th of August, giving myself the weekend for sorting out the cupboards, organising a weekly plan and coming up with achievable first month goals to...