weight loss?!

i've put on a 23lbs in the past 6 months due to some medication i'm on. i'm currently on a diet and doing exercise every day but will it make a difference? or will the medication make me continue to gain weight anyway? also, i'm 20 years old and 5ft 1ins tall. how many calories should i be eating in order to lose weight? cos i think i should have less calories and loads of exercise to lose it, but i've heard you have to eat a certain amount of calories to lose weight? confused? i definitely am. about 1 hour ago

greggs - a word of warning

does anyone else have a weakness for greggs? so damn wrong, yet so right! i made the mistake of going in there at lunchtime today on an empty stomach (left house in a rush, no time for breakfast), and couldn't resist their calorific chicken club baguette. i'm not so naive as to think that they're actually healthy - my guess was 600 calories, and i wasn't far out. just had a look on their website which says they're 680 calories. so there you go, you have been warned! fyi their better option is the chicken salad sandwich with reduced fat mayo - 380 calories. about 5 hours ago

1,200 - a good amount for weight loss?

hey guys just wondering if 1,200 calories is a good anount of calories for weightloss. any thoughts? thats the amount ive been sticking to. when i get to goal i'm gonna add a hundred calories a month till i'm back up to the 2,000 calories we should be eating. thats my maintainance plan! about 11 hours ago

let's DO this thing! :D

i have been going to the gym since january with my man. he got me a cruise for christmas and we're going in may! may 9th, to be exact! soo, i'm not overweight and i don't really have a problem with my body, but you know how girls are, we want to look absolutely PERFECT for beach season (and i can't let all those gorgeous caribbean babes show me up! ;] ) so i'm trying my hardest to get rid of the adorable muffin top i'm sportin' and to get a tight little butt that i can flaunt for my hunny and feel real good about! i'm trying my hardest to keep up on the protein and keep the fat calories waaay down... which is kinda hard, i work at starbucks and their drinks aren't exactly that great for you... the good ones aren't, anyways ;] soo, if anybody's got suggestions, i'm open, if anybody has advice, i'm workin on a two month time frame and advice is ALWAYS welcome. and support is what i thrive on, so lotsa love is welcome! i'm 5'7'', 140 lbs on avg, and i'm hoping that maybe a loss of ten lbs will be what i'm looking for? i dunno, i'm more concerned about feelin' good and lookin' better :] so yeah! thankie thankies! <3 about 16 hours ago

Does it really work???

I don't understand: I've been doing it for 10 days, keeping calories to a good level, exercising 30 to 50mn (High impact aerobics)a day, and I gained a pound! Healthy chocolate habit is hard to kick, but that's the only junk I eat and I've cut down. I checked on internet how many calories I need, so my target is 1300 to loose 0.5kg/w to 1800 a day to maintain weight. Appart from 1 sunday roast that cost me nearly 2000 cals, I've been doing well. I start to understand why some girls/boys start to starve themselves...but I won't be doing that. Could my answer be that i'm building muscle so I get heavier? 1 day ago

Hey everyone! I'd just like to say I love this site and finding it so interesting. One thing i've noticed is people count calories but don't look at the nutrition. For example a carrot is about 30 calories so is a low calorie hot chocolate which are yummy but still has sugar etc in. Therefore having 3 carrots and 3 hotchocolates everyday you will be sure to lose weight having carrots not the hot chocolate. It is something that gets to me and wants people to understand, one of my best friends doesn't get this at all! She has a large bag of kettle chips at 4pm as she hasn't eaten all day, then comes over for tea and a few brownies and then has a large meal with her family at 9pm! She is over weight and this is the reason and when I explain she doesn't understand, she thinks as long as she sticks to 1200 calories a day she will lose weight regardless the time she eats and what. I think it's important to remember our health as well as wanting to lose weight. Chemicals in foods can cause so many illness' and I just want everyone to be aware of this. I am not a "health freak" but I do feel that everyone needs to be aware what is it sugar free and fat free foods, rather than just op for the healthy option and have naughty days once a week for those things. Sorry if this is long! ha But hope we everyone is enjoying tweet because I love it!!! xxxxxxx 2 days ago

had no idea

Ok i joined this site to keep a diary to see how much i actually end up eating and i am shocked to see how little calories i eat! Its really upset me and confused me :( One day i only eat 300 minus my exercise for the day what the???????? Its a bit hard cause im at uni or at work majority of the week so i dont have alot of time to make meals but in all honesty ive been living like this for so long i do not see how i could eat anymore. I am in a healthy weight range and its not like ive dropped any ratical weight so is it possible that maybe my body could just be use to my daily diet? 2 days ago

Just signed up!

Anybody got any diet tips or anything for me?! Just starting as I'm desperate to lose some, thanks! 2 days ago

I love this site!!!!

Hi, would just like to let everyone know that I find this forum really motivating!! The number of times I have read posts and thought OMG thats exactly how I feel!! A lot of your comments make me smile and think THANK GOD ITS NOT JUST ME THAT THINKS THAT ha ha!!! Wishing everyone here success xxx 2 days ago

The Last 15 Diet

I'm doing Dr. Joey Shulman's "the last 15" diet - has anyone here ever done it? 2 days ago

men

just broke up with man. temptation of chocolate is great!!!!! must resist 2 days ago

2 homemade mini meringues with caramelised apples, raisins and yoghurt

Really full of sugar! 2 days ago

1 packet of Go Ahead bars

Overprocessed! I should make my own biscuits! 2 days ago

master cleanse

has anyone ever tried the master cleanse/lemonade diet? 3 days ago

Thighs

Just wondering is there any diet that is specifically for loosing wieght off your thighs and making them leaner and less muscular? 3 days ago

alguien que hable español....

quiero saber para que me sirve todo esto... ayudaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! gracias. 3 days ago

alguien que hable español....

quiero saber oara que me sirve todo esto... ayudaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! gracias. 3 days ago

Trying hard

Have not been for a while my problem is emotional eating especially when I have lousy day at work which was definitely yesterday tend to hit the food big time of course having PMT does not help either. Going to give things another go (god how many times have I said that !) 3 days ago

im new! is there anyone on here who is genuinely fat like me? :p i.e. 3 stone overweight

hello, so as the title explains, I am new to this! having had a quick look at some of the posts, i'm just wondering if i'm the only actual fat person here haha. age 21, 5"4 and weigh 13 stone 11lbs (arrrrgh!) i've always hated my body (its only looking back now that i realise how perfectly acceptable i looked three years ago, when i weighed 10 stone. yet at the time, i thought i was grotesque, and used to have panic attacks every morning before work. i did work in topshop though, land of beautiful skinny girls!) anyway, so ironically, the way that i used to see myself in my head has come true, as i actually look like that now! in the past year, it's got ridiculous. i used to be able to hide it well in clothes, but now it's totally obvious that i'm overweight and bloated. im only 21, prime of my life etc so i realise things have got to change. it's that whole cycle of hating what you see in the mirror, low self confidence, binge eating, and thinking 'fuck it, i'm never going to be slim'. stupid i know. i also get really embarrassed at work when all the skinny girls talk/moan about weight. i am quite literally the elephant in the room in those moments! hello, yes, me! i'm fat! anyway, if anyone else is in the same boat, let me know! moral support etc. my goal for now, is to get down to eleven and a half stone(so lose 2st 4lb. i only weighed that at the start of last year, that's how rapidly i've piled on the pounds! anyway, will stop rambling now ;) 3 days ago

bread and butter

Bread with waaay to much butter is my craving. i get really bloated from it and need to stop, will power does not last more than three days or so.. got a tip? 3 days ago