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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Excercise at home and change what you eat.

Im no expert but thats a good start I guess

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Excercise at home and change what you eat.

Im no expert but thats a good start I guess"

Its the eating i struggle with, love food! Lol x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You look gorgeous as you are

I juice twice a day when I need to lose, eat little and often, don't skip breakfast, and move more

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

"Excercise at home and change what you eat.

Im no expert but thats a good start I guess

Its the eating i struggle with, love food! Lol x"

Just change what you buy.

I have a sweet tooth and supermarkets dont help, they sell a bag of choc for £1 - the bastards

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

What specifically do you struggle with on slimming world?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

You don't need a gym to exercise, simple steps like replacing a short drive for a walk, taking stairs instead of lifts, swim.........

Try and build exercise into your daily routine, couple this with a quality food regime. Simple, non processed foods, cooked from single ingredients.

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By *ee VianteWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"Excercise at home and change what you eat.

Im no expert but thats a good start I guess

Its the eating i struggle with, love food! Lol x"

What are your weaknesses? When do you tend to over eat?

You need to know your triggers in order to start changing your eating habits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x"

Try PureGym by the Skydome, it's just £18.99 a month (I think)

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By *ilmiss75Woman
over a year ago

Thornton

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x"

I've been doing slimming world for 3 years.. What are you struggling with on it?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x"

I recently had to lose weight for health reasons. Have lost 47-ish lbs since the end of August. I did a low fat diet. No more than 3 grams of fat per meal. Weight Watcher snacks. The chocolate biscuits are a fav of mine. Snack a Jacks. Those marshmellow waffer things too. No exercise coz I'm lazy. No ready made microwave meals. No takeaways. Lol. But seriously get in the right frame of mind. Know u will have days when all u want is shit, give in to those cravings, but get straight back on it the next day.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thankyou all!! I syruggle with planning meals and affordi g to buy all the fruit, veg and meat. My weekness is sugar!! Xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thankyou all!! I syruggle with planning meals and affordi g to buy all the fruit, veg and meat. My weekness is sugar!! Xx"

Do u smoke or drink?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

does slimming world/ WW help ive gained 2 stone since giving up smoking 4 yrs ago, Im going dry for Jan plus trying to do 20 mins exercise ( walking, cycling) every day, any tips would be gratefully appreciated, Tony

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tesco value frozen fruit salad-about a pound a bag.

Try to eat seasonally for veg, eat less meat and more veggie meals.

Sugar wise, I used to save all my syns for sweeties or chocolate and then get as much as I could with my syns

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If you change one thing in your diet, drink lots of water, I mean lots, it will make a difference believe it or not

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

does water really help that much?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know a few who have done well doing the 5/2 diet

Personaly tho, eating litte and often and drinking lots of water works

And if you are having problems loosing weight see your doctor. It could be an underactive thyroid

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By *ilmiss75Woman
over a year ago

Thornton

"does slimming world/ WW help ive gained 2 stone since giving up smoking 4 yrs ago, Im going dry for Jan plus trying to do 20 mins exercise ( walking, cycling) every day, any tips would be gratefully appreciated, Tony "

Well I've lost just over 9 stone in 3 years so I'd say yes it does help lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thankyou all!! I syruggle with planning meals and affordi g to buy all the fruit, veg and meat. My weekness is sugar!! Xx"

I lost 3.5 stone in 4 months by cutting out most carbs restricting it to 25g per day. I went to the gym 3 days a week and stopped snacking on crap.

Fill yourself up with protein such as chicken. Farmfoods sell 3kg for £10. Some argue it's not the best but on a budget it's perfectly fine.

I work shifts and the big thing for me was good preparation. Invest in Tupperware and If you take 30mins a day to plan tomorrow's meals then it's a case of taking it out the fridge and reheating.

Steam fresh veg and rice are great wee portions of carbs also and again asda do their own range quite cheap.

All in all its about preparation and set yourself goals. You will find you loose weight really quick and crave carbs like there's no tomorrow! God what I would've done for a slice of toast!!! Lol!

That's the easy bit though. Reintroduceing carbs back into your diet takes time and patience but good luck and stay strong.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I cut down on my alcohol intake over the last few months,i ate less over xmas n I walk my dog a lot and started to go jogging,,guess what ive lost weight.

and intend to keep in shape,,i gotta ,I wanna look good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've done 3 and a half stone on slimming world, still going. What are you struggling with? Any tips or support we/I can give? Xx

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By *horltzMan
over a year ago

heysham

Rice krispie diet , worked wonders for me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Its quite easy, at the end of the day its about calorie control, women need 2000kcal to maintain, 1400kcal aday is the magic number to start losing weight plus do lots of cardio, focus mainly on protein calories, whilst getting the fats from eggs to keep you full, oats in the morning or musli

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have bought a juicer. I lost 15lb last year by replacing a meal with juice.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

eat LESS and exercise ,walk,jogg its not rocket science,n cut down on booze,hard to start but it works better than any diet

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I've done 3 and a half stone on slimming world, still going. What are you struggling with? Any tips or support we/I can give? Xx"

i struggle with what meals to make and doing it cheaply aswell i find it so expensive and crave sugar all the time 15 syns just dont seem enough xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My sis is a gym buff, she put me on a low carb high protein diet for 2 weeks and I did the Davina work out 6 days a week - in those 2 weeks I lost 11 pounds!

It really is eat less and do more. Stick to clean food - nothing processed.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I didnt say it was rocket science just that i struggle ans would welcome help. X

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also I had 6 small meals a day - as I knew I would be eating every 4 hours I never felt hungry

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

lost 8-9 stone partly down to medication change, but mostly lots of walking simple but helped

Got a pedometer and use it to reach a goal each day really helped to focus

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I didnt say it was rocket science just that i struggle ans would welcome help. X"

no offence meant,,sorry,xxx

eating less works for me along with walking a LOT (ive a dog),eating less slowly becomes a habbit

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

A pedometer helps as you can target doing a certain number of steps per day. Then gradually increase it. It sounds silly but things like taking the stairs not the lift all add up. I just saw a Diabetes UK advert - I think it's from Tesco, about getting one for free. Might be worth a look.

I found reducing carbs and making sure they're not the focus of my meal helped, plus using smaller plates. I think it's a case of one step at a time and you can be pleasantly surprised by what you achieve.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

doesnt matter what you do if you dont have that the will power to stick things out

results come from consistency

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By *bix60Man
over a year ago

newtownabbey

stay the way u r babe xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x"

Join pure gym. They start from as little as £14.99 and £10 joining fee. Choose the cheapest one and put Coventry as your second gym. (Coventry is £18.99 and £15 joining fee BTW). If you get a £15 its £3.45 per week, I can't imagine you couldn't afford that... And even if things are very tight I'm sure by cutting out some bad things from your weekly shopping you'd save more than that anyway. There's no contract so u can stop at anytime if you don't like it. If you really can't afford then exercise at home. Run up and down stairs, squats, lungs, sit ups, bicep curls with no resistance to start or cans of beans, walk around the block etc there's lots you can do without the gym.

If you want a diet buddy you can pm me we can swap recipes, discuss exercises and share our weight loss to encourage eat other. Good luck xx

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By *oxerjoshleeMan
over a year ago

Sheffield

Everyone is different and what works for one person doesn't work for another as we all have different eating habits good and bad.

My ex was a doctor of nutrition and a lot of that knowledge rubbed off me. I'd be more than happy to give you a few pointers to get you started on the right path.

But like I said what's right for one person isn't right for another so if you want my advice I need you to make a food diary noting down everything you eat and drink this week. Be honest and dont miss anything off. You can PM it me at the end of the week and I will be happy to get you a plan in motion.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Everyone is different and what works for one person doesn't work for another as we all have different eating habits good and bad.

My ex was a doctor of nutrition and a lot of that knowledge rubbed off me. I'd be more than happy to give you a few pointers to get you started on the right path.

Thankyou very much x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

try eating really low calorie snacks - i find carrots - mange tout - cucumber - all sweet enough - mind you im not a sugar craver at all - if you go without any at all for a while then you might find it too sweet to eat - i love cheese gave it up for lent once and found it way too salty to eat for ages after - body almost rejected it

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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago

Bristol

Walk a lot. Keep a food and drink diary (I use an app on my phone) and be brutally honest in it. You'll soon start thinking about what you eat and what triggers over-eating and find it easier to start cutting down. I've dropped 4 dress sizes in a year (on me that's about 4 and a half stone) and haven't done anything other than that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

and go take a look in the mirror and ask yourself how bad you want it

then drop and give me 20!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"and go take a look in the mirror and ask yourself how bad you want it

then drop and give me 20!

hehe on it boss

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

Is shagging your way thin an option?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Is shagging your way thin an option?

it helps

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By *picyspiregirlCouple
over a year ago

chesterfield

We did the 5:2 diet last year and it really did work. I found that it helped because you only had to be strict on two days and I used the fitness pal app which lets you scan the barcodes of foods to work out the calories and portion sizes.

There are quite a few recipes for this diet, although we tended to stick to omelettes on our fasting days.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Common sense really, Eat less work your body more, but the stuff you are eating make sure it's not the high carb stuff, else you'll be exercising and see no results and it'll make you not want to bother.

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge

"Excercise at home and change what you eat.

Im no expert but thats a good start I guess

Its the eating i struggle with, love food! Lol x"

Calories in, calories out. It's that simple. If you take in more calories than you burn off then you put weight on. If you burn off more calories than you take in you lose weight.

You may like food but depending on the type and amount you eat it may not love you back.

There's no quick fix. Sustained and sustainable weight management only comes from a complete lifestyle change. If you are unwilling or unable to change your food habits weight loss is unlikely.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you smoke or drink OP? Obviously neither help metabolism and calorie intake, but that's not new advice.

With regards food, just buy what you know is healthy, and don't snack. Exercise more, and do some exercise everyday day, even just walking somewhere instead of getting in your car and driving round the corner etc.

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

"Thankyou all!! I syruggle with planning meals and affordi g to buy all the fruit, veg and meat. My weekness is sugar!! Xx"

You can eat really cheaply on slimming world. I've been doing it since September and it's no more expensive than eating other stuff. You just have to shop around. Aldi or lidl for fruit and veg and just get whatever is on offer. 5 huge chicken breasts for £5. That's less than £2 for your main meal by the time you've added your veg/sauce/pasta or whatever.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thankyou all!! I syruggle with planning meals and affordi g to buy all the fruit, veg and meat. My weekness is sugar!! Xx"
my girl 20s lost 4 stone and I would at times make her food I cant get over how much you can eat on this ..... Have you made fanta chicken ? Made with Diet Fanta its just like sweet sour chicken .. She also eats loads of no cal jelly with fruits in .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Thankyou all!! I syruggle with planning meals and affordi g to buy all the fruit, veg and meat. My weekness is sugar!! Xxmy girl 20s lost 4 stone and I would at times make her food I cant get over how much you can eat on this ..... Have you made fanta chicken ? Made with Diet Fanta its just like sweet sour chicken .. She also eats loads of no cal jelly with fruits in ."
Her age is 20s . lol she is now a size 10 was 14/16

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Slimming world is the way to go, goggle some the recipe's , you'll be surprised some yummy food,good luck x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Slimming world is the way to go, goggle some the recipe's , you'll be surprised some yummy food,good luck x"
sure is a spry 1 cal frylight oils help as can still have roast potatoes and chips .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thankyou all xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x"

1; reduce food intake

2; increase activity & exercise

follow these 2 steps its all you need

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wot lose weight no don't do it. You are perfect as you are. Unless it's for health reasons then sex, as much as you can will make you lose pounds better than any diet xxx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The best way to lose weight is to find something you enjoy and want to do, for me it's running whilst listening to music, if you enjoy something it's a lot easier to do than if it's something you don't enjoy.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have a look on YouTube for body weight exercises. Some good little routines on there that you can do at home, no equipment necessary. Mountain climbers, planks, burpees, squats etc. Buy a weighted skipping rope, when I'm in the right mood and wanting to drop pounds quickly I skip everyday, like fast continuous skipping.

I'm wallowing in my shit mood at the moment so I'm eating a lot of rubbish but when I shake this off which will be in the next couple of weeks I'll get in shape again!

Eating wise, it's sugar you need to avoid, usually if anything is ready made it's gonna have sugar in it. Fat (some fats) is good for you, try not to eat too much fruit, raw veg is much better, raw carrots, peas in the pod, I'm eating like 7 clementines they can't be doing me and favours but I haven't had a cold over winter!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x

1; reduce food intake

2; increase activity & exercise

follow these 2 steps its all you need"

Can I just say what absolute bullocks that is for some people! I weigh less now than I did when I lived on one meal a day and walked absolutely everywhere.

I actually had to start eating more to loose weight!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I struggle big time with weight loss but then I decided to only eat carbs at lunch time and not many and within weeks the weight was flying off!

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By *ig1gaz1Man
over a year ago

bradford

sorry i dont agree with some that say eat less as sooner or later your going to binge on the foods because you have eaten less

my advice is to look at the food that you eat now and then change it

say chips and sausages replaced with just chips but salad in place of the sausages

stay away from the pie edges and just eat the internals

you cant eat 2 fatty stuff in one meal

fish and chips eat the chips but eat the fish insides and dont touch the batter on the fish

its like the weight loss drink as soon as you stop using it you put it back on again

most of the time its just a persons eating habits that need changing but please dont forget your treats as you can have 1 a day or 1 every 2 days take it off slowly than too quickly

without treats you will binge on them with them in moderation and you will enjoy them and keep to your dieting as well

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By *osieWoman
over a year ago

Wembley

"Hi so i see lots off posts on here about loosinhg weight. Ive always struggled i am trying slimming world but cant stick at it. Any tips for loosing weight? I cant afford the gym. Thanks x"

Celery and if you wish, season it with salt and pepper. It will give a full feeling in the tummy and I read somewhere that it is the only food where the body consumes more calories digesting it than the food itself

Slice it into sticks. Add carrots to your diet. Soon you will feel full enough to not be able to eat the other stuff which is fatty but which tastes good

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By *osieWoman
over a year ago

Wembley

Oh, and if someone tells you that you can eat less, excercise more and still gain weight than that person has just invented the perpetual machine and is on their way to unlocking the secrets of cold fusion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My tip is don't carry cash on you, seriously it helps, I don't buy junk when shopping so its not in the house and never having any money on me stops me popping to the shop for snacks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm a massive sugar addict.

The only things that work for me are to wean myself off it slowly and then go cold turkey.

Cut it all out. The more sugar I eat, the more I want.

And secondly - green smoothies! As long as I have 2-3 green smoothies a day, I don't crave sugar at all really.

No idea why!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm a massive sugar addict.

The only things that work for me are to wean myself off it slowly and then go cold turkey.

Cut it all out. The more sugar I eat, the more I want.

And secondly - green smoothies! As long as I have 2-3 green smoothies a day, I don't crave sugar at all really.

No idea why!"

Green smoothy?

Is that green veg put in a blender

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Oh, and if someone tells you that you can eat less, excercise more and still gain weight than that person has just invented the perpetual machine and is on their way to unlocking the secrets of cold fusion

I eat more now move the same and only now is it coming off. I never gained weight before it was consistently the same.

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I eat more now move the same and only now is it coming off. I never gained weight before it was consistently the same. "

When I first started exercising I was calorie counting as well to lose weight. Was eating considerably less and doing around 3/4 hours or exercise a week. Did I lose any weight?? No! Not one single pound for 3 weeks. Abandoned the calorie counting. Prob eat more now than I did before I started 'dieting' and have lost nearly 2.5 stone!

It's not always about how much you eat, sometimes it's about what you eat as well!! X

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By *osieWoman
over a year ago

Wembley

I eat more now move the same and only now is it coming off. I never gained weight before it was consistently the same.

It's not always about how much you eat, sometimes it's about what you eat as well!! X"

It is all about input vs. output of energy. And if someone here has proven the conservation of energy (energy can neither be created nor destroyed) as a flawed law, then they should contact the IOP and claim their prize

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By *issHottieBottieWoman
over a year ago

Kent

I eat more now move the same and only now is it coming off. I never gained weight before it was consistently the same.

It's not always about how much you eat, sometimes it's about what you eat as well!! X

I'll get right on it then.

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By *osieWoman
over a year ago

Wembley

I eat more now move the same and only now is it coming off. I never gained weight before it was consistently the same.

It's not always about how much you eat, sometimes it's about what you eat as well!! X

I'll get right on it then.

Promise to share half with me; x

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