size 16 to size 10 and anything to get there: whether you have eaten lettuce and ryvita all weekend or worked your way through a munchy box and a dairy milk get over here for MOTIVATIONAL MONDAY

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Rules of Motivational Monday:
The weekend is the past. You start from now. If not, you'll end up here in a couple of weeks and a few pounds heavier so do it NOW
MM involves healthy eating and some exercise. Your excuses will not be tolerated here.
MM is when we all get back into control and back into the swing of things.
Welcome all and best of luck. :)

45 minutes of cycling done, in the dry, 704 calories burnt according to MFP. Which will come in handy as we are going to a pub quiz tonight.

I can't even ride a real bike, exercise bikes all the way for me! Have done 15 mins on it, need to get back to it..

Nick Clegg - oh god.

704 in 45mins? You must have been riding like a lunatic! My ex bike says 230 in half hour and bike to work is 300 in 40 mins...I must be slacking big time!

Hi all

mrspnut wow - 704 calories - that's great going

Well, I had my weigh in at the gym today. I don't know whether to cheer for joy or be seriously at their scales. According to their fancy pants scales I'm just over 5 kilos lighter now than less than 3 weeks ago. That's alot isn't it?! I can't think I've managed that much given my scales at home (although temperamental) say maybe more like half that at a push . Obv I'm v v happy in the loss but I'm just a bit as I can't believe their scales are right!!

The one nick clegg eh?

Well done Arch. Stick to those gym scales. :)

Just had a text from dh. He says that unsurprisingly Nick Clegg is a bit of a sap. I'll find out more later. :)

Definitely 704 calories according to MFP, I cycled 10 miles in 45 minutes but it probably is calculated according to my weight.

5kg in three weeks is brilliant going, and as long as you have used the same scales for both measurements then it is definitely right.

Congrats Arch! Brilliant weight loss.

With MFP, how do you make your profile / food diary public? I am using it but I don't think I've ade it public yet. I haven't got any friends anyway [Billy no-mates] Is it really better if you make your profile public / acquire some friends? If so would anyoe like to be my MFP buddy?

Right - dinner. Pasta bolognaise bake and salad. Fruit for pudding, and herbal tea this evening. That sounds good, doesn't it?

I'm inthesparetime on MFP if you want to add me. To make your profile public, change settings in "more" on the bottom right of the home bar.

I'm 'BasilTheGreat' (don't ask...............)

Yay! Even with Subway and a little bit of chocolate, I'm under calories from walking round town and pounding the treadmill for an hour at the gym - and that's with EVERYTHING logged, including my dinner, which I haven't eaten yet :)

Lunch turned out to be a variation on a sweet and sour theme, with rice in, which made the tagliatelle I had with it a bit strange.
Dinner was penne with tomato and chilli sauce and cheese.

I'm Mrs_pnut on MFP, it's quite nice having a few people on your news feed to spur you on.

I posted a long message on here earlier but it didn't seem to work for some reason. So here's the highlights .

Thank you arch and Thelight for the breast feeding advice. I'm definately trying to cut out empty cake calories rather than the good stuff. Think sometimes I really am hungry and other times I eat out of habit or boredom.

I'm rachyowl on MFP. Add me, I have no friends!

I don't bother with MFP, I keep a running total of cals in my head /saddo. am about on target with calories for the day, and done 1/2h on exercise bike, will try and do more after dinner

Hi everyone! Trying my first ever body combat class tonight!

Add me katoabes On MFP

I have not been on this thread in ages.

Over the last two previous weeks, i have lost 2.5lbs, not a major amount i know, but today (weigh in day) i put on 0.5lb. To be fair it deserved to be more, i had a take away curry and ate four GU puddings...

However, half a pound, isn't really anything is it?... Ladies?...

I've joined MFP on my laptop as my phone is old and boring and doesn't have IA. When i look at the 'friends' bit it's asking for email addresses so i'm not doing right ! :(

How do i add a friend?

I'm fluffyraggies on there just like here.

I'd like a friend :)

Kato - so 2.5 lbs off, 0.5 lbs on - that's 2lbs net loss, you're laughing in my book!

Half a pound is nothing Kate :)

A pint of water weighs more than that, so it could even be just an extra cup of tea?!

kate next time have a wee before weigh in.

I always do this, ever since someone told me a pint of water is about a lb!

Overall, you still have a loss and that fab! :)

Yeah, thats a very good point fluffy i have done quite well loosing what i have done recently, I've really cut down on carbs, hardly any.

& Thanks Light i just need that extra bit of re-assurance. :)

Lol, i have a wee, strip off and take off any heavy jewelery before i do a weight check

Squeeze out a number 2 if you can kate. That'll be a good 1/2 - 1 pound, surely?!

hahah. I thought that. I had a wee before i went, but after getting weighed i thought, damn no-poo.

hi everyone :)
Hi Kate well done at 2lb. I've noticed your absence, as well as others, but suppose it's holidat season isn't it? I give them another 3 weeks and then I will be kicking butts around the boards