@callorees Good luck with your new 'game' plan - it sounds like a good one. Having a food or fitness buddy is a great idea, it let's you have someone to hold you accountable and to encourage you when you're feeling less athletic and more couch potato.<br><br>For veggie recipes, try http://www.vegetariantimes.com/ - You can ignore the fact it's for vegetarians and treat it as good source for vegetable recipes.<br><br>Good luck!

@Homeflower can u help me? how to know my calories, im newbie here,, help me please...

@Defi I can try to help :)

1. Drinking lots of water and eating lots of veg seems to be what most people advise. Snacking seems to be most people's downfall, personally I eat fruit if I'm hungry between meals. Also, peanut butter on rice cakes is yummy :-) <br><br>2. Sunbeds do soooo much damage to your skin. I have no experience of them, but fake tan works great if you apply it well :-) <br><br>3. Hello :-)

@xxHunyJxx hahaha, i enjoyed that. <br>yup, water and veg it is - i didn't really expect any other reply :P <br>and i loveeeee peanut butter but thought it was pretty bad for you :/ - i could be wrong! :) <br><br>i know, sunbeds are the devil...i dont think im really going to do it, i just keep considering it 'cause you cant really fake tan at the beach - it just ends up chlorined away! <br><br>and how are you doing :) what brings you to the site? haha xxx

Hello calorees! <br>1. As HunyJ said, peanut butter is good but I like it on apple slices instead (though it isn't on the naughtiness stakes so be sparing with it). My saviours are loads of different teas (including chocolate!) and meringues when I just can't stop myself from having something sweet (they feel much more indulgent than they are). <br>2. I use sunbeds but I have naturally darker skin. With pale skin they're really quite dangerous and you 're likely to just end up pink. Do try fake tan (the light daily moisturiser ones are easiest), do it a couple of hours before you hit the beach then it wont wash away :)

@callorees Yeah that's the problem with fake tan! Like KatieTunn said, the daily moisturiser ones are good though. I use Johnson's :-)

@xxHunyJxx and @KatieTunn chocolate tea? sounds yummy! also the meringue thing is such a good tip (i just read your other thread about it!) ...dunno why i was convinced it was so high in calories - probably because it tastes nice! hahah <br><br>meeh i guess sunbeds are out of the question, although i knew that deep down inside me anyway haha! <br><br>I may just have to paint myself orange and resign myself to my white, white body. :P xxxx

Had a generally APPALLING week life and food-wise too, they are often linked unfortunately! Are you eating healthy foods or just cutting back on your calorie intake? Because when I eat healthy food, even if there is no physical change yet, I feel better and more comfortable in my body - and after even just a day or two my tummy flattens and I feel less bloated. So eat stuff that makes you feel good (avoiding processed crap when possible) and treat yourself to long showers or something. I find if you make yourself aware of your body, by like, massaging it with your soap or doing sport or whatever, you become more aware of what it needs and more "in tune" with it... if that makes sense. When I am stuffing myself I am generally forgetting about my body in a way and neglecting it/its needs. Can't help you for the allergic reaction haha... good luck x

i totally agree with like, every single thing you just wrote :) and yes i agree that when you scrub and shave and tan and look after yourself you are definetely more aware of it, and the gym is brilliant cause it makes you feel happy AND makes you thinner ;). i was doing brilliantly healthy food &amp; calorie wise, then i had a bad day, ate crap and then ate it for a week. ¬_¬ ah well, back on the wagon! :P no point in getting down hearted about it, just have to keep going. <br>hope youre doing better now as well :) silly life getting in the way of our slim selves!!! xxxxxxxxx

@callorees I really like that philosophy! Hope you've had a better week! :-)

@callorees lol love your philosophy too, a minor setback should not bring our gorgeous selves down!

I got fitflops last summer, didn't think much of them when just pottering around but wore them when out shopping for a whole day (searching for an outfit for a wedding) and that evening I could really feel it in the back of my thighs, I recommend them. I'm going to get the boot version for next winter.

have also realised im developing a terrible habit for saying 'bain of my life'. drama queen or what? hahahah