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Hi all,

I am from parenting thread, and need to los some weight! Despite what my ticker might say (I'm going to update it asap), I am over 11.5 stone, and my goal is 10 stones. I start weightwatchers tonight, first meeting, so I'm a little nervous! I just need to know, what are all the abreviations on here? I am a little confused by them all...

I'm also doing the sport relief mile this year, with my little madam and my DP, and the Marie Curie Swimathon in April. I'm determined to do well in them, so I'm starting my training now. And I have to retrain my boyfriend in what to cook and eat! He loves burgers, potato waffles an baked beans...

Hope to talk to you all soon, I know you'll all be supportive! Sarah xx

Hi Tigger191!

Your family looks gorgeous! And congratulations on your baby girl

I'm not sure what abbreviations you want me to explain!? Erm CD is the Cambridge Diet - a weight loss programme that limits your intake of calories. There a three popular programmes like these and they are called Lighter Life (LL), CD, and LipoTrim (LT). These diets are collectively known as Very Low Calorie Diets (VLCD) as in general terms you can have three shakes and at minimum 2.5litres of water. Each shake satchet is calorie controlled and the theory is that your body burns the stores of fat within itself (each shake has recommended levels of nutrients and vitamins) without taking in excess calories from carbohydrates etc in regular meals. I'm not sure how clear that is sorry! But vlcds are generally for men and women who have a lot of weight to lose. (There are some great sites on the internet that can explain these VLCDs a lot better than me )

I'm sure you know SW (Slimming World) and of course WW (weight watchers) - but as I've never done either, someone else may need to tell you what to expect from the meetings/programmes etc.

If you come across any other abbreviations (or my explanation is as rubbish as I think it is! ) or need any help, advice etc ask away! It's probably the same on the parenting thread but everyone is so supportive and informative here

Good luck on your loss and in fact, well done for doing something about it!

Bev x

Hi Tigger, welcome over to weightloss, the support is great here so use it when you need it, the rest of the time your talking with a bunch of loonies except me, of course!

Best luck! It's really hard when you have a partner to cook for (and I am not even starting on kids), little tips (though I am not perfect myself), I find it easier to cook things I am not so kin on myself and also sometimes I cook something alternative for myself, like a version of his things that I am allowed (though I am low cal Atkins, which is easier). Anyway, you are doing well!

Hi Sarah, welcome to the weightloss forum
good luck with your weightloss and congrats on your little girl, shes beautiful.
im sure your gonna do fab and theres always someone on here if you want to rant about anything or brag even.lol

thanks all, bev your explanation was great. those were the abbreviations i wasn't quite sure of!

thank you for your compliments, my family are great. Craig has been better this week, and is helping me through! I'm on WW core plan, and am wanting chocolate ALL the time at the minute... but I am combatting this by eating fruit, and now have an addiction to beetroot.... bizarre.

I'll be comin on as much as poss with a little minx learning to crawl, and I'm glad I've found more friends on here xx

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Exercise, in addition to burning calories, also builds muscle. Strength training or weight-bearing exercise in particular, builds muscle mass. Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue even when you're at rest, so adding muscle helps elevate your metabolism so you burn more calories throughout the day. If you're afraid to work out with weights because you don't want to get big bulky "man muscles", do more repetitions with less weight and you'll get that long, lean dancer-like look.

Muscle tissue also takes up less volume than an equivalent weight of fat tissue, so as you add muscle and lose fat, you get slimmer looking even if the scale doesn't initially show a lot of weight loss.