wow i found my calorie book last night..........and was checking out pomegranates i dont know why i just did ....think i was checking on all the fruit i used to eat a lot of as a kid
well get this per oz/pack........................over 7000 cals

sarah can you check this with book you have i think they must have misprinted surely!!

WELL DONE ON YOUR LOSS, BPB! TOM early or not... a loss is a loss...!

Kim - pomegranates??? Anyway it must have been a misprint - nothing is 7000 cals an ounce - not even lard - my book gives it as :

Flesh only, per 28g/1oz = 20 cals
Whole pomegranate, 200g/7oz = 65 cals

.... which seems a bit more realistic!

whew im so glad it was a misprint
the reason i was looking it up was i realised i donr eat a lot of fruit , so i was thinking back over the years what kind of fruits i used to eat and pomegranates were one of them, when they were in season i had one every day for school then i thought omg if it is over 7000 each i was having that 5 times a week

There's not many foods I actually HATE - but pomegranates is one of them..... its all those little pips and that sour stuff between the little cell thingies..... urghhhh!!!!

hee hee my mum used to give us a pin and wed sit for hours picking each piece out ...............one way of shutting me up for a little while .................if my DH reads this he'll be buying shares in pomegranates

I don't much like the flavour of pomegranates either - I went to a posh dinner party a while back and the hostess had prepared a Masterchef dish which was some sort of mango salsa with pomegranate in it and I HAD to eat it.... I don't know how I managed it, every mouthful was awful!

Only eleven days until the end of the month - I'm not going to reach my target.... I was hoping for 5lbs loss this month but its coming off at a steady 1lb a week and there was just wasn't enough weeks in the month. Never mind - I'll keep trying - I might try eating a bit more, it worked last time!

But when I first started I didnt calorie count and I lost 12lbs in the first couple of months, now I havent increased what I eat, but I have increased my excersize and the weight loss has stopped!

Its the same for all of us... when we first start a diet we get a big weight loss in the first week, a bit less in the second week and it slowly goes right down - our bodies seem to get used to the lower food levels. If you want to lose it, its important that you start measuring your food and keeping a record of what calories you are eating. Visit www.FitDay.com and see what your basal metabolic rate is and aim to eat around that many calories a day. It'll probably be about 1500 - but if you are exercising a lot you will need to slightly increase your calories, but not by as much as you think. There's a calorie burner calculator on www.realslimmers.com that is really helpful.

Just a quick well done to everyone who has lost weight over the last couple of weeks. And if you haven't lost then stick with it.

Me well I haven't been on the scales recently. I drank so much when I was on holiday I think if I got stopped by the police at the moment I might well be still over the limit - Ok that is a slight exgaration.

Am going to weigh myslef on Tuesday as normal and get right back to this weight loss thingy

Sounds like a great holiday - and well done for getting back on your diet.

You can do this, Carol!!

4lbs loss!!!!! now at 186 i only have one left to lose for april target........ive not got much time to reply to posts kids are not well so i am reading them all but cant stay long enough to post....im shocked ive had such a good loss this week as i had to very very bad days but i have been walking for miles up steep hills too....either way im very pleased

4lbs!!! WELL DONE KIM!!!!

You are going to HAVE to tell us how you are doing this.... for instance what is a typical daily menu and how much exercise are you doing? (I remember you struggling with walking up the stairs when you started - around about January time......)

sarah oh i remember too how the stairs nearly killed me but i started to walk and now i walk 6 miles every 2nd day and i do it quickly it doesnt take me forever, and i have disco-mania with my baby on days im not walking also do my rebounder for as long as i can which varies depending on how much else ive had to do that day menu is very basic
im a limited cook i dont have breakfast but ill have a sandwich or ryvitas with ham/laughin cow and tomatoes around 11ish
lunch is normally soup with a 2 finger kit kat and aound 3 ill have an apple then for dinner i have same as everyone else only smaller but with more vegetables.......... or a weight watchers meal with veggies
i think the reason the weight is moving now is because im actually getting into the exercise and i love my walks especially when i can go on my own, which isnt often

Well done Kim.