I am always on the look out for new weight loss and general health communities to join online, I have found them really useful over the last three years that I have been on this weight loss journey.

The first one I discovered was pretty basic, just allowing you to track your weight, have a profile and blog – then around a year later I found another one that was much bigger and had so much information, as well as food logs, exercise logs, tools to help you find out what calories you should be consuming each day and some really active forums.

I recently came across another one as well at www.wellnessdaily.com and it seems like it’s going to suit me down to the ground. They have so many articles covering many subjects from how to lose weight to how to keep it off once you reach your goals – this is something I need to start thinking about looking into myself.

They also have loads of videos, including one from Jillian Michaels on how to get the best out of a Kettlebell which I am watching right now, I have wanted to have a go with Kettlebells ever since I saw them on the first UK series of The Biggest Loser.

Wellnessdaily.com also have a contest going on at the moment via Twitter where you can win gym memberships and a years supply of Jennie-o turkey among other things – you can read all the information about how to enter that by following this link.

I don’t think Wellnessdaily is going to take over from my favourite community just yet as they don’t have many interactive features but with so many articles and constantly updating content it’s definitely going into my bookmarks folder

Dinner: Corn flakes & milk – 200

Tea: Chicken, roast potato and veg – 500

Snack: Crisps – 90

Snack: Beetroot, crab stick, cottage cheese – 50

Drinks: Tea, water, juice – 10

Total: 1030

Exercise: None

Far too low, I am not sure how that happened. I always seem to mess up when I am tired.

When I decided to do this weight loss thing, and started to learn about calories – I thought ‘Why waste calories on booze, calories are for eating not drinking” – Give me the choice between a pint of stellar or a bowl of cereal and the cereal wins hands down every time. I haven’t struggled at all without it, though when I started I honestly thought it’d just be a little fad and I’d be drinking again within the month. Go me.

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With my elliptical out of action for the last 2 weeks, and having done a grand total of 2 hours exercise in that time…I lost 2lb, one each week. Both times when I stepped on the scale, based on the knowledge that despite working hard I often lose nothing, I was telling myself ‘As long as I havn’t gained more than a pound I will be happy’. This makes me wonder if I am doing something wrong, the last time I was unable to exercise for a week because I was away I dropped 3 lbs, my joint highest ever weight loss in a week.

What am I doing wrong that means I lose more weight, when I am not working out?

Tea: Chicken Pasta & Green beans – 400 calories

Breakfast: 2 Slices of medium toast with low cal strawberry jam – 200 calories

Dinner: Vegetable soup & green beans – 200 calories

Snack 1: Crisps – 90 calories

Snack 2: Chicken, a crab stick, 3x cherry tomatoes & bettroot – 100 calories

Drinks: Juice & tea – 30 calories

Total: 1020

Exersize: None

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Eep not a good day, zero exersize and almost 200 calories too few – that’s actually pretty rare, I do usually eat at least 1200 – 1400. And I had a packet of crisps, something I am trying to limit.

Must do better.