Emma - Hey, I'm 4 months ahead of you so you'd think there'd be more than 2 kg separating us, you're doing better than me.

Ali - 600g is a GREAT loss - more than a kg a week on average thus far for you - that's a big achievement!

Ammaki - 63kg is my goal weight - it's the lightest I've ever been as an adult and it was my weight when I fell pregnant with DD, it's a size 10 (occasionally 12) for me at that weight. Ideally I would like to be 59kg because it would be amazing to have a 5 in front of my weight, I can't even imagine that - I was always slightly chubby kid but when puberty kicked in I ballooned to 85kg when I was 15 .We're starting TTC #2 from Nov/Dec though so if I fall soonish I'll have to leave that goal for another time, but want to be back to my 'smallest' by TTC time.

Cherished - I'm rootin for you too hun - come on BFP

Oooh - who asked about the rice? It really depends - it's easier to count the calories if you measure it before you cook it as once it's all cooked you know how many calories are in it for sure (everyone puts different amounts of water in their rice for eg which would make a difference to the calories of the cooked versions KWIM) So you can just know the total amount int he portion of rice you put on for cooking - and just divide it by what you eat. So if you cook 500Cal worth of rice grains in water and eat half it's 250Cal.