The Transformation Contest is all about making changes and achieving goals in a healthy and positive way. If you want to lose weight, below are some resources containing tips, advice and support to help you lose in a healthy and sustainable way.

You can also get support and chat to other people losing weight in this forum and in the Healthy New You: Your Change For Life thread.

Credit and thanks go xoxAngel_Kxox to for collating these links

Useful Links/Resources

BMI Calculator
Although BMI is not the be all and end all, it can give you a rough indication of how much weight you have to lose, or whether you're a healthy weight. Obviously if you're building muscle this will not be entirely accurate for you; but for most who are trying to lose weight this is helpful.

BMR Calculator
Your BMR is basically how many calories you'd burn on an average day if you did nothing. You should eat over your BMR if you're gaining weight, and under it if you're losing weight. Obviously you have to factor in how many calories you're burning during exercise, too.

MyFitnessPal
This allows you to keep a track of how much you're eating and how much exercise you're doing. The forums are helpful for specialist advice and there are lots of progress photos which I always find to be very helpful and motivating.

List of TSR users' MFP names (to add as friends if you wish):
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phiddy23
cakemunch
drixa
Aemiliana
cheesegromit
__natalie__
HugeBum
boba92
thesilvermagnolia
cinderella3011
conway1992
tiente


SparkPeople
Similar to MFP, also includes exercise videos, workout/stretch routines and healthy lifestyle articles.

TickerFactory
If you want to keep everyone updated with your progress, a ticker is very helpful (like the one I have in my sig). It helps to show how far you've come, and how far you have left to go. You can update your ticker at any time simply by clicking on it in your sig.

LoserTown Maintenance Calculator

Exercise Websites

About- Exercise

Weights; Workout Ideas

Full Workouts Available on YouTube (Thanks to Sorani)

Bodyweight Exercises

List of LOTS of video workouts. (Thanks SoapyDish).

Support Groups

In addition to the Healthy New You: Your Change For Life thread, there are Slimming World/Weight Watchers meetings literally all over the country. Try out the websites to see where your nearest one is. They're not free, but a good option if you find that face to face meetings are more effective for you than online support groups.

Slimming World

Weight Watchers

Diet/Recipe Websites

Recipe Videos

BBC GoodFood

Healthy Recipes & Recipe Calculator

Protein Meal Recipes

Style That Food

Protein Treats

Healthy meals and recipes

Helpful Threads
These threads are all from TSR and are more specialist if you need any additional information.

Barbelles Society: Ladies Who Lift

For The Girls- Toning, Diet and Exercise a very basic guide

Workout Music Thread

Miscellaneous

Nutrition articles

Transformation Photos (Inspiring)

If you have any suggestions for links or resources to add, please PM me.