progress so far! 215 to 166

rugbyphreak

Wow!!! Congrats!!

Also, I don't know but your post seems to indicate it took you a year or so to lose what you have lost. However, if you have your goal set right, you CAN lost 1-2 lb per week healthily. So by making this assumption, I am assuming your goal was/is too high. I would have to see your numbers to know for sure; but your BMR may be lower than average.

And/or it could be your burns. I see on your diary that you burn a lot of calories and eat them back (which is good). But I am wondering what you use to gauge your burns; if you have a HRM to be accurate or you are using average estimators like treadmills of MFP, which are notoriously inaccurate.

Building muscle is easy in philosophy (if not in practice), just keep your activity level up and keep pushing yourself.

I started "dieting" in 2010, but I had a lot of ups and downs. It turns out that "dieting" doesn't work for me. I need to be able to eat what I want, not just lettuce and celery. I joined MFP in September of 2011, and that's when the weight really started dropping off, so that's 9-10 months. 50 pounds in that amount of time seems about right to me.

I take an average of my calories burned according to MFP, which usually seems unreasonably low, and the machines I use like the treadmill and the stationary bike, which seems way too high. I'm not sure how accurate either of those sources are, but I've looked everywhere and I can't seem to find a cheap HRM.

rugbyphreak

Nice work! As far as building more muscle, you should check out StrongLifts (http://stronglifts.com/) and Starting Strength. The exercise section of this FAQ is great too: http://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/Fitness#Exercise.

Thanks! I'm going to try out some of their suggestions today, so let's hope they work!

Justacoffeenut

great job

dhencel

YEAH!!!!!!

thekacers

Wow!!!! Sorry to be all pervy but how did u lode everywhere but your boobs!???! You look awesome girl!!!!

HAH! Not pervy at all. My bra size went from a 40DD to a 34/36DDD, so I don't know if they actually grew or the muscle I'm building from all the pushups is pushing them out or if I was just wearing the wrong bra size, but now I'm up a cup size. I really hope they decide to leave soon. I'm starting to look really disproportionate...

I feel your pain. Any time I've lost weight, my boobs did not shrink in the least. I figure I will always be top-heavy. I've even considered a breast reduction because I have upper back pain, but it's just not for me.


Oh, and you look fantastic, BTW. Keep it up

lifeskittles

Ah you look so great I just want to say first. I did look at your diary and I can tell you right now what your problem is, most likely with your remaining lbs you said you wanted to lose. Way too much refined sugar through your carbs...Pizza, cookies, icecream, etc. I didn't really start to get the body I wanted until I cut that stuff out! I still eat it occasionally...But if I have pizza, I have thin crust veggie...Brownies are vitamin fortified and made with whole wheat..stuff like that. Try it, it could help a lot. You are using carbs to compensate for the gap in your nutrition I think (protein). I understand that you don't eat meat but you need some kind of protein girl!

Billywoo

Great Job!!!!

chiley1

You look great!!

rugbyphreak

Ah you look so great I just want to say first. I did look at your diary and I can tell you right now what your problem is, most likely with your remaining lbs you said you wanted to lose. Way too much refined sugar through your carbs...Pizza, cookies, icecream, etc. I didn't really start to get the body I wanted until I cut that stuff out! I still eat it occasionally...But if I have pizza, I have thin crust veggie...Brownies are vitamin fortified and made with whole wheat..stuff like that. Try it, it could help a lot. You are using carbs to compensate for the gap in your nutrition I think (protein). I understand that you don't eat meat but you need some kind of protein girl!

you caught me on a horrible day. i don't usually eat pizza, but my mom really wanted to go out and that was the only thing we could agree on. i know i need to cut out sugars, but it's hard. i just sweets! :P

i did start a protein supplement today, so hopefully that keeps me fuller longer. it seemed to work out really great today. we'll see how it works out over the next few weeks.

rugbyphreak

bumpity bump bump

lifeskittles

Ah you look so great I just want to say first. I did look at your diary and I can tell you right now what your problem is, most likely with your remaining lbs you said you wanted to lose. Way too much refined sugar through your carbs...Pizza, cookies, icecream, etc. I didn't really start to get the body I wanted until I cut that stuff out! I still eat it occasionally...But if I have pizza, I have thin crust veggie...Brownies are vitamin fortified and made with whole wheat..stuff like that. Try it, it could help a lot. You are using carbs to compensate for the gap in your nutrition I think (protein). I understand that you don't eat meat but you need some kind of protein girl!

you caught me on a horrible day. i don't usually eat pizza, but my mom really wanted to go out and that was the only thing we could agree on. i know i need to cut out sugars, but it's hard. i just sweets! :P

i did start a protein supplement today, so hopefully that keeps me fuller longer. it seemed to work out really great today. we'll see how it works out over the next few weeks.

Im glad you started the protein! I know it will work out great for you. Sugars are hard, but its worth it!