You won't believe how I've lost weight...

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i would take 8lbs in that matter of time any day since i been stuck so long and seem be gaining back now. congrats keep up the great work!

You better keep that secret to yourself, the gym owners will come after you.

It sounds strange, but it's true. I've-
Stopped going to the gym
Started snacking
Started eating dessert most nights.

Why is this working?
I used to "phone it in" at the gym- using the elliptical, not challenging myself really. I got sweaty but not like I do now! Now, I try to do something different everyday- zumba, Turbo Jam at home, bike rides, 30DS.
I eat every few hours instead of starving myself between meals and being ravenous when I did eat and then overeating.
I eat a small dessert at night instead of going to bed hungry, then waking up and overdoing it on cereal in the morning.
I have lost 8 lbs since April, really toned my waist, and I try to login every day to MFP

Thank you for posting this! I'm adding you btw.

Just out of curiosity, why is someone expressing that 8lbs off in 5months would effect their motivation rude? For those of us with a lot to lose it could be demoralising, she expressed her own feelings in reference to herself not the OP. If she had said You only lost blah blah in blah blah then maybe but the comment was actually directed at herself and her lack of motivation not the OP's. How does that suddenly get translated into being a hater? Why assume the sentiment is a put down to anyone, just an observation of how they would feel personally, which as humans we all tend to reference our own experiences with our statements regardless of context in a conversation.


as for the OP awesome. maybe I should try some home stuff instead of sitting on my butt and not actually making it to the gym!

Just out of curiosity, why is someone expressing that 8lbs off in 5months would effect their motivation rude?

In an independent setting, it wouldn't be. However here, where the OP is happy about her progress it's a very insensitive thing. Between that poster and the other that stated expressly that the OP was loosing too slowly, it gives the impression that her loss was wrong or not good enough. Even better, that the only losses that count are the huge ones in a short period of time.