Hey Cris, glad to see you back again. Just keep coming back. Sorry the meds aren't helping out at all with the weight loss.

Maybe you should just concentrate on staying the same for a while? Reduce the stress on yourself for a while.

Love your photos Miss them when you aren't posting.

limon421, I always find it harder to get walks in on the hotter days. We had a lot of those this summer, but it does feel as if the HOT summer heat is gone. We will get plenty more 80+ days, but shouldn't see any over 90 now. Thank goodness.

Ahh, so cute

evesmom2 wrote: »

I closed on my "new to me" house on 6/23. I've been improving it and working on it and moving stuff a little bit at a time. Finally settled on 10/15 for a final move date. I can't wait. 95% of my kitchen stuff is at the new house, so i can't cook...ugh. I'm still losing so that is a good thing...63 pounds lost since 4/4 and today I tried on a pair of size 16 jeans I got at goodwill a month ago...they zipped up. Not very comfortable, but I haven't been in a 16 in years.
I do not understand today's sizing...very confusing. I've got 2 pair of 22's....one fits fine, one is huge. 3 pairs of 18's I got at Goodwill....1 fits, the other 2 I can't zip. Whatever somebody did to sizes over that last 40 yrs is annoying.

As I read some of the success threads on MFP, how come people who are the same height as I am (5'2") get to eat so many calories and MFP only lets me eat 1200? Is that an age thing?
And how come people who are also my height, have a goal weight north of 140 when the charts say 100-115?

Congrat on the new home, that is always exciting and a big job all rolled into one.

I have a pair of 14s that will fall downwards through out the day, a pair of 12s that are perfect, another pair that falls just like the 14s only slower, and a pair of 10s I can zip up but can't go out of the bedroom in. I agree, the sizes have changed a lot over the years, marketing is to blame. If you had two pairs of pants, both fit the same, would you buy the one with the larger size or the smaller size label??? Heck I'm short, I just want them to not be long enough to trip over personally.

MFP can give you different answers, depends on how you view your activity level and your age, height, etc. Most women underestimate their activity level, basically the 1200 cals. is if you do nothing. Do you just sit all day or do you play with kids, go shopping, walk to a mailbox down a drive way, sweep a kitchen floor, move furniture or big boxes around etc.? If so you are more active than you are probably giving yourself credit for. That is why is you go the 1200 route, it is a good idea to track your exercise and eat to support that. TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure, you see that talked about a lot on MFP. Many of us have found heybale's spreadsheet helpful:
Just TDEE Please spreadsheet - better than rough 5 level TDEE charts.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G7FgNzPq3v5WMjDtH0n93LXSMRY_hjmzNTMJb3aZSxM/edit?usp=sharing
Many find their TDEE and then cut the calories from there, example TDEE=2100 cals per day, so cut 500 cal. to get a pound a week loss average. (7*500=3500 cals. in a lb.) So you would eat 1600 cals. not 1200. Or if you need more accuracy, get an activity tracker that tells you your daily TDEE, and cut from that number, it will vary based on what you are doing on that day.

Depends on which chart you are using. I am only 5'3" and my goal according to the chart in my drs. off says I should be between 141-105. Having been at both of those numbers as an adult, and I prefer the higher end. I am fitter, eat better, and feel better than the low end of the scale. Also there is a lot of research out there that says 60+ people should weigh a bit more, in case of a sudden turn of bad health. Full disclosure, before I was 30, I had to stuggle to stay between 110-115 lbs. my desired weight, after 30 that changed and I am always happiest at 130-140 lbs. anywhere in there, I am good to go. I am currently above that 140 target.