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Hey everyone, I'm up 10lb so back on track to lose it. Feel free to add me!

renaegry wrote: »

Morning all. Turning 45 this year in august and my goal is to hit 140. Currently 163. Have a few extra Xmas lbs there. Lowest weight last year was 156. Have 2 kids boy 16 (just got his liscense) and girl 13 (14 in March)

Back at it today. New year reset. Going to be slow at it. Did this last week. Was stepping backwards off of our back step clearing snow in the -35C coming from a warm vehicle and I seriously pulled my calf. So I couldnt walk for a few days. Then Started limping around. Went shopping yesterday and obviously over did it cause my leg is aching today. So will do some stuff. But don’t think I will be able to hit the treadmill. Was hoping to do a slow walk on it.

Take it slow girl. That looks bad for just pulling a muscle last week.

Hi all,
I'm working on my small habits, longer extended fast each day, and water. But I don't have room to exercise at all now that we're packing. I've been working on playing music to keep focused and get stuff done, so that's good!

@20KimmieKim16 ouch! Take care of yourself!

Day 5 of January! I’m petite and small boned at 5ft 2.
MFP has recommended 1260 calories per day. I’m sticking to it and my diary is ram packed with healthy, enjoyable foods with good range of fiber, protein and healthy snacks … but I’m HUNGRY!!
I haven’t been eating back my exercise calories and have lost 5.8lbs in 5 days (lots of water weight)
I’m going to give it a few more days then I might start eating back some exercise calories and see how that goes.
What is everyone else’s plan? How are you all getting along?

Hi, ladies! 36 y/o here who also gained during lockdowns. I’ve been a MFP user for years, of course on and off, and I’m a yo-yo-er as well. I don’t do fad diets on and off, just calorie counting on and off.
I’m an experimenter with my body and have watched a lot of docus about weight loss and myths, so I know what I need to do, and yet…
My constant struggle is with my addictive voice telling me to eat junk. And I have no idea why! It’s this lizard brain that moves my feet to the fridge before my human brain realizes what is happening! Quite wild. I’ve taken to yelling at myself out loud when these thoughts creep.
In my self-experimentations and self-learning, I’ve discovered that I’m a feaster, so the best option for me is one meal a day.
I’ve discovered that my body LOVES fasting and responds quite well to it (no, duh, you’re not eating!). The way I make it sustainable now is one meal a day.
Previously, I’d go more than 24 hours without eating (don’t freak out, I put my caloric goals into a weekly form instead if daily, so I was always at my correct daily average calories), and this was wildly successful for me - losing > 20 lbs in ~2 months. That was when I was employed, however.
Then I moved to Germany and changed my career to be freelance. I cannot do more than 24 hours fasting (OMAD), so I just eat dinner every day and try to keep busy or distracted during the day.
Anywhoo, sorry for the rambling, but I’ve been looking for a support group (maybe especially for anyone who may have food addiction tendencies), and you ladies all seem very nice.
Thanks for the community!

@LAStrad Hello! I'm finding that my body does better with prolonged fasting, like "survival mode" finally switches on. Otherwise, it's very good at just putting it away, reluctant to burn anything. I too try to fill any empty gaps of time with constructive activities (and music!) which seems to help.

Hello all and welcome!

I think I have caught the thing, so trying to get over that. DH is further along than I am, getting better. Thankfully I have a few days to catch up on tasks once I get better. Yesterday I didn't really track (went way over calories), just focused on eating a large variety of food/veggies/fruits.

@LAStrad Yes really long fasts are not sustainable frequently. I am focusing on just extending my non-eating window daily, perhaps that's called intermittent fasting? Not sure. I just do a "don't eat until ___ time of day". I feel like I have more freedom in meal choices that way. And I'm trying to intentionally set times to eat again so I avoid eating away my calories, even when sick.

And yeah I've noticed my energy goes up when I'm not eating. One would think that getting fuel would energize the body, but after every meal my energy plummets no matter how small the meal.

Good morning, beautiful ladies!

Just popping in with a quick note that unsafe dieting techniques are prohibited on MFP, and discussion about them will usually be removed.

I hope everyone is having an excellent New Year!
Em

Hi all! I am 5'1 and 143 lbs in my 40s, and I lose weight consistently on about 1350-1400 calories. 138 is the best weight for me, where I feel healthiest. Losing that holiday poundage!:)

A reminder to myself and anyone else who needs to hear it.

If you deprive yourself completely it won't be sustainable.

I am terrible for going super hard then falling off the wagon. Got to remind myself those slow days when I'm on nightshift and I just want Tim Tam's are okay as long as it's not every day.

Slow and steady