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I too did the 2 week bust. No bread, refined sugar, starches. It eliminated the cravings. I very slowly introduced a wee bit in, but I never over do it. I rarely have bread anymore. I do In N Out protein style burgers....burgers between crisp iceberg lettuce wedges with tomato.....Yuuuuummm! Trying a burger with bread now…

Breaking it up into smaller meals sounds like it would work for someone who gets hungry more often. I do think some people have a harder time with it than others. Not that they are special in any way, just different.

I always have a snack before sleep. Usually a block of dark chocolate which seems to cut my appetite and some green tea.

Not having to flip the mattress around every month to get rid of that big dent in it. ....because I don't make a dent anymore. Seeing my waist again. Seeing belly sack disappearing, Being able to look at my reflection in glass windows. Buying clothes because I like them and not because thank god it fits, it's ugly but it…

That moment When I realized: Treadmill/gym...bank account/mastercard. And the moment when I realized my "all out jog" is really less my resting jog and that I am can do an all out run that makes my brain and my muscles happy...PRICELESS!

When you put your jeans in the dryer and dry the heck out of them to make them shrink so they fit better.....instead of hanging them out to dry so they won't shrink.

Also, mental alertness. I'm better able to concentrate and focus. Maybe because nagging aches and pains are gone so there's nothing distracting me.

1) Being able to sit in the airplane seat without my legs/arms touching the person next to me. 2) walking down the airplane aisle without having to turn sideways to not hit the people sitting in the aisle seats 3) no aches/pains walking up and down stairs.

Yep and some of the belly is still there. It's diet and exercise the only way to get it off and get rid of the stress if u can. Cardio helps w the stress for me.

Replace toast and fried eggs with grilled sweet potato slices and put the eggs on top! Replace bread with hamburgers / sandwiches with crisp iceberg lettuce slabs. U will never miss the bread. If u eat bread by itself... I don't know what to replace that with

Fantastic! You look great! Good for you!

Four sizes = 30 pounds. 18W to 16W to 14R to 12R

water retention from building muscle. Maybe try green tea see if it is water retention.

Eggs definitely. I can have eggs in the morning and stay full all the way thru to a late lunch. Tuna also fills me up. Chia bars are my filling snacks...they are little but for some reason are filling. And drink lots of water in case your are not really hungry just thirsty!

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I bought a Tanita 384 digital scale from amazon, it's consistent, gives an accurate read-out, matches doctor's weight scale. Doesn't give anything but the weight in various weight measures.

Went a month with no scale weight loss, but down 2 pant sizes and a lot of inches lost. Then the scale weight loss occurred daily/weekly, been a month with continual scale weight loss and no inches lost. Hoping for the inches lost coming up in the next few week.

Good job on the weight loss, you are on the right track. Movement/exercise helps a lot. If I didn't exercise I would not stay on track with eating. When I move it leaves a lasting effect of not needing to eat so much. I started small, 10 minutes twice a day - walking, as I got stronger I did more. My happiness level…

Some doctors just don't take weight gain/tiredness etc. seriously. It's hard to believe that a medical professional would tell a 30 year old to get used to it they are just getting older. Maybe you don't have anything medically wrong, maybe you are stressed or just used to not making yourself do things. Try to make…

When I watch tv, I try to stand. If I sit, I get up every commercial and do squats. I don't eat at all now watching tv. Not the way it used to be 4 months ago.

Go to "my home tab" at top of page , go to the "goals" tab 2nd from top, then click the button that says "change goals". You can change it to 1400 calories.

I put it in under "create exercise" under cardio . Mine was listed as "kettlebell" and I put in the lowest calorie burn that the video suggested (Beginner kettlebell). So now it shows up in my exercises and I can just check it when I do it.

I had to cut them out completely at the beginning (refined sugar and flour). For the first couple weeks I had no refined sugar or flour, pasta or bread, or boxed cereal, after 2 weeks the sugar craving went away. It's getting over that initial hump for me. After the craving is gone, what I did was for "desert" is every…

Have him put it out of sight, somewhere where you don't where it is. If he can't partner with you in weight loss then he can not do his own thing just not in front of you. Sometimes, it's like a recovering alcoholic, you wouldn't have booze in the house if your husband was alcohol driven and sometimes with us it's the same…

Most people I know count calories and watch food intake. People SAY they can eat whatever they want and not gain weight, but the ones I've met who say that really can't. If you watch them eat, they are very conscious of what they are eating. Unless you are extremely active you will have to always watch what you eat to stay…

Oatmeal and tuna are very filling. I like to save about 120 calories for a square of dark chocolate at night. It satisfies the....I need a sweet snack before sleeping idea.

I didn't notice any difference in ability to lose or put on weight from 30s-40s. When 50 hit a whole different story. But I agree, different stages of your life cause you to move more or less, and eat more or less. The only thing that has worked for me at any age is calorie counting.

My daughter was just like you, lose a few pounds no exercise. She did it....lost a tremendous amount of weight with no exercise. Now she wants to tone...but not with "exercise" she took a few free yoga classes.....then one day decided to try one in the morning before work....she's hooked now. Same with me, I hate exercise.…

Bloating...make some green tea, get some quick water weight loss and it will motivate you to get back on track. It's the first two weeks that are the struggle, once you get past that hurdle you will be back on the road to healthy!

So....to help with my goal, I am upping the walking/running by 10 minutes for both morning and night sessions (for a total of 60 minutes) for the month of November.....by December - will increase speed for both flat and incline! That will let me eat a bit more for those Holidays!