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Im always looking for supportive friends. Im at 260.2 right now down from 300.2 my goal is 175 as well. You can add me if you would like I try to log all my meals and try to log my exercise.

My go to breakfast is 1/2 of an english muffin with 1/2tbsp of almond butter, 1 tbsp sugar free strawberry jam, 1 apple and 1scoop protein powder with water. Oatmeal is a great one if you like it, i just cant do the consistency grosses me out.

Saw my doctor for mine since its been going on for a couple weeks. She thinks mine is a mix of scar tissue from my gallbladder removal, hital hernia and/or cramping up.

One thing that really helped me was making sure I did not have those tempting foods in the house until I could control myself. The first month of my journey I would only eat raspberries if I was feeling I needed something sweet. I even stopped buying snacks for my husband, he likes snack cakes, ice cream etc. Now im able…

I am always looking for new friends to keep my motivation up and help be supportive for.

I have this exact same problem that started about 2 weeks ago. It usually bothers me if im running up hill. It hurts to breathe in deep or shallow and passes within a min or so. Doesn't bother me while running on flat surface. I have noticed that stretching certain ways bothers me too or sitting a certain way. I have been…

Each month i set a goal of at least 10lbs, already lost 30lbs now to lose 95more.

Obviously everyone will have done different things. I since i can remeber have always had dessert after dinner. So when i started working out and eating right the first thing i had to cut out was the late night sweets. So my trainer told me to try any kind of berries instead if i felt like i needed a snack. They are sweet…

You say your always hungry. Do you add protein into your diet at all? I saw carbs, vegetables and fruit from what you said. I know you said your arent eating meat but there are other ways of getting protein. That may help with you feeling fuller longer. Yes fruits are good for you but i saw your banana smoothie has 2 to 3…

Since you seem to have all the answers, why wouldn't it??????

Never said it was, she stated she was working out that was what my response was in reference to so...

Sounds weird and Idk if it works but i heard if you plateau to try your workouts in reverse. Your body gets used to what it does sometimes and this can kickstart you back to losing.

I too am worried about that, but my goal was to lose about 10lbs a month to tone and tighten as I go down. Im now down 24lbs and I can say so far that strategy has worked. I workout with a trainer and do various strength training and cardio. Im 2.5 months in and I don't feel like my skin is as flabby as It was especially…

I only consider water as water. I used to think tea was the same as water but it has caffeine in it which can dehydrate you.

Yes i have totally been there. Congrats on the 65 loss though. I just started my journey 2months ago so im still learning and figuring out everything. This was the first time i drank since working out and it got me.

Are you drinking enough water? I had the same thing happen to me this week, I had a lot of drinks Saturday though and I know i didnt get enough water in. Alcohol dehydrates you and so you would have to drink enough for that plus what you normally do. So the scale for me did not go down from last week but im ok with that Im…

I drink Dymatize whey protein. Very low in sugar. Honestly the 1st protein powder i found that i think tastes good.

Not that it may help you now but i take pictures in the same shirt to try and see a difference. Im only down 20lbs. But the shirt i first took pics in my shirt was way tighter in the back and love handles area, arms and shoulders. Ive taken a pic every couple weeks now and its amazing how diff they are. Other than that i…

I have always felt this way about gyms, thus why a traditional gym did not work for me. I joined a gym that all they do is personal training, zumba and bootcamp classes. I know everyone is at the gym for the same reasons and people say they don't judge but I've seen people judging me in the past and I never know what im…

Thanks, im learning to realize that its kind of a big deal and should be excited about it.

Glad to hear its pretty common. Yeah I feel like I like it instead of having 3 larger meals. I feel like when I did 3 meals before it wasn't working very well for me. Only working out 5 times a week right now, 3 with trainer then 2 at home by myself, sorry if I mistyped at some other point. The workouts are a mix of cardio…

Ill have to look into that, thanks so much.

5'6.5", and I workout pretty hard but never crawling out of the gym afterwards I go home and do my normal things. I do try to take a nap on workout days just to relax my body and chill out but not because im so exhausted from my workouts.

I totally get nervous before I weigh in as well because its never enough. I always want more and more. The scale hasn't moved at all this past week but I went down in inches so that's ok but still wanted to get past that 20lb mark. Ill have to look into the B vitamins I started taking Vitamin D as I never get enough sun…

Im actually working out 5 times a week 3x with a trainer and twice on my own. Its not low carb per say but way lower carbs then what I was eating before changing my diet. Although I lost the 20lbs in 6 weeks I haven't lost any in the last week kind of stuck at the same but still losing inches so im not too worried about…

I never really thought I ate for coping but looking back I know somedays I did eat emotionally and for sure out of boredom. I often times would eat out of routine. Id come home and eat a snack while cooking dinner and then eat dinner and have dessert after dinner before bed so even if I wasn't hungry I would eat because…

I started at 300 and im down 20lbs in 6 weeks so I feel like that might be whats up with me too. Ive only had one period since starting working out and it was longer, I didn't feel any moodier then before, but time will tell in 2 weeks what happens with the next one. Thanks for the kind words, it deff is hard but I have an…

I do have the occasional treat a few couple dark chocolate covered almonds, but that's about it im trying to keep focused because im a sweets person and feel like if I really ate something then I might not stop.

Did they not go over that with you while suggesting that? I know lots of people who get info at appointment and they usually have them go to a diabetes education class which goes over those things too on which sugars are good sugars etc

Yeah it was about a week later. I usually get more emotional a week before, so they were all over the place during that time. I always thought my periods were getting shorter because I have been on the pill so long and it was phasing it out, but looking back I think its because of my weight. I feel that it was phasing out…