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I'd talk to your mom about it and how she's making you feel. A little competition is great but with the competition you're also going to want lots of support if you're doing it together. My mom and I just started on here together and while we do Fitbit step challenges when it comes down to it we're both in it to cheer each…

My roommate just bought a huge box of easy mac, gonna incorporate some of your teachings into dinner tonight

I sat in a pub yesterday with two friends for two hours ... they had beer, I had water. My problem, not theirs. [/quote] And your in AA? If not, then who cares[/quote] If you're relying on your friends/family to change their habits in order to change your own you'll never succeed, it's as simple as that. My father was an…

Didn't have many calories left for dinner, wanted toast and soup, logged the toast and realized I wouldn't have enough room for a full can of the Campbell's soup. Poured myself half the can, pouted a bit when I saw it but then put the rest in the fridge for tomorrow, and guess what... it was enough and I didn't sneakily go…

Omg people were making KD with just water? That's honestly one of the saddest things I've heard in a long time :'(

Stop looking at the big picture and instead take it day by day. Don't try to fix all of the habits you don't like all at the same time, instead pick something that you think would be easiest for you to break and work on that. Then just work your way up. You'll feel overwhelmed and burned out if you try to tackle everything…

Oh. Em. Gee. This is the most genius thing I've ever read! I was honestly just using the recipe builder for single serving things that are staples for me (I.e. Breakfast sandwiches, smoothies, sauces I make) so I don't have to put the individual stuff in every day, didn't know how to make it work for multiple servings...…

Exactly what everyone is saying, eat what they're eating but weigh out your portions and log it. We had chicken and potato salad the other day, I ate the potato salad, I just ate an amount that fit my caloric goals. Also don't be afraid to roast up some extra veggies for yourself, good way to pack in some nutrient dense,…

I've learned that for someone reason I forget what portion control is after supper and so I just have a late supper so I don't feel inclined to stuff my face at night

Calories first because like people said that's what's important for weight loss, but then I do try to focus on protein and fats and let carbs do what they will, I usually never have a problem getting enough carbs :#

First piece of advice: setting a time frame can be your enemy. Like you said in your post, it took you 5 years to put that weight on, so it seems a little unreasonable for it all to come off in 6 months! Not saying it has to take you five years to take it all off, but expect it to take a little longer than 6 months, that'd…

A couple tea biscuits and some tea

Whatever's clean

Yeah Id definitely go active at minimal, steps for a job like construction aren't going to fully represent the exercise going into the day

Probably the way my family (including vast network of extended) is, but I've always seen marriage as that last step in affirming everything you both already know about your commitment to one another, like hey! We're both 100% committed to each other emotionally, financially and physically so now I guess we mine-swell make…

Including those days you're eating more calories, yeah you probably are eating closer to maintenance and since you were new to lifting probably saw some more accelerated gains which would explain quickly results in the first 5 months. Things may start to become a little more slow going, but you've already seen what…

Old navy, and I'll be honest I know what size I am, and I do want to be smaller, but I'll always grab a size or two bigger when trying jeans on so I can go out and ask for a smaller size o:) Jeans shopping can be a little disheartening and I always find it boosts my confidence

Losing another 10 lbs isn't going to suddenly make you love yourself. Plenty of people reach goal weight thinking that's what they needed to be happy with their appearance only to find that it doesn't make them feel the way they thought it would, they STILL have to spend time changing their perspective on their bodies. You…

I think you'll find yourself still losing on 1200 calories a day, I'm 5' even and I can lose at a pretty reasonable pace at 1400 calories, so expect to eat more, but that's the joy of maintenance! And if you want to recomp your body you'll need to fuel it so it has the energy to build the muscles you want. In terms of…

This is most definitely a possibility, though you can't just "tone up" your body, but a lot of people who reach goal weight generally go onto a body recomposition program, which is what maintaining your weight while increasing muscle mass. Finding maintenance calories takes some fiddling around, and in terms of exercise in…

How big are your bags of quinoa and rice O.o Veggies, I wouldn't worry about so much since most are relatively low in calories. But things like quinoa and rice, unless your buying single serving size bags they aren't 460 calories a bag. Quinoa was honestly a huge one for me to see when I actually started weighing vs…

Just so you know, measuring solids in cups is definitely not an accurate way to measure, and especially with things like rice or cereal you might be surprised how off the measurements are. If you really want to be accurate you'll need a food scale. The cups may have worked before because you had more to lose, you have less…

If you would gain weight at 2491 then it isn't your maintenance, that's something that takes some long term fiddling around with, .8 lbs isn't gaining weight, it's regular weight fluctuations, weight is not linear and is not a constant, you need to remember that, it is something that varies day to day and even hour to hour…

Seeing other people's perspectives and learning their reasoning behind those perspectives is always interesting, and fun to discuss. Also, I think people have fallen into the all-or-nothing camp of saying they would never cohabitate before marriage with no negative consequences besides more discussion on differing points…

My counter argument to do is why would you commit to what is essentially supposed to be "forever" with someone if I don't know how we'll fare when our lives become entangled. Just because you aren't married to someone doesn't mean you aren't prepared to make a commitment. Not something either of us will change the other…

I do think that's an oversimplification, especially in this day and age. I mean of course a mortgage is a much larger commitment than a lease financially, but there are plenty of financial commitments in an apartment. Rent certainly isn't cheap, especially if you desire a certain level of sophistication from an apartment,…

I don't think it's the be all end all but I personally wouldn't marry someone until I lived with them - and lived with them for a few years. Sure marriages fall apart all the time, whether you've lived together beforehand or not, but it's just one less unknown I'd like squared away before becoming legally committed to…

Follow a body weight exercise program like convict conditioning or you are your own gym, both decent good progressive programs that use things you'd most likely already have in your house

As far as working out goes, do whatever you enjoy and is something you can maintain long term. If those are the things you like, do them, if you find you dread the idea of working out then change it up. Do you have specific goals you're working towards? Do you want to become more muscular? Do you want to run a marathon? Do…

Depends on how/where they're sore. Muscle soreness, particularly in my quads I don't mind running with, I actually find running helps loosen the muscles up and takes away from soreness. Any sort of joint pain I won't run, and any pain in my calves I won't run (even if it's the muscles there) because I've had stress…