Nikki10129 Member

I've played competitive soccer since I was young, and I've always been pretty good (I like to think :wink: ) but I took a year off last year because I was just too busy between work and school I didn't think I could handle it. After realizing how much I missed it (and how terribly out of shape I'd gotten) I decided to join…

Don't set yourself up to fail, more than 2 pounds a week when you aren't obese is unrealistic. Just put yourself into a mild caloric deficit and weight and log everything you eat and you'll make progress. Eat less than you burn and you'll lose weight, regardless of "body type"

Must have been a long time on the elliptical. But if you weigh yourself you are going to see an increase in the number on the scale between today and tomorrow, if you worked out harder than normal there's probably going to be more water retention than normal. If it bothers you that much, don't get on the scale for a couple…

Muffin top and back rolls.

Measurements would be another good way to track progress, especially if you don't have a scale. They move quite a bit slower than the scale sometimes, but it's a good way to track progress.

When you're happy with what you see, but it's a lifestyle journey, my goal is to never stop but keep improving on the things I'm starting to love

I liked using C25K to help roll back into it after I took a year off, also interval training. Soccer is all about quick bursts of speed, you want to be able to go from 0 to 100 quickly and then back again. Also work on improving strength, it can be a pretty aggressive sport, though playing rec it probably won't be so bad.…

Yeah, if you aren't currently weighing your food, just sort of guesstimating, that's why I think you aren't losing quickly, you're probably eating more than you suspect

Yeah, I had to put some asparagus back because I was so appalled with the price

A mixture of different things, having always been a little heavier growing up (but never by much) but then it boiled over this year from three different events: Seeing myself in an outfit I thought I looked good in, but the picture told me otherwise. I re-joined soccer after a year off and my jersey is tight and where…

Those things take time, no quick fix. You didn't put weight on overnight, it sure as heck isn't going to come off overnight.

No tricks, just track what you eat, weigh and measure everything you put into your body, and make sure you are consuming fewer calories than you are burning, CICO. Tips for a busy uni student (hey, I'm in the same boat): I like to do meal prep sundays, where I prep most of my meals for the week, weigh and measure them out…

I weigh myself daily because I like to see the trends, I don't expect to see losses day to day, but I like seeing the overall trend in weight

Blend them into things, I find spinach an especially nice one to just throw into anything, sure the colour becomes pretty weird but you can't taste it. I'll usually throw a handful in a smoothie

It will now be included in my day far more frequently than before

At 5ft the first 10 lbs is the hardest for me, just actually having to think that I can do it. But also being short, every 10 lbs is pretty noticeable, coming off or going on

Either oatmeal with greek yogurt mixed in, and some sort of berries if I have any, or eggs in all their beautiful forms.

The biggest thing for me is quantity, and discovering how much more I've been eating than I should have. For example, I went to pour myself a normal bowl of quinoa the other day, and when I weighed out the amount I used to eat the serving size and calories in the serving were preposterous! Or how many calories are in a…

I am a 5ft female and I eat around 1400-1500 calories a day with minimal exercise.

You can't spot reduce weight loss, it comes off wherever it pleases which is completely based on your genetics. The only way to lose weight is to eat fewer calories than you consume, monitor your food intake, measure everything, and stick to your daily calorie goal. I'd also suggest some sort of resistance training in…

MFP has exaggerated calorie burn numbers, it isn't recommended to eat back all of the exercise calories given to you by MFP, usually only half or so is recommended, fitness trackers are going to have lower calorie burns in general since they are going to be more accurate.

It's extremely normal. It's also extremely normal for your weight to fluctuate within a 5lb range in either direction throughout the day, and between days. Look at trends in weight, not individual measurements.

For your goals I would say yes, a progressive full body lifting program is better than things involving a lot of cardio and body weight exercise. But like was mentioned, why not follow the 3x a week lifting program, and then on a couple of the off days do some cardio. Also, which one you like better is an important aspect,…

Being vegetarian does not stop me from eating cookie dough chocolate chip ice cream, or which I ate a substantial amount today.

Pretty simple, just be wary of steeping time, especially for green teas, if you let it steep for too long it will become bitter

It would be for running/walking! And I didn't even think to do that, but it doesn't appear to be too off, so that's good!

Improve my running back to when I was able to easily able to go out once a week or so and run a 5k without wanting to die, just started C25K to get me there

Sweet potatoes are awesome because you can just throw them in the microwave, perfect quick snack!

You didn't ask me to cite, I was quoting someone who was tagging you in their post. Also no one can eat a diet consisting of only vegetables, you will die due to malnutrition, just like you can't eat a diet of only meat for the exact same reason

Curious what you're asking me to cite? Because the article you are citing, by the abstract at least, defends my point Edit: Apologies, for some reason when I first read the comment it said my username *facepalm*