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This is what I had for dinner tonight ( minus the rice, took a picture of my boyfriends because it was prettier :p ). It had butternut squash, potatoes, onion, garlic and celery. I seasoned it with curry powder, cayenne pepper, parsley and some red wine. All done in the crockpot. I threw some sautéed spinach and curry…

I just made a lentil/butternut squash curry soup today. I just threw everything in the crockpot.

I'll join. Sw March 1: 257.7 Cw:246.6 Gw for July 4: 226

Your stats are so close to mine, except I'm 246 :p. Eating between 1600-1800 with activity

I eat the same foods mostly. I always ate a big variety of food. I just eat less portion wise now. I've noticed my meals always have heaps of filling veggies now tho. Also I seem to not be able to live without cottage cheese. It's low calorie and high protein so I eat it almost daily.

Today was 5x5. Squats: 110 ohp:75 deadlift: 155. Today was a great workout! I'm starting to feel the effects of being in a deficit with strength progress tho. I'm gonna have to fine tune my macros. Also did 30 minutes elliptical and walk the dog.

I cook my meals 95% of the time so the recipe builder is my favorite tool! To get an accurate calorie count you weigh the empty cooking dish first. Then prepare your meal with all of the ingredients entered and weighed out in grams. After the food is cooked, weigh the prepared dish. Subtract the empty dish from that number…

I would definitely talk to your doctor. 2 lbs a week is already a steep deficit for people not pregnant.

Sunday's hike on a portion of the Pacific Crest Trail near Big Bear, California

Feel free to add me. I'm starting week 6 on mfp, down 11 lbs so right on track. I don't have a definite number as a goal, but quite a bit to lose as well

On no feel better soon! Great job guys on the workouts! My Saturday was a lazy day. Sunday I did another piece of the PCT. 7 miles round trip. We pretty much started where we left off last week. We actually got a bit of snow on our hike! So cool :p.

I give you props having motivation in that cold weather! Today was 5x5. I didn't sleep well last night so I felt like it wasn't the best workout, but I did it. Squats:110lbs, bench press: 85lbs, row: 85lbs. 30 minutes on elliptical and a nice walk in the rain! Love this weather, it reminds me of Alaskan summers :)

If you're retaining that much water there might be an underlying cause. I'd get that checked out if you already haven't. Like others said it doesn't matter what time you weigh as long as it's consistently the same. Day to day weight isn't that important, it's the overall downward trend week to week or month to month that…

I don't eat out a lot but when I go to restaurants I usually only eat half and take the leftovers home. I weigh the leftovers and put that down as my meal. I usually eat at hole-in-the-wall places so even then I have to guess of a comparable place to log my food. I'm not too concerned since it's once in a while anyway.

I always say this, and not only in regards to weightloss, but you have to get your mind in the right place. Right now you have a super negative mindset. You are using every excuse you can find to justify why it won't work. The people who succeed at anything have an I can do it attitude. We are only human and we all have…

Thank you Kayla :) Aha funny I'm avoiding outside because it's too hot here! ugh Skipped weightlifting on Monday, too sore from lugging my 250 lb self up the mountain lol. Today was 5x5: squats:105lbs, ohp: 70lbs, deadlilfts: 145lbs. 30 minutes on the elliptical and a 2 mile walk with my dog.

I think it's more you aren't losing inches from where you want. If the legs of your pants are looser then you're losing inches. Sadly we can't control where fat comes from first. Also as others mentioned you could losing the fat from around your organs, which I would say is a good thing. Just keep going good an eventually…

I track calories, of course, and make sure I hit my protein. I've noticed when I hit my protein, my other macros are pretty close to where I want them too.

You already have your answer when you said you haven't made it a priority. There could be all the time in the world and there will still be room for excuses. My advice is find an activity that you enjoy and look forward to and make it a habit. You are on the right start with biking with your kids.

I love your consistency Tim :) Saturday I was lazy. Sunday I hiked part of the Pacific Crest Trail. I've hike many local parts of it but this was new to me. Ooooo so sore today. It was the first long hike I took my dog on, she seems pretty sore too lol

I just made a delicious Asian chicken/veggie stir fry. Even with rice it was 422 calories. I also love making crockpot chili. So yummy and I can eat a large portion for less than 400 calories.

Food scale. I was so lost on portion size before it. My weight lifting set ( plates, bench, bar, etc). Just recently an elliptical.

Wow 200 will be awesome! Hope you're feeling better Kayla :/ Today was 5x5 squats: 100lbs, bench press: 80lbs, barbell row: 80lbs. 35 minutes on the elliptical and two miles walking my fur baby.

I feel like you are avoiding posting your weight for a reason, meaning it's a very low weight. Probably you don't need to lose more weight and should focus more on body re composition. If you are still losing inches, it seems like you are already doing body recomposition? I really don't think your TDEE and calorie…

It's normal, especially when it's a new activity. When I first did squats I could barely sit the next day! Now even if I take a couple weeks off I feel very little to no pain when getting back to it.

I have a problem with food going to waste at home. If I took the time and energy to prepare a dish, it's going to be eaten. Having said that I have created the habit of logging my meal before I eat it, so what is on my plate is already accounted. Leftovers are eaten the next day or frozen for the next week. It's actually…

Whoa 7lbs is incredible! @momo when your under a lot of stress it's OK to stick with maintenance until you can put some of your focus back. Just keep going and don't give up! Starting weight: 257 ( 3/1/16) Last weigh in: 252.4 (3/15/16) Current weight: 249.6 So far 12.43% of my weightloss goal complete :) Good bye 250's!…

My boyfriend and I do 5x5 together. As everyone said alternate sets. One person has to rest either way so it's not even time consuming.

You have to get your mind right before you get your body right. It won't work unless you are mentally ready. I was on mfp for a whole year, lost a little, gained it back, lost again. I was in a bad place mentally. Now I have been at it for a month, 8lbs down as of this morning, but I'm a completely different person now so…

For cardiovascular I do elliptical mostly. I log half of what I actually do ( elliptical is notorious for being an overestimation) and eat the calories back. It seems to be working for me so far.