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My current choice is between dumbbell or bodyweight routines. (I’m not willing to keep barbells at home and not willing to join a gym again at this time.) I test-started the M&S full body dumbbell program today. I noticed it said not to add other exercises. Is that specific to not adding extra lifts? I’m trying to progress…

Challenge Starting Weight: 164 Challenge Level: ★★★ Challenge Goal weight: 149 Feb1 - 164 Feb10 - 161.6 Feb17 - 159.8 Feb24 - 157.4 Mar3 - Mar10 - Mar17 - Mar24 - Mar31 - Apr7 - Apr14 - Apr21 - Apr28 - May1 - This week’s weight is lower than expected so I expect my weight may be up again a bit next week, or about the same.…

Ultimate Starting Weight: 223 Challenge Starting Weight: 161.6 Goal by Easter: 151.6 Feb17 - 159.8 Feb24 - 157.4 Mar3 - Mar10 - Mar17 - Mar24 - Mar31 - Apr7 - Apr14 - Apr21 - I didn’t get around to eating dinner last night, so my weigh in today is lower than it would be otherwise. I won’t be surprised if it’s up again next…

Original weight: 223lbs February start weight: 164lbs February goal: 159lbs Ultimate goal: 130lbs Feb 1: 164 Feb 3: 163.8 Feb 10: 161.6 Feb 17: 159.8 Feb 24: 157.4 Feb 28: February loss: 6.6 Today’s weight is low because I was so busy last night I didn’t get around to eating dinner before I collapsed into bed. I expect to…

@Tacklewasher I’m not quite as deep into the addiction yet. 🤣 My longest run yet is just a 10k but I’d like to work my way to a half marathon one day! To OP @MikePTY is totally right. Even if you never pick up anything beyond walking, it’s a great exercise on its own. The only time I’ve ever heard someone say walking was…

Walking is fantastic. It’ll start strengthening a lot of muscles that may be very weak in a sedentary individual - and as you are able to get faster on your walks you can see better cardiovascular benefits. I consider walking as not only a great activity on its own, but also a gateway exercise. I started with just walking,…

Nothing to worry about if your weight shifts 4 pounds in a single day. That’s just water retention shifts and the food passing through your digestive system. You’re not gaining 4lbs of fat that day, just normal weight fluctuations. Even if you just drink a bunch of water you can “gain” a few pounds according to the scale.…

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In college one of my roommates bought unfrosted poptarts when he wasn't really paying attention (which was like all the time okay) and was really mad when he opened the box. He legit took my cake frosting jar out of the fridge and frosted his poptart and ate it that way. And don’t judge college-me for my jar of frosting.…

Challenge Starting Weight: 164 Challenge Level: ★★★ Challenge Goal weight: 149 Feb10: 161.6 Feb17: 159.8

I think I’ll see a hormonal bump up a bit next week, but might still have time to hit the goal. 🤞🏻 Original weight: 223lbs February start weight: 164lbs February goal: 159lbs Ultimate goal: 130lbs Feb 1: 164 Feb 3: 163.8 Feb 10: 161.6 Feb 17: 159.8 Feb 24: Feb 28: February loss: 4.2 so far

I weigh in on Sundays, so I’m in with my first update. It’s nice to see the 150s but next week I’ll probably be back up with cycle weight! 🤷🏼‍♀️ Ultimate Starting Weight: 223 Challenge Starting Weight: 161.6 Goal by Easter: 151.6 Feb17 - 159.8 Feb24 - Mar3 - Mar10 - Mar17 - Mar24 - Mar31 - Apr7 - Apr14 - Apr21 -

@sierra_lucy Have you reset your goals recently? When you do that, MFP recalculates your calorie goal based on the new weight you have input into the system. From what I’ve read on here it’s very unlikely for someone to manage to build muscle when eating in a deficit. I’ve never read it’s impossible though. 🤷🏼‍♀️ If you…

If you’re losing weight that’s likely a factor. Even just walking burns more calories when you’re heavier, so as we get lighter and report weight changes to the system, we burn less calories for weight-bearing activities.

I’ll participate again this go around. :-D Ultimate Starting Weight: 223 Challenge Starting Weight: 161.6 Goal by Easter: 151.6

Yes, what @Duck_Puddle said, slow down. Slow down so much. You want to let a turtle outrace when you start. Seriously, I thought for years that running just wasn’t something I was meant to do. In reality, I just needed to slow down. My first succesful distance run honestly wasn’t that much faster than my 4mph walking pace.…

Mine is set at 500. I don’t think I’m ever going to make the 400% move goal achievement with it set here. I did 10 minutes of calisthenics, walked an intentional couple of miles, been all over my house doing chores and playing with the kids all day - and I still haven’t reached the 500 mark. Both other rings are complete,…

I’m with @BMcC9 on this! Congratulations to all who lost any, even if not what was aimed for. And we’re all doing great even to be just paying attention, even if the scale isn’t currently trending downward. It’s when we turn a blind eye to what’s going on that things can really start going the wrong way.

In my app there is an ellipse (... dot dot dot) at the bottom of the exercise section. If you click that there is an option to “copy to date” and you can copy your daily workout to another day.

Congratulations!! 🎉

Challenge Starting Weight: 164 Challenge Level: ★★★ Challenge Goal weight: 149 Feb10: 161.6 I’ve been retaining water due to hormones so I’m glad to finally see the scale shift!

Challenge starting weight: 173 Goal for Vday: 163 Today’s weight: 161.6 I just suddenly dropped a bunch of water weight over the last couple of days. It was fun to see the drastic change on the scale. I was eating within my calorie range and getting my exercise in so I knew the stubborn scale was nothing to worry about,…

Original weight: 223lbs February start weight: 164lbs February goal: 159lbs Ultimate goal: 130lbs Feb 1: 164 Feb 3: 163.8 Feb 10: 161.6 Feb 17: Feb 24: Feb 28: February loss: 2.4lbs so far Finally let go of the water weight I’ve been holding it seems.

@purple4sure05 @Anna28518 The healthy weight range for 5’6” is 118-154 I believe, so it makes sense you wouldn’t look healthy lower.

I’ll join using my weight from February 1st and end on May 1st! My bday is on April 30th so if I reach this goal it’ll be the best gift I could give myself! I’m going to aim high at level 3 and be happy if I at least get close. My weigh in days are on Sundays. 😁 Challenge Starting Weight: 164 Challenge Level: ★★★ Challenge…

@Connie7355 Congrats on breaking out of the 200s!

My goal has moved further and further down as I drop weight and ackowledge just how much excess fat I still have on my body. My original goal was 175. My current weight is 163. My current goal weight is 130 because I think that’s just how far I’m going to have to go to achieve a healthy waist/hip ratio. I carry a lot of…

I feel this statement is a way to let you shift blame off of yourself. And I say this in all kindness and understanding because I am prone to blaming others for choices I actually made myself. It helps me a lot in these type situations to think truth to myself. IE “I chose to eat a donut and blew my calorie allowance for…

@Meeper123 Congratulations!!!

@AnnPT77 I have an apple watch and it constantly overestimates my daily calorie burns by a significant amount. According to it and my recorded calorie intake, I should be losing weight at twice my actual loss rate. I do, however, pull useful data from it to input into MFP in a way that’s actually helpful and predicts my…