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Approximately 1,700 with a goal of reducing this to 1,400. I find that if I focus on eating "clean", 1,400 is more than enough. When I begin adding foods like Halo top ice cream (my addiction), potatoes (my other addiction) and protein bars, I gradually edge up towards 1,700 which is a good maintenance amount for me...but…

Belated Happy October, everyone! Here goes: Height: 5 ft 8 inches. HW: 186 Starting Weight: 147 Current Weight: 145 October goal weight: 145.

Here you go: 5 ft 8 inches. HW: 186 8/17 start: 147 9/17 start: 145 10/17 start: 145 11/17 start goal weight: 143 Goal weight: 125 I was moving along at such a nice clip there that I go ahead of myself, and became overconfident. A little extra here, a missed work out there, and my weight didn't go up, but it didn't go down…

Well, I was cruising along losing according to plan, and then...well, I have no excuses, but it was my birthday and it turned into my birthday week. Up 1.5 lbs. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this group!

Happy Monday! August start: 147.6 August finish: 145.6 September 10: 145 September 30th goal: 143ish. I'm 5 ft 8 inches. The end of February is the tower running (run up 54 flights of stairs) event I have done annually for the last 8 years. My long term goal is to be at my goal weight (or reasonably close..life has a way…

I don't think of it so much as fasting as recognizing that after 6 p.m., I'm not going to make good food choices. I tend to finish my eating for the day around 6 p.m., and then have breakfast at around 7 a.m. I hope this doesn't sound disrespectful, but whenever I visited my in-laws in Florida, we went to the early bird…

I'm so old I can remember carbon paper! I was a skinny kid, a skinny young adult, and then I began fertility treatments where lots of hormones were injected into my body. With each round of treatments, I gained weight (it mimics pregnancy..minus the baby). The "baby" is now 15 and since I'm no longer surrounded by…

I do a towering running event every year (54 flights) and every year before this last one, I had to see an orthopedic surgeon and get shots in each knee cause by the time I was at the event, my knees were killing me. My gym had a free session with a trainer and what she recommended was this: Stretch your hamstrings every…

I would echo Anya's comments: You can work out, you just can't work out in the same way. I've injured my knees with 1) improper weight training form 2) not wearing supportive enough shoes 3) not stretching my hamstrings (I've injured my knee a lot!), and I was still able to do upper body and recumbent bike. The upside is…

Happy fall, everyone! Goal is a two lb loss per month. August start: 147.6 August end: 145.6 September goal: 143.6 I'm 5 ft 8 inches.

Height: 5 ft 8 Beginning August weight: 147.6 August goal: 145 September 1 weight: 145.6 I'll take it! I get a ridiculous "look at my completed 8th grade science project" thrill out of that reporting function on MFP and watching the progression downward. Useful data: I derive an unseemly number of calories from protein…

I have really loved getting older. I must say that I was pretty much a self-absorbed b*tch before the age of 40. What I haven't loved is that my body is constantly challenging me to rethink what worked before. Yikes, I'm getting older and I have to think more! May I suggest: 1) Eat more frequently. There's nothing that…

I think this week the non-scale victory is more of a mindset "reset" than anything else: I'm going to follow the process and not become to focused on the outcome. I'm always rushing to see what the scale says or the measuring tape, but to date, I haven't really focused on making good meals interesting or eating them an…

The easiest way to to do it: If it is baked, don't eat it. My husband has digestive issues, and when he went gluten free, he substituted nongluten goods for ones he was eating with gluten. Didn't lose a lb, though his stomach seemed to settle. When he eliminated baked goods of any type (made with e.g., soy, almond, rice,…

I read this: "I love this body because it holds my heart." I'm normally not someone who gets into sayings like these...but this one moved me. No matter how gorgeous you are, accomplished, photogenic, successful...I think whether or not you have a good heart is what truly matters. It doesn't mean giving money to charity or…

I'm at 146 currently, and my goal weight is 125 to 130. Everyone in my family is afflicted with high blood pressure, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and, not to get too creepy about this, spends years dying as the result of strokes and heart attacks. A few years ago I started doing a tower running event in my city (you…

Height 5 ft 8 SW: 147.8 GW: 125 to 130 August GW: 145 8/5: 147.8 8/14: 146.8 8/20: 146 What is making a difference: Not eating after dinner. Not only is my weight trending down, but I sleep more restfully and I wake up without the alarm clock. What also helps is that I do all my pre-bedtime ritual right after dinner.…

As an older woman, I would say that something I've acknowledged: Things may be slower for me, but I'm more persistent. When I was younger, anything fast, quick, easy and miraculous appealed to me (I've been on every diet written about in the last 3 decades). None of those worked. Now I'm tracking my calories, participating…

My update: Starting weight in August: 147.6 Today: 146.8 August goal: 145 First, this process is helping me so much! Thank you to whomever started it. I'm am working on my August behavioral goals: Eating more veggies Not eating after dinner Structuring my eating by preposting my food (either here or in writing on paper.)…

I think what works for me is to make it easier to make good choices than bad ones. When everything in life is humming along, it is easy for me to make good choices. When many things in life aren't humming along, it is easier to make bad choices. What has worked for me: No trigger foods in the house. We have a teenager, and…

Upon reflection, in my case not only was I postpartum, but I had been on bedrest (which was kind of nice with a newborn cause I was waited on and I didn't have to feel guilty.). I'm wondering if you are on bedrest, or something close to it, if you actually lose some muscle. Or, if not on total bedrest, then mostly prone.…

It has been quite a few years...but I just remember feeling winded and "twingey", also as if that part of my body was very vulnerable. What helped: Physical therapy so I learned how to work my core without the traditional crunches/bicycles (lot of planks, e.g.) and just, frankly, following doctors' orders. I really wanted…

Yes, I hear you...though in a vastly different context. Our son was born via an emergency c-section (it was a foreshadowing of his personality that he refused to emerge via the traditional route.) I remember went back to the gym and resumed ab work outs way earlier than had been recommended, and while I powered though it,…

I think like a lot of things the answer is: It depends. If I'm doing 100k plus steps a week and an hour at the gym each day, with 20 minutes of HIT training, I can lose on 1,800 calories a day. If it is pretty much a desk to car to house week, it has to be 1,200 calories. What works for me is to review the week: What I…

Thanks for asking! I like work outs where I can focus on progressive goals. For me, that is weight training and HITs. I do free weights and the elliptical trainer. It suits my personality that I track my progress by reps/weight and by caloric burn. Once a year, I get my body fat measured at our gym (there is some very…

I have eaten 5 to 9 servings of vegetables a day for the last two weeks. And, I feel really good! I'm a vegetarian who eats way more pasta/bread/cheese than veggies, and I seemed never to be full. Switching to veggies has really helped me to feel satisfied. Also, I haven't done much in terms of a structured work out for…

Thank you. I have the added problem of being around a lot of people who have given up the fight and are obese. I often find myself thinking, "Who cares? I should just let myself go like them." It's even harder when one is older and sees that attitude. But I don't want to do that. I want to look good, feel good, and to the…

I hear you on weight associated issues. My father ate himself into Type 2 diabetes and spent his "golden years" having strokes, heart attacks, and then bed ridden. My mother ate herself into a stroke which rendered herself immobilized, incontinent and with a part of her mind gone. I want to look good, but I also want to…

I hear you. I'm 5 ft 8 inches, and about 147 lbs. By most people's standards, I'm fine. But a lot of people's standards, I'm at their goal. However, for me this is an abnormally high weight. For most of my adult life, I was about 128 to 130, then I started infertility treatments..and after 5 rounds of IVF (in vitro…

I hear everyone. I work out 6 days a week, no fewer than 12k steps a day, roughly 1200 to 1500 calories a day, and I'm stuck. This month I'm experimenting with meal timing. I tend to eat a late dinner, and my goal for this week is to stop eating by 7 p.m. I just think it is a constant state of readjustments, which is…