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But you're not going to achieve results that will help you with that feeling unless you make some life changes. And based on your story, the pool seems like an necessary tool to help you with those changes. Don't think about everyone else. They don't matter. Just think about the pool and how it makes you feel. If you…

Excellent reply. I try to chime in similarly when I see "motivation" posts. The truth is, everyone will lose their motivation and feel down at some point during their diets. Maybe some more than others, but there's no one in this world that can keep that emotional high throughout their entire diet. It's working through the…

I did the opposite - I posted a pic of myself at nearly my highest weight - in a shirt that I can't believe I bought because it looked hideous on me. Every time I looked at it, it was an encouragement to do better. I didn't exactly post it all over the house. But hey, some people are visual people and need imagery. If…

XD LOL. Thanks.

That's totally cool. Since it wasn't written that way, I just wanted to make those notes. The myth of "Starvation Mode" really screwed me over as a kid, so I'm just trying to help ensure it dies a swift death.

It kind of depends on your goals. - If you're a competitive bodybuilder, then yes, a couple missed sessions is going to throw you off. - If you're looking for general fitness, a couple of missed sessions isn't bad, just jump into it again as soon as you can. - If you're just looking for weight loss, a couple of missed…

Pretty good list, but since this is written as a blanket guide for everyone, and not just a list of things that worked for you, I have a couple of points. Starvation mode is a long-debunked myth. Adaptive Thermogenesis is a temporary decrease in your metabolism caused by eating at an extreme deficit, but after you return…

Congratulations! As hittrain touched on, after the first couple weeks and dramatic results, some people experience a bit of a stall. This is just your body leveling out to a steady fat loss after losing a lot of its excessive water. If this happens, just keep going! It's a temporary plateau, but you'll see loss again.

I know this is an old post now, but just to give the idea some support... I'm 5'4 and started at almost the same weight. I lost 70 lbs on ~1500 calories a day. Only the most recent 15 pounds have required me to dip lower.

30% would be pretty insane. You might've burned a little more for that, but you'd have to bust your butt to do that for 120 minutes. Here's a video that shows it at that grade, for visual reference: https://youtu.be/CcNc-fd8dR4

According to Scooby's you burned 656 calories (assuming you're around an average height of 5'7. I had to input something for the total). Scooby's is a little faulty too, but it's a LOT closer than the machines. Never trust the machines. Especially ellipticals. Here's the source: http://scoobysworkshop.com/calories-burned/

Congrats on getting to goal! Yeah, it is sort of the nature of it - women just have lower calorie needs. That being said, 1,000 is a lot. Are you sure bot of your MFP goals are set to maintenance or the lowest possible loss? (.5 lbs/week, I think.)

I don't have a problem with her regaining. That's human. Even with the money to buy her own chef and trainer, she still has to have the willpower to say "no" to any food that crosses her outside of those two sources - and as a former binge eater, I also understand how that can be difficult, even being the richest of the…

Arg - double post.

Personally, I think you should eat at maintenance or close to it. Your body needs more energy and rest while it deals with the cold. And a "crap" feeling could be symptomatic of needing more energy. I would increase your calories a bit, and fill the extra with nutritious food (such as good chicken soup, which has actually…

Yeah, I have had this question too. I have a nice hour glass figure now (it's just an hour glass that need to be smaller). Would obsessive core work cause me to lose some of that curviness? Ultimately, I don't care too much - core work has vastly improved my posture and has relieved a lot of chronic pain in my back, so I'm…

My boyfriend has this issue. Lettuce will cause him to gag and nearly throw up. Poor guy choked down a salad at a dinner party once because he thought it would be rude not to eat it. I thought he was going to lose it on the floor. We're both trying to lose weight, and it is a bit challenging as a partnership. He won't eat…

A two week stall is pretty normal to have on occasion. Add that to the fact that your hormones are probably fluctuating at various increments, and a tiny plateau really isn't anything to be worried about. Can I just say that it's impressive you're losing during menopause? Seriously, that's an achievement in and of itself.…

The diet is not 100% of the reason why people get riled up about BeachBody. No, it doesn't teach actual portion control, but that's not why people hulk out when they see these threads. It's the constant inundation of deceptive advertising inexperienced "coaches" constantly bombard us with. It's a pyramid scam - with…

I'm not very good at disseminating information when it comes to weightlifting because I'm still such a newb... ...but it bothers me that the author asserts "men and women aren't different except in the baby-making department." Well, that's not true. We have different hormones and different physiques. 20 additional lbs of…

Can I just say after living in MO for a year, it's so refreshing to see it referred to as "pop" again? I know you said you've already heard about it, but flavored soda water really did help me. Just be sure to buy the kind without sweeteners or added sodium (there a lot of good ones out there). At $1.00 per liter and often…

I saw a show in London that really convinced me how different our cultures were about certain topics. A doctor's booth was set up in the middle of the street and people were invited to come in and speak with a medical professional about anything that might be troubling them, provided they were willing to appear on the…

Work is the worst. We always have vendors and employees that bring in gourmet donuts. Resistance is not as easy as simply avoiding them, either. The snack desk is literally one 1/2 cubical wall away from me, which means I can see and smell them all day.

Potassium and magnesium can be found in supplements. However, most supplemental pills are horse pills and contain a very surprisingly low percentage of your daily recommended intake. I try to find extra in the foods I choose. Bananas, certain leafy greens, potatoes, and tuna and some other fish species have a lot of…

That's part of the problem though - considering the nature of the MLM structure and the sneakiness of some of the coaches that post here, it's hard to tell the difference sometimes.

That's so deceptive. And though I realize people can lose some inches without seeing a huge dive on the scale, 4lbs would NOT equal 12 inches.

I'm just going to leave this here as an illustration of what permanent waist training can do (Granted, I realize this is an extreme). If you call this kind of alteration "healthy and acceptable", then we probably have different definitions of those terms. (And yes, even gradual "training" still has to move and alter the…

You lost an entire FOOT around your waist in 21 days? Am I reading that right?

Same, but with a recumbent bike. Eating at a deficit would've done the trick, but the bike really helped me stay active and get stronger at the point when I was really out of shape. It was a really back- and knee- friendly way to get my blood moving and strengthen the legs before I tried other exercises. I'm trying to…

I usually have the reverse problem, lol. I wear clothes that have gotten too large for me waaaaay longer than I should. I just have a hard time throwing or giving away clothes that I spent a decent amount of money on. If they're not threadbare, I hang on too long. That being said, I do have a "skinny" pair of jeans from…