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Still hovering around 148-149, saw a quick glimpse of 147 but that didn't last. I'm worried my Fitbit is overestimating my calorie burn, but overestimating by over 500 calories seems like a lot! I also can't face lowering my calories right now as I am already hungry most of the time. A diet break scares me too much, if my…

If you do want to keep some and it won't bother you to have it in the house, I find cheesecake freezes fairly well. You can probably split each slice in half to make it easier to fit into your calories. Otherwise pass it on to someone else, maybe bring it into work to share with coworkers?

Ohh I do love roasted veggies and that sounds yumm!

I just picked up a celeriac, I figured this thread might be the best place to ask what are people's favourite way of eating it?

I love Beachbody and BOD I've done a few of their programs over the years, I get great results form them! I don't follow their nutrition plans, I just make sure I stick to my calorie deficit and I lose according to the rate I set on MFP (currently 1lb/week) I've done: Power 90 (the really old school one, I don't recommend…

Age: 33 Height: 5'2" SW: 191 GW for challenge: 143-145 Feb 26: 155 March 4: 152.8 (-2.2) March 14: 151.2 (-1.6) March 20: 150.8 (-.4) March 29: 149.6 (-1.2) April 5: 149.4 (-.2) April 12:148.6 (-.8) April 19: April 26: Loss so far: 6.4

You need to know your audience. Talk about anything over and over again with people that have no interest and anyone will get annoyed! I don't talk to friends about this stuff unless they bring it up, some people can feel like you are being superior or putting them down too even if that isn't you goal you don't want to…

I am proud that even though I haven't been losing weight in the last few weeks, I am NOT giving up, I will keep chugging along and if I still haven't lost in a few more weeks I will revisit my calorie intake/output. In the meantime I am enjoying my new, improved fitness levels and feeling great about starting up a 5k…

I HATE feeling hungry and I go from zero to HANGRY in no time at all, especially on a deficit. I've learned that a small 23 calorie piece of candy (mmmm maple candies) can calm my hunger enough for me to make the meal I had pre-logged.

Are you me? LOL I could have written everything you just wrote! I too have spreadsheets of data :lol: We DO have got this!

For me it wasn't anything in particular that my husband ever said it's how supportive he is! Actions really do speak louder than words. All those failed starts and he was never negative, never commented on my failures, always there for me even if I never stuck to it. He knew when I was ready I would and I eventually did!

Yep whenever I start a new fitness thing I always retain water forever! Thanks for the love of my username!

YES this is exactly how I feel, 1.3 years at it and the mental part is still difficult sometimes!

Hence why I listed the million reason I'm sure are responsible ;) I am PMS'ing and just started running, I know those 2 are responsible, just felt like complaining :) I've been weight lifting for a year now there is NO way I'm gaining muscle as fast as I am losing fat, never mind the fact that I am at a deficit, women just…

I second the C25K program, for me I really love the Zombies, run! 5k training app!

Yes! I'm SO close to a new low I can taste it but the scale is being a tease!

Original starting weight - 191 April starting weight - 149.8 April goal - 145 Ultimate goal - 125 1st - 149.8 11th - 148.4 (-1.4) 18th - 25nd - 30th - Total loss for April - So far 1.4

I started with week 2 instead of 1 and I killed it! I was actually able to jog the whole 10 minutes of free form run! It was a VERY slow jog but still! Starting week 3 on Saturday!

I'm not usually to annoyed with fluctuations, I use a weight trending app and tend to look at the trend instead but once in a while my brain gets annoying! Thanks for the support guys! I'm not overly concerned or anything and for sure I will keep going! If anything I am really enjoying my increased cardio capacity and my…

Thank you! See not having a scale then I would obsess about not knowing, not knowing things drive me crazy! Give me more data and it calms my mind! This is more of a I know, but I'm still gonna complain thread ;)

I lift weights to help minimize muscle loss while I'm losing weight, plus I like feeling strong, and I do cardio because it burns more calories and makes it easier for me to stick to my calorie deficit since I am a short woman. Once I am in maintenance I will scale back the cardio but keep doing some cardio for my heart…

I will look into how to calculate my BF%, at 148 I am still in the overweight category on BMI charts until 135lbs, the healthy range is 104 to 135 so it's pretty wide.

Just a clarification, I don't plan on sticking to my 500 cal deficit until I reach goal weight, I do plan on cutting it back to 250 I'm just trying to figure out when I should do this.

Oh I know it's not a race! I am totally fine with my rate of loss slowing down, I was just trying to figure out when exactly I should drop, if my goal is 130 I should do that now with only 18lbs left but if my goal is 115 then I still have 33lbs to lose and don't need to switch to .5 yet. You see my confusion? 1500-1700 is…

How do I know if I am at risk for this though? Would I not start feeling crappy? Right now I have energy and I'm only hungry before meals.

Yeah I'm 148 so going with the top end of my goal, 130, I technically should be scaling back to .5 but with my activity level I'm currently eating 1500-1700 calories a day so not hungry, and losing 1lb a week still.

So how do you know when you are 20 pounds away really? Especially if you are not sure about your goal weight? I'm 5'2" and I'm thinking my goal may be between 130 to 115, I have no idea when I'll be happy with my weight so it's hard to decide. I'm thinking I just go with how I feel? So if I start to feel too hungry all the…

Here is my before and during, I still have a muffin top I'm working on and I would like to build some muscles back there, so it's not an after yet. Please don't be disgusted with yourself! Just a little fyi you can't spot reduce fat, just eat in a calorie deficit to lose fat and you will feel better about your back!

For the past 6 weeks of losing I've kept a spreadsheet of my daily calories consumed and what Fitbit estimates I burned, it also calculates my deficit to see how much I should have lost and I compare that to how much I actually have lost. It's been incredibly accurate, I'm actually losing a tiny bit faster. So I plan on…

Went to a birthday party Saturday and didn't wipe out my weekly deficit, only a little bit of it :lol: What helped was banking some extra calories the week before and a longer than usual cardio workout Saturday morning. That birthday cake was GOOOD!