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Yes! I wore a size 9/10 in high school (at around 140 lbs) and my wedding dress was I think a size 12 or 14 (at around 160 lbs). I gained weight slowly and was able to keep buying size 14 for a long time because the size of the clothes kept getting bigger. I'm 193 lbs now and still buy a size 14 in some clothes. Even at my…

Pictures from a night out with friends at a murder mystery. One of my friends is very petite and I realized that I looked like a big blob next to her. It did take me another 4 months to actually start doing anything about it though.

You're within the normal BMI range for your height (I'm also 5'10") so 3 lbs per month is actually a good, if not somewhat fast, rate of loss. When you are already at a healthy weight .5 lbs per week is the recommended rate of loss. You say you eat anywhere from 900-1600 calories per day and I would advise you to actually…

I'm pretty sure most people at a Weight Watchers meeting will be following the WW plan. Check to see if there is a TOPS (Taking Off Pounds Sensibly) group in your area. From what I've heard about it, it's a general weight loss support group that doesn't make you follow any particular diet program and it's cheaper than WW.

I tried giving up alcohol completely but that just wasn't realistic for me. I enjoy a good craft beer too much to cut them out completely. I just try to be mindful and only have one beer instead of 3 or 4 when I go out with my friends now. And I plan ahead. I tend to go by my weekly calories instead of just looking at just…

I'm 5'10" (almost 5'11" on a good posture day) and started at 237 lbs. I got down to 178 but had some struggles this year and am currently at 194 lbs. working on getting back on track. I'd like to get to around 165 lbs and see how I feel and look before deciding if I want to lose more. This is a before and current…

My mom is overweight. She used to be thin but she's just not good at taking care of herself and has let the weight creep on. My dad is normal weight but I wouldn't say he's healthy because he lives mostly off of convenience foods since he's a truck driver. My brothers are all either normal weight or barely overweight. My…

I blame Pinterest for all the crazy things my friend has tried to get me to do to lose weight. She swears that some turmeric drink concoction is magical. And when I told her I'd gained about 15 lbs because I'd stopped tracking my calories she said "no, you just need to poop, you're just bloated." I wish I'd taken a picture…

I recently started wearing my Fitbit again. I knew I'd started slacking on activity so it was helpful for me to see how little I was actually walking everyday. I had stopped wearing it when I started doing a lot of exercise that wasn't step based (swimming, biking, strength training) because not getting 10,000 steps in a…

I prefer stouts and porters and they're pretty calorie dense. And none of my friends know how to go out and just have "a" beer, it always turns in to 2 or 3. On a typical night at a local brewery I could easily drink over half of my daily calories in about an hour. I was going over on my calories most Saturday's by about…

I'm 5'11" and about 182 lbs. but since I'm tied to a desk during the day I set my activity level to sedentary. Before exercise MFP gives me 1490 calories (to lose 1 lb. per week) but I've been trying to get better at getting some type of exercise everyday so that I can eat around 1600 calories. My workouts lately have been…

I've never been very good about wearing the correct bra size but I've lost around 50 lbs and have gone from wearing a 38DD to wearing a 34DD (actually a 34DDD fits better but is harder to find). My bust measurement has gone down about 6.5" so they're definitely smaller. Before I gained weight I was a 32D so I have hopes…

When my husband was using MFP he could go in to my diary and copy foods to his. He couldn't copy the recipe but he could copy my diary entry and then just change the amount to what he ate. I can't remember how he did it with the app but it looks like with the desktop site you would just select "Quick Tools" and then copy…

I joined a can-can dancing group in April. It's lots of fun and practice is always a good workout. It's made me realize how out of shape I still am, even after losing over 50 lbs. I also love the different outdoor water exercise classes the YMCA offers in the summer, something different to shake things up and since it's…

I was getting seriously burnt out with logging and calorie counting and realized I really needed a break from it so I decided to take a one week break from logging. I told myself that I would start logging again today and instead of coming up with excuses I actually did start logging again. That is huge for me because…

I'm only seeing problems with the phone app and the website syncing. Again. If I log something on the website it doesn't show up on the app and vice versa. This happened last month but the newest update fixed it but now it's apparently glitchy again.

I took ballet for almost 10 years so I know I have the ability to be flexible, I'm just not anymore. I just joined a can-can dancing group and it's embarrassing that as one of the youngest members I also have the lowest kicks. I'm thinking about trying pilates or yoga and also am looking into adult ballet classes.

Thrift stores and clearance racks have become my best friends. I'm tall and finding dressy pants for work is a challenge so when I find tall sizes at thrift stores I'll usually buy them if they're my current size or the next couple of sizes down. I've also been wearing skirts more often because it takes a lot longer for…

I've lost 58 lbs and I have a sedentary job. For the past 4 months I've been even more sedentary at work than normal because I'm covering the phone line and can't get up to walk around every so often like I used to. I do exercise after work and on the weekends some but not on a regular basis. The most important thing, like…

Someone brings food into my work almost everyday. And of course it's rarely anything except donuts, bagels, and cookies. I've just learned to ignore it. I might occasionally have a bagel if I really want one and can fit it into my calories. If you're hungry all the time, even eating at maintenance, you might want to look…

Yep, I find this happening a lot lately. I'm thinking about trying yoga and/or barre class to help with my balance especially since I've started can-can dancing and I now actually need to have some coordination.

I've been mostly thrift store shopping since I've been losing weight. I never try anything on so sometimes the stuff I buy is too small. When I buy something that's too small I put it in my "too small clothes" box with some of my old clothes I'd like to be able to wear again. That box used to be completely stuffed. Last…

I have a bunch of vintage sewing patterns that I'd love to actually be able to use. Some of them I know will always be too small (I don't think I've had a 31" bust and 24" waist since 7th grade) but I have several that are a size 28 waist and I think that's a realistic goal for me.

Drinking didn't cause me to gain weight but it certainly wasn't helping me lose weight either. Until a few years ago I hardly ever drank, then I discovered craft beers and local breweries. My best friend and I used to go out almost every weekend for "a beer" that would always turn into several beers. I'm sure there were…

When I first started counting calories I pretty much just ate like I always had but ate smaller portions. As I've lost weight and my calorie goal has gone down I've also changed some of the foods I eat. As an example, I still eat pizza but I get chicken and veggie pizza now instead of pepperoni with extra cheese. I used to…

I'm 5'11" and initially picked 177 as my goal because that's near the top of my healthy BMI range and it would put me at 60 lbs lost. I really didn't think I'd want to (or be able to) go any lower than that but once I got down into the low 200's I realized there was no reason why I couldn't set my goal lower. Now I'm…

Yesterday while getting ready for work I put on a shirt that not long ago had been uncomfortably tight. I wasn't paying attention and thought it was a similar shirt that fits well. I didn't even notice it was the previously too small shirt until I started doing my makeup.

My problem with waist to height ratio is that I'm really tall (around 5'11") and have always had an hourglass shape with a very defined waist. Going by waist to height ratio I was "ok" with a 35" waist even though I was 209 lbs and had a BMI of 29.5.

Like others have said, shrinking out of my clothes is both awesome and awful. I volunteer at a living history museum and make elaborate Victorian dresses to wear. Dresses that are made to fit a certain way and just don't look right if they don't fit your body. They aren't easy to alter and the fabric will only take so much…