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I'm eating 1810 calories a day, and losing between 1 and 1.5 lbs a week. I'm 5'5" and currently at 193 lbs. When I exercise, I eat back around 50% of my exercise calories and it's seems to keep it consistent to the rate of loss I want.

Accountability Challenge Tracking Yes Calories Yes Exercise Yes, 4000 steps above my daily goal!

Happy New Year, y'all!!! Weigh-in January Week 1 Last week: 199.7 lbs This week: 194.8 lbs!! Looks like a lot of the water weight that I put on over the last two weeks has come off!

Final weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) 199.5 (13 November) 198.4 (20 November) 196.4 (27 November) 194.1 (4…

Highest ever weight - 275ish (December 2003) Starting weight (July 2016) - 228 lbs January starting weight - 196.2 lbs (Dec 31) January goal - 191 lbs Ultimate goal - 145 lbs Jan 1st - 195.4 lbs Jan 7th - Jan 14th - Jan 21st - Jan 28th - Total loss for January -

Totes down for this! Starting weight - 228 lbs January starting weight - 196.2 lbs January goal - 191 lbs Ultimate goal - 145 lbs Jan 1st - Jan 7th - Jan 14th - Jan 21st - Jan 28th - Total loss for January -

Took a diet break (and scales break) from Dec 15, although I still logged. Ate mostly at maintenance, or just above - there was one day with about 900 cals over maintenance. I did LOADS of travelling, new exercise with the associated DOMS, ate all the carbs, lots of salty foods, I'm in my luteal phase... Basically, all the…

My non-weight, non-health related goals for 2018... 1) Learn to play the violin I received for Christmas. Learning to play the violin has been on my bucket list for years, and hubby did good this year! 2) Go to the skate park at least once a month. I learned the basics of how to ramp skate on quad skates over the past…

I planned a 2 week maintenance break for Dec 15-29th. I will be logging (estimates) of everything. I've been on a 750-1000 deficit since the end of July and lost nearly 40 pounds, so I figure 2 weeks around Christmas for a refeed allows me to enjoy all the treats and stick to a plan. I'm hoping having a planned break will…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) 199.5 (13 November) 198.4 (20 November) 196.4 (27 November) 194.1 (4…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) 199.5 (13 November) 198.4 (20 November) 196.4 (27 November) 194.1 (4…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) 199.5 (13 November) 198.4 (20 November) 196.4 (27 November) Total so…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) 199.5 (13 November) 198.4 (20 November) Total so far... 17 lbs To go...…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) 199.5 (13 November) Total so far... 15.9 lbs To go... 9.1 lbs NY GW:…

I've lost 29 lbs in my first 3 months. Eating pretty much everything I did before, just in smaller portions. Although, higher calorie stuff has to be worth the calories... So no more slices of mediocre store-bought cake just because someone brought some in to work. However, amazingly awesome homemade cake that's been…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) 200.2 (6 November) Total so far... 15.2 lbs To go... 9.8 lbs NY GW: 191 GW: 165 (will…

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Considering bottled water doesn't have to go through anywhere near as stringent regulatory testing as tap water (at least in the UK), I'll stick with good ole tap water.

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) 200.8 (30 October) Total so far... 14.6 lbs To go... 10.4 lbs NY GW: 191 GW: 165 (will readjust when I get…

@MegaMooseEsq Have you ever tried the app Level Up Life? It turns your life into a game where everything you do give you experience points and you get to level up. It's *kitten* awesome (and I completely forgot about until your post... Must start playing again) P.S. Oregon Trail is da bomb!! P.P.S. Sorry for derailing your…

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight 203.1 (23 October) Total so far... 12.3 lbs To go... 12.7 lbs NY GW: 191 GW: 165 (will readjust when I get there!)

Just as an example, I am 5'5", 14st 6lb, and I'm losing 1.5-2lbs a week pretty steadily on 1670 calories, MFP set as lightly active as I do approx 8-9k steps a day (I also eat back around 75% of my exercise calories). So 1400 calories sounds like a good starting point. Try that for 6-8 weeks and adjust accordingly (add…

Another derby player here! I started quad skating again at around 250lbs, and there are plenty of players a lot bigger than me in my area. Don't forget... Safety is sexy! At a bare minimum, please wear wrist guards. The one time I didn't wear them, I fell backwards, caught myself at a weird angle and broke my wrist.

Weekly weigh-in SW: 228 (22 July) 215.4 (12 Sept) 213.4 (19 Sept) 210.1 (26 Sept) 207.8 (2 October) 205.7 (9 October) 205.3 (16 October) - started strength training so retaining some water weight Total so far... 10.1 lbs To go... 14.9 lbs NY GW: 191 GW: 165 (will readjust when I get there!)

Just from personal experience, when I tried starting exercise from little-to-none going straight to 5 times a week, I crashed and burned. I'm not sure if you've been doing the cardio already and are wanting to add in the SL 5x5 or starting both at the same time. SL 5x5 is quite an intense lifting routine and you're going…

I weigh every day, and record it on libra to see trends. But, I'm a scientist and like charts and graphs with lots of data points.

Rooting for you from Chester, England! You got this, dude!!

@sijomial Thank you for answering so fully! I will start with Mondays and Fridays, rotating the workouts, for a bit and add in Tuesdays if/when I feel ready. I'm really looking forward to starting, I've been meaning to add in strength training for a couple of years, but only just kicked myself in the *kitten* enough to…

The best thing I did back when I was a student was invest in a slow cooker. Throw in a cheap cut of meat, some lentils/rice/grains, veg, a can of chopped tomatoes, seasonings and enough water to cover everything. Pop it on low when I left the house and when I get home I had a really filling healthy stew ready to eat.…

Love me some coffee! I have at least 3 large mugs of caffeine coffee a day, with a 1/4 cup of soy milk in each and usually a couple of decafs in the evening (at the age I can no longer sleep with caffeine in my system after 5pm). Experts smexperts... no one's making me give up my coffee!