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Dumb question: Do you have any friends in the area who could help you out? It might be weird to just invite yourself over but you might get them to cook together with you and share a meal if you try to explain or problem to them.

Btw, on the topic of pants: The only good pants are the ones that fit. Some of the pants in stores are seriously from hell. I recently tried on a pair that fit me perfectly on the waist and hips but was a pain on the legs. Another pair fit loosely at waist+hips and still no deal with the legs. Whoever designed these must…

I gained around 3 kg (about 6.6 lbs) over Christmas. Those delicious cookies! Man! I sure hope that most of that IS water weight. The last time I weight this much I didn't fit into the pants I'm currently wearing. It got a bit tighter but I still fit into them so there goes some hope, haha. Anyway, back to carefully…

Yay on getting a scale! You go, girl! Food scales help you figure out how many calories you actually consumed. You'll be surprised how much of a difference it makes when you enter things in grams. On fruits: They contain fruit sugar! So be careful on that. Veggies are fine but it's always good to know how many of them you…

This guy's name though. 'Robert Lustig' ... ahaha 'Lustig' means 'funny' in German. Sorry for that. I just thought I'd mention it.

Paleo and vegan actually cancels each other out since modern paleo is simply a diet that tries to eliminate things that might hurt your body. For example, I could never eat beans because they screw up my digestion. A screwed up digestion is not healthy at all. Therefore, banning beans from my diet makes absolutely sense.…

Oh geez. My why? Here's a thing: I've always been physically weaker than other people of my age or build. Now, I'm not looking for gaining big muscles. That's unrealistic anyway since I'm a woman and I'm not into lifting weights since lifting heavy things over time actually only makes my body ache. Doesn't matter if I do…

These days I weigh daily. But I get weighed on a scale that shows fat, muscle and so on every 4-6 weeks at my fitness place. It's one of those better scales with handles. Doesn't beat inbody or other better measurement techniques but it sure is better than scales without handles.

It's hard to tell without knowing the tone of voice. Like some people said: There are people who can't stand to say nothing. Then there's also the possibility that they meant it in a flattering way. Or in a shaming way. Wow, 'how dare you have less weight than me!' or something. Just forget about it. If they have a problem…

Circular training and archery.

05:00 am, 04:50 am if I need to wash my hair. I don't do fitness training in the morning, instead I get in early at work so I can leave early. :) Btw, if I don't get out of bed immediately after my alarm rings there's always the chance that I'll just stay in bed, haha. I'm fortunate enough though that I don't need multiple…

Why not? The thing with keeping 3-4 hours of not eating anything before you go to bed has something to do with letting your body rest. If you eat something before you go to sleep your body is still digesting it while you sleep. Which means, you won't be fully rested. So it's best to eat enough during the day instead of…

Quick is never good nor healthy. Motivational things: Get support from family or friends. Maybe find someone likeminded who also wants to lose some weight. Other stuff: Track things properly. Get a scale that shows grams, never measure in caps (those aren't always accurate for dry goods). Try to stay inside your calorie…

Btw, OP, since you have an open diary: Also weight everything the site allows you to add as a 'slice' because the weight here can also vary (as with everything else) :)

*buries face in hands* I forgot to log my cooking oil. Thanks for the reminder. :'D Great post overall!

Your liver naturally 'detoxes' your body. This is this organ's function. Unless you're suffering from a problem with your liver there's no need to give your body anything that's supposed to 'help' you 'detox' it. :)

Might be a shot in the dark but: Maybe you could get yourself checked for gluten intolerance? (Shows up in blood tests.) I discovered that too many grains can make me feel uncomfortably bloated.

I hear you! I felt best when I really had the stamina to go walking for over an hour without feeling terrible afterwards. It's usually my feet that complain. I'm sensitive there. Anyway, these days I have an easier time catching the tram - I sometimes have to run - than before I went back to fitness training. :D yay me

According to the trainers at my fitness place you can only lose your belly fat if you generally lose weight. Then there's the other thing about how you'll always have a bit of a belly for anatomical reasons (your organs need to go somewhere).

Me in a nutshell the last time I tried to buy new pants: small size too small, big size too big. I admit I hate belts so I don't use any (they feel terrible to me). Ah, you know how it is. At some point you'll fit into factory size pants again ... but there's no remedy to how I'm between two shoe sizes. xD It's terrible.…

Back when I was a little kid of maybe 11 or 12 the mother of a friend said to me: "Your ankles are so skinny, you should eat more" Ugh. I hated that. What an irresponsible way to talk to a child. As a matter of fact, I was a kid of normal weight. I put skinny ankles and wrists down to genetics since my parents also have…

"a human skin" wow.

What a great success story!

I can't do push-ups either. At least not 'normal' ones. Good thread though, I'm also going to look into the solutions posted here. :)

Wow, you're amazing! :blush:

Some of my 'M' shirts seem too large. Well, I'm pear-shaped, so that's okay, I guess? :) The archery instructor at my archery range told me yesterday that he estimates that I shot at least 300-500 arrows since I started doing archery. That's super cool considering that I've always been physically weaker than other people…

Tomatoes. Strictly speaking they are fruits.

Got new jeans: smaller than I thought and hoped. :D EUR 40, according to my pants (sorry, I guess we don't use the same sizes everywhere.) Previously I could only wear my 44/46 pair. I'm so confident right now that I purchased a dress over the internet with the hopes that it will fit me when I get it. It's also EUR size…

Wow. :) Awesome progress and awesome cosplay pictures!

I'm not sure. When I got weighed last week I was at 69.6 kg on the day my period started. I always feel bloated when I'm on my period so my pants were also quite tight. Now, one week later, the pants feel loose. I'm not sure how much I weigh at the moment but at least it feels like less than before. (Also, was at about…