MelissaBrown1622 Member

Thanks so much everybody. I have listened to the advice from all of you and have changed things up quite a bit. I measure everything!! I finally dipped below the 115 to 112ish. I am now stepping away from the scale and relying on my measurements and body composition now since I really only have a small way to go. A bit of…

No I'm eating back a max of a third of those calories and not everyday.

So frustrating to watch them eat and eat and still lose right?? While we work out tail off for each and every pound. Just have to stick with it and be patient.

You really should weigh everything pretty much. Measuring cups are horribly inaccurate for most people - all tablespoons are actually not the same size, much less what people think fills them (level or rounded, packed or loose, etc). Weigh in grams and be sure! Esp calorie dense foods - it adds up! [/quote] Yes Thank you!…

Thank you I have started this week adding some weight training and on the advise of a friend I have taken body measurements and she suggested I not step on the scale for a few weeks and just keep logging and working out and paying attention to my body. It's nice to hear that come from another person as well. I think it's…

I know at first it seems excessive but remember I am 4'11'. I'm small people lol. Maintenance calories are not that much higher than 1200 anyway :(

Thank you!. It's nice to hear you struggled at that level too. I feel like I'm not alone. It's harder when we are so petite. My husband is on this journey with me. He's 6 ft and I watched him drop 20 lbs way faster than my measly 7 pounds and I think all he did was sneeze lol

I know at first it seems excessive but remember I am 4'11'. I'm small people lol. Maintenance calories are not that much higher than 1200 anyway :(

Thank you!!

Arditarose I just sent you the password and a friend request I think sorry still learning this whole thing. I appreciate you offering to comb through and look over my diary entries. I appreciate the advise and the help.

Thankbyou losingitinseattle and hoppymom I will check both of those out!!

Yes!. I have actually. I was so surprised to see what was in some of my fruit. That was one of the reasons I switched over from weight watchers. I wanted more info onbwhatbibwaa eating. Arditarose I would love to open it up to you personally rather than completly open to everyone if that's possible..

I have done some reading about calorie cycling. Anyone have thoughts on that??. Do I lower my daily for a few days then up for a day and cycle that back again making sure to keep the same number of cals per week or. Do I keep 1200 per day then up my cals from there on the third day?. Seems to be some differing advise out…

I weigh everything on a food scale or use measuring cups. Everything! I never eyeball. My eyes are way to big for that lol. I have been using my under armour chest strap heart rate monitor to determine calories. I do eat back some calories never more than a third and not every day.

I've been "stuck" for about 6 weeks or so. I switched from weight watchers to my fitness pal about a month ago because I wanted to more closely watch my macros and calories not just "points". To be fair this is only my 3rd week getting to the gym consistently but I was expecting to see some loss in that time. I was easily…