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@TxTiffani you are so sweet and inspiring! I did get on the scale at a random time in the day and I weigh 165 lbs — yuck! Although that was like 5 days ago and I weighed at 160 this morning. Better, but still 30 lbs to go. I’m sure I have lost a little weight, but I’m also sure that a lot of that 5 lbs was just from…

Hi ladies, I am hoping to join here! I am 47 and probably at my highest weight ever — I am having to squeeze into my fat clothes😢. I am too afraid to get on the scale currently — I have set an initial weigh in date of Valentine’s Day. I am hoping that if I can eat well and exercise until then, the shock of seeing some…

Can I join? I am 47 and have been yo-yoing for over 5 years. Looking for accountability!

I make up pretend games. Ok, so I’m really weird, but when I’m running I essentially “play pretend” like i’m 5. My latest “pretend” game is that a king is looking for a bride for his son, so all the ladies of the land are put through a series of tests to see who is best. The current test is to run 5 miles under 9s, and I’m…

I have a slightly different thought — I don’t think that at your height and weight you actually lost 11 lbs in a month. I think you had some water weight fluctuation initially and now your weight “stalling” actually reflects some true fat loss. You are close to your ideal weight, and losing 2-3 lbs per week close to your…

Foods to avoid — spicy foods, alcohol, esp red wine.

Use cerave moisturizer — just the regular lotion or the am version of the lotion which has sunscreen in it. I love solantra, which is a prescription, for people with symptomatic rosacea. Also, there is a prescription called rhofade that can be used in the morning that constricts blood vessels and lessens redness if redness…

Sooo ... I measured them. 15”. See, beastly!! I can find boots that fit — I have a really cute pair of sorels that lace up, and so forth — but it feels weird when I’m trying on shoes and the person beside me, with a good 100 lbs on me, gets them on easily and I can’t. I get that this is genetic, and I get that there are…

I actually do run — usually 3-6 miles, I suppose I could try to make it longer? I do body weight videos (insanity, t25) — no lifting. I’ll keep dieting and hoping there is some fat there that comes off. I have a weird frame. My waist doesn’t pinch in much. I actually got my implants because the more weight I lost the…

I would too! I’m also doing t25, except I finished the initial program and now just pick workouts at random. I love Shaun T!

It’s hard. I have 4 kids, the largest of whom was 10 lbs at birth, and I’m stuck with some excess skin. I have six pack abs and still have jiggly skin on top — when I do a plank the skin hangs straight down in the middle. I’d have to have the skin removed to get it to go away. Still, though, I have a flat stomach that…

I am 5’5”, 130 lbs, size 2-4. It’s my hips. My waist is smaller but I am always going to have crazy wide hips. And I believe at this weight in high school, as a nationally competitive long distance runner, I was size 6-8 so I’m seeing vanity sizing too.

I did a cheat meal once (even thought I reigned it in slightly). Felt guilty, tried to log it, and realized it was like 3000 calories between the appetizer, meal, dessert, and drinks. My weekly deficit is around 3500 calories, so I undid the whole week in one meal. It is amazing to me how quickly calories can add up. Now I…

Hey, I like the make myself pay approach. I think I’m going to do it! That should make me think twice next time! Thanks all for the ideas. I don’t want this to happen again!

I didn’t read all the comments, but my office performs cool sculpting. You are a perfect candidate. It is safe and very effective for targeted fat reduction. It will not make a fat person thin, but it will decrease a stubborn roll by 1/4 to 1/5.

I had trouble when looking at my BMI. For me (5’5” female) my normal range is 111-149 lbs (huge, eh?). I look fat in the 140s so I set a goal of 115 — I figured that is safely in normal weight and far from where I look fat. Well, I dieted and got down to 121 lbs. I was way skinny. I’m muscular, and you could see every…

Thanks. My doctor is not worried about my muscle mass, just my mental state. I’m actually pretty well controlled, believe it or not. I don’t specifically lift; I do t25 with some light weights. I probably should “lift heavy”; I just do everything at home, not at a gym, so that complicates things. I have 4 busy kids.

I think you are dong great. I get that you are frustrated, but it’s early. There is no way that you gained a significant amount of weight on your current regimen, even if things are not weighed perfectly. You’re not off by 1000 calories a day or anything! I bet it’s water. You are lifting and I find a new lifting regimen…

Thanks!

Ann -- how cool, I'm also 5'5! I'm 39 and a little jealous you made it lower than me. Congrats! I think I will increase my calories slowly. I'm set to lose 1/2 lb a week but have been staying under that by a couple hundred calories a day because it freaks me out to get too close. I need to start by eating back exercise…

Ugh -- didn't post my whole post above, sorry! Anyway, my issue is my 125 lb number came when I was dehydrated after a workout and hadn't eaten. I was 126.3 this am. So I figure I should switch to maintenance when I am at 122.5 at my low and alternating between 122.5 and 127.5 throughout the day? I'm excited to be so close…

All these ladies have exceptional advise, but if it helps any I am 5'5", and lost 5 lbs (from 133 to 128) in the past 5 weeks and am worried I am going too fast! To me, your rate of loss sounds perfect.

Thanks everyone for the thoughts! Sounds like I may not be as correct as I thought. He is proposing: Clean eating -- all "whole" foods HIIT training +\- weights each am to rev the metabolism for the day Eating at maintenance -- no eating back exercise calories His thought is our bodies will then have to work really hard to…

I don't have any great advice, but thought I'd chime n as I am also 5'5" and 128 lbs as of today