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Agreed! A big part of the attraction of hiking for me is getting away from "civilization" and it's just not the same when it's swarming with people.

One pound to go! Hope to be ordering my phone by next weekend!

Carrot cake isn't worth the calories - keep the cake and just give me the cream cheese frosting 😋

I'm having something today I haven't had since I was 10 or so: kiwi! I used to love it as a kid but for some reason never bought it as an adult until now. I'm a little curious as to if it'll be as good as I remember it!

@bmeadows380 gorgeous and I looove that dress and boots combo!

Personally I find it impossible to stay at my calorie goal the day before I start + the first day of my period. So those two days I shoot for maintenance calories instead. I haven't seen any noticeable difference in my loss rate by doing this and even if I did, I would keep doing it just for my own sanity. The hunger and…

This was my go-to meal any time I skipped the family's dinner because I didn't like what they were having 🤣 I was the pickiest of picky eaters 🤦🏻‍♀️

I've been giving this one some thought lately. I looooove cheese and always put it on my turkey or chicken sandwiches, but the other day I was asking myself "can I really even taste it?" It's like I've been putting cheese on sandwiches just out of habit so I'm definitely going to have to try one without and see if/how much…

I take progress pics periodically but the first few didn't look any different to me. I was going to take one this week but almost decided against it because it had only been 5 pounds lost since my last pic and I thought no way would I see a difference. I was wrong, THIS is the first picture where I actually see a change!

My two dogs always have a ton of energy and have more than enough enthusiasm about a walk to make up for the days I don't really want to go... I can't disappoint them when it's beautiful weather outside and they give me "the look" 😂

I'm so proud of myself for not wimping out on my walk this evening. It rained all weekend and with the fallen wet leaves covering the path, it was pretty slick footing. A little voice in my head (or a little devil on my shoulder?) said "This is a reasonable excuse to turn back now - you don't want to be treading carefully…

My mini goal: 3 more pounds to lose to be at the 25% mark of my weight loss. Once I hit it, I will reward myself with a new phone that I've been wanting for months!

Today was yet another over-goal day for me calorie-wise. I've been having way too many of those lately! My main issue has been social eating - I spent last weekend with my parents, my mom stayed with me three days this week, and then both parents visited again today. Whenever we're together, we eat out A LOT and when my…

@speyerj Thanks for checking in, the job continues to be a major source of stress, to the point that I've promised myself if they tell us to return to the office I will give them my notice. As long as we continue to work from home, I will try to stick it out at least a couple more months and hopefully find something else…

Not me, as I still have plenty of insulation, but my dad has talked about how getting below a certain weight causes his temperature to be a couple degrees below normal. He is supposedly able to pinpoint an exact weight at which he experiences this, and tries to stay a couple pounds up from that, as he finds it unpleasant.

Quelling my fears about having been over my calorie goal for the past four days by doing some simple math. Even though I've eaten over my goal, I'm still 2,200 below maintenance calories for the week so I'm fine. No need to freak out, I'm still losing weight 😊

Went on a nice hike with my parents and one of my dogs. The weather was beautiful and the trail was just the right amount of challenging!

THIS. When a dish has bell peppers in it, ALL I taste is bell peppers 🤢

I think people have gotten so used to seeing an overweight population that they don't have a clear picture of what a healthy weight looks like. I currently fall into the obese category, but when I described myself that way in conversation with a friend, he said "no, you're just chubby." Maybe they shy away from the stigma…

When I'm not logging/calorie counting, I have a lot of problems with binging, but logging really helps me keep it under control. The exception is that special time of the month when I have a day or two where I feel like I'm literally starving, want to eat everything in sight, even if it's not a very tempting food (this…

It's weird how I *feel* taller lately...it seems like the weight loss has caused a big improvement in my posture and I feel... almost graceful?

Just as an example: I went to outback steakhouse last week and had their pineapple pork medallions, mashed potatoes, and steamed broccoli. 800 cals for the whole plate, of which I left some uneaten due to fullness. It was delicious!

Today is the end of Week 9 since I started my ~lifestyle change~ and I'm pretty happy with the results I'm seeing. 16.4 pounds down and -2" on each of my bust, waist, and hip measurements.

After 8 days of extreme stress over my job (which kind of turned into a depressive spiral over the state of my life in general) during which time I had pizza, ice cream, fast food, etc., and definitely ate over maintenance at least 2-3 of those 8 days, yesterday I began to pull myself back together. Because I'm still…

And @bmeadows380 I feel you so much on the dating sites. I've tried just about all of them and I also didn't have any better results on the paid ones vs free. In the last year and a half I've been on one date and, while I know I'm "still so young!" it feels like everyone else is getting married off and I'm being left…

Thanks for the advice and shared experiences @speyerj and @bmeadows380 it really helps to know that others have been through this too. I'm seriously considering a major career change, since I've been in the software configuration field for 4 years at 4 different companies in 4 different industries and each job has been...…

This week has just been hard. I've been working from home for the past 6 months and I thought I had convinced myself that so long as I was working remotely, I would be able to stick it out at this job. (I took this job in December and realized pretty quickly that it was nothing like what was described in the interview and…

I swapped the 2% milk I used to have in a bowl of cereal with unsweetened almond milk. I don't taste the difference and it saves quite a few calories. I also will have half a serving of plain greek yogurt with a tablespoon of hershey's caramel syrup for 110 calories instead of 300+ calories for a serving of ice cream. And…

KitKat and Mounds 😍

That hiking post was just what I needed to see! I went back to a trail last week that I had tried 6 months ago and couldn't get to the waterfall that I really wanted to see. Still couldn't get to the waterfall, but it was noticeably easier than the last time. I just have to keep at it and one day I will be victorious and…