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Hi ladies, I stumbled upon this thread this morning and have been skimming though it all morning. I have to say I think I needed this. I'm only been tracking for a couple weeks but I was already losing motivation. I'm currently at like 25.5 BMI, so barely in the overweight category, but I'm quite tall and carry my weight…

14,108 today!!!

It was at home too. My husband had marinated these great steaks but then he got distracted and they were way over cooked. He felt really bad about it though so I didn't want to make a big deal of it with him. Making him feel worse won't make me feel more satisfied. We're going on an evening walk though so I might see if I…

We're nearly twins! Female from Canada 5'10" SW (this time): 186lbs CW: 175 GW: 165 for now but as you say, I'll see when I get there. I had lost this weight before and kept it off for quite a long time, but then my job changed from fairly active to sedentary but I didn't change anything else in my lifestyle. Before you…

Thanks for all the replies everyone. It's quite obvious to me that we should be able to eat for less money. Right now I do track all of our spending, but only by category. So I know how much we spent on groceries, but not what we bought with that money. I think for the rest of the month I'll keep our receipts and try to…

I go to some power yoga classes, and let me tell you, I'm usually quite sweaty afterward and I will be sore for about 2 days after if I haven't been in a while. I have no idea what it burns in terms of calories, but I do know I feel like I've had a proper workout after. I'm also not doing weight training right now though,…

This might be slightly off topic, but is it always the case that men and women can't have the same serving size? My husband and are with an inch of each other for height (5' 9"/5' 10") and although he's is slightly broader than I in the shoulders, it's not much. I can wear his shirts around the house and the shoulder of…

@JeromeBarry1 - I don't think we throw out that much stuff, although my husband does most of the cooking/fridge clearing, so maybe I'm out of the loop on how much waste we really have. I find too that we seem to pay for convenience to some extent. Powdered milk and home-made yogurt may be cheaper, but I don't think we…

Yeah, we're over $800 a month and for 2. It does seem outrageous. This is something we've struggled with for quite a few years, but in past year we earned more so it was easier to overlook. Now that our jobs have changed and we're not making the same money, it's time to finally deal with this.

@browneyes1520 - I also find groceries expensive here in Alberta. But I still think my husband and I are doing something wrong. We spend on average about what your family of 4 is spending and that seems a little crazy to me. We also don't buy many pre-packaged foods, mostly fresh produce, dairy, and meat/fish. My husband's…

Hi heybales, How do I get my BMR in MFP? At the moment I don't use TDEE as I don't really have a set workout schedule, so finding BMR and doing the calculations would work well for me.

Alcohol. If we're going out for drinks after work or having after dinner cocktails, I'll always make them fit.

I haven't faced this specific dilemma, but something can be useful on promoting healthier eating is having a food budget. It's a way to manage the food in the house and how often you eat out without any focus being on the 'healthiness' of the choices. If you can only spend X on eating out, it maximizes the amount of meals…

I also don't like to bring it up. I find that in my social group (women from 25-35), a huge topic of conversation is weight and weight loss, and so-and-so's new diet or success or failure and how someone tried keto for 4 days and now they feel great. The talk just goes on and on and yet I've found the people who talk the…

This is perfect timing for me! I used to run a fair amount, but then I ran a half-marathon without training properly and had really sore knees for a while. After that, anytime I tried to get back into it, my knees would complain pretty quick so I just gave it. That was in the summer of 2014 and I haven't ran at all since.…

I struggle a lot having an office job. I waitressed for years, all through school, and I did MFP for a couple months and got down to a great goal weight and stayed there for years. Then I finished school, got an office job, and gained 15 pounds. The only thing that changed was my job. It took me a long time to come to…

I'm curious about this too. In the past, I ate a calorie deficit and did some strength training and I became obviously stronger and my muscles became much more noticeable, even though I lost 10 pounds. I guess I just have a hard time understanding why you can't build muscle in deficit.

This is really interesting. I'm 5 10 and weigh around 178 and with losing 1lb per week, I'm at 1500. I'm surprised by how wide the ranges are for ladies at about the same height.

I totally get what you're saying. I'm big on the "F you, I'll eat what I want". It takes a long time to get over that kind of thing. I second the people saying buy your groceries online. I went one step farther and my husband and I signed up for a meal planning service when we we're starting and I literally just copied the…

I totally get what you're saying. I went to my in-laws house recently and they have a very well stocked snack cupboard. Had multiple cookies, chips, cheesy bread sticks, a fudgsicle, and a LOT of wine. It's hard when you're in the moment. I wasn't hungry, I didn't really enjoy a lot of the foods, and I knew my stomach…

I'll give this a try. I'm not really sure how far I'll go but I'll start with a goal of 200km (125 miles). It'll be a combination of biking, walking, and running. Here's my month so far: July 1st - 20.2 July 2nd - 10.8 July 3rd - 1.7

Thanks for the answer!

Hi ladies, I have SC and have been attempting to work through it for a while but I have trouble keeping motivated for strength training. I like to workout outside whenever possible, especially since it's summer so I never want to be the gym. How do you keep yourselves motivated on the program? It'd be great if this group…