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I can't figure out how to add? I have 10 to lose too! Please add me!

I bounced back a year ago. So awesome right? Doing all the right things and seeing that steady progress for a whole year whether it was losing pounds on the scale or measurements, noticing changes in strength and endurance and clothing sizes! I was down 20 pounds but for me, the past month screwed me up. I went to ireland…

I'm a loner too! I don't have a gym membership, I did but going alone was humiliating. So I started working out at home. About a year ago, I started jillian Michaels and legit logging on this app. I lost 20 pounds but very recently gained 4-5 so far this summer. Depressing. With diet, I'm kind of on my own too. No real…

Hey guys. For times sake, I'll just reply to all of you. I have been under some stress but a new medication has helped. I did start eating more but I started listening to my body a little more the past couple weeks I think. And it said I'm hungry and tired. Lol. That has helped tremendously. I also changed my workout…

I had the fitbit hr. it's 150 and I loved it. it really helped me with my exercise routines. but I upgraded to the fitbit blaze and that one is 200. I would recommend both of them. the blaze is awesome. you just have to look them up. for me, when I got one and started seeing my heart rate during workouts, and seeing my…

It took me over a year to lose 30 pounds. the struggle is real! It sometimes makes me mad that it took me that long to lose what I did. and I'm still not where I want to be but i'm pretty damn close and you know what, this past year of change and trial and error, I wouldn't trade it. We all want a quick fix but it is not…

Thank you to all by the way for such encouragement, understanding and advice! It truly means a lot.

peaceout aly: Something that always bothers me is when I first got down to this size at 20, my family was like, you're so beautiful! you look so great! And now, i'm that same size, actually more 'in shape' and they're like, yeah you look okay. Or someone will ask if I've lost weight, and i'm like, I lost thirty freakin…

ARGriffy: That's what I do. I do wear more smalls than anything else but I don't like wearing them. And I do fixate on what I haven't lost physically in addition to all the other crap I focused on before. It's really hard. As I mentioned, where I used to see progress when I first started, I don't feel or see it rationally…

blue4miles: An exercise like you're saying might be helpful. I won't lie, sometimes I look in the mirror and try to look into my eyes and i'm just like, your eyes are too small, you're lucky they're a pretty color or else no one would look at you. (unfortunately this how bad it is) But I can try harder. Try something like…

Oh my god thank you! I'm so glad someone else gets it. I started looking it up too and taking quizzes/reading about it. I definitely have some childhood insecurity issues too. I don't think I got the support I needed from my parents about beauty, inside and out. And being bullied most of middle school and the first part of…

My point with that was I don't eat foods with a lot of sodium. In addition to not seasoning my food much. I don't eat nearly enough frozen food. And mfp never tells me I'm over sodium, it's carbs and that's usually if I eat 1 frozen meals or 2 protein bars in a day. I do check macros and nutrients. I'm sorry, sodium is not…

Haha, that's probably the best response I've ever recieved. You're right. But I don't think that's my issue. I tend to just use some salt and pepper to season things. I cut way back on seasoning.

My why: I had the 'luxury' of getting fit a few years ago. Of course I didn't realize how easy it was to gain the weight back or how hard it would be to lose again. Once you lose weight, when you gain it back, people notice that more than when you lost. And every time they see you and the weight you've put back on, there's…

I do enjoy working out, especially since I've started branching out from pilates and yoga. I do all of it at home since I can't really afford to pay for physical activity. I like hiking and being outdoors. I have noticed changes in my endurance and strength. I see what you mean shifting focus from appearance to what I'm…

I have a huge problem with bread. Lol. I absolutely can't moderate it right now so I'm really just trying to avoid it. It's weird, bread and pasta is my 'junk food'. And I'd like to do more resistance or weights, something to really get those fine lines I guess, but all I have is light weights and a ten pound kettleball. I…

I mean health wise diet tendencies! Ha, like you probably cut out lots of bread and pasta.

What diet tendencies do ya'll follow? Other than the obvious I guess like bread and pastas.

Amybaby300: People tell me to run with it and I'm like no. One it's bulky but it bounces when i attempt jogging, which hurts. I really can't walk more than 4 miles with it, it's gotten harder since I've passed 10 pounds. And I live in Louisiana, so it's like 100° out! I keep seeing HIIT, what is that?

Okay, thanks. I changed my pounds to lose per week to 1 and I'm at 1500 now. So keeping up with that and exercising, I'll see if I drop weight or if I should change my intake. Also, when should I weigh to see progress? Weekly? Bi?

And exercising of course. I'm trying to do an hour or more a day. Varying exercises.

Do either of you add your exercise to mfp because I did yesterday and it increased my limit by 400, but i feel like I can't really trust that. Today, I'm trying to stick to 1200 because I don't want to exercise haha and I just want to see if I can do it. My mfp is set to 1200 because I put in to lose 2 pounds a…

You posted this awhile ago and I'm not sure where you are goal wise now, but I have the same amount to lose. 17 pounds to be exact. On mfp, my calorie intake is really low, 1200. And it's hard sticking to that the first few days but now I've gotten used to it. I personally don't eat bread or pasta. If I do, I try to do it…

I'm having the same issue. I've recently just started mfp again. But for a couple weeks I've been eating really well, similar to you and exercising daily. When I finished my entry yesterday, I was under 400 calories after adding my exercise. But I wasn't hungry honestly. I felt energized and good. A few years ago, I lost…

Haha like rollover minutes.

Thanks for the help guys!

Sorry, I didn't read everyone's responses before I said that. Lol. Okay, I don't think their calories burned are really accurate. It could be more or less burned. Not sure. So if anything I can use those extra as wiggle room persae? Obviously that's not a free pass to get McDonald's lol, but you get what I'm saying.

Wait, what? Without exercise, my daily intake is 1200c. When I added in my workout, it added like 200 to my intake. Should I eat that or no?

I started walking with a weighted vest on my usual trails and it really changed my 'boredom' (I'm at 12 pounds with the vest now) and I do a lot of ellen barrett pilates videos-she's great!