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Personally, I'm finding that things are a trigger for me only if I tell myself it's a trigger. Otherwise, if my mind is fully occupied on something else, I won't really care for the other foods around. Things that I have made a trigger for myself: -buying boxes of Oreos because I think it will make me feel better -having a…

This post is long, sorry! SW: 170 W1- November 30: 162 W2- December 10: 166 CW (W3)- December 15: 170 I do have TOM right now, but last time I had TOM I was 166 (and then the weight dropped off to 159 and slowly went back up), so I know I've gained weight. And that, pertaining to loosing weight, all those four months of…

Congrats!!! I'm about 20lbs away from being in the top end of healthy, but I just started (or maybe, I started in August/September but have been doing a lot of things wrong...). But anyways, good luck in the rest of your fitness journey!

Late weigh in because I completely forgot (with finals) around the corner. SW: 170 W1 (weight week 1): 162ish (I think that this was just a lucky day, it's gone up and stayed there since) CW (W2): 165-166 And to be honest, I let myself eat whatever, in the sense that I was less strict with myself. I know throughout the…

It's not that my calorie needs are low. I'm 19, female, 5"4. My weight fluctuates in the 160s and I want to be around 140. If I set it to lose 1 pound/week, the goal is 1600. If I set it to lose 0.5 lb/wk, the goal is 1860. I DID make cookies fit into may day before but it's one of those situations where it works the first…

I hear you. I really do. I could've written that exact same post as you. Everytime I go to an event at school and there is a plate of cookies, I end up eating 8-9 of them! 2 weeks ago I had 8 and yesterday I had 9 (plus trail mix too). Monday I'm not even sure how many I had. I know how "exciting" it feels to have a plate…

Good job for calling someone- that is often the first step! As for the goodies- I can't stay away from those either! But log, log, log everything- the good, the bad, and the ugly! Get a food scale for more accuracy. I got mine on Friday and I'm already improving! And don't be too hard on yourself. If you have a bad day,…

Here goes: Female, 19yo, 5"4 Initial SW (August 2015): 170 SW (11/30): 162.75, although my weight often fluctuates between 160-166! GW (3/1): TBH, I expect this loss to be really slow, so my goal is to (consistently) be under the 160 barrier! (Aka floating in the 150s) I'm starting to accept the fact that I just love food…

The other 23 hours I don't spend working out. :wink: And the fact that I'm just not seeing the results I had hoped for over the past three months. ): It's hard because I like junk food and I know everyone says it's okay in moderation but still, I feel like it slows my progress. Yet if I tried to completely cut out junk…

5"4.75, 19 Years Old SW: 170 (late August 2015) CW: 160ish (hovered within this area for the past two months) GW: 140 for now On paper, it looks so darn close! Unfortunately, it will take a lot longer. (:

I usually excercise 5 days a week (sometimes 4, dependent on what happens that day). I lift 2-3 days a week and do cardio everyday for 30-35 minutes. Sardar and Sunday are my rest days, but I also walk around a lot since I work those days.

Calves: 15.5" Thighs: 25.5" Weight: hovers around 160 Height: 5"4 Body fat %: 27% My Calves are very muscly. My Thighs are huge, but I don't really care about that so much. I am increasingly focusing on my overall health and fitness.

I agree with making the game plan. Also, life is too short. Enjoy yourself, but don't let it spiral out of control. Treat it as just another day in your life and not as you "messing up". Makes it a lot easier.

Log EVERYTHING. Even your bad days. Because soon, you will see a pattern and you'll learn to fix those mistakes. Today, I got off track again but did *slightly * better than last monday. That makes me over the moon and makes me ready to improve myself. The point is to remind yourself that every improvement counts, even if…

Thank you! I'm pretty bad at guestimating too. Especially since, I admit, I often do it in a way so that the red number doesn't show up. I hate that! :worried:

Okay, thank you (and segacs) for the clarification. What I'll do throughout the next couple of weeks is drop my goal (today, I put the settings on lightly active and 0.5lb/wk. The goal is 1860 here) in increments until I'm ready to change the MFP settings to 1lb/wk. This is so that I don't get discouraged from a relatively…

I just checked on a few calculators and fiddling with the settings, mine is around 2100 too. So the point is that if I created enough of a calorie deficit below my TDEE, I will lose weight? And if TDEE factors in excercise as well, am I supposed to eat excercise calories back to maintain that deficit? I understand that…

Thank you all for your responses! They all really helped me! (: Good luck to all of you too.

Thank you for your opinions. So I think it's best for me to set my activity level back to lightly active so the calorie goal can be set around 1600. That would be significantly lower (and it was working before). I think I'll accept that and will try again to see how it goes. The reason I thought 1910 was appropriate was…

I just turned 19 (I set the birthday dates off when I signed up) and am in my first year of college (:. It's been going all right for the most part, but does get stressful at times. I'm trying to get more confidence. I feel like it increases everyday, but I guess when people see you try to make a change, they get upset…

Thank you so much for this insight. I thought activity level had to do with everything you did. Now I realize that is not the case. And I do tend to go off the rails a lot- it's just hard to recognize the difference between enjoying a couple of cookies and needing a whole ton because I " won't have them in a long time"…

It sounds like the food scale may be a good investment for me. I've read on these boards that they are $10-15, right? But then I have a fear of using it because my parents and little siblings might make fun of me for using it. They always talk about my weight, but I've learned not to make that frustrating to me (they…

Not all the time. Most of the time, I still have calories remaining but other times, there's either only less than 100 or I go over (but usually, this is the case if there is an event at school or if I decided to cook for my family). I have a feeling I've been off this week because there was a buffet on Monday, a dinner on…

Just opened mine. (: I set mine to a little over 1900 because the last time I logged under a different account, I felt that 1650 was too little. But that's just me.

Oatmeal with a slice of cheese and flax seeds/chia seeds mixed into it. Top that with a fruit and lots of water and it's so good!