joyanna2016 Member

Trying to lose 1.5 lbs this week so when family asks me at Thanksgiving how much I've lost, I can truthfully say 40 lbs!

Utilizing the freezer is important too because sometimes I am the only one eating a recipe i make and i can divide it up and freeze some. Also, I like to keep my low calorie bread in the freezer because sometimes it takes me a while to eat the loaf.

I have ordered some of the healthier options at restaurants lately too...options that I never really considered before. And guess what?... they taste great too! I still really enjoyed my meal out and didn't have to blow my day! Win, win!

My question is why not consume your packet during your eating window?

Thank you everybody for responses!

This was very helpful, thank you for sharing

Average?

This is great! Makes me want to document my process better!

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

I want to be where you are.. 5 more lbs to go for me! Congratulations to YOU!

Starting wt- 243 Current wt - 206 Goal wt for 🎃 - 202 It's me and my son's birthday month so fingers crossed!

For me I didn't lose weight until I was ready to lose weight. I believe that's true for children too. I know this is going to get some "disagrees" but I really think you shouldn't bring it up until she does. She will eventually make some comment that you can use to open the door for a helpful conversation...maybe about…

I'm 50 and I just joined my first gym! 😬

So, do you just eat the pumpkin by itself?

May of us have a pattern of overeating in reaction to much less than this...that's why we got overweight to begin with! The key word here is pattern. A one time event like this is not worth feeling bad about. It happens. If you start noticing that you are doing it more frequently, you are probably going to have to actively…

Welcome to my life! I have 4 boys ranging in age from 11 to 17 and a husband who eats like a teenage boy too. At any given time we have a bowl full of chocolate candy, 5 bags of chips open, a baked good sitting on the counter, 4 or 5 boxes of Little Debbie's and cookies open and ice cream in the freezer! I live in a…

Grilled shrimp for the win! And, bring a bottle of your favorite light dressing with you. You are probably so familiar with it you will have a pretty good idea of your calories.

I've lost 38 lbs so far and the only style change I've noticed about myself is that I want to wear pants/jeans with slimmer legs. I bought my first ever pair of skinny jeans! It just seems that when I was larger I always filled out the legs of my clothes. I didn't have to think about how baggy the legs were. But now it's a…

It hasn't yet, but I fear the loose skin thing might be the difference between me losing down to the just "overweight" BMI versus "normal". Ive lost 38 lbs but am still obese for my 5'6" frame. I fear that when I start getting to that point where there is a lot of skin, especially in regard to my face, that it just won't…

I didn't like greek yogurt but i kept making myself eat it occasionally for the handy protein aspect. Somewhere along the line I began loving it!

And I need to lose 50 lbs by yesterday! You will have to develop some patience or you are going to get very obsessed and frustrated.

I don't count it either.

This isn't exactly what you are asking for but I wanted to tell you this because I find it to be a lifesaver sometimes. Whenever I cook chicken or hamburger meat I always try to cook extra and freeze it in quart bags. The chicken I go ahead and cut up in bite sized pieces and sometimes I freeze it in some chicken broth. It…

Shwew! Good to know. Great transformation!

That when you lean on your elbows and hold your face in your hands you will be able to feel that your face is skinnier!

How in the world does this even happen?!? That's 20 lbs per month...almost 5 lbs per week if you did at all in 3 months...surely not!

What nobody tells you is that you will find an app like MFP and wonder how in the world you managed without it (and your digital scale). The app is so useful and makes counting calories and nutrition SO much easier. But, what will surprise you is how much you end up loving the community aspect. How you will be disappointed…

My jeans are getting too big so I went shopping (at the only store I know of around here that will let you use the fitting rooms - Old Navy) and I bought my first ever pair of Skinny Jeans (I'm a 50 y.o.) They're black, size 16, and my new best friend! 😍 I also bought a leopard print shirt to go with them and I've got to…

I know this isn't the main point of your post but I'm stuck in this one point. I wonder if the 15 lbs you talk about is really lessening your boyfriend's attraction to you OR If you are projecting your own dissatisfaction about your body onto him? If he truly has expressed that he's not attracted to you because of 15 lbs,…

Your 4 lbs weight loss last week might have been a bit falsely high if you were a bit dehydrated at the time. That is one advantage i like about weighing daily, I get to see what's going on with my water weight. If I'm up or down a few pounds in 24 hours then I know it's only water.