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Casts no reflection in mirrors, but photoshops pictures of herself into them to hide that fact
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I like 85% chocolate. It packs more chocolate into fewer calories and a little goes a long way! Hot tea can also help in those situations.
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You don't have to justify anything to him. Just let him know that you are doing this for yourself, it is important to you, and that you would very much appreciate his support in reaching your goal. Let him know the things he does that make it hard for you to do that and how it makes you feel. Make specific requests about…
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Exactly! Instead, you can just think, "Mmmm, that was nice," then roll over and go to sleep feeling good about yourself.
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Absolutely! I have always loved food, but I now enjoy eating a whole lot more than I used to. I think there are several reasons. Because I am eating less, I am eating when I am genuinely hungry, which makes it all that much better. And when I do, I stop when I am no longer hungry, so I rarely have that "Ugh, I ate too…
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Welcome. My advice would be to rethink your strategy. Cutting out things you like just makes it harder to stay on track. Here is what works for me: 1. Make small, sustainable changes to diet and exercise. The goal is to do things that you can continue to do long-term. 2. Log all foods carefully and honestly. Use a food…
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I hate running too. I used to do it to be good at the other things I liked to do. It was punishment. I pushed too hard, never felt good doing it, and hated it. I just recently started running again after perhaps 25 years of not running, just to do it. It hurts more than it ever did before. I'm still a big guy, and not in…
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Give him something that shows you listen to him, value him, and know what he likes. It could be big or small, bought or made, or just gift-wrapped, as some above have suggested. That doesn't matter. It just has to be personal, thoughtful, and targeted to the receiver. In fact, small thoughtful gifts are far more intimate…
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You can do this. Log your meals daily, aim for modest calorie deficits daily, try to get some physical activity daily. If you make it a habit, the weight will go. 1200 calories is a strict diet for someone your size. If you find yourself with strong cravings, let MFP guide you as to an appropriate 2 lb/week calorie target.…
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Depression is an illness. If that's what you mean, get treated for it. If you mean that you are too unhappy to start, then take some advice from someone who waited way too long to learn this lesson: If you are so unhappy about it, do something about it. Nobody else is going to do it for you. Take responsibility for the…
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What they said. Find something similar in the MFP database--maybe calisthenics--and use that.
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As a computer science professor who has been online since before there was really even an internet, I thought I had seen it all, but this thread has made my day. One hurtful offhand remark from a random jerk has turned into dozens of sweet, kind, inspirational remarks from other strangers. What an amazing community.
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Don't let the haters get you down! You are there doing something for yourself--that's all that matters. What they said says everything about them and nothing about you. Like I tell my kids, when a cow says "Moo," it has nothing to do with you. The fact that you turned it into a killer workout, on the other hand, says a…
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Lollipop tester
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Are you blowing it out of proportion? Yes. You got another ride. It was a mild inconvenience for you. The bigger issue is your feeling of abandonment, but it's a complicated situation. The husband clearly has some issues and your friend is in what sounds like an at least mildly abusive relationship. She faced a choice…
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A few pounds variation day-to-day is normal, especially with a bathroom scale, which isn't that accurate to begin with. It depends on water retention, food waste in your system, etc., and for women can also depend on time of the month. My own weight with a very accurate balance scale over the past seven weeks has been flat…
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The key to losing weight is to eat fewer calories than you burn each day. That can be accomplished by burning more or eating less. Driving four hours a day leaves little time for working out on a regular basis, but if you can squeeze in noontime walks or something, that will help. Being stressed out and harried, as can…
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I am about 10 months along and 42 pounds down. I plateaued for three months in the middle. I have no idea why, as I thought I was doing everything the same. I eventually increased my exercise (and eating to match) and decreased my stress and things started moving again. My take-away is that human biology is complicated and…
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Congrats on the weight loss. Great job so far. Do you weigh your food? If not, the most likely explanation is that you are eating more than you think. That said, it happens. You are doing everything right, so don't get discouraged. Weight loss is not linear. If you keep doing what you are doing, you will continue to lose…
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Body fat down, exercising regularly, inches lost, plus modest weight gain. What part of that is a problem? You are probably eating a little more than you think--or your scales are inaccurate--but it sounds like by all reasonable measures you are headed in the right direction. I sure wouldn't worry about what the scale says.
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It's a lame troll about moving his couch 5K. Don't encourage him.
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According to the article below, about 600 calories an hour for a vigorous bear crawl. That seems plausible for the vigorous crawl described, because crawling is less efficient than walking or running. I imagine the one the OP is doing is slower and not done continuously for all that long. Maybe cut the calories in half to…
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I'm 51 and after doing some random lifting for the past year or so I have been doing SL for a few weeks, along with some supplemental exercises. I like it so far.
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That guilt is sabotaging you. Let it go. Just make an informed decision about what is best for you based on your fitness goals and available time and do it. It isn't clear whether you mean casual exercise like walking or more intense exercise like running or weightlifting. There is science that shows it is good to get some…
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Hi Pixie and everyone else. I'm 42 pounds into a 50 pound weight loss over about 10 months. I have been doing it a little slower than Pixie's goal, but more or less on track to make it by my birthday next month. I just wanted to wish you all the best of luck with your weight loss journey. Lots of people on MFP have lost…
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The idea of a "cheat day" is just broken. All calories count. The only question is whether or not you are maintaining a deficit over time. Many people find it easiest to aim for a modest calorie deficit every day, but that isn't necessary to lose weight. For example, you eat 500 calories under maintenance six days and 500…
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That seems like a suspiciously large change. Have you changed the batteries in your HRM recently? As you get fitter, your body does become more efficient. Muscles don't work as hard, you burn a few less calories, and your heart rate stays lower. Even though the actual physical work your body is doing remains almost the…
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Waaaaay too soon. I fluctuate 2-3 pounds daily. Even weekly measurements can vary quite a lot. Over the past six weeks I was: unchanged for two weeks, down 10 pounds in two weeks, then unchanged for two weeks. Don't worry. If you are reliably hitting your calorie targets, you will lose weight. Look at the trends, not the…
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While in college at the University of Minnesota, living with a bunch of roommates in an old house, I injured my back and slept on the couch for a few days because I couldn't climb into my (upper) bunk bed. One night I awoke in the middle of the night with an asthma attack, to a house filled with extremely thick smoke down…
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That's actually not possible. Laws of physics and such. Energy cannot be created from nothing. You are either eating more or using less than you think.
