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I usually do great for a few weeks by overly restricting myself, then I get lazy and it all comes back. Staying motivated is definitely the hardest part!

Crock pot of course, but I also use a pressure cooker fairly often because I'm not great at planning ahead :) I can have food from the freezer to the table in well under an hour. Cooking ahead is great too if you have some extra time on the weekend. Or just make double what you need and freeze half for another night.

Name: Arria Age: 37 Height: 5'2" Historical (quarterly) snapshot: May 1: 196 Aug. 1: 199 Start Weight Oct. 1: 204 Goal Weight Nov. 1: 195 (Down 9) Ultimate Target Weight: 135 Oct. 1: 204.0 Oct. 7: Oct. 14: Oct. 21: Oct. 28: Weight lost this week: 0 Weight lost this month: 0 Weight lost overall: 0

Also new but this sounds like a lot of fun!!

I have the Fitbit Charge HR and my boyfriend has the Garmin Vivosmart, we both like them. The Garmin's sleep tracker is way nicer, but I wanted the heart rate monitor. I like the Fitbit community and challenges, my BF isn't really into that so I don't know how they are on the Garmin. Nice thing about the Garmin is that it…

Ooo...cheese curds! Luckily I don't know of anywhere near me that has them, but when I go back to the midwest I totally stop at Culvers and get a Butter burger, cheese curds, and frozen custard! Luckily I only go every other year :)

Whenever I start a new workout routine I gain weight for a week or two, then it drops. It's very discouraging!! Be sure you are drinking enough water and it will come back off soon.

Oops, missed the weigh in! Here it is anyway: Cw: 200.4 GW: 180.0 July 31: 199.4 Aug 7: Aug 14: Aug 21: Aug 28: Sep 5: Sept:12 Sep: 19 Sep: 25

SW: 203.6 Week 1: 199.8 (-3.8 lbs) Week 2: 195.6 (-4.2 lb) Week 3: 195.6 (0) Week 4: 195.6 (0) Week 5: 198.2 (+2.6) Week 6: 199.6 (+1.4) Total challenge weight loss: -4.0 lbs GW for challenge: 170 UGW: 130

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I'll give it a shot! Cw: 200.4 GW: 180.0 July 31: Aug 7: Aug 14: Aug 21: Aug 28: Sep 5: Sept:12 Sep: 19 Sep: 25

Ugh, lost all motivation for a bit there and learned that if I don't log everything the weight comes right back :( Lesson learned, back at it! SW: 203.6 Week 1: 199.8 (-3.8 lbs) Week 2: 195.6 (-4.2 lb) Week 3: 195.6 (0) Week 4: 195.6 (0) Week 5: 198.2 (+2.6) Total challenge weight loss: -5.4 lbs GW for challenge: 170 UGW:…

Name: Arria Age: 37 Starting Weight: 203.6 Goal Weight at the end of summer: 185 June 20: 203.6 June 25: 199.2 July 2: 195.4 July 9: 195.6 July 16: July 23: July 30: Aug 6: Aug 13: Aug 20: Aug 27: Sept 3: Sept 10: Sept 17: Sept 21 (last day of summer): Hopefully next week will be better, this week I'm retaining water like…

@JenHuedy Same for me! The kids actually wanted to go with me on a walk last night! Usually I have to nag them to get them out of their rooms (teenagers :neutral: )

I track it daily to keep me more accountable to myself. In the past when I weighed weekly if it happened to fall on a heavy day I would get really discouraged. It's really personal preference.

30 lbs by January Challenge Fri weigh in SW: 203.6 Week 1: 199.8 (-3.8 lbs) Week 2: 195.6 (-4.2 lb) Week 3: 195.6 (0) Total challenge weight loss: -8 lbs GW for challenge: 170 UGW: 130 I went way off course for a few days and am paying for it! I just need to remember that the scale isn't the only measure of progress and…

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I've noticed my hair is less oily, but I've also been drinking more water. When my hair decides it's going to be greasy (like looks/feels gross in less than a day) I put lemon juice on my scale overnight and it clears up for a few weeks. I've heard of others using vinegar but I don't think I could handle that smell all…

I've also noticed swelling when I eat more carbs, but I'm not really sure if it's the carbs or the extra sodium since I have a major weakness for crunchy, salty things. @fludderye I noticed that too! I was really confused the first time that happened then remembered I'd eated the bun with dinner the night before :neutral:

This thread is great! I love seeing everyone's progress and challenges and LCHF is working with your life! I'm still trying to get back on track from this weekend, so far today is good at least! SW: 203.6 CW: 193.8 (yesterday, sadly today's is 196.6!) GW: 130

Whole wheat pita with peanut butter or tuna, oatmeal packets, maybe fajitas with canned chicken (not restaurant quality but still yummy)

I've been wondering about this too. My workplace has a gym, but there's always the sweat factor afterwards...plus I'm one of 3 girls in the office...I'd love to use the free gym, but...

I'm also 5'2", I find I need to stay under 1200 cal/day pretty strictly to lose. I also didn't really lose much until I bought a kitchen scale. A lot of packaging is way off on their portion sizes compared to what that volume actually weighs (ie a serving is 3 squares of chocolate for 25 g, but each square is 10 g).…

Name: Arria Age: 37 Starting Weight: 203.6 Goal Weight at the end of summer: 185 June 20: 203.6 June 25: 199.2 July 2: 195.4 July 9: July 16: July 23: July 30: Aug 6: Aug 13: Aug 20: Aug 27: Sept 3: Sept 10: Sept 17: Sept 21 (last day of summer):

July goals: Increase exercise - at least 3 days/wk Drink water more consistently - 1 glass every 3 hours (at least) Stay under calories at least 6 days/wk (and under weekly goal) Mostly just to stick with the program and not give up!

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SW: 203.6 Week 1: 199.8 (-3.8 lbs) Week 2: 195.6 (-4.2 lb) Total challenge weight loss: -8 lbs GW for challenge: 170 UGW: 130

I've had one for a few years now and find that it doesn't seem to affect my weight. My doctor told me that hormonal BC can affect the way your body metabolizes carbs so I need to watch my carbs a bit closer, it really just comes down to eating less (at least for me.)

Same here! The first couple of weeks are great...then I really need help with accountability!