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I have a planet fitness membership, but honestly I don't use the gym, I use it for the unlimited tanning. Once my best friend gets married and the wedding photo are taken, I'm cancelling my membership. My community has a 24 hour gym that I have access too and numerous running trails.

I started with C25k program then moved to a personalized plan. When I started I was classified as obese at 178 lbs, I've lost 45 pounds in 5 months with watching my food intake and running.

When I started on this journey I focused on the scale because that is what I knew to do. Now I focus on different numbers, my body fat percentage. I'm a 43 year old female, I'm 5' 4", currently weigh 132 pounds. My body fat percentage is 22.46%, the lower end of ideal. My doctor said she would support me attempting to drop…

My doctor believes in measuring my body fat percentage and using that as a guideline for my health. I tend to follow her beliefs. As a 43 year old female and weighing 132 pounds, I have a body fat percentage of 22.46. That puts me in the lower end of the healthy scale for a physically active woman at my age. If I drop to…

You can cut the pill in half. I only take half a pill on days I feel like I can't get my hunger under control (typically one day a month, just before my period starts)

I'm 5ft 4 inches tall.

5'3.5" I was at 178.7 pounds in December, just weighted in at my doctors appointment this morning at 132.8. :-). My doctor says she will support me dropping to 129 but no lower as she thinks my body is lean enough. I currently eat 1,500-1,800 a day and am training for a 10k in June and a half marathon in November. (I would…

I decided to make a change after my yearly doctors appointment, where she broke the news that I was officially obese according to the BMI charts and she didn't think that categorization was wrong.

This, no one can tell you what shoe is best for you. I personally can't run in Nike at all, they kill my feet. I keep buying into the marketing hype but I kick myself after the first mile for even putting them on my feet. Thank goodness, Run On has a 30 day return policy. I've ended up taking ever pair of Nikes back that I…

I know I have more success with running only because I enjoy running more than any fitness class I have been too. Zumba, Jazzerize, Kickboxing, etc... I feel uncomfortable in a class setting so I'm not doing the exercises correctly or working at the same effort (way to self conscious).

I hired a running coach, personalized running schedules to get me where I need to be. After my runs we talk and she makes adjustments to my schedule as need be. I've gone from barely walking 1/2 a mile to running 6 miles in less than 5 months.

If the 10K isn't local and you have to pay for travel and lodging, I would most likely cancel my registration. Your first race should be enjoyable so you will want to do it again.

I started running towards the end of December 2015, currently training for a 10K on June 4th and a half marathon in November. I've lost 46lbs since mid-December. I've gone from 178lbs to 132lbs. I run 3-4 miles a week (I don't track my off day miles on my elliptical), last month I ran 49.33 miles at an average pace of…

I wear either Brooks Ghosts, ON Cloudsurfers or Saucony Triumph, my favorites are the ONs. Also if you are running and sort of distances, get your shoes 1/2 size to a full size bigger than you normally wear so you lessen your chances of losing toenails.

Canadian here but currently living in the DFW area, been here 10 years. Winters are much nicer than they were back in Edmonton, lol.

Dec 7th was my start date for my weight loss, I weighted 178lbs, as of this morning the scale read 132lbs, a total of 46lbs gone in 4 months and 27 days, so yes it is possible. I took control of my eating habits, stopped drinking pretty much anything but water, reduced my refined sugars and processed foods greatly and…

With being female we get to experience weight gain once a month, anywhere from 2 pounds to 10! Some of us experience the weight gain 2 weeks before our periods are due, others experience it a couple of days prior. Over the next couple months will start to recognize the pattern, and you won't feel so panicked. Isn't being a…

With calories burned I take which ever one is the lowest, so if I'm using my elliptical, I look at what my watch says, what the elliptical says I burned and what MFP says. The lower number is the one I enter.

Welcome back! Feel confident and assured, you got this!

43 here! New to the group. Mom to 3 teenagers (how did that happen?), married 21 years next month (man I AM getting old!). I started my weight loss journey in December after my annual doctors appointment where I learned I was officially obese according to my BMI. I left that appointment crying, but somewhere on my hour…

What does a "normal" dinner look like? Are you weighing and measuring ALL food? What are you drinking? (I noticed that wasn't mentioned. I followed a 1,000 calorie a day diet when I first started my weight loss journey, I was closely monitored by my doctor who helped me pre-plan my meals and snacks during that first month.…

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I use a protein shake on my long run days to help me get enough protein and calories in.

I'm in the same boat right now, lost 43 pounds, I'm 9 pounds from my goal weight. Weight loss has slowed down to nothing, I haven't lost anything in the last month. I'm struggling to remain motivated right now. :(