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This happened to me at work. A client asked if I was sick and I said "excuse me?", she simply said, "you've lost a bit of weight and sometimes it happens when people are sickly." .......

Blew it this week! I managed to hurt my knee so I've only been doing low impact HIIT, no gym :( Made some bad food choices coupled with low exercise and gained back the 2 pounds I lost. Back to 177, live and learn!

Yes! I had someone ask me if I was sick because of the weight loss....when I said "excuse me?", she said "well some people drop a lot of weight when they're sick." :(

Scale is stuck for me. I've been 177 for almost 2 weeks now despite continuing exercise and what not. Although I did eat more carbs than I probably have in the last 6 months..switching to strength training HIIT this week and starting a new strength 12 week program as of yesterday to try and build more muscle to burn more…

Ahh, thank you for the information.

Any suggestions or recommendations? I'm completely new to lifting so I'd love as much help as I can get. My overall goal is to build muscle and tone up, continuing to burn fat. I've lost 52 pounds so far but don't feel I have much to show for it. Thank you in advance!

I did phase 1, day 1 today and really liked it! I'm going to continue mixing HIIT though, it's super fun to me. Also, made her sweet and sour chicken recipe for dinner tonight and oh my was it good! Best meal I've had all month! If you don't mind, what kind of progress/changes did you see in the end?

What's stronglifts? I've heard lots of people talking about it.

http://store.maximizedliving.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idProduct=99 This is the protein powder I use. It's not gritty or chalky and tastes like chocolate or vanilla.

Thanks for posting this! I'm wanting to get into more strength training and need a place to start.

That's a good idea. I use mine for various things, I don't have the upper body strength for pull ups so I use an over the door hanger and do pull downs, you can do standing lat pulls, turn around and do banded punches, step on it and do curls, there's lots of ways for them to be used!

I'm not sure about the machines but my therapist has me using a resistance band and isolating one leg at a time while standing.

I use resistance bands and never took my height or weight into consideration. Started from the lightest which I believe was 10 and upgraded to the mid which is 20.

Fruit has natural sugars in it, I try to stay away except for granny smith apples (they have a low glycemic index). If I'm craving a fruit which doesn't happen often, I try to save it for after a work out when my body is still in burning mode. Just my thoughts though! Good job so far!

Same thing happened to me...girls disappeared. :(

Look at you go girl! Great job!

Cauliflower fauxtatoes! Steam a head of cauliflower, mix it in a food processor until smooth and add a small amount of butter...they won't know the difference.

I think a little bit of hunger is okay, but if it's excessive and starts causing physical symptoms, that shouldn't be acceptable. When I was heavier, I'd stuff myself. Now, I eat until I'm satisfied or can push my food away. Typically I have a protein shake for breakfast which keeps me good for about 4 hours, lunch between…

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Everyone here should be so proud of their hard work and determination, well done!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Feel free to add me! I've been clean eating for 4 months, I've lost 50 pounds to date and can help with recipes that take less than 30 minutes to make. I use grass fed butter and grass fed cheeses, unsweetened almond milk, antibiotic and cage free eggs, grass fed meat, antibiotic free chicken and turkey, lots of…

So I hit a milestone today, 50 pounds lost! SW: 229 CW: 179 GW: 160 to 150

Congrats to everybody losing or maintaining this past week! Has anyone had any aha! moments recently? Anything that surprised you or showed you progress? I had one yesterday when I took an updated progress picture. Even though I've been able to see little changes, like in my face or thighs...I hadn't really noticed any…

Started at 229 pounds, today I am 179! 50 pounds down!

I just eat when I am hungry and until I am full. Majority of the time I don't eat back exercise calories. I don't usually eat what MFP says to in calories. Before anyone asks, I see a doctor weekly...he monitors me and says what I'm doing is perfectly fine, as long as I'm eating enough protein and healthy fats and I don't…

Being able to actually see muscles in my forearms when I went to reach up on a shelf yesterday! B)

Pure necessity. My weight had gotten out of control. An injury revealed how much arthritis I had in one of my hips and I know if I didn't get the excess weight off it would get worse quicker. Being only 30, I have no plans for needing a hip replacement at 50 or 60. Also just finding how I want to eat for the rest of my…

I have a Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate square nightly, only 60 calories. Or a dark chocolate Hershey kiss.