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I wasn't necessarily going to add it to my log...just more out of curiosity

I get a chef salad every once in a while, but I'm not a huge fan of salad unless it has a lot of goodies in it (meat, eggs, etc.). Also, I always use to full fat (full flavor) dressings and ranch Is my favorite. I typically get the dressing on the side and dip my fork in it, then stab some salad and take a bite! Lots of…

We eat ribeye steaks about once every other week and we do not pay that much for them. We have a restaurant depot card and can get steaks much cheaper. Even if I get them from the grocery store I typically wait till they are on sale for $6 a pound or so and buy a few and freeze some. We have also gone in with people on a…

We eat red meat 1-2x a week in our house. For a while there i was using chicken for just about everything because I had always heard it's "better for you"...and yes, it's a little lower in fat....but typically you aren't saving much by swapping it out. I try and get the lowest fat ground beef when I buy it and one day…

From what I read on a few different posts, the lighter you get the less weight it tends to take to drop a pant size. A lot of people (that started out in the 250's like me) were saying that it took them 30-35 lbs for the first size, then around 25 lbs for the next size, then 15'ish for the sizes after that. Now everyone is…

I'm not sure where your located but here in florida we have what we call "Swip-swap" on Facebook and I have a friend in Arizona and they do "Swap-shop". It's sort of like garage sales on Facebook lol. People get on there and post items they want to sell or are looking for and then meet up with people around your town to…

No backlash here either..been there done that lol

I feel your pain. I was starting to get frustrated because I was loosing so much but not down a pant size yet. But from what others say, the heavier you are the more it takes to go down a size. Took me 32 lbs to go from a 16 to 14...hopefully a little less for the next one lol

I'm good on shirts because I never got rid of the ones that I outgrew lol, but I only went and bought 2 pairs of pants, 1 pair of Capri and a bra...trying not to go overboard bc I hope to be into the next size down sooner rather than later lol

Yay! That's so awesome! I have several denial items in my closet that are starting to fit and it's super exciting! I also have a pair of size 12's that before I started I couldn't even get past my thighs...not I can get them all the way up and probably 2 or 3 more inches lost and those bad boys will button! So exciting!

Thanks everyone :smiley:

I can't wait to be in "onederland" lol. I am 16 lbs away and I hope to be there by the holidays. I have a drawer/closet full of clothes that fit me before I got pregnant with my daughter in 2014 and I am determined to get back in them lol

I personally measure every other week. There's nothing wrong with measuring every week, but for me I wasn't see much of a change weekly so I switched to every other week and I'm happy :) Also I measure neck, arm, chest, waist, hips & thigh because sometimes I won't lose anything on my waist but my legs have slimmed down a…

It's actually not that difficult. For example, I wanted fried shrimp for lunch...so I had it. Then I'll have maybe some turkey roll ups or boiled eggs for a snack later and then for dinner I'll do something light but full of protein like baked fish with a side of broccoli. If I want that cookie dough ice cream for desert…

Like a lot of the other posters said, don't take a "day off" from eating healthy (if that's what you mean, and not a day off work lol). If you want something then eat it and fit it into your daily allotment. Also, one thing that really worked for me is to stop thinking of it as a "diet". If you are eating healthier and…

Like the person above me said, just use comments sense. If yall go to breakfast someplace, get something like eggs or other healthy options. Lunch look for grilled, salads, baked, broiled, blackened...main thing to try and not eat or only a little is fried food. If yall are considering fast food that can easily be looked…

Probably water weight. I list 8 lbs my first week and 4 pounds the following week, but after that my weight loss was evened out

Like everyone else has said, weigh first thing in the morning, after you use the bathroom, before you eat or drink and be consistent with what you wear (or don't wear). I personally weigh once a week and naked, first thing in the morning. Once a week works better for me because I get annoyed when I see the fluctuations…

If your milk is suffering from the calorie cut then you've definitely made to large of a cut. Have you discussed this with your doctor?

I'm 5'8 as well and my lowest was in high school I was 160 lbs. I was on the weight lifting team and played soccer and was totally tone from head to toe....no jiggle what so ever lol. If I weighed that little I would probably look very sick. At 160 you could see my hip bones lol

Like I said, I would give it a couple weeks. I lost 8.4 lbs week 1 and 4 lbs week 2 and then mine evened out. If after 2..maybe 3 weeks you still feel like your losing to much to fast then change it up :)

Also, what is the need to be at the bare minimum of the bmi calculator? I'm not trying to be rude or mean or anything so please don't take it that way..just curious.

Like another poster said, 1,200 is the bare minimum for a woman, not a man. Also the amount of carbs still just seems way off to me. My doctor has been helping me with my weight loss and he set me at 40 g or less of fat per day, 90 g or more of protein per day and 120 g or less of carbs per day(in a few months i have lost…

I totally agree! Like I said in my post, when I started eating healthier I 100% cut out fast food because I was eating at fast food places at least every other day and the things I was getting were so bad for me! Now that I've been eating healthy for a few months I can have the occasional thing from a fast food place, but…

I personally weigh weekly but no judgment toward anyone who does different :) I just do weekly bc when I did daily I would get discouraged and mad when I would gain a little for no reason lol. I would have to agree with the other posts that this is just water weight. My first week back on the healthy eating/working out…

1st. I would suggest talking to your doctor about working out because he/she would know better about what your body can handle. But as far as just easy working out (treadmill/walks, light hand weights, etc.) My thoughts would be that you should be doing that from the start so yes, you need to be working out. 2nd. That…

I agree! Think of the things you like getting at the fast food place and see if you can make a version at home. I used to love the chicken biscuits or English muffins at fast food places but when i started eating better I wanted to stay away from fast good (bc I was totally addicted lol) so I started making them similar…

It depends on what you are eating. If your "cheat" is going to Olive Garden and have a bowl of fettuccine Alfredo (which is about 1,200 cal.) Then yeah...that's going to blow the whole day lol. But if you want a few slices of pizza, piece of cake, some fried shrimp, etc. That's pretty easy to fit into your day with only…

Honestly...I can't WAIT to feel more comfortable naked infront of my husband. He married me at my heaviest point so I know he loves me for me and not something a scale says...but him seeing me naked since our daughter was born has just made me super uncomfortable and I can't wait for that to be GONE!

I don't really do a "cheat meal" anymore. I tried doing that while dieting multiple times before and I would just keep making more excuses to "cheat" more and more and it didn't work out for me. I typically eat something out of the ordinary (a few slices of pizza, ice cream, etc) on Tuesday or the following day because I…