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Hey lady, I'm pretty much just trying to stick to 1400 net and see what happens from there.

Ok, thanks everybody! I'm not sure I will be able to get by on just a fruit or a bar...I'm thinking I might try a soup with some chicken and rice, or an English muffin with ham and cheese. Keep you posted and wish me luck!!

I dunno man. I had a few pistachios and a full fat Greek yogurt and I was starving so I ate the rest of the bag of pistachios. That alone was 320 calories. Maybe I just need a more substantial afternoon snack and a lighter dinner. Anyone have any experience with this? Like maybe I need a light sandwich, or a wrap, or…

I take folate, magnesium malate, a multi, and biotin. I doubt any of it helps with weight loss.

Hi chickie - I'm 5'3, 129lbs looking to get to 118ish by Christmas. I'm thinking I can do this with 1400 calories a day and three days of cardio-esque exercises plus weights. THAT for me is do-able. I've lost weight before quickly by severely restricting calories and felt constant fear of gaining it all back. Which I did.

Thanks for sharing! What kind of a defecit did you have?

Thanks everybody! [/quote] You aren't going to "build too much muscle". Give this a read. https://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/[/quote] Okay! I'm willing to try...I especially like how she talks about focusing on strength and nutrition rather than traditional "eat less and…

Wow. Thank you to everyone who has played in this thread, I appreciate the support and motivation so much! It's awesome to hear a) that YES it is possible, b) to get back to lifting and c) that I'm not the only one who feels this way! I will aim for 1350-1400 cas a day or so, I'm definitely determined to do this the right…

Glad to hear it's possible! Good luck to you this time around - add me!

What does that even mean?

Thats exactly what my mind says! What the heck!

I'm 5'3, and I do look good, but I have a little extra I'm carrying on my thighs I would like to get rid of. Not a lot but some. There's no rush...I've been tracking pretty accurately for maybe six weeks just to establish a baseline, and I'm seeing that yep at 1600-1700 daily, I stay right around 129-130.

So what my brain says is that I don't have enough to lose, that it's going to take forever, that I will never actually keep up a deficit long enough to take off real weight. I can only get there through pretty extreme deprivation, so I might as well eat what I want. It's tricky like that. The easiest way to show my brain…