EricaH7 Member

I'm in if I can remember to come back to the forum and post. :o

I know a lot of people say it isn't smart to do this but I honestly am a foodie. I love junk food, I love fast food. I make my goals food. If I lose 10 pounds I can go to taco bell and have whatever I want for a meal, etc. One bad meal isn't going to make you gain a bunch of weight. Not allowing yourself to ever have that…

I used to retain a lot of water, then I started taking my weight, dividing it by two and converting it into ounces and drinking that much water a day. For example If I weighed 150 pounds I would drink 75 ounces of water a day. Since I started drinking a lot of water consistently I no longer have huge water fluctuations…

I agree, try other brands. That's the good (or bad) thing about clothing is every brand sizes a little differently.

My go to snack is fiber one bars! I love those things and they leave me feeling full!

Thanks everyone! my ultimate goal is 138. I guess the main reason I picked that goal is because it is right smack dab in the middle of a healthy BMI. I have consistently been able to continue to eat healthy while at work and in the morning. I struggle with meals at dinner time a little, but weekends are my main killer. I…

My NSV is getting back on track today. I have quit dieting seriously since around thanksgiving. I have been maintaining within 5 pounds in the healthy weight range. Today I went 1 pound over and am now 1 pound above a healthy weight. Hoping it might just be water weight but either way this is a NSV for me! Getting back on…

This is sort of scale related but yet isn't totally. I gained 4 pounds over the holiday break and have been hard on myself about it trying to lose it again. I went to the gym today on lunch break and after getting ready to go back to work decided I was going to step on the scale in the locker room. This was after working…

Can my answer be all of the above? lol I guess I would like to look good and feel good both. I run quite a bit and I have found that as I get leaner my speed does increase so that's an added benefit.

Maybe I am the only one who is like this, but I hate seeing my bmi is 24. I feel like I need to be in the middle of the bmi range to be healthy weight and that the top of the bmi healthy range is still overweight. I think that is why I set a goal to get right to the very middle of the bmi range without really even thinking…

But how do you know when it's just strength training you need and not to get leaner?

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Yesterday I tried on size 28 miss me jeans that I bought at a garage sale. I bought them a couple months ago hoping I would be able to fit in them soon. They fit! They were still too tight to wear in public but they buttoned and everything! When I started I was wearing size 31 jeans extremely tightly. I looked up the size…

It seems like most people leave there's at home. I don't have that option because I go to the gym on my way home from work.

My goal is 138. That will put me right in the middle of the healthy bmi range. right now I am 15 pounds away. I might end up going to 134 though because that would put me at 50 pounds lost. :smiley:

Finally! A month later, I have lost those 3 pounds!! Deer Season and Thanksgiving weren't my friends. 30 pounds down this morning. 4 pounds from the 140's!

I get this a lot too. I carry my weight well, I am very curvy, and look a lot lighter than other people of my same weight and height. I just don't tell people how much I want to lose anymore. When people ask if I am still trying to lose I always just respond yup! just a few more pounds to go! by making it sound like I am…

I am 3 pounds from being 30 pounds down and I am 8 pounds from making it into the 140's!

This morning I reached a healthy BMI! Now to come up with a new goal! Even though at this point I can see my final goal on the horizon. 25 pounds ago I never thought it would be possible! about 20 more pounds to go! :smiley:

Today, I reached healthy BMI!!! I don't think I have been a healthy BMI since high school. :smile:

Also here is a picture of my adorable pooch!

I guess I should reword the never eating back the exercise calories because usually I will end up going out to eat once or twice a week where that will blow through a bunch of exercise calories :wink:

Thanks everyone for the responses it gave me a lot to think about! I usually am under my calorie goals! Mainly because I run a 10k or greater multiple times a week which gives me a thousand extra calories those days. I never have felt the need to eat back my exercise calories either! I am very close to my goal weight. I…

Okay, So another question. I drink way more than half my body weight in water a day. I usually have half my body weight in by 4pm. I feel like I get headaches if I don't drink way more than I am supposed to. Is this okay? Am I too hydrated?

I was more just curious of what the different sizes meant. So what I read before was correct? even numbers would be womens sizes so a little higher rise of jeans and odd sizes would be juniors jeans and sizes that show two numbers like 9/10 would be juniors as well?

I buy my jeans used through an online site to save money right now while losing weight where trying them on is not an option. Regardless of whether I could try them on or not I would like to understand the difference in the sizing. Thank you for the helpful responses.

I feel that my job definitely contributed to my weight gain, but not because of the job itself, because of the workgroup I am in and the need to feel included. I am the only girl in the group and the whole group goes out for lunch to different bars everyday. I probably gained 15 pounds over a year of working here. When I…

I was feeling bummed the last few weeks because after losing over 20 pounds I still didn't feel like my jeans fit any differently and I've been wanting to go down a jean size. Well today just for kicks I decided to pull all my old jeans out of my closet and try them on. They all fit perfectly!!! Most of these jeans were a…

I reached my first two goals! now 5 pounds from that healthy BMI!

Kind of gross, but nobody told me that all my t-shirts would have sweat stained armpits from working out! Seriously think I am going to have to invest in some new ones soon or only wear black. They are all clean but still stained!