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Losing weight is as much mental as it is physical. Very easy to start having negative thoughts if you have a bad weigh in or you are stuck on a plateau.

I just want to make it through today without going over calories. :| All this being inside is starting to wear on me.

I last posted in this thread in 2017 shortly before going through a difficult breakup and falling off the weight loss bandwagon. I tried to get back on track in 2018 for a bit, but just couldn’t manage it. So my NSV is that I’m back. Two years later and with a starting weight 80 lbs heavier than my all time lowest, but I’m…

Went shopping over the Labor Day weekend for the first time in forever and bought size small clothing. Don't get me wrong - vanity sizing is most definitely a thing and I still have a ways to go in my mind. But it's the first time as an adult or even heck as a teenager that I've been able to fit into a size small anything.…

Starting weight: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 14: 156.8 Goal for this Round: 155.0 8/31 9/01 9/02 9/03 9/04 9/05 9/06 9/07 9/08 9/09 Looking forward to this round. Looking for a decent loss.

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21: 156.2 - weight seems to be melting off at this point. I won't complain! 8/22: 156.4 - TOM is here and I feel lousy. Wouldn't be surprised to see my weight creep up a bit from TOM. 8/23: 156.8 - I've been under calories, but obviously TOM is causing gain. One thing I like about…

NSV: my measurements are now 36/28/38 So close to my long term goals even if the scale is just bouncing around right now.

The older I get the more I realize that people concern themselves far too much with what other people do in general when it in no way concerns them.

Having been on both sides now I think it's more of a perception thing than anything else. When I was obese and ate all the things without caring if one of my girlfriends didn't finish their food or commented on being full while I was still eating I felt self conscious about it. I don't think it was ever meant as a personal…

I just had to accept that I wasn't going to be able to eat all the food I wanted whenever I wanted. Someone baked cupcakes a while back at work. I love cupcakes and I have nothing against having treats, but I couldn't make them fit into my day so I didn't have any. Really didn't bother me. It's not like it was the last…

I think we've gone from one extreme to another with women's clothing sizes in the US honestly. I think 50 years ago you had to darn near be underweight to wear a smaller clothing size, but now if you're a normal, healthy weight you need a XS or a XXS in some cases.

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21: 156.2 - weight seems to be melting off at this point. I won't complain! 8/22: 156.4 - TOM is here and I feel lousy. Wouldn't be surprised to see my weight creep up a bit from TOM. 8/23: 156.8 - I've been under calories, but obviously TOM is causing gain. One thing I like about…

I'm not really fat anymore and I don't really know how to deal with that. I was overweight/obese for so long it had really become a part of my identity. It was how I thought of myself. Not necessarily bad or good. It was just a fact. I was fat. I'm not ready to think of myself as skinny and I don't think I am yet, but I…

I am this person now and I feel kind of bad about it. For one, I just can't eat as much as I used to without feeling sickeningly full. It's also hard for me to make a full restaurant meal fit into my calories so it's either eat a portion, make substitutions, or get a lower calorie dish that I don't really want. I could…

I just eat the little individual bags. I usually have enough willpower to stop at one bag. I also only buy a couple of the little bags at a time so if I do eat two it isn't a big deal and I don't have any more.

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21: 156.2 - weight seems to be melting off at this point. I won't complain! 8/22: 156.4 - TOM is here and I feel lousy. Wouldn't be surprised to see my weight creep up a bit from TOM. 8/23: 156.8 - I've been under calories, but obviously TOM is causing gain. One thing I like about…

Maybe I misread your original post, but you've lost 20 lbs since April correct? Depending on when in April you started that should be about a pound a week.

I would be miserable too if a third of my calorie allowance was coming from protein shakes. Drinking my calories does absolutely nothing for me in terms of hunger or energy levels. I would try stopping the protein shakes and getting your protein from food and see how you feel then. I also don't think you need so much…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21: 156.2 - weight seems to be melting off at this point. I won't complain! 8/22: 156.4 - TOM is here and I feel lousy. Wouldn't be surprised to see my weight creep up a bit from TOM. 8/23: 156.8 - I've been under calories, but obviously TOM is causing gain. One thing I like about…

Original starting weight: 211 on 10/23 September starting weight: 156.0 on 8/27 I will weigh in on Sundays. 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 Total weight loss in September:

Starting weight: 211 on 10/23 August starting weight: 163.8 on 7/30 I will weigh in on Sundays. 8/6: 161.8 8/13: 157.4 - I triple checked this number and checked my scale with my weights. 8/20: 157.0 - only a little drop, but that's expected after last week's big loss. 8/27: 156.0 Total weight loss in August: 7.8 lbs

I always find this discussion interesting because I really don't know what I would do. I was a healthy weight as a child, but around my preteen/teenage years I became overweight. I was less active and I had more control over my food choices and I was buying all types of junk at school. My mother never talked with me about…

You mean my tiger stripes? :D I've had stretch marks on my arms for forever and some around my stomach too for a long time and they don't feel any different than the rest of my skin. (I never thought about it before and actually had to touch them just now to verify this)

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21: 156.2 - weight seems to be melting off at this point. I won't complain! 8/22: 156.4 - TOM is here and I feel lousy. Wouldn't be surprised to see my weight creep up a bit from TOM. 8/23: 156.8 - I've been under calories, but obviously TOM is causing gain. One thing I like about…

Personally, I think some people spend too much time on MFP worried about other people on MFP.

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21: 156.2 - weight seems to be melting off at this point. I won't complain! 8/22: 156.4 - TOM is here and I feel lousy. Wouldn't be surprised to see my weight creep up a bit from TOM. 8/23: 156.8 - I've been under calories, but obviously TOM is causing gain. One thing I like about…

My BMI is 26.0 down from 35.1 last October. I would say it's pretty accurate depiction of where I am in this process. I'm still overweight, but I'm not super overweight.

18.6 lbs from May 24 to today, August 24. From 174.6 to 156.0 Not bad if I say so myself!

I think you should try to see this from his side of things. Not saying either of you are right or wrong, but I think you could both use some prospective. You already work 50+ hrs a week and now you're running approx 80 miles a week, dressing better, putting more effort into your appearance, etc. Which is great! But from…