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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…

Have you ever run across before and after weight loss photos online and you just think that can't be the same person? I was looking through old photos of myself last night and discovered a rare, full length, 'early weight loss days' photo of me. I say rare because I didn't take photos in those days so most photos I'm using…

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 had to figure out what was holding me back from losing the weight and keeping it off before. My problem was that I would always become overly restrictive when dieting and then eventually I would fall into old habits. I also just wanted to eat as much as I wanted to. I didn't want to have to eat less. My tracking also…

I think what cutaway was trying to get at is you can't stop this type of behavior. I find it laughable when people say that resting *kitten* face helps. I have the least approachable face of anyone I know. It does not help. If some *kitten* is going to be a *kitten* he doesn't care what look you have on your face and the…

I don't think a lot of men realize the type of harassment/abuse women get while just living their lives. This type of thing has happened to me while I've been out grocery shopping, on a walk, running errands, etc. It's not limited to encounters while just out exercising and while it does happen more often when I'm alone…

You can break the ice without seeing someone regularly. It's just not a good idea to interrupt someone's workout. I would prefer not to be hit on at the gym, but if you could catch me before or after my workout I wouldn't be as frustrated as if you stopped me mid run. You don't have to say anything witty or try and…

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 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30

@laurielindly I love your profile pic with the cat. I had a ginger cat growing up. Loved him. @FAR_from_FAT Just take it a day at a time. I've struggled with depression most of my life and all I can say is just try to keep going. I know it's like walking in quicksand, but all you can do is keep fighting. We're all here for…

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 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30

This is all that I can think of. I've seen people around on the forums who say they get so hungry on 1600 calories it's unbearable. Meanwhile, once I'm done losing weight 1600 calories should be my maintenance number (before exercise). I'm eating 1300 calories a day now (again before exercise) and it just doesn't bother me.

I second the sentiment that your worth as a person isn't tied to the scale. Yes, you've tried and failed to lose weight in the past and have gained weight back that you've lost, but that doesn't make you an awful person or define your worth as a person. A lot of us here have been there. The problem seems to be that you…

Can I just say I have seen this elsewhere on the internet and it always amazes me when people say things like a 34DD and a 36D are the same? Like the cups are the same yes, but if I need a 36 band size I need a 36. I couldn't possibly squeeze into a band size two inches smaller if I tried (and believe me I have when they…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 13: 157.0 8/21 8/22 8/23 8/24 8/25 8/26 8/27 8/28 8/29 8/30 Good to see some familiar and new faces back again! My goal for this round will just be to lose a pound or so. I had a big whoosh last round so I'm not expecting too much this round.

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: Total weight loss in August (so far): 6.8 lbs

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

If it makes you feel better, I'm 7 lbs away now from a healthy BMI and it isn't any harder than it has been before. I'm not sure if even the last 10 lbs will be hard. I think it just depends on how lean a person is trying to go. Like if I wanted to go to the bottom of the healthy BMI range for my height I'm sure that would…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

I look in the mirror and I expect to be bigger, but I'm not and I always find it mildly surprising. I feel ridiculously small. I've spent almost all of my adult years overweight or obese and to be as small as I am now. . .it's almost unnerving. I realize being fat was kind of a shield for me. I'm shy by nature and it's…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

I never really get posts like this, but I will try to help if I can, OP. TBH, I haven't been ''motivated'' in months. In my mind, motivation has zip to do with my plans. I want to get down to healthy weight and I am going to get down to a healthy weight. I also want to be completely happy with how I look. I would say I'm…

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

I think I've just finally realized I have to permanently change how much I eat. In the past, I would go on 'diets' and then afterwards I would slowly resume old eating habits. Partly because I was too strict with myself and ate in a way that wasn't sustainable and partly because I just really couldn't let go of the idea…

Weekends are hard. When I do go over on the weekends I just try to cut back a little on the following week. 100 calories less a day this week would make up for your overage. Or you can just chalk it up to life! Yes, it's a bit of a set back but not much of one.

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - see previous post 8/14: 157.8 - yesterday ended up being a 'eat at…

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: 8/27: Total weight loss in August (so far): 6.4 lbs

SW: 211 on 10/23 End of Round 12: 161.2 8/11: 160.2 - with today's weigh in, I have now officially lost 50 lbs since I started. 8/12: 159.2 - I ate like crap yesterday. Was within my calories, but next week wanna focus on eating better. 8/13: 157.4 - so if y'all have been following me you know last round I only lost about…

Yeah, I wasted a lot of time over the years trying to lose weight by being overly restrictive. Cutting these thoughts out completely may work for some people, but it doesn't work for me. My success over the last 10 months has been due to realizing I have to eat now how I plan to eat for the rest of my life. And I'm not…