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There's a thread title " relatively light people trying to get leaner" do a search and read it if you haven't already, it's very applicable to your goals

I'm your twin in weight loss, started in january this year, same height, starting weight 235 pounds down approx 60 pounds, I'm just finished a six week break, pretty much maintained in that time. Kept tracking mostly, kept exercising except when I was sick. You can do this, just remember that you can have a bit extra but…

And dont restrict yourself by thinking exercise means getting outside or at the gym, any activity will help, so household chores, walking, hiking, shopping(window or grocery) any activity that means you are moving.

There's some low carb and keto groups if you want help with that

Check out theironyou.com, I love the broccoli mushroom bake, and the cauliflower casserole is also good, both include eggs

Unless you feel nauseous with a full stomach when you start at the gym you'll be fine

Someone sitting beside me at work put on huge spread for their birthday. I had cherry tomatoes and small sausage roll, held calories to managable amount and avoided all cake, lollies etc which would have led to a lot more snacking

You could try reframing your thinking about food, certain foods are problematic for you, rather than bad. This makes cutting them down a puzzle to be solved which is easier than seeing yourself as a failure. Personally I had to start with organising things so I had planned meals ready to eat and didn't feel the need to buy…

I don't see how much I've lost as personal, so anyone asking may also be oblivious to rhe possibility rhat you do. if you ,just say that's personal anyone just curious should back off a bit cause if they push after that they're demonstrating bad manners instead of ignorance

Trying to follow a particular diet plan is probably part of your problem, I treat calories like a budget, no food is prohibited, but I will consider if I want it enough to spend the calories, and the basics come first. By basics I mean high nutrient foods so I hit fibre and protein goals

You could start looking at your routine, see if you can figure out what your choke points are, then make minor adjustments. Don't try to jump back to where you were all in one go. You can do this

What you need to do depends on your goals. Do you want to improve your fitness, get stronger, get faster, increase stamina? Note I don't include weight loss because that depends on your food intake.

You start by entering your stats, age weight, activity level and weight loss goals, this gives you a calorie rarget. If you do exercise in addition to your general activity, allow extra calories to compensate as the target mfp gives you is built in. Next step log all food including any liquid calories. After you have a few…

Keep treating food like a reward and you will lose motivation guaranteed. Aim to eat and behave like a person of healthy weight. Also wedding dresses don't do vanity sizing so don't be surprised if the number you need is bigger than your regular clothes

Advice when I talked to my dietitian with same issue, get your liquid intake over 2 litres, mostly water, you may need to add 500-ml over what you're currently doing even if you are over 2 litres at the moment, 2nd if that doesn't work after 3 to 4 days look into adding a prune or two up to 5 per day to your diet, start…

Try working on time rather than distance, 1 min running 90 seconds walking, remember running is a gait not a speed. And if you can't cope with 1 min, start with 30 seconds running 90 walking and add 10 or 15 seconds running till you're up to one minute, then follow the program till you're up to 30 minutes. You can aim for…

My capacity has definitely reduced, I'm full after a lot less food, however I still struggle with cravings for fat and sugar.

Restarted exercise as soon as I was recovered enough after being sick with cold/flu. Before this year I would have been derailed long term by the interruption

There's a before and after face edition post in success forum, have a look, should be a few that show at least one ear in each shot

If you like salads loik up how to make salads in mason jars,

The website theironyou had some vegan recipes you may enjoy, and don't set yourself up fro failure with goals that will leave you unhealthy if you succeed and more probably discouraged if you fail. Weight loss is not linear, set your calories to no more than 2 pounds a week goal and make your goal one of persistence with…

Yes, baby steps will help, make one goal, learning how to be ok with "good enough". Perfection is really only useful when it comes as "perfect form" for weight training to avoid injuries

There's a web site called if it fits your macros. I'd have a look there to start with. However counting macros is a bit more complicated way of counting calories, you could just start with making sure you hit an appropriate protein and fiber count and let carbs and fat take care of themselves

Slow cookers are great for stews, you need to read the manuel re whether it will turn itself off. It shouldn't get hot enough to be a risk unless you have pets that will jump on the counter and knock it off. I used to set it going on low, leave for work, back home 13 hours later to cooked dinner. There are lots of blogs,…

There's healthy eating guidelines, just google to find them, also there's a stoplight system showing everyday, sometimes and occasional foods, if you start with that you can go a long way to eating healthy. Don't aim for perfection, and frozen veggies are fine, if you're only feeding yourself they're way more convenient.…

I was your starting weight, I'm now down 60 pds approx after 215 days, plus I'm an inch shorter. Aim for improvement, keep focused on the next 5 or ten pounds and remember the time will pass anyway, do you want to be in a better position next year?

Getting back to the gym, I've had a cold that's taking forever to recover from, and I really want to be able to exercise without feeling like I'm going to keel over

20 pounds 5 June to 5 September

Recognise that you are human, everybody makes mistakes, the main thing is to learn from them. What can you change to make a lifestyle change sustainable. It's okay to get angry, but consider how you would react if it was someone else who had done that and don't think worse of yourself than you would of a stranger.

So your issues are related to how you treat yourself, how you internalise other people's opinions etc. Concentrate on treating yourself better, maybe look into stress management courses or cbt, check self compassion exercises. As far as food is concerned aim for maintenance as a good thing for a while and when you feel…