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You can do it. I went from 223 to 155 for my Oct wedding, in 9 months. Down another 10 from that now. Just gotta be diligent. Wedding is the perfect motivator. Congrats and good luck!

I went from 223 to 146. Needless to say my boobs suffered the worst of it. They are saggy from extreme reduction in size. I lifted weight religiously during the process and walked a ton. Legs and arms are normal I'd say. Still have a little double wave when waving! Only problem that persists is my belly flap. Look fine…

Historically I remember saying "Ohh, it's chicken, it's good for you" and just cooking it and devouring. When this all began for me, the first thing I weighed was chicken breast. I weighed what I would normally consume in a sitting. Oh my! Yeah, I had zero concept of portions to actual calories. Eye opening experienced.…

Agreed with above posters. My 2 cents. Some protein bars can be quite good and sweet. May want to consider sampling some to get the protein up, while still satisfying your sweet tooth. And as RoxieDawn said, beat me to it, is that salt lives in some foods you wouldn't ever think could pack so much sodium. Something to take…

I noticed the yogurt you're eating with breakfast is pretty high in calories for one cup. If you can stomach greek non-fat plain yogurt, that will shave off more then 150 cals from breakfast alone. Plus you'll get double the protein which may help you stay satisfied longer. What I found works the best for me is to eat…

Agreed on good analogy. I get it. Only one way to find out which person you are.

Agreed HoneyB. My huge boobs are long gone. And while I look great with cloths on, I have the dreaded belly flap. I can't comfortably do a two piece, or a very fitted on piece dress. I keep working at it, but as you said, it's the last place of considerable fat. I just try to keep toning the area as much as a can. I wish I…

I don't hawk my checking account. I know what I direct deposit and what I spend. I'm not rich nor in debt. I get your analogy, but some people may not need to spend the time and effort involved in long term logging. Indeed they are fortunate. Some may need to. Neither is right or wrong. It's dependent on what will work for…

I ASSumed the over calorie food was sodium rich? Agreed with what you're saying about going over will not cause water gain in and of itself.

I had your same concern. How would I live like this, always being so obsessed with every morsel and beverage. Are the calories on the menu? What if it's not a chain restaurant, they won't have calorie information. I started in Feb 2017. Logged til August 2017. I lost about 65 lbs in that time. I also learned about food and…

I was 146.4lbs Friday morning. Ate light all day until dinner. Had jalepeno poppers/blue cheese and washed them down with two martinis. Great night. Saturday morning I was 149. I drink half my weight in water daily. I find this beneficial. And also find that a few days after my throw down meal, the scale returns to normal.…

How many times do I have to say a damn cupcake won't kill anyone?

I never once said a cupcake will kill you or can't be included in your diet. I said that from a nutritional standpoint, consuming fruit is a better option then a cupcake. Unless as someone else said, if you're potentially low on fat that day, eat the cupcake if it fits or a half stick of butter, since we are talking…

Eating a half a stick of butter could potentially be more beneficial if you are low in fat consumption that day as well.. We can give potentials all day long.

Agreed. It's about deficit. There will be a greater chance of being satisfied off x amount of cals of a balanced diet then x of McDonald's, thus helping your chances of sticking with the diet. Make the cals work in your favor if you only have x to work with.

I've already agreed that equal sugar is equal sugar. The debate here is that eatting a cupcake is equally as nutritional as eating the same sugars of fruit. Balance is required.

I respectfully disagree that one should eat a cupcake over fresh fruit bc a cupcake has fat and protein in it. If the masses here want to agree that there is as much of a nutritional benefit in eatting a cupcake with 50 grams of sugar versus fruit with 50 grams of sugar, then I'll eat crow. We are talking nutritional value…

So you disagree with what I said above? You believe that nutritional value in fruit is the same as a cupcake, so long as both have the same amount of sugar?

There was no lipo. All hard work over time haha. 3.4 lbs a day. Don't we all wish!

If you are going to put 50grams if sugar in your body, you can do it via fruit or a cupcake. Yes, as long as both fit into your calories, so be it. But from a nutritional standpoint, consuming that sugar from fruits versus a cupcake is more beneficial. Make what you consume count, that's what I was getting to.

Having lost 65lbs for my wedding in 19 days, my advice is make sure you're ready and able to maintain your weight once you get your dress fitted. I had to halt my loss last week and start maintaining. And I wasn't ready for the emotional toll. Congrats on the wedding. If you're heavy enough, 30 lbs is doable. Best of luck…

It melts off at beginning. Lots a water. It will slow. First 25 lbs came off in about 2 months for me. Following 20 was slower. The 25 after that even slower.

It's not irrelevant. If you ate a non healthy food, you'd want to know if it blew your sugar for the day. You'll learn good and bad sugar and not put too much weight on the better kind.

Need more specifics, like, all of them.

If you just dropped the cals in and started to lose, then that range is what puts you at a deficit. This can change. If you stall again, you maybe need to drop a tad again, to ensure you're in a deficit.

I wish I had a spare 3 hours to walk each day! That would make things alot easier. But no. You won't lose a pound a day. Research how weight loss is achieved. It will give you a better understanding of what's viable and what's not.

I'd say it took me about 20 to notice, shortly afterwards others did too

Log everything. Do your activities as you do. When the scale shows a loss, you know you're dialed in. When you lose, you may need to lower Cal intake a bit or increase activity to keep the trend moving.

I switched to cashew milk. 25 cals per cup. I also put a splash of zero Cal flavored syrup. Walden Farms makes zero calories or trace calorie coffee creamer. I use it but question if it will kill me in the long run.