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Hey fellow weird, socially awkward type person :) I'm in my mid 30s too and my social anxiety is so weird. Give me a huge crowd to speak in front of and I'm like Mick Jagger but give me a room with less than 5 people and I might not even say one word. So making friends is sorta kinda difficult. Anyhoo hopefully we can be…

Female from the Caribbean 5'4" SW:190lbs CW: no idea (weigh in next 3 weeks) GW:160lbs (well 1st goal. Might go lower if I meet it)

Cucumbers and tomatoes. Absolutely love eating cucumbers

Maybe it would be easier to set really small goals. Like lose 5lbs. Or lose an inch off your waist. So it doesn't feel like you have a huge mountain to scale. Also don't starve yourself or severely restrict yourself. Think of your calories like money you get to spend everyday. Some days you're gonna spend it on pizza and…

So far you already know what doesn't work. 800-1200 cals is very low. How tall are you? I'm 5'4" and 190lbs. My allotted cals for the day is 1650 and I haven't gained any weight and I don't feel hungry, starving or deprived of anything. So try out the cals recommended by MFP. If you can't afford a therapist try blogging…

This is my gym time: 30 mins running on treadmill, then weights. hen my sets are finished I end with 30 mins on the elliptical. Both seem to burn the same amount of cals

Guess I'm the first island girl here? I'm from Trinidad and Tobago a tiny island in the Caribbean :)

I'm splitting my diet into five week increments. So just completed the first 5 weeks and my tummy feels and looks smaller.

My tummy is always the first to go. My inner thighs, cheeks and chin fat hang around like guests who won't leave

4 weeks and down 2 inches from my waist. weigh in is next week.

I'd probably end up eating an actual human if I did that. Because I get very very hangry if I miss meals.

My bum, thighs (specifically inner thighs for some strange reason) and tummy

Runners are a really encouraging bunch. So they may not know if you're out for a long run or not but cheering on a fellow runner great.

It's only when I gained weight I realized how other people tried to push their insecurities about weight on me. Like they felt ugly or unattractive if they gained 10lbs so I should feel like haunting the nearest bell tower and hiding my shameful fat away since I've gained over 60lbs. Like no, just no. I refuse to…

Your calorie intake seems to be very low. Did you originally set your profile to sedentary? Because I'm a 5'4" 190lb female and my cal intake for the day is at 1650. It may seem counterintuitive but increase your food intake a tiny bit. Your body might be starving and holding on to every morsel.

I look for 100 calorie snack versions of my fav snacks.

I was put on Met for my PCOS. It's more like what you should stay away from if you don't want the side effects. So anything greasy, high in sugar or fat is gonna keep ya in the toilet for quite a while. So besides those you're good to go :)

Switch up your macros a bit. If I ate the amount of carbs you do I'd always be aggressively hungry. See if your body is more contented with more protein or fats and less carbs.

Been a runner all my life. Moved from being a sprinter to a distance runner in my early 20s. I was quite lucky to not get any major injuries but I was increasing my distance trying to move from 5ks & 10ks to a half marathon when plantar fascitiis in both feet sidelined me for over 10 months. I'm very very flat footed. Like…

12hr rehab shift worker and fellow PCOS lady here :) I exercise on my off days. So sometimes I only do 2-3 days in the gym and only for an hour. As for meals, I log everything I intend to eat for the day before I leave for work. So i know how many calories I'm going to consume and if I have any left over just in case I…

Whenever my shins hurt it's a signal for me to buy new shoes. Or if your shoes are new maybe you overpronate and running in the wrong shoes.

Salted caramel is the only flavor that should exist in my book :smiley:

FYI umm if you eat waaaay too much jello it turns your pee rainbow colored for days. Yeah umm don't ask me how I know but safe too say it was an interesting visit to the emergency room

I remember stupid statistics. Like I don't even know how I know something and then a random stat would pop up. Like when I was coming out of anesthesia after surgery it seems I was giving a lecture on systolic and diastolic pressure to the nurses. My family says it creeped them out lol

All the cotton candy...and the candyman

Ok I had to send a friend request because your intro was so awesome :)

I have two mini goals. To lose 15lbs and to get a 35 inch waist :)

Rolling with a regular tennis ball is good but I bought one of those spiky massage balls on Amazon and it really gets into the places where the pain is the most and relieves it.