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Someone mentioned my collar bones... I hadn't even realized them until she pointed them out. They are showing themselves!!

@Chieflrg thank you so much! And I am def more leg than anything else. I have a 37 inch inseam for my pants. You wouldn't know I'm tall if I'm sitting down and legs were under a table. Maybe I'll get to where I can knock out 10-15 good squats at a time and then try again with a bar. This was barefoot as well... I'm still…

https://youtu.be/whdXscGPxts k here is a quick video... don't mind the dishwasher and the mess

I'll try the plate thing and see if that helps... and possibly get some shoes. I'm going to bring it up yet again and then if she doesn't address it, look at starting out on my own and researching it a lot more in depth to get to where I need to be. Thank you all for helping me. I really appreciate it.

I am a female. I'm just 6'2. They make us tall in Montana ;) I do have a desk job... but our desks raise to a standing position.. I usually stand for 3-4 hours out of my 8 hour day and we also have desk treadmills that I try to get an hour in a day (only have a limited amount of treadmills and most everyone walks on it)

I'm 6'2 and was huge into water polo and swimming as well as hiking but it's been about 6 years for the water sports and about 1 year for the hiking :/ (would average 3-4 hikes a week at 5-10 miles a hike)

Sounds like she has a month then and I'm calling it. I'm heavy but I'm not outrageous. There are bigger people at the gym doing squats and I don't have any issues to report. I'll look into some shoes to help too if I go it alone so thank you for that suggestion and ty everyone for the help.

@SonyaCele No she's actually independent trainer at a Highland games, strongman, powerlifting gym (no cardio equipment just lifting).... but now that you mention it she did say she took a year to train herself for a proper squat. She also said that it'd take 2 weeks to get me under a bar... 3 weeks ago... and then she said…

She said that we weren't working on squats due to the competition I signed up for... which we focused only on what I needed to the competition. So upper body strength and deadlifts only for 4 weeks leading up to the event. Now that it's been a few weeks since that competition, I've told her I really wanted to start…

I can zip and button a size 20!!! June 3rd I was a very tight 24

@Chiefrgb i should do them even if I can't get parallel to get back up and then just work on getting parallel with the bar, and then once i can get parallel add weight is what i'm getting? I want nothing more than to be able to do the bar... but I also want to do it correctly.

@PowerliftingMom I normally wear chucks for lifting. I've tried also going barefoot as well. I really just think it's an issue of my legs are to weak to get my heavy *kitten* back up standing again. Its a hard 200 to get on the leg press and I weigh 291 :( well 290 today :) I can get down correctly, butt first followed by…

@jlhflex unfortunately I think it's a strength issue. I've tried front squats and I just can't get back up. I actually feel worse doing front squats cause I feel like they pull me forward and off balance. I feel fine with form as far as just body weight squats.. don't feel like I have a mobility issue as I can get down and…

I feel them disappearing in a way... I find myself not having to adjust as much for squats, stretching for touching toes, it's like I have more room to bend over if that makes sense

I can't do hormonal birth control. It increases my appetite and therefore I eat more which makes me gain. It wasn't like the hormones alone made me fat. I have now the paragaurd... which is the copper since 2009 and coming up on my 10 year time frame where I will replace it with the same. Just remember calories in calories…

i can't wait to have a before and after on this thread. you are all amazing

thank you all for the tips... i adjusted back up to 1850... so it's still down from the 1900 i started at. will see how this makes me feel and how the weight loss progression goes for a few weeks and then readjust accordingly. thank you all for the input and help

And I calculated my TDEE... which means I'm eating over a 1200 calorie deficit a day at a sedentary level... if I eat at myfitnesspal recommendations which is not healthy I would think but I'm new and overweight cause I didn't know how to do any of this healthy stuff... just really want to do things the right way so it's…

@ayuri17 days I lift heavy I actually am not hungry after exerting myself. It's the days after that are the worst. Plus I don't think the lifting weights calorie count is very accurate. What energy I use to lift 200 pounds is not even close to how little my trainer burns lifting 200 calories because my max is her warm up…

@PAV8888 I've lost 33 pounds in 90 days. I'm just worried me increasing calories is just me giving myself an excuse to play the extra calories. Granted I'm only looking at increasing back to 1900 where I felt good and losing. But I also know I do have to adjust my calories down as I lose weight or I wouldn't anymore. As…

You shouldn't have given up the first 3 times cause I'd be goal weight by now

Thank you guys for all the feed back. I was getting pretty frustrated that I couldn't even budge the farmer carry. It was like starting over day one again. I think I'll just do some walking this week and then try again next week!

i just make 2 tablespoons of creamer fit. it's 70 calories

Someone shared a video of me lifting on Facebook and added "#goals" .... I'd never thought I'd be someone's goal!

I spend about $70-100/week (USD) for myself. But I usually have steak twice a week (anemic so need red meat cause I refuse to take pills),salmon and chicken, fresh veggies and fruit, milk, eggs, yogurt.

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Coworker asked if i had been losing weight! i have lost my motivation for the past week but that kicked me back into tracking and keeping on this journey... can't wait to lose more! only lost 25 pounds out of the 130 total i started with to lose. loooong way to go

I had stopped losing pounds the past few weeks... I was lucky to lose .25/week. Ate what I wanted for a week (Taco Bell, Culver's, donuts etc... ate about 3000 calories (maintenance I believe as my 2 lbs a week has me at 1800 calories a day). On top of this week, it was the week prior to TOM where I normally gain 2…

6 ft 1 here.. started at 325 on june 3rd... last weigh in was last saturday at 303... hoping to be in the 200's soon. Trying to get down to 180-190