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Because when I look in the mirror and I'm 50 pounds overweight I'm always surprised and sad, because that's not the picture I have of myself in my head. I need the outside to match how I feel inside.

Weight loss isn't linear. If you've been losing, just keep up what you're doing and you'll see the numbers drop again soon. I'll lose a pound a week and then stay the same for 3 weeks in a row and then drop 2 the next week.

I'm 47 and weigh 216 now and I'd like to get down to 175. I got there a few years ago and then lost focus and gained it all back and then some. Lowest was 150 many years ago and I don't think that's sustainable for me anymore.

You said you're eating super healthy but today you ate a sweet potato and 2 eggs and some bread. How is that super healthy? If you want to lose weight with MFP's methods, weigh and measure everything and eat the recommended number of calories. Period.

You'll never get big by accident. You have to work really really really hard to get big. And you'll never ever ever ever get big with 5-10 pound weights. I promise

Start here https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1 Don't go to a fitness store and ask them. They're not experts. They're salespeople. I started with strong lifts 5x5. Watch videos on proper form. I feel like they really helped me understand what to do and what…

If you look back, just notice that every one of your posts on this thread has an overwhelming amount of "disagrees" That should tell you something. Change the way you're doing things before you crash and burn

@OP just to clarify, this is completely false for 99.9% of people.

I've fallen off the wagon too. What has worked for me in the past (and I hope works again now) is keeping myself busy in the evenings for a week or two so I don't snack. No TV, no sitting on the computer. I need to break out of the sitting down and eating routine. Instead after dinner I clean, go for a walk, go to the…

Started week 3 of C25K this afternoon and going to strength class tonight Feeling every day of my 46 years today

Really happy with how I did at Saturdays competition at my gym. It was a partner competition and we both finished with time to spare which was really our ultimate goal. Starting (again) today with logging and trying to get my weight under control. I would be able to do SO MUCH MORE that I want to at the gym if I wasn't…

Rest day today. Tomorrow is my gym's charity games. If I finish and don't die I'll be a happy camper

C25K. Running is so hard. But I feel so good about it when it's done.

@caramelgyrlk you're making it look easy! Functional training core class today. Ran a half mile and didn't die. Weight's back up because I'm not weighing or counting - just stuffing all the things in my mouth. Uggggggggg

You're probably losing too fast. What's your goal weight? Losing 4 pounds a week is only for people looking to lose 50+ pounds

Functional training class last night. I'm really trying to push my cardio. We did lots of 3 minute all out hair on fire cardio rounds - row 400m and then get as many calories as possible on the assault bike in what's left of the 3 minutes - things like that. I pushed hard and felt like I could live on the gym floor at the…

That's your answer. So you're either working too hard or not fueling your workouts enough (I'm leaning toward the latter because you say you don't eat exercise calories back which it says all over MFP that you should do) Are you losing weight? If you are, you're in a calorie deficit. If you're losing fast you're in too big…

@jonmarrow I watched the video you posted. I'm not sure what you're seeing, but I'm seeing the dude in the video doing all the major strong lifts moves. The only exception are he did single arm rows instead of barbell rows and all the way at the end he did some bicep curls. Other than that he did dead lifts, OHP and bench…

Exactly what @Cherimoose said. Some stuff here and there isn't going to get you anywhere you want to be. If you want the results you have to find the time and put in the work.

Strength class last night. Deadlifts (I went light) and dumbell chest press (I went super heavy for me) Training chest press with 35lb dumbells for my gym's fitness competition in a few weeks. Prior to last night I'd only done 30lbs for volume. Last night I did 35's for 7 sets of 10 and 3 sets of 7. I hope I don't need…

C25K Day 3. Today the walking felt slow (3pmh) and the running felt fast (5mph).

Started C25K with a friend. I've been getting strong in the past two years but I need to improve my cardio. Also signed up for my gym's fitness competition - I know my partner and I won't win - there are much fitter people at our gym - but the entrance fee goes to charity and it's just a fun thing to do.

SW 209.4 GW (UGW)189 (175) W1 8/04: 209.4 W2 8/11: 206.6 W3 8/18: 206.2 W4 8/25: 207.8 W5 9/01: 206.4 W6 9/08: 205.6 W7 9/15: 203.4 W8 9/22: 203.8 W9 9/29: W10 10/06: W11 10/13: W12 10/20: W13 10/27: W14 11/03: W15 11/10: W16 11/17: W17 11/24: Final!!!! 12/01: Total loss:

Functional training at 8am, then went back at noon to do Day 1 of Couch to 5k with a friend. I'm determined to be able to run a mile (or a 5k) without feeling like I"m gonna die.

You can't lose 2 pounds a week in a healthy way if you only have 20 pounds total to lose

I got sick of waiting to lose weight and get fit to get the cut I always wanted so I finally just did it. Never looked back

Training your legs won't make you lose weight. You need to be in a calorie deficit.

Functional training class. It's always a mix of cardio and weights and my instinct is to always grab the heaviest weight I can move. My goal now is to lose the weight (down 6 pounds in 6 weeks so I'm on schedule) and to improve my cardio health, so I'm lowering the weights a bit so I don't gas out. It's working. My trainer…

Congrats on quitting smoking. That is no easy task. Are you weighing your food? If not, there's a good chance you're eating more than you think you are

SW 209.4 GW (UGW)189 (175) W1 8/04: 209.4 W2 8/11: 206.6 W3 8/18: 206.2 W4 8/25: 207.8 W5 9/01: 206.4 W6 9/08: 205.6 W7 9/15: 203.4 W8 9/22: W9 9/29: W10 10/06: W11 10/13: W12 10/20: W13 10/27: W14 11/03: W15 11/10: W16 11/17: W17 11/24: Final!!!! 12/01: Total loss: