lucerorojo Member

I'm not seeing the this challenge on my page, only the 2018 one.

It's not a good idea. I did the Reboot and each time I lost weight ( I don't know how much since I didn't weigh myself) but then would regain it and then some. I had intended to eat less meat after the last time I did it, and eat veggies and juice but I got the flu and could not sustain it. For most people these juice…

2-3 times a day is normal.

Starting weight: 237 (July 2017) Goal weight: 127 Current weight: 193.4 Lost: 43.6 lbs.

Yes, that makes sense. I was thinking that too. I apologize if it sounded offensive.

From my very first post on this thread, I said "for me." It's just an opinion. I also said "it looks". That clearly is different from "she is..." and again, that's MY opinion. I never said it was HER or anybody else's reality. For ME, seeing my ribs would be emaciated--I'd probably have to weigh 80 lbs. for that to happen.

Thanks. I could care less who woos or if I get woos! This is just personal taste when it comes to body. I would not want to be able to see my ribs.

I don't think that seeing the collarbone looks emaciated, but the RIBS, to me yes. I also could see my collarbone for most of my life, but ribs above the breasts, no, not even at my thinnest (103 lbs. as a woman).

In addition to everything that the others have said, you might be eating more food (but less calories) than you were before, and perhaps this is also upsetting your system. Since you are used to eating junkfood, which tends to take up less space but is calorie dense, the body may be challenged at first. I usually ate…

I try to not purchase any snacks in bulk. I will have a problem if I do that--I'll eat the whole thing in one day! A cheat day worked for me in the past, when there was ONE day that I would eat snacks. I find overall the best thing for me to do is to eat a 3 good solid meals with tasty foods and then if I have a snack it's…

I would like to be added. I will weigh myself tomorrow and post my stats. I did this last year throught June, and lost about 10-12 pounds, but then I dropped out. And subsequently regained 7 lbs. in the 2nd half of the year from not logging.

I lost 50 lbs. in a year, and then quit logging for a few months (new job) and realized before it was too late that I had gained 7 lbs. So now I'm back to logging and adding a spinning class once a week to change up my work-outs. I realized that I MUST log my food. Otherwise I lose track of portions and therefore calories.…

For me this would be too thin. In the second photo I see your ribs. The collar bone is extremely prominent, but when I see ribs below them, that looks emaciated to me. (It might not to you or others).

You won't gain weight!

My reasons: 1. ignorance about what I needed to do to maintain my weight 2. stress from work 3. menopause I was normal weight for about 35 years of my life. I gained about 25-30 lbs. when I switched careers, moved and changed my eating plan. ( was a vegetarian/vegan for about 10 years, then went back to eating meat). I no…

I agree with all this. I believe that many people just do not KNOW. (Some do not care). They used to have to put calories on any chain in my city. I have seen that no longer is the case on Starbuck's menus lately. They changed the way they put up the menu and you can't even see the prices or the different sizes, let alone…

One can look at the diet of Asian-American people and see that they do not eat as much as other Americans. Even those that are born here tend to continue to eat Asian food. I have met very few fat Asian Americans in my lifetime. Actually I could count them on one hand, about 3. And they didn't all stay that way and they…

When I was 20 I weighed 115. At that time I surely couldn't image EVER weighing over 200 lbs. But it happened. Stress had a lot to do with it in my case, along with menopause, and general ignorance about caloric intake--since for 40 years of my life I could control my weight more or less without knowing.

The map is informative. I'm in PA, and we have 31% obesity, but ranked 24, so that means still almost half the country lives in a state that has more obesity in the population. I think cuisine does have a lot to do with it, since the only southern state that is in the lowest percentile is Florida. Several are in the top 10…

I prefer this. It is typical in Latin countries. I don't work 9-5 so I try to make my biggest meal midday, usually around 1:00 pm. I walk to work around 2:30. So for dinner, I will eat soup, or salad, or vegetables and a starch, or fruit. Sometimes I'll eat meat but I prefer not to. Or could just be a smaller portions of…

If I eat good filling meals I'm less likely to snack. Fortunately I don't sit in an office all day anymore. I remember the temptation of free food. Not just the regular pantry, but leftovers from all the meetings!

^ I agree. When I was a kid, MAYBE we had a snack after school before dinner, but most likely we didn't, since we usually ate early around 5:00-6:00 pm. I also did not eat snacks in high school. Occasionally we'd get cookies or ice cream in college, but for the most part it was 3 meals a day. Since I've been on the weight…

Totally agree. I find myself now thinking about what size of coffee to buy. Even though it has no calories--When I first starting working, summers in college, in the1980s, I would buy a coffee and the only option was an 8 oz. paper cup or in a coffee shop in a cup or mug (at most 8 oz. probably). The smallest you can get…

I think stress is a big part of it, working so much, eating out.

^ The daily weigh-ins are a good idea if one can't get back to logging. At least you are keeping track of your weight. I only weigh once a week but for three weeks I didn't and that was when I gained the most! Knowledge is POWER.

My doctor told me to look at it because I need to get my blood pressure down. I reviewed it but haven't been following it. How has it worked for you?

I just got back to logging. I had logged for over a YEAR every day, but then went on a retreat in August for 4 days when I was not using any electronics. That threw me off. I could never get steady again, and then in September started a full-time job (I had been working part time). I managed to only gain a few pounds from…

^ I like this idea. I'm not on keto but I put back 10 lbs. (en route to losing 110) in the last few months, so I need to make some changes. I'm also sick of eggs and oatmeal. I'm thinking that chicken breast with some veggies or potato/sweet potato would be a good choice too. Right now I just finished a piece of baguette…

You don't mention your height or whether you are male or female. Do you have any knee issues now? I'm short, 52, female and have lost 50 lbs. in the last year. (SW 237, CW 187, GW 127) I am still not running--I can easily walk 2 hours non-stop, and walk 90-100 minutes daily (about 3-4 miles). I ran 4 miles a day in my 20s…

Fresh Coconut water from the coconut is delicious!! My favorite drink. I used to like ONE but they changed the recipe at one point and then I didn't like it anymore. Harmless is good but I stopped buying it because it is expensive. I think Zico and Vitacoco are nasty, but I buy Vitacoco with either Mango/Peach or Pineapple…