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Starting Weight: 127.4 July 4th Goal: 123.4 Friday, June 5th: 127.2 Friday, June 12th: Friday, June 19th: Friday, June 26th: Friday, July 3rd: I fluctuated all the way up to 129.6 this week, so im just happy to be back down at this point lol

Actually wine with higher alcohol content would have less calories, since alcohol has less calories per unit of volume than sugar. How -much- of a difference it is I'm not sure lol

Just be mindful, it may be a healthy snack but peanut butter is high calorie AF. If you are genuinely hungry it might not be bad to find a small snack to tie you over, but if you are just a little hungry or just feel like eating and want something to hold you off I usually go for a large cup of coffee or caffeinated tea.…

I think we can cut OP some slack here, she indicated "My" secret key, and I think it's fairly obvious she meant secret key as not literal but more an expression. She was mentioning the regularity as an added benefit she's discovered. I too find it helpful. It doesn't cause weightless itself but definitely works for…

You don't HAVE to cut 500-1000 to lose weight, you could cut 1 calorie from maintenance and still lose weight, you just lose it a lot slower. If you maintain on 1,500 then you have to accept that to lose weight safely you can "only" cut 300 calories (I say "only" because a deficit of 300 calories is pretty substantial for…

If it helps, I'm 5'2 current weight 123lb with a goal of 115lb. I eat around 1500 cals a day and have been losing about a .5lb per week (I get 10-15K steps a day, run 30 min 2-3 days a week, and am doing a progressive weightlifting program). You may want to increase your cals a bit if you want to retain as much muscle as…

Same here with the belly fat! I (think) I'm mostly an hour glass shape...though it's hard to tell being so short haha, but I definitely carry more weight in my stomach/love handle area and my arms. I'm also very new to weight lifting, currently been doing the Michael Mathews program going on 3 months and am very pleased…

I'm 5'2 and 124lb so almost the same as you. I'm currently eating at a deficit and lifting heavy to maintain muscle. My initial plan is to do this until I get to around 115 and then assess once I get there. I may try recomp if I'm fairly happy with the way my body looks, or may try a bulk/cut cycle if I think I still need…

and that reminds me that I use to drink those tiny liquid French vanilla coffee creamer cups! (you know the ones that are always at coffee stations and don't need refrigerated lol) I would sip it so slowly like it was the worlds smallest coffee haha I was a weird kid too...

In theory, yes. However, many people choose to only eat a portion of their exercise calories back since you can't truly know for sure how much you burned, and most devices that measure calorie burn tend to over estimate. Try eating half your exercise calories back and check your progress after a few weeks. If you are…

It might be a tough reality to face but it's probably time to reevaluate your goals. If you have completely stopped losing weight then you are eating at maintenance. You said yourself that aiming for an even lower net calorie goal would be unhealthy and unsustainable, and therefore it comes to reason that reaching and…

Yeeeeessss....I didn't even eat canned corned beef hash as a kid, but discovered it as an adult! Haven't had it in years though but I will ALWAYS order it on very rare occasions I eat at a diner lol always with ketchup!

So much nostalgia with the Little Debbie snacks! I especially remember always getting the zebra cakes at lunch in elementary school. I had them once as an adult and omg the outer icing is straight up wax!! haha

It actually makes a lot more sense when you put it that way. At face value it sounded more strange lol

That just reminded me of fried spaghetti sandwiches!! My mom would take left over spaghetti with the noodles and sauced mixed, and fry it with oil in a pan so there'd be crispy bits throughout, and have it open faced on toast. Sooooo good!

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that this probably tastes better than it sounds, but yeesh this sounds horrendous!! hahah

^^This. There is nothing that the eating window creates, other than a limited amount of time to consume your daily calories, therefore in theory, limiting your overall calorie consumption for the day. If you ate the same amount of calories after your meal at 9pm as you would have if that same meal was before 7pm, then…

Such a good feeling!

I have to be honest, I was a bit disappointed in the time saving factor. The only thing I've found it saves me time on is for roasts or things I'd normally cook at a low heat for hours and hours all day, I can cook in 1.5 hours time and it does come out that same fall-a part consistency. However, with normal cooking the…

I see people get called out for dangerously fast weightloss on the success board. Just now there is a thread called "Lost 4 stone in 7 weeks" or along those line, and a girl posted for her boyfriend with pictures. That's 8 pounds/week. Almost all responses were gently explaining that that rate of loss is dangerous and he…

Second everything everyone else has said about monitoring your intake. But will also ask is this exercise brand new? I started lifting heavy and also C25K at the same time I started monitoring my calories. I did. not. lose. a. single. pound. for 6 weeks. The scale even went UP 2 pounds and I completely stopped weighing…

Mine is hard to say, I have the alta HR. I think it overstates my TDEE, but not as much as I originally thought. I've been logging my daily calories and TDEE in excel and according to that I should have lost 6.5lbs since Jan 8. But the reality is I've only lost 3.5lbs (5'2, SW: 127, CW: 124, GW: 115-110). However that…

Considering a shot of liquor, can/bottle of beer, and a glass of wine are somewhere in the ballpark of 70-130 calories per serving of each, you could easily be wiping out your deficit with only a couple drinks. It's the alcohol for sure. I know how you feel, I would loooove 2-3 glasses of wine 4-5 nights a week to wind…

I have a friend (on a different account) who logs "1,063 calories doing 56 minutes of Elliptical Trainer" once or twice a week. Always the same calories, always the same minutes. I've thought so many times about saying something, for well intentioned-wanting to help reasons, but have decided most people don't like to be…

Someone posted an article in the maintenance forum yesterday about Biggest Losers successfully/failing to maintain their weight loss. While I feel the article had the basic right idea, it REALLY annoyed me how much emphasis they placed on how much exercise the previous contestants had each day and how that correlated to…

Oh ok thanks, I'll have to watch it later at home

I'm at work and the link is blocked, is it too long for a good samaritan to copy/paste here?

I have the arm implant and haven't noticed it affecting my weight loss. I would say there are times where I feel "extra hormonal" and bloated, and I know I'm retaining water but it always passes.

Haha yes that part too! Like a teacher calling out that kid in class whose always eating glue...."DARNIT, JOSH!"

I can't remember which one specifically! It's definitely one of the ones in the first month, and it happens while they are doing mountain climbers. It's funny that you don't really notice it happening because it's somewhat subtle, and it's also an intense part so you're focused on what you're doing, but when I noticed it…