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I went to my first ever spin class. I don’t think it’s for me, I really didn’t enjoy it. And it was a serious struggle. After about 10 minutes I told myself I was going to leave at 15 minutes. When 15 minutes rolled around, I didn’t want to be THAT person, so I stay (the instructor had already called me out for never being…

I’m sure this has been said here many times... But i had no idea how awkward it would be for people to talk about your weight loss and ask how much you’ve lost. It makes me so uncomfortable any time someone compliments me.

Last May, I was wearing a pair of jean shorts driving to a cruise port. They were so tight I unbottoned them in the car. Not wanting uncomfortably tight shorts on vacation (all the shorts I packed fit the same), I stopped at a store and bought bigger shorts on the way. Today, I put on those uncomfortably tight shorts.…

No, but it is kind of motivating. The other day it told me 194, which is like 20 pounds. I have over 1000 “exercise” calories automatically upload from Fitbit. But starting at 280, I was REAL stoked to see a predicted weight starting with a 1. Is it accurate and realistic, no not really. But still find it a little…

Unfortunately I never measured myself so I have no idea how many inches I’ve lost thus far. I am really wishing I did, because I could workout like “I lose approximately an inch every 20lbs” or whatever. And it’s a lot easier to take a dress in rather than out. So I bought my current size. I’m just scared of what…

I went wedding dress shopping this weekend. I’ve lost a bit of weight, but had read all over the internet that wedding dresses run small. Even David’s Bridal’s website has a little section saying the sizing is different and not to worry about the number, blah blah. So I went in to it expecting to be a 20/22. Told myself I…

Not my NSV, my fiancé’s... I drug him along on my weight loss journey, he was hesitant to join me at first and “cheated” a lot. But after the first couple months he finally gave in and joined me full force. Well we were leaving a college basketball game the other night, in a big crowd. I had walked in front of him. I…

I agree. I also do Keto and count calories. I’ve lost weight strictly counting calories, I’ve lost weight on Keto and counting. The key to me is what kind of WOE are you going to stick to. I believe any sort of diet (and calorie deficit) works IF YOU STICK TO IT. Calorie counting, weight watchers, Keto, paleo, whatever...…

I agree with keeping it simple. Protein and non-starchy veggies. When I first started I skipped all the Keto substitutes and such and just ate meat and veggies and it made things simple. As I continued on, I did start making recipes and substituting things and such to satisfy cravings. I’d say my most important tip that I…

Fitlordtamasin on YouTube offers Keto coaching on her website if you want to give her a try.

@Sunny_Bunny_ I’ve honestly been a bit laxadasical with tracking lately. However, I meal prep every week and have at 5-7 oz of protein in the meal. For lunches I’ll have deli meat, cheese, cottage cheese, and avocado (and various other things/combinations of the things mentioned). On the weekends, usually we do what we…

Keto Country Fried Steak with gravy Pork Chop and jalapeño poppers

Thanks for the advice. For the record, it didn’t just start... It’s just started to bother me lol.

Thanks to both of you for the info, thank you!

No, they want you to sign up for personal training. I got a quick session where they showed me how to use the machines and then tried to sell me personal training. I feel fairly comfortable on how to use most the machines, it’s more so which machines to use at what time that I have no idea what I’m doing with.

I also am a keto follower/lurker but don’t really post, I gave ya a follow though.

I have a tote of jeans under my bed that don’t fit, I’ve had this tote for like 5 (or more) years. Some of the jeans in there I’ve never worn because they never fit and I never took them back to the store. I haven’t done laundry and all my jeans are dirty so I decided to dig those out and give them a try. I only tried on…

I have a tote of jeans under my bed that don’t fit, I’ve had this tote for like 5 (or more) years. Some of the jeans in there I’ve never worn because they never fit and I never took them back to the store. I haven’t done laundry and all my jeans are dirty so I decided to dig those out and give them a try. I only tried on…

The scale hasn’t moved in over a month... It’s been +/- 2 pounds. In the past, that would have been enough for me to get frustrated and slowly get off track. Now, it’s caused me to pay more attention to the macros I’m eating. Also, every time in my life I’ve ever had a gym membership, it turned in to a waste of money…

I eat them occasionally. I also eat the extreme wellness tortilla wraps. I definitely don’t eat them everyday, only once or twice a week. And when I do eat them, I make sure my other carbs for the day are low and “clean” (aka are carbs from veggies”)... And I’ve stayed in ketosis.

I work nights, usually on my first night back I try and stay up late the night before and sleep all day before working (I’m one of those people who need their sleep). Today I decided to go to bed earlier last night and wake up and go to a class at the gym this morning so I could get a good workout in, instead of just a…

I went out of town this weekend... Usually being on vacation will get me off track and a small cheat will turn in to a big one. Well, I sat around and watched the people I was with eat all sorts of delicious looking carbs and I did not cheat! It took a lot of willpower to do it for 4 days, but i did it!!

Well, the wedding didn’t go well. They had ribs and chicken already slathered in BBQ sauce, baked potatoes with all the fixings, and corn on the cob. I was hungry and going to be there for several hours more, so I went ahead and ate it. Then i indulged in cake and ice cream. And I wasn’t so good at the morning after…

I get that. I just decided I’m not going to count calories because it’s pretty tedious and time consuming. I want to enjoy my weekend still, just not go completely off plan because that’s derailed me in the past. So I figured carb cheats would make me gain more water weight than calorie cheats. Who knows. It just seemed…

Thanks for the information everyone, it put my mind at ease. Like I said, I only got them to see if I was in ketosis, it was a curiousity got the best of me situation. Then when it was so dark, I was a bit concerned. But now I’ll just move on knowing it was positive and that’s all I wanted to know in the first place.

Thank you for that. Unfortunately I use the app pretty much 100% of the time. On my other thread someone mentioned setting their diary view to have fiber right next to carbs. I’m hoping someone can tell me how to do that, because I can easily do the math in my head and quickly know where I’m at with net carbs.

I didn’t realize at first that MFP does total carbs, I’m actually a little lower on carbs than I thought I was. @qweck3 how do I add fiber in to my diary view like yours so I can easily see it/subtract it. Thank you everyone for your responses. I’m feeling like I’m a little more on track than I thought I was when I posted…

Well I feel like a dummy. I found it talked about like 6,000 times. But I can’t delete the post, sorry! 🤦🏻‍♀️