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Everything you said resonates with me. I've learned a lot this time around too, and I believe I've learned how to get lasting results. Congratulations on finding your way to happiness despite the scale, but still able to celebrate your successes and be proud of yourself!

Lifting for me has sort of changed how I view my body. It has allowed me to "recomp" my body, gain strength and though I am sitting at 160 - 162 lbs these days I keep shrinking and my clothes are loose?! I've been this weight before and not weight trained and I've never been this "small" It's weird?! I've recently…

I'll have to re-read what I wrote. I highly recommend stronglifts 5x5. There is an app (search 5x5 in the app store) that is free and you can also see the lifts and form tips from the app. If you just start with the barbell - which is 45 lbs and gradually increase as you can you will see results. It's a 5 day/week program…

Right? At 42 I'm just tired of beating myself up. Time to treat myself like I would a friend and I work on it every day... speaking kindly is a skill and takes work but it's worth it.

Aw thanks :)

You totally got this!

Thanks - honestly you can do this, I remember getting to points and just feeling like when will I get to where I want to be. I get you on the two babies, I have two teenagers and carried the weight from my babies for long enough. I'm still a work in progress but for sure what I did on those days where I was impatient was…

Yes it totally can be you!

Hey I'm on day 2 of a diet break after 12 months of caloric deficit (lost 79 pounds) and about 2 months of plateau. I know something has to change and I'm not willing to reduce calories more. I've literally gone from a size 18 to a size 6 in jeans so I know that my body probably just needs a chance to catch up and kick…

This makes me smile! So many times I would get discouraged at the rate of loss - you know it’s hard to see the bigger picture - so I would come here for inspiration and read transformations. So I’m glad it helped. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and do your best! You got this!

Keep at it! Don’t give up on yourself.

Exercise for me was a way of just getting out of my head and it set my intention for the day. I find the weight loss long game is mentally challenging so it gave me something to focus on. I think you can get similar results by just calorie deficit, except maybe less muscles? I started within the first month of tracking…

Thanks ! I am 5’5 - I am generally consuming between 1300 (at my lowest days) to now around 1500-1800.

Yes!! That's awesome!

I am 20 lbs out from my goal weight and I'm starting to think it will take me a year of patience to get there. My weight goes up during the TOM about 2 weeks before and settles down during, with a woosh in the week right after. It's so maddening but I do see the pattern and I do know that every day I put in the effort…

Congratulations on your sobriety... if you are attending 12 step meetings you know that it is a day at a time, and sometimes even a minute at a time... you also know and can lean on "progress not perfection". Perfectionism won't get you to your goals of feeling healthy and feeling better about yourself. So how bout this?…

The scale is just your relationship to gravity. When you're getting discouraged by the number start measuring (even better if you have measurements from before to compare). Your body is changing, it's really obvious from your pictures! You're doing great!

5'5 165 dress sizes are usually 8, jeans 6, tops small.

1 year 2018 - 2019 sw 240 cw 165

Edmonton here too!

Food scale really helped me when the numbers weren't moving. A couple of other things... how is the stress in your life? Are you sleeping? Eat the recommended calories! but make sure you're being accurate (back to the food scale) and honest in your logging. I started at 242 - so I know you can do this! I'm at 167 today but…

Awesome job!

beautiful - great job!

I am 41 and have lost 70 lbs this year... how? tracking my food every day and going to the gym 6 days a week. 3 days are weight training (lifting heavy weights) and 2 days are cardio - either running or some type of cross-fit workout.

I've done 3 this year! Just the short ones, I have never felt confident with the longer term games - I lost my last diet bet and was starting to have some real anxiety around doing another so I've put it on the shelf for now. It's a great motivating tool though!!

Once I hit the 168-169 I'm getting my nose pierced again. I used to have it pierced so long ago.... looking forward to it :)

Before 240 lb (January 2018) After 170 lb (today)

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