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I will round up to just make math easier, ie: something is 190 calories and I will just call it 200 - always higher, never lower, but that's the only type of rounding I do. I do however do my TDEE at a lower multiplier than I actually think it is and base my goal off of that. I use the light multiplier, even though most…

This! You are SO right and this is SO true! My stats are very similar to yours so I love that you wrote this! We know we are changing and sometimes forget to give ourselves credit because we don't see the huge change every day. But it is drastic, and we did put in the work and we deserve to look in the mirror, take that…

My smallest was in college when I was crazy active and I have a doctor's appointment record that said I was 139. I think I remember a bathroom scale weight roughly in that same time frame reading 133. I was tiny and don't know that I need to be "tiny" again and I am currently 146. I'd like to lose down to the 130's to…

This! OF COURSE we all want to be healthy, but simply not wanting to look like crap and try to defend why an angle of a picture made me "look big." *says to myself* "girl, you were big!" 50 pounds less now and size 6 jeans and shorts are even starting to get loose!

Beautiful girl, you are amazing. You deserve the world. Your before and after is remarkable and your mindset is so strong, nothing will ever truly break you. I had the same experience when I was in my best friends wedding. Had the time of my life, cried all the happy tears for her, danced, laughed, had literally the most…

I just started maintenance about a week and a half ago. I met my goal of 145, I'm 5'6", and I by no means celebrated with food, but I did have some work events and things to go to the week after hitting goal, so I just kinda tested the boundaries for a week. I stayed under 150, which is my goal 100% of the time, but I felt…

I wanted to update that I did in fact hit that 145.3 to the decimal point on Sunday 9/23!!!! 50lbs officially gone and still going to try and drop just a few more for comfort, but maintenance is about to be my next big challenge! I can do it!

Water consumption and splitting up meals into smaller meals. I purposely have my breakfast broken up into smaller meals so it's just my breakfast, but its eaten 2 hours apart. 1st breakfast, 2nd breakfast, lunch, 2 snacks post lunch, then dinner is my usual day. There is nothing wrong with snacking, just maybe try to plan…

Definitely 1 and 2! Oh my goodness 1 and 2 are very, very difficult to maintain sometimes! I dislike eating past 7pm and 99% of days eat majority of calories from breakfast through after lunch snack!

So amazing! We can just tell how elated you are, as you should very well be! Keep it up!!!

I do this everyday! Maybe not dinner but breakfast, lunch and snacks are always pre logged and sometimes dinner too if I have made something specific. Echo to others that it helps me know that if someone brings in a birthday cake, etc., I know where I can drop something off my log or if I have enough calories, just go for…

I hate knowing the amount of calories in everything I like at restaurants now! I've looked up and researched almost all my favorites to exhaustion. I mean, yes, knowing so you can track is great! But I just want one meal of total oblivion where I have honestly no idea how many calories are in something and I eat it, and…

Girl, you got this! And Andy, awesome work and thank you for calling out the gimmicks! No need for anything else other than good ole fashioned eat less, move more! You're killing it!

I am a testament to Zumba. I calculated my TDEE and ate at a deficit, roughly 500 calories less a day than TDEE and I did Zumba 3x a week. I eat nutritious foods but don't have anything on a "NO" list so I make treats work in. My Zumba teacher happens to be intense! But the combo of these things led me to almost a 50 pound…

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This is fantastic as well. I am feeling even better about my preliminary strategy and will tweak as seen fit. I am glad to hear that eating at maintenance is not necessarily a key component because I simply do not want to eat that much most days. The protein shake I will have to ensure I do because while I make every…

Thank you this is helpful!

This is great. Thank you. I was nervous about writing "HIIT style" in the dance class description because it is probably not exactly that in it's truest form, but it is a cyclical class with heart rate raising and then lowering dances. It's essentially Zumba but in a calculated way that has the short spurts of high…

My BMR is calculated at roughly 1400 and I do the light activity multiplier - 250. I feel most weeks I could do the moderate multiplier because in addition to work outs, I walk my dog and get out and about on the weekends and try to move as much as I can in general, but I do have a desk job. So, I use the light multiplier…

I'm very sorry if I missed this Q and A in the 107 pages, but I do have 3 questions: Getting ready to see how to maybe transition into recomp. I have 2 more pounds to lose to be at goal weight and then want to tone all over. I have been doing heavy cardio in conjunction with the usual suspects of body weight exercises:…

You look great! You deserve to feel great every single day! Be so proud of yourself girl!

Chiropractic Care and Stretching. I swear by those two things. I know it's not for everyone and I know that some people will disagree, and that's okay. When your bones are aligned it has a trickle down effect for all your other systems. Stretching may help with pain but at any rate, it gets you to move so that may help you…

I would do it for about every 10 pounds. So when I started my journey at 195 and had established my workout routine, I did two things: Calculated my maintenance at 185, then subtracted 500 a day for a 1 pound loss each week, AND did the math for my TDEE at a lower multiplier than I was actually doing. For me, the 185…

An entire pizza hut pan pizza with extra cheese. Something about that pan pizza recipe.....

Absolutely yes, if you are honest. I find myself writing it down, adding it up, and then any time I add something else to it, I even re-ad the whole thing. It's simple math, but it makes me feel better. I also project my whole day, while I drink my coffee, and write it down. I don't have to eat exactly that, I can add or…

girl preach!!!

Been single for 5 years because I refuse to settle and if after the first date he's not for me then it is kindly said. I don't mean share everything as dramatic as that sounds. No he will not know when I use the bathroom and no I will not check in every hour when I'm out with friends, I just meant that if he was interested…

He talked a big game about wanting a real relationship and was a genuinely nice and gentle guy but, 6-7 weeks later, still had not taken me on a real date, still didn't know anything about me (we are talking almost 2 months of "hanging out" and he still didn't know what I went to college for or how many siblings I had or…

I am 5 pounds from a revised goal. First goal was lose 30 pounds, then I decided to keep going and lose an additional 20. I am 150.4 as of today and want to be 145. That total 50 pound loss will be extremely important for me to maintain with maybe 147 being the high side for a normal week. But I also said to myself a long…

If I'm stuck, my back to basics are these things, usually in this order, each day: half peanut butter sandwich on daves killer bread for breakfast siggi's icelandic yogurt for snack salad with romaine, carrots, 1/8 cup cheese, 5 croutons and 2tbsp dressing of choice for lunch fruit for snack balanced break or 2oz boars…