sarahlucindac Member

Lol yup! That’s the one I get all the time ☺️

I can’t see his face so I’ll just say Channing Tatum :)

Amazing!!

At the risk of being redundant...Food scale!!

I had the same dilemma a few years ago. I came to the conclusion that many have already pointed out— time will pass anyway and the right person isn’t going to care if you’re heavy. I met a great guy while I was still much heavier than I am now and even gained an additional 20 pounds about a year into our relationship. I am…

Get yourself a food scale and be religious about weighing your food. No eyeballing anything. I thought I was being good but after getting the food scale and getting real about what I was eating, I realized I had been severely underestimating my portions. Keep going, you will see the scale go down eventually.

I have 14 lbs left to go :)

Thanks, guys! Yes, I broke through my plateau (see above update)

Thank you so much!! I appreciate all of the awesome advice. ❤️ my MFP peeps, you all have helped me so much ☺️

I went way over today too...it’s going to happen from time to time. I’m not going to let it bother me and you shouldn’t either! Tomorrow is a new day :)

Circuit training + elliptical 3 days a week (takes about 1.5 hours) and C25K training (takes 30 minutes) 3 days a week (6 days total in the gym) has been working nicely for me.

That does seem quite aggressive...but I do wish you luck!!

It makes a difference for me. I don’t lose as much if I eat before bed.

Aside from being healthier, I want to be able to wear cuter clothes!! Next summer, I’m wearing shorts and tank tops, dammit!! 😂

UPDATE: Hooray!! It happened! The scale went way down. Just stepped on and BOOM-3.8 lbs lost. The changes I made... 1) I bought the food scale and have been using it diligently. I discovered several hundred calories were sneaking into my meals per day. 2) Not only did I start with the food scale, but I re-evaluated other…

I see a huge difference! Bravo!

Yes, cheese is life.

Thank you! I definitely will :) PS I already found 165 extra calories that would have gone unaccounted for today without my digital scale.

Alright, you guys convinced me. I bought a food scale today.

Wow, I didn’t realize how much discrepancy there can be with measuring cups (which is what I use). I guess I just figured since my calories are already so low, measuring cups would suffice without being exact to the T. Lately, I have been leaving hundreds of “extra calories” from exercise up on the board at the the end of…

Thank you ☺️

I’m consistent with my food measurements and I only eat back up to 50% of my exercise calories. I like the chart though, thanks :)

Thanks for the input! I’m already as strong as I need or want to be, I’m after the definition and calorie burn.

Very helpful and insightful, thank you! I really feel in my gut that I am making progress. I feel amazing, I have a lot of energy, my clothes are literally slipping off of me. It’s just that damn scale. I guess considering the circumstances, I’m lucky I didn’t see it go up and that it’s just maintaining at a super annoying…

Good point! I just find it hard to eat all of my exercise calories back, plus I’m trying to account for the fact that calories burned are usually over estimated by MFP and any mistakes I make logging intake (I try to be as accurate as possible, but I’d rather play it on the safe side of not overeating)

Thanks so much for all the insight, guys! My clothes are very baggy (haven’t bought any new ones since losing the 25 lbs). I am starting to see muscle definition in new places- super exciting. As for eating my exercise calories back, I’m starting with a relatively extreme deficit of only 1300 calories/day. If I burn 600…

Hiking has been my key to weight loss so far! I’m only 10 weeks in but I’ve lost 18 lbs. I hike 3 times a week. So nice to have found a form exercise that I absolutely love.

Thanks a bunch, that makes sense.

And thank you for the advice!!