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Yesterday’s goals: MET! For my workout, I ended up hiking and swimming at the lake. Today’s goals: 💦 Drink 12 cups of water 🛼 8000 steps 🍓 250 calorie deficit We are having friends over for bbq tonight. I figure relaxing my goals for today will make it more enjoyable.

Good job Shauna! You did a great job drinking lots of water and reaching so many goals! You can set different goals for travel days. Getting in 10,000 steps while traveling is really hard.

Yesterday’s goals: MET! Today’s goals: 💦 Drink 12 cups of water 🛼 Workout + 8000 steps 🍓Calorie deficit of at least 500 calories

Yesterday’s goals: MET! Today’s goals: 💦 Drink 12 cups of water 🛼 Workout + 8000 steps 🍓Calorie deficit of at least 500 calories

I have been off and on mfp for a really long time, lol. I started again on Tuesday June 7th with 32 lbs to lose. I have 29 lbs left to go. Friends welcome!

If I am sedentary, I need about 1500 calories. If I am super active, I can burn over 3000 calories. I started wearing my Fitbit to make sure I am eating at a deficit while under eating. While using my Fitbit, I had to set my mfp to the lowest calorie setting so I am not counting exercise twice. I think there are a lot of…

I think small goals are the way to go. Right now, I feel pretty established with my macros. My daily goal right now is a minimum of a 250 calorie deficit per day. I am feeling like I might increase the deficit but it has been working

I love your results! How long did it take you to recomp?

I think a lot of people gained weight during the last two years; you aren’t alone. In the month or two after I got Covid, I packed on 10-15 lbs. That is pretty crazy for me and frankly quite depressing. One day, I woke up and decided to be better. I started going on walks/hikes around the park. In my spare time, I look at…

I have a few mini goals: 1) 4 gym workouts per week. 2) Make heathy food and drink plenty of water daily. I do allow a small amount of less heathy food but definitely have to keep that in check. 3) Get to 150lbs 4) Get to 145lbs 5) Get to 140lbs

I like the kind of bike rack where the tires are secure. I have a bike rack where the top bar straps into the rack. It feels less secure. My bike rack has an accessory for my snowboards though. I ended up with quadratech brand.

If I am craving sweets, I try to ask myself if I am just hungry. Eating a balanced meal often fixes me right up. I still indulge on special occasions.

Round 1 starting weight: 10/9 149.75 lbs Round 2: 10/23 149.0 lbs Round 3: Ultimate goal weight 135 lbs I appreciate all the effort I put into making some big life changes. On to a healthier happier, more consistent plan. Today’s goals: 1) Drink 3 quarts of water 💦 2) Stick to eating light today🍴I made a pot of beans last…

Round 1 starting weight: 10/9 149.75 lbs Round 2: 10/14 148.0 Round 3: Ultimate goal weight 135 lbs Round 2 wasn’t quite achieved on the 10th. Repeating round 2. I appreciate all the effort I put into cooking yesterday. Today’s goals: 1) Drink 3 quarts of water 💦 2) Stick to eating light today🍴I made stir fry with a wide…

Round 1 starting weight: 10/9 149.75 lbs Round 2: 10/10 148.0 lbs Round 3: Ultimate goal weight 135 lbs Goals achieved. I appreciate all the effort I put into cooking yesterday. Today’s goals: 1) Drink 3 quarts of water 💦 2) Gym workout 🥵 3) Stick to macros-no more than 100/100/100 🥩🥦🥑

Round 1 starting weight: 10/9 149.75 lbs Round 2: Round 3: Ultimate goal weight 135 lbs Today’s goals: 1) Drink 3 quarts of water 💦 2) Gym workout 🥵 3) Stick to macros-no more than 50/100/100 🥩🥦🥑

I’m 34 years old and 5’2” tall. My main goals are to stick to my calorie counted balanced diet and get 5 hours of gym workouts per week. 9/30 starting weight 149 lbs October goal weight 142 lbs👻 Goal weight 140 lbs☃️ Ultimate goal weight 130-135 lbs🥳 10/1 148 lbs🍁 10/8 (goal 146 lbs)

You could drop a Jean size still. Some garments have a little give. I find stretchy dresses fit for quite a while even when I gain or lose weight. You can always add a cute belt if it is a little bigger later on. With only a 6 pound loss left, I suspect winter sweaters and coats will still fit.

Whole food, like a chicken breast or steak, is best. Protein shakes arent needed to put on lean muscle but they can be helpful to up your protein intake when you aren’t eating enough. I only drink optimum nutrition brand. I prefer the extreme milk chocolate or vanilla flavor.

I do cook quite a bit but I often find I need something quick and easy. My go to is a snack box. I pick a couple raw veggies (cherry tomatoes, celery, carrots etc), chop up some cheese or use a pre-packaged cheese single, olives, nuts or peanut butter packet, 1/4 cup chopped leftover steak or chicken or hard boiled egg….…

You can set your goals at maintenance for a minute to see how many calories it recommends. If I can eat 2200 calories to maintain my weight, I would gain weight if I ate more than that or lose if I ate less than that. After you know your maintenance calories, you can go back in and change your setting to the desired weight…

Women naturally need more body fat to survive than men. Body fat and BMI are not interchangeable. If you find you have too much body fat, but your weight is where you want, look into recomping. With recomping, you could lose 5 pounds of fat but gain 5 pounds of muscle; your weight stays the same but your composition…

Thank you for your service and at such a cost to yourself. I can only imagine the pain. You definitely are not a burden on life. I hope you are seeing MH. It is great you are walking again. What diet are you going with? I personally like low carb.

I tried figuring it out on my own without success. I tried a couple personal trainers but really didn’t feel heard or like their hiit workouts were something I liked. I started to turn the corner when I met a non-conventional persona trainer. He definitely pushed my abilities (without asking too much) and he introduced me…

I am 34 years old and 5’2”. I consistently drink 3/4 gallon water. For the month of August, I focused on consistently working out and eating according to plan and was pretty happy with the results. For September, I would like to do the same. 06/19 starting weight 157 lbs 08/01 153.5 lbs 09/01 goal weight 142 (if I follow…

I have found it easier to balance my meals when I pay attention to macros. I found I am generally satisfied eating a 500 calorie meat and veggie plate. If I am not consciously thinking about nutrition and macros, I could easily eat 1000 calories of zucchini bread… and then still feel hungry. I use to eat very carb heavy…

I meal prep for when I plan to be busy. It makes it easy to just grab a dish and eat it. Almost all my cardio are things I enjoy: mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding. I enjoy strength training at the gym but I do longer sessions when it works for me. I found rigid regimens don’t work well for me. If today is back and bi…

I don’t believe the dexa scan. I did a dexa scan a couple, maybe 3, years ago and it put me in the obese category too. I am bigger than you but clearly not obese. I did read water can skew the results. I didn’t do enough research to determine if this is accurate or what likely happened to me. I am curious though if…

I try to keep my butter and cheese portions regular. I don’t go out of my way to eat high fat meat. I trim the fat off my meat. I eat eggs, avocados, nuts, nut butters, seeds, and olives to up my fat intake. I am not doing keto at the moment but when I do, I do keep my carb limit at 50grams so I can have as many vegetables…

I would probably try to increase protein and fat calories slightly at dinner. I find protein and fat hold me over much better than carbs. I generally drink tea in the evening although if you are so hungry you can’t sleep, this won’t help.