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Thank you everyone! Maybe I am just being impatient... and I do need a food scale for sure! Also thank you for positivity and advice it is comforting! Much love!!

@nanastaci2020 I have not this is basically my first day back lol.... I have mainly just eaten healthy and stopped snacking... I am hoping by losing some weight I can start feeling better about myself and life in general.. my target is 1300 calories but I usually am full before I hit that number... I am 4'11 and 150 pounds…

I don't think you'll have much energy to exercise if you starve yourself. Plus even if your weight goes down for a couple days it's not going to stay down. I use to starve myself in middle school and the beginning of high school and it just made me sick and irritable also very weak. I almost ended up in the hospital. We…

Well my goal was to lose 15 more lbs but now my goal is to stay healthy and continue to workout and jog because we are expecting baby #2! First pregnancy I didn't workout until halfway through... not this one!

Eat right and log more often. It is the only way I can reach my goal of losing weight and being in a healthy BMI.

This is so inspiring to me I am also a mom and it is so hard to lose after having a baby. This is definitely going to motivate me to workout tonight and go hard at the gym!

Left is when I found out I was expecting our baby girl (I got up to 180 while pregnant)and right was last weekend for mommy and me pics! I noticed my sweater wasn’t tight around my arms and legs, hips ! I am now 145! Slow process but worth it!

Mine is usually 2-4 lbs!

I am no longer OBESE! Yes I know it has to deal with the scale but I am super excited!

To wear a two piece at the beach and not worry the whole time about how I look. It is hard to enjoy my husband and daughter on beach days in the summer when I am so self conscious....

@RelCanonical Yeah I know it is odd. I use to stuff my face when I was younger but now it's like food disgusts me when I am on it. It's like nothing sounds good or looks good...But I will try your suggestion thank you so much!

I do cable pull through and lunges! I also do the stairclimber at the gym and skip a step and it is sort of a lunge too.

So I tried this week and I was able to go for 15 minutes on the treadmill!!!!! Now I need to set a new goal but stick with the one I achieved for a couple weeks. Sometimes I guess I need to push myself and tell myself I can do it!

15lbs! Once I get there I may see if I want to lose more or not. My real goal is to be stronger and not necessarily skinnier!

I want to be able to run on the treadmill for 15 minutes w/o stopping by the end of the month. I can finally do 10 minutes! :smile:

Look on Pinterest! There are all kinds of different ones to try. I find the one I like and pin/use them.

@bear2303 I can tell you are more confident in your latest picture.:)

I can wear a medium shirt and last year I was in a L-XL. I also can run for 5 minutes on the treadmill which I did not try until this past month because I was scared of losing my balance and falling. I also tried HIIT for the first time this past week and I was able to do a lot of the exercises without much trouble. (I had…

@healthyanav I have plateaued also and tried HIIT and it seemed to really help! I just started and I am enjoying it and changing up my workouts. I guess my body was getting used to my routine. :)

"Quotes don't work unless you do" gymaholic

@youcantflexcardio yeah I have been doing pretty good in the kitchen but am having a harder time losing weight this time around since I have had a baby. I have a pouch but everything else is toning up and becoming more muscular but my belly isn’t matching.

@Chieflrg I only workout 4-5 days a week because I have a one year old and work. I do cardio every day at least some form. Usually treadmill for about 20-30min I do arms one day and glutes and legs another. I only use cables and dumbbells for arms and do lunges and cable pull throughs, stairclimber, and leg press for my…

ADD ME! New mom here! My little one is 1. However i had preeclamsia and got super puffy and big right before I had her 2 months early! I was 180 then and 2 weeks pp I was down to 160. I am currently 148 and still wanting to lose about 15-18 more pounds. It is taking me so much longer this time I guess its harder after…

Girl you look great! You're doing awesome! I have always had a big butt but have been doing cable pull through and also stair climber and it has made my butt sit higher and become a little more firmer! Your's is a complete transformation though! <3

@tinkerhellraiser Pressure from society. I am not sure if you have noticed but there has always been pressure on women to fit a certain standard and look a certain way. I am also not sure if you watch TV a lot but there's always new creams and fat bands to make us look thinner and make us look smoother. There seems to…

What a great thing to remember I read that quote somewhere but never thought about it in this aspect. Thank you! :)

So true! That being said I have been envious of them before too but always remind myself that they have money and surgeons and are half plastic!

WOW! Thanks for the encourgement. I have days where I feel good and days where I can't look at another woman without finding something to get jealous about. I started MFP in order to help myself get to a place where I can say "eff you all"! Hopefully I get there soon. I'm tired of being so insecure.

I think there is just more preasure now days for females to look a certain way and I just feel bad because I can't meet the standards that I am seeing and it makes my goals seem so far out of reach and useless.

YESSS! I also only focus on my stomach! I only look at what I find wrong with myself and not focusing on my progress or being proud of it.