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Two more hours and I'm on vacation! My plan for tomorrow is to eat a chocolate muffin for breakfast (we have the ginormous Costco ones) and do absolutely nothing all day. We have stuff to do after that but I get one day to do absolutely eff all and I cannot WAIT. I'm ignoring FB and Twitter and the news and everything that…

Hi everyone. Sorry I've been quiet, I'm on day 4 of a migraine that just won't quit. I'm also feeling pretty bleak and depressed about humanity and the world and myself and my job and... everything I guess. Here's an unrelated picture of my cat giving me heart eyes:

Do you have a food scale? Do you weigh and log all your food, including oils and drinks, double checking the calorie info against the USDA Food Database? The most common reason to not lose weight is eating more than you think. If you are estimating your food or measuring using cups/spoons, or leaving out anything, you are…

Barefoot runners and generally being barefoot have entirely solved all the foot pains I was having. And I'm someone who wore medical orthopedic inserts since childhood because my left foot is sorta deformed. Barefoot is awesome.

We bought a coffee maker. There was a very, very good sale. I'm currently looking into experimenting swapping out sugar for like, cocoa or chocolate milk.

It's June! Where is this year going gosh. Last month's goal was 179, and I failed. Briefly hit 180 before popping up to 183 and getting stuck, likely due to high stress and poor sleep. I'm on vacation for 2 weeks starting Friday though so I'm still gonna aim for 175 for June. Should be easier to rest, move and eat well at…

All right, I've put my scale in the closet in the spare room under the extra blankets. Whatever is going on with my stomach needs to be resolved without me stressing and agonizing over water weight. I'll pull it back out next Saturday. The plan is to eat very bland, digestible foods all week (basically chicken and rice)…

Hi Steffy, you have a bold goal! I don't want to rain on your parade, but it's not really safe to lose weight that fast, and in many cases not possible. You can lose 1-2 pounds per week usually, and you'll see fluctuations. I'd recommend that, instead of setting any timelines on weight loss, you just focus on getting your…

May 30 Weigh In: 181.6 Still can't ditch this extra weight. :(

Hello and hello again, new and old team members! I am Amber, one of your motivators and 3/4 of a success story with 90 lbs lost and 30 left to go. I'm Canadian, married, no kids, one cat, and a lover of video games and books. As much as I try to keep a positive outlook and support everyone, you'll surely see me struggle…

How about eggs? Eggs are a decent source of iron. Seafood is also good. Otherwise citrus will help the absorption of non-heme iron. I guess that's why my spinach salad at restaurants usually has oranges in it.

Spinach is a terrible source of iron. All it has is non-heme iron, which isn't absorbed well by the body. As little as 2%. Chickpeas or fortified cereals would be better.

Water. Increased exercise = increased muscle damage = increased water retention. Give it 4-6 weeks before making any big changes. Never eat less than 1200. Eating 1200 on hard workout days is bad enough.

So, on a less whiny note today, husband and I are both impatient children and swapped anniversary gifts 2 weeks early because we couldn't wait to give them. We have previously done Christmas presents the first week of December too, that's just the kind of relationship we have. Anyways I got him some cool artwork and now…

I'm technically obese again. I've gained one pound per day for the last 5 days. I'm definitely not having 5000 calorie days so I know it's not fat, but it's seriously disheartening. I don't know what's going on but I'm really struggling not to cry about this. Maybe the fiber again? My stomach doesn't hurt but its loud…

I'm technically obese again. I've gained one pound per day for the last 5 days. I'm definitely not having 5000 calorie days so I know it's not fat, but it's seriously disheartening. I don't know what's going on but I'm really struggling not to cry about this. Maybe the fiber again? My stomach doesn't hurt but its loud…

Lots of veggies and berries. A whole bowl of broccoli is like 30 calories and a lot of food. I fill my sandwiches with cucumbers and spinach. Etc.

How many calories have you eaten today?

Two more weeks. Just two more weeks and I'm on vacation. So far away. -_- Something messed up in my stomach again. I'm gaining a pound a day, I'm already up 5. I am definitely not eating that much! Its disheartening though. I used to hate walking so much but now I really look forward to the long walks we take on the…

You can do it! *waves pom-poms* Motivation is unsustainable. Nobody can be motivated all the time. Even the person with the greatest job in the world sometimes wants to play hooky. What you need is routine and discipline. Make stuff as integral to your day as brushing your teeth and getting dressed. And then do it even…

@RaisedToRamble Cholesterol checks can give false readings during weight loss. Because your fat cells are shrinking and dumping waste into your bloodstream. My blood test results come back with higher cholesterol readings every single time these days. Also if you are walking a lot more, you're almost definitely retaining…

@jugar I weighed in at 182.6. I have no idea why I'm up 2 pounds but it really sucks. :( I guess I just had too much salt yesterday or something.

Cucumbers/pickles. You can eat 60 grams for 9 calories, which means I don't even bother weighing mine anymore. I have baggies of sliced cucumber and giant jars of pickles in the fridge to munch on. Sometimes that hunger is just low sodium I find and I just need something salty.

Its take-out friday, our unofficial official order in dinner day. And I had half a Costco double chocolate chip muffin for breakfast so I won't be getting fast food tonight. They're so good and also 700 calories. -_- My shirts are getting looser and looser. I might have to hit up Walmart or a thrift store just for anything…

I'm starting to feel smaller. I didn't think that would ever happen. I still struggle to see it but slowly I feel better in my own skin. I took a picture wearing last year's jeans to help remind myself.

Book recommendations are my favorite thing to go on about. I read a LOT. For non-fiction, I always tell people to hit up Will Ferguson. Hitching Rides With Buddha is about the time he hitchhiked from one end of Japan to the other and is in parts hysterically funny, and in other parts achingly sad. I Was a Teenage…

Again, it's not a conundrum. Your weight fluctuates due to water, other things in your body that aren't fat but have weight, and the fact that weight loss is slow and easily masked by the changing weights of all those other things. Especially because you exercise so much, which causes muscle damage, which results in extra…

How my brain works: I need to walk more. Actually, I need to drink more water. Oh, I need to water my plant. *pours water bottle on plant, does not drink any* Why am I so dehydrated? Sigh. I didn't sleep until late last night again because I was thinking about a comic/show that I got husband hooked on with me and then…

I tell people this a lot, but scales don't just weigh fat. They weigh water, undigested food, poop, lactic acid, glycogen, etc. Your total weight is all those things and can fluctuate as much as 10 pounds per day. You're only going to see meaningful change by watching trends over weeks and months. Changes day to day are…

I just ate an entire bag of gummy sour peach rings and I'm not sorry. They were delicious. I got maybe 2 hours of sleep last night for one reason or another and sugar tastes especially good when I'm exhausted. Anyways I weighed at 180.4 so I'm once again doing the taunting dance just above the drop into the next tens…