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Real "Aha" moment right here, right now. Thanks.

2. I hate running.

Your kinda missing arms and shoulder as part of a body group.

I'm 5'. At my leanest I weighed 140, wearing a size 4-6.

you need to cut the processed foods like the bologna. Your eating chips, poptarts, ranch dressing, all of which are highly processed. You could make a chicken breast with a little salt or some Mrs. Dash and it would drastically cut your sodium.

Cheddar cheese and coffee.

Let's start with some basic information: how many calories is your goal a day? what's your starting weight?

Well it's clearly NOT working since you posted the thread. Are you even open to recommendations? With a 3 hours commute, I would highly doubt you would consider the lifestyle as moderately active.

don't listen to this. it's pretty hard to gain that much muscle in such a short period of time WHILE trying to lose weight.

When starting to exercise you might see some weight gain because your muscles are retaining water. I only ever see weight loss after a rest day. Exercise's , both cardio and strength training, benefits is for more than just weight loss and by not doing them you are doing a disservice to your body.

I'm not sure if I'll have access to a microwave or fridge. I called ahead and they outright said no to the microwave and the fridge was not guaranteed.

Basically this

In my opinion it's both. You can do a very healthy balance diet on 1500 calories. I don't understand the issue.

I lost weight on my antidepressants.

Didn't you read his post about being lazy and unmotivated? This is all good suggestions for someone who wants to work for it.

I mostly plan but most of the time will try to fit it within my calories/macro for the day or make up within the few days around it.

I'm calling you out.... your original post mentions that you are eating fast food every day. At $8 per day x 2, you are spending weekly $80 on one crappy meal.

Your schedule doesn't look busy to me. I'm up at 4:30, at work 7-5, workout for 1 to 1 1/2 hr, get home by 7:30. Dinner is usually salad or something quick like breakfast tacos.

That's going to come down to nutrition and heavy lifting then. I'm 5', look for similar. I want to be somewhere in the mid 130s and get ripped. I'm at 164 as of this am.

Why not sync it to MFP and then you don't have to do anything?

Nothing. My peak exercise time is around 10-11 but unfortunately I'm at work at that time.

Who's the idiot women who would tell you the truth about their past. I know I wouldn't because my past is mine and you shouldn't need to know.

down 7.5lbs, and my pants aren't suffocating me as much today as last week. :wink:

Inland Empire

I do the same thing. I see progress and then stop. Last time I stuck with it for about 8 months, felt great but then hit a nasty bump in my depression and derailed completely.

I love the weekend getaway idea! Maybe a camping trip, if I could find a darn campground available.

If you have a gym membership, take a personal training class and have them teach you how to lift weights and start lifting as heavy as you can (without hurting yourself) and build up from there. You can also learn from apps or online.

Thanks for the clarification. I just thought he really liked kittens....because well who doesn't.

Then start lifting and eating more. At 1200 you might get skinny but not lose the fat. I'm 5' and at anything less than 135 I look too skinny, mostly because by building muscle you weight more. Focus more on getting fit and building muscle and you'll see the difference.

Exactly!!!!