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I was able to wear a pair of pants that my dad bought my mom when she was 28 when I was in the sixth grade... So, I know what you mean. I however am 3" taller than my mom and was the same height as her when I was in the sixth grade so weighing as much as she did in her 20's shouldn't have been a big deal but it was and I…

You Can also just give it up for Lent. lol. I gave up chocolate one year, replaced it with coffee flavored things (cheating, I am sure), but I stuck to it and eventually didn't want chocolate anymore. At the begining of Lent I told myself that after I was going to have a Chocolate Thunder from down under at outback stake…

For me it just depends on the day. I only drink diet, so it's not like giving it up gives me the same advantage as regular soda drinkers. If you drink regular soda daily, then to lose weight all you have to do is litterally give up the soda. For diet soda drinkers, its not as easy because it's not tequnically what is…

Have you talked to your doctor about Medi-fast? My brother weighed in at near 430 aprox 8 months ago and now he is down to 230. It was the most amazing thing ever. He weighs less right now than he did in Junior high and he is 29. It is a diet that you absolutely can not exercise on and so it works great for people that…

Did you sleep really well? If you aren't sleeping well, your body will retain water until you do get good sleep in. Also if you are in the week before your expected AF then you will retain water.

I weigh every morning but only record when I show progession. I do it purposely to see how my cals and exercise are affected my weight day to day since I don't work out every day and a lot of days I don't meet all my calories, so checking in the morning I can see which made a difference on the scale. Like my "cheat" day,…

If you are consuming high amounts of carbs you need to make sure to keep your fat content low and your calories low. Where you get in trouble is combining high amounts of fat and high amounts of carbs. You cant have both. You have to pick one or the other or cut them both down low. By low, I dont mean only allowing…

Yes. If you are trying to go low carb, fruit is not your friend. On a low carb diet you pretty much want to stick to meat, cheese, eggs and green veggies. Veggies have carbs too but not nearly as much as fruit. What is the main goal of your diet? Are you calorie counting? or are you trying to combine all the diets or just…

I had moved to a different state at one point during college and didn't know any body and ended up eating Jack in the box or mcdonalds the whole time because I was so busy, I was working full and overtime plus I was maxed on school credits. It was hell. The best time was my second half of my first year of school when I was…

Yeah, I started at 200 and went up to 227 in less than a year but got back down to 200 when I found out I was pregnant right before graduation. So, luckily I graduated at the same weight I started but it obviously didn't stay there. lol The 200 I started at was high for my normal weight, I certainly didn't want to gain…

I went to cosmetology school too. I graduated in 09 but Im back in school for a Batchelors in Nursing. It's amazing how easy it was to put on weight there. Mine was right next door to a hometown buffet and all we had in the school was a candy and soda vending machine. I ate like crap there until toward the end when I went…

This is sad... I was a college kid but now Im a college wife and mom. lol. I gained the freshman 15 like 6 years ago in the first term and got it off by the second. I didn't live on campus though, so I am sure that helped, considering most dorms dont really have a great set up for cooking and preping your own food. Do you…

I'll keep it up. but I will also just friend you. I haven't tried to friend anyone yet, so If a request doesn't show right away it's because I'm still trying to figureout how, lol. That is just horrible that you have to go through those cramps, have you ever been on any other birthcontrol? like the pill and not gained…

Its now day 6 after removal and I have lost 5 lbs!!! I love it. The entire time I had the mirena the only thing I craved were foods I craved while i was pregnant, which Im sure helped with weight gain but when I went on a hard core diet and weight loss program 6 months into having the mirena, I didn't lose a pound after a…

I started having break outs with it too. Try using gold dial bar soap and a black head scrub. Use the scrub first so that it opens your pores and then use the dial to get rid of all the bacteria. Its what worked on my skin. Proactive was horrible on my skin and just made it worse. I like clean and clear but I had to use…

Well, back when I was at my thinest.. (which i just posted pics of on my profile for inspiration and its sad looking at my pics now compared to them) I used to eat a scrambled egg (made in microwave, you just fork beat an egg with a tiny bit of milk and plop in mic for one minute) with salt and peper and a little bit of…

Yeah, putting more into breakfast could really help when I think about it. Usually when I eat a good breakfast I get really hungry just hours later. I guess I need to sit down and actually meal plan. As far as how many calories I need to eat at each meal and try to stick to it, but then what happens when you exercise later…

Little up date... I had my mirena removed 5 days ago. I weighed yesterday and had already lost 3 lbs since it was removed. I wasn't able to lose a single pound after I had gained that 20 lbs when I had it in. I am so excited. I also feel a million times better. All the side effects I had with it were gone by day 3 and now…

Ive been under all but one day. It's so strange because before I started calorie counting I know my calorie intake was probably well over 2000 calories per day and now Im having trouble eating 1200? I know that part of mine is that I am afraid to eat too many calories early in the day as dinner is usually my main meal of…

Yeah, I've done it twice now. The night before last by dinner I had 2017 calories to make up because I had been working extremely hard on my kitchen all day and wasn't hungry, didn't even think about eating. When I was done, I plugged in my exercise from it and that was my number. I freaked. How can you eat 2017 calories…

losing 5 more pounds probably wont change your mid section. It most likely isn't weight as much as it is misplaced weight. You should just try crunches, ball exercises and weight lifting and it may go away. If it doesn't go away after a few months of that, you can probably expect to keep it.

The bmi scale is the biggest load of crap I have ever seen. It is not at all the same for any two people at the same height or weight. All of the men in my family are over 6 feet tall and all have large frames and yet it says that they should all be about 185. My dad got down to that once and looked deathly ill. It was…

You need to be careful with protein powders if you aren't working out every day. They can cause you to pack on the pounds. So stick with whey protein, made for lean muscle and watch the calories and fat. If you are going to use them, I would reccomend using it after your workouts, not before. I would look for one more…

Are you getting the amount of water you need? It would be bloat. You should drink your weight cut in half in ounces per day to keep from retaining.

I so understand. I am on a 1260 cal diet and yesterday I was super busy all day working on my kitchen, when I put in the exercise from it I ended up with 2017 calories I needed to eat for dinner. I had forgotten to eat all day because of how busy I was. I made enchaladas for dinner to see that would take up that many…

I tell my brother this. He recently lost 200 lbs and he said that when he looks in the mirror, he still sees a fat guy. That kind of thinking leads to eating disorders and taking size way too far. He is already the lowest he has been since junior high. He is 6'1 220. He is healthy and looks good. Sure he isn't all toned…

exercise while sick is never a good idea. I used to go round and round with my ex boyfriend about this. Everytime I told him I was sick, he would always say, "You'll feel better if you go get on the tredmill." He was an *kitten*. You may feel good for an hour but that's it. Your metabolism is already in high gear when you…

You definately want to eat a good breakfast with some protein, like maybe some eggs and whole wheat toast. The combination of the carb and protein will keep you full for the run and give you a lasting energy. Dont forget your vitamins and your water. it's not about finishing first, its about finishing, even if you have to…

I completely understand. I hate the clean up after dinner but my husband got to bare the brunt of that for the last few months and suddenly we started eating out all the time which turned out to not be a good thing. It got so bad that we would go grocery shopping, get home and before I could put the groceries away he would…

I love your goal of "just being overweight." That is so my goal! My actual goal weight would still put me in the overweight catagory but I don't care. I loved my body at that weight and I certainly didn't look overweight.