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Welcome :drinker: Thank you for all you've done :) My husband is currently serving overseas.

Just a suggestion: Instead of giving up completely until the holidays are over... try just taking measurements during the holidays and staying away from the scale if it's discouraging you! :drinker:

I haven't dared to try eating Chinese yet... but it was one of my favorite foods :frown: But I know what you mean, when I went to Mcdonalds the other day with my little brother, I got a grilled chicken snack wrap (what I usually get), and I couldn't even finish it... it just wasn't appealing to me, and it made me feel…

Salem CT here.. New London County :drinker:

That's a good question too!! I never though of it that way, I know our bodies burn calories while we sleep also, but probably not nearly as much, right? :grumble: Why is this all so complex? :tongue:

:laugh: I'll have to splurge and eat a big tv dinner later :tongue: I planned on exercising today too... so there's even more calories :noway: And I wish I was going out so I could drink all of my calories away :grumble: but nobody has plans tonight for some reason :yawn:

:bigsmile: It's okay thanks!! Maybe I will just stay up late tonight? :tongue:

For some reason today I woke up only about 20 minutes ago, it's 12:11 PM here, and I have had nothing to eat/drink yet!! How on earth do I catch up on all of my calories without stuffing myself silly :noway: I have normally already had breakfast, a small snack (fiber one bar), and I'd be making lunch right now :frown:

It's different for everybody... I lost 8lbs my first month here, I logged EVERYTHING, and hardly ever went over my calorie limits, and I always eat my exercise calories too! If you find yourself becoming impatient, I would suggest measuring yourself once a week, for a while instead of using the scale too often. Scales can…

I started out walking 1 mile a day, and then eventually two miles, and along with counting calories, I am down 8lbs in one month. Now that the weather is wet and cold though, I have switched to an indoor bike trainer, which burns a lot more calories in a shorter amount of time :wink: But I miss walking, I wish I could…

:flowerforyou: Welcome back!

Congrats!! :drinker: :flowerforyou: :noway: What a big step! I can't wait to hit the 10 lb mark!!

:drinker: Welcome back!! You can do it this time :flowerforyou:

Good idea to stick to measuring if you're getting discouraged because of the scale. Most of it is probably water weight. But also you said you are eating under your limit?? That's not the best idea, your body could be going into starvation mode, and that will slow down or maybe even stop your weight loss completely. You…

:drinker: :flowerforyou: Congrats! You are such an inspiration to me :smile:

I am going to join kind of late :tongue: Starting Weight- 203lbs (Nov. 8th) Current Weight- 195 lbs(Dec. 8th) :happy: Christmas Goal- 189 lbs Goal for end of March (Germany Vaca!)- 165 :noway: Yeah right :bigsmile:

Yes you are supposed to eat your calories earned from exercise! MFP automatically calculates your calorie deficit, so if you don't eat your exercise calories, you will be adding to the deficit and as a result your body could go into starvation mode.

I agree with the others. Not only do you need to eat AT LEAST 1200 calories (Don't eat less than that like you said you are) You need to eat your exercise calories as well! That's probably your main problem, when i first started, I was barely eating my calories, and sometimes I was under, and I wasn't really losing during…

:drinker: I wish i had found this site sooner too! But better late than never :tongue:

I forgot to weigh in :ohwell: I am weighing once every two weeks on Monday morning... I have lost 4 lbs in the last 2 weeks, for a total weight loss of 8 lbs! :flowerforyou: We need more people to weigh in!

I think you are right! :smile: I have been out with friends a lot lately, and I have been to several holiday parties, but something has been in the back of my mind the whole time, keeping my eating habits under control :wink: I have learned that you don't need to starve to lose weight, and that eating healthy isn't all…

Thank you very much!! :drinker:

So this whole thing started for me a month ago, and I weighed in once a week. Two weeks ago I had lost 4 lbs! But I decided for the holidays I would not weigh in as much because knowing me, I would either gain or maintain, so there was no point. Well today (two weeks later) I gave in, and had to weigh myself... I was…

I went to Applebees the other day and they had a healthy menu (I think it was Weight Watchers) Most major restaurant chains have one! Also, I don't know if you are fast food eater, but I used to eat it every day before I started this, and it's hard to drop it completely, so once or twice a month, if I'm out, I will order a…

count calories eat exercise calories bike or walk 45 min at least 4 times a week

I went over by at least 200 calories... but I only had one plate (an accomplishment for me) :glasses: I don't feel bad, I feel like everything I am doing now is an improvement from before I started this plan :smile:

:flowerforyou: I'm in!! And I like the check in idea!! But I will only be checking in every two weeks, the scale depresses me :laugh: I am concentrating more on how I feel, and my measurements :wink: Anyway.. my short term goal is just to look and feel better by March, my husband is deployed for a year, I haven't seen him…

I don't understand it either :indifferent: Stupid Scales

:laugh: That is a bad obsession lol I only weigh once a week, I just got curious yesterday because my little brother thinks its SO funny when he weighs before and after going #2 ...he loses like 2 lbs sometimes :grumble: Of course I "gained" after going. :tongue:

I will definitely make sure I do that, I never thought about that before :smile: And Spikes121-- I'll try your idea too!! I think that would be the most accurate way to get the right numbers!