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You should not be below 1200 calories! Be sure to eat your full 1300. You will lose a little more slowly, but it will be worth it if you're not hungry all the time. Look for filling foods (lots of protein!) to help fill you up. Check out this article about why you shouldn't be below 1200:…

I weigh in daily, but I only log when I hit a new low weight. My pattern seems to be that I'll hit a new low weight, fluctuate up and down by up to a pound for several days, then bam! new low weight again. As long as that pattern continues, I still see a downward trend. I don't stress about the fluctuations, because I know…

This is what my trainer is doing. She has access to my diary and will make suggestions on new foods to try or things to tweak. So far I have not needed any major tweaks to what I'm eating, so it's working!

I don't think I could stick to keto. I have PCOS, and the recommended macros for PCOS are 20% carbs, 40% fat, 40% protein, and that works for me. My trainer also highly recommended NOT doing keto because of the lack of sustainability. I tend to agree. I could probably do it for a short amount of time, but I will have to…

Thank you for sharing this. I’m 5’4” and started at 191. Been trying to determine a good goal weight. Your pics give me a good idea of what would be attainable for me! You look great!

For some of us, CICO is NOT completely true. I have PCOS, which is rooted in insulin resistance. If I don't limit carbs and sugar, CICO won't help because of the way my body responds to sugar. So while CICO is true in a sense, it is too general to work for some people who have specific metabolic issues. And the OP is…

Another vote here for the personal trainer! I know it's a financial sacrifice (it is for me, but so worth it!), but the benefits are amazing. I started with a trainer a month ago, and we've worked out several times. I meet with her twice a week and then she sends me another workout to do at home on my own (my apartment…

They're probably jealous of the success you've had. People can be jerks when they feel inadequate.

The only people who need to be concerned about carbs is people with insulin issues. I have PCOS, and I have to be careful about carbs. I try to limit myself to only one carb per meal (choose potato OR bread, not both), and I try to eat as many of my carbs whole-grain as possible. But even those with insulin issues need…

OK, so my doctor called after I got home from work last night. She thinks the high triglycerides are from my birth control pill. We switched pills last fall to one that had more estrogen in it, and she thinks that may be the cause. She switched me back to a pill with less estrogen, and we'll retest in about six months (I'm…

I'm not logging because I've done it in the past and it's not sustainable for me. My biggest weakness was white carbs and added sugar, and just by cutting sugar and changing my carbs to whole grain, I'm losing weight steadily. I want to lose in a way that doesn't require me logging every bite. It can easily become an…

That's what's so frustrating--I've lost 23 pounds and am exercising regularly, and my numbers are worse than they were last October. UGH. Just gonna have to really crack down on my diet and get the numbers under control. My doctor will probably have more bloodwork done in a couple of months to see if things have gotten any…

I'm using Jeff Galloway's 10K training app. It's very effective, and it provides voice coaching if you want it. He advocates the run/walk/run method, and I'm already seeing improvement after only a week.

If you want to keep it off, you can't just go back to what you were doing before. I'm not in maintenance mode yet, but some have said maintaining is harder than losing it.

Avoid bacon? Are they freaking kidding?!

I agree--soda is not a good idea. Fruit juice if you really need it quick, or a piece of whole fruit. Peanut butter and crackers is also good. And it's always best if you can ward off the hypoglycemia before it starts by eating snacks throughout the day. Nuts, seeds, peanut butter, etc., are all good choices.

My favorites are Quest cookie dough and cookies and cream. The mint chocolate is pretty good too.

I like the Quest cookies and cream. I mix it with unsweetened vanilla almond milk in a blender cup and just shake it up.

Um...no. Just NO. Snakes terrify me. In my head, rationally, I know the non-venomous ones won't hurt me, and I know it's an irrational fear, but it's there nonetheless. When I walk into the reptile house at the zoo, the hairs on my arms will literally stand straight up on end. :(

I thought about having my protein shake first. I'll pick up some bananas too. I love them, and they are a quick sugar rush. And natural fruit sugars are fine. I may try just adding some fruit to almond milk and blending it up. I can even do that the night before so I can just grab it from the fridge on my way out the door.…

My next mini-goal is to get into the 170s. I'm at 182.3. So close! Another mini-goal is to get into a size 8 jeans (I'm in loose 12s now).

The only people who have to be careful about carbs is people who have diabetes, PCOS, insulin resistance, or other issues with insulin. I have to be careful about the kind of carbs I have (whole grain carbs have less impact on blood sugar levels than processed "white" carbs), but I can still have carbs. I just use…

Oh Lawd...if I had to eat that way I'd be ready to hurt someone. That's so little food that it would take the word "hangry" to Incredible Hulk levels. OP, a good eating plan for weight loss is one that is SUSTAINABLE. That means you can keep it up long-term. This "military diet" is not sustainable; I'd even say it's not…

Stick with it. At my first BodyPump class, I was using the lowest possible weight and barely keeping up. A month later, I've upped my weight in several areas and can do all the reps (except pushups--still having trouble with those, but I can already do more than I could when I started). You just have to push through as…

Even small progress is progress! Great job!

Read "The PCOS Diet" by Hillary Wright. Great stuff.

My resting heart rate is down to about 53. It was in the 65-70 range 3 months ago! I also got into a size 10 skirt COMFORTABLY yesterday! Single digit sizes, here I come!

I recently found a recipe for brown rice that I like a lot that uses chicken broth, EVOO, and salt. Super easy. I bake it when I have other stuff in to bake, and I can eat off the dish for a week. I added herbs to mine, too.

It doesn't bother me at all. I am looking to sell my Blaze (I have the purple band, a black leather band, and a gold band and a silver band--the gold and silver are not Fitbit brand but they work just fine). I want to upgrade to the Surge. When I bought my Blaze I was just doing gym workouts, but now I've gotten into…

I agree--spice that chicken up! Herbs and spices are great to flavor food and many of the herbs have health benefits as well. Try baking the chicken instead--put it in a glass dish, season it well with whatever combination of spices and herbs you want, and cover it with aluminum foil (preferable the heavy duty kind). Bake…