DorothyR87

Myfitnesspal has my calories set at 1490 a day, however I eat back a good chunk of my exercise calories. My net is still around that area. Feel free to add me.

I have been with my husband for 6 years, married for 3. I know that isn't really all that much, but in those 6 years we have been through A LOT of rough situations that I don't care to elaborate on. I think that first off you have to be in a relationship with someone that you truly love and couldn't imagine being without…

I have lost 33 lbs primarily from walking/running outside and cutting calories. I have had a gym membership for probably two years now and I can honestly say I have gone maybe what averages out to once or twice a month. It is totally obtainable to lose weight without spending money on a pricey gym membership, especially…

I think that really depends on the person. Right now I'm 38DDD and when I was 140lbs in high school I was 36DD. Someone people are just destined to always have big breasts and others will lose them when they lose weight.

I have the flex and my husband has the force and we love them both. I have mine on my non-dominant hand, but have it set as if it's on my dominant. By doing that is reduces the sensitivity. I would say all fitbits will have some degree of inaccuracy. I haven't had any issues with mine affecting my weight loss though. I eat…

I have the flex and my husband has the force and neither of us have had an issue. We were them all the time except for when showering.

I always enter in my food before I eat any of it. If I go to grab cookies and I enter it in sometime I will look at the calories and decide not to have them after all. I also measure everything out that I eat. If I want chips I get out my food scale, put how much I am allowing myself into a small bowl, then put the bag…

If you believe you can resume your healthy eating patterns again the next day then I would say go for it. I personally cannot do cheat days since every single time I have tried they turn into cheat weeks or months. I would still log everything you eat though.

I agree with the exercise bike idea. I had torn my MCL and MPFL (yes I know it's not exactly the same thing) and the exercise bike was amazing, If you adjust the seat so its high enough your knee doesn't bend as much and it's more comfortable. The number one thing though is after you do the bike be sure to ice the crap out…

Perhaps your friends are feeling a bit jealous? Maybe they see how great you are looking and it makes them feel insecure about themselves. Judging by the picture you do not look like you are starving.

Not gonna lie I totally thought this said you were a CRAB addict. It was much more interesting thinking you couldn't have your insane desire for crustaceans satiated.

^This. Your weight can fluctuate so much over the course of a day so it's much better to weigh at the same time.

Most of this is sound advice, except you can't always count on the blood test (which only tells you if you have Celiac, not an intolerance). The blood test can also be inaccurate. A biopsy is still the best way to test for Celiac. Additionally, you have people like me in the gluten intolerant subset. I have had the biopsy…

I have the Zombies Run app and I LOVE it. It's great to have a story line to go along with your run. Best of luck!

I have a fitbit flex and while it of course is not 100% accurate I find that it motivates me. I am constantly checking it and if I am not at my goals for the day I will walk until I am. Just having it on encourages me to move more than I normally would. Additionally I love that the fitbit connects with MFP and adjusts my…

I'm going to say there isn't one particular brand that always has good gluten-free products. I would recommend going to a health food store and take around at what they have. Some of those types of stores have aisles dedicated to just GF products. When I first started eating gluten free I kept a log of which products I…

I would recommend if you are wanting to try only try for short amounts at first. I have two small dogs and one would be good with running for awhile while the other would probably be unable to run very far (neither are overweight or elderly). I think it really depends on your dog.

The lowest I've really been is 140 lbs. At this point I am thinking I would like to be around 150-155. I think if I were much smaller it wouldn't look very good on me.

You actually can't discount "everything." It would really depend on how long before you threw up that you ate the food. Personally, even if I throw it back up I still count it. I would rather underestimate than overestimate.

I am gluten intolerant and for me before I removed gluten from my diet it was a lifetime of feeling like crap (diarrhea, nausea, fatigue). If you haven't consistently exhibited those symptoms after eating gluten for awhile, then I wouldn't really think it was related to gluten.

You sound like me, except I think I have disappeared quite a few more times. Not everyone is able to jump all in and stay 100% dedicated. Sometimes it take a few tries before it sticks. Feel free to add me if you would like.

Honestly I didn't really feel like there was a difference until 15-20 lbs. Just keep hanging in there!

So far today I haven't consumed anything that I didn't enjoy, but if I did I would log it for sure. But next time you start eating something and after the first bite you don't enjoy/like it or need it then just stop. I would not want to waste my calories on something I don't enjoy.

I have lost 30 lbs by weighing my food. Now I can't say I get all nutso and weigh things when I am dining out, but if it's prepared at home (which my food usually is) then it gets weighed. I can say that by weighing my food I am now a better judge of what exactly a portion is for when my food scale isn't available. For me…

Ok my two favorite boys names are totally way out there but I love the names Reid and Tolliver. Unfortunately, I could never use Reid because my last name is Reed and well Reid Reed would just be awful. As for Tolliver, my husband had a friend that he always called Tolliver and for the longest time I thought it was his…

I actually met my husband on Match.com. I think that by using a paying site it helps weed out a lot of weirdos and people just looking for hookups. And you can't expect to meet someone that you could have a relationship with right away. I think I went on dates with maybe half a dozen guys and weeded out dozens more through…

I don't know why, but I go into panic mode if there is less than 800 calories for dinner. I try to have around 1000. I don't usually eat it all but knowing I have flexibility for dinner is comforting. Usually during the day I am in too much of a rush to eat a lot so dinner is always the biggest meal for me.

I would love to drop 13 lbs by Christmas but realistically I hope to lose 8 lbs.

I played high school year round up until I graduated from high school so I was always in pretty good shape. After that I went from doing exercise from 2 hours a day to none at all. I gained about 20 pounds in 2 years. Then I met my husband and I guess I stopped even remotely trying and gained another 40 lbs in 4-5 years. I…

This is probably my third attempt since I started MPG. Each time I would lose around 10 lbs and then go off track. Until this last time I really never worked out and tried to lose the weight by only eating less. This time I added working out and I have really stuck with it. Now I love to run and I don't think of eating…