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Thanks for this. No, I started logging everything yesterday but gave up in the afternoon... But I'm going to do it today, even if I end up over my calories! Good luck to you. I'm so sorry you went through that. That's a lot for someone to have to deal with, let alone in that short amount of time. I hope things are starting…

Glad it's not just me. I was inputting my food for the day and saw I'd somehow burned over 1000 calories! Just sitting at my desk! Hope it gets fixed soon.

I understood that logically, but I had hoped to progress more in the time I'd been doing this. It's been 2.5 years since I started! I guess I was going at a pace that I could maintain short term but didn't really thing about slowing down even more, because my pace was already slower than some people walk. I honestly didn't…

Thanks! You're very kind. :) I feel very accomplished!

Well, I didn't try the interval training yet, but I am very happy to report that, after slowing my pace even more, I was able to make 5k!! It took 43 minutes, but that doesn't matter to me. The important thing is I accomplished something I didn't think I'd be able to!

Interestingly, I'm being treated for two of those things. I have hypothyroidism and chronically low iron, but both have been under control for a while. Still, that is something to keep in mind!

I was jogging three times a week pretty regularly for several months, but as it got hotter, I did it less and less. I'm trying to start up again. I know I'm going to need to recover what stamina I had before I can push myself more, but even when I was doing it 3x/week consistently, I wasn't really seeing improvement.

Thanks for the replies, everyone! There's some great advice here. I think I'll give interval training a shot and see if I improve with that. If not, I suppose I'll just have be content with where I'm at and continue to do other forms of activity, like walking and the elliptical, while still doing what jogging I can. As for…

At work, which I only do once or twice a week because coffee isn't always kind to me: black with 5 packets of sugar. At Starbucks, 'tis the season for salted caramel mochas! Except I take mine with white mocha sauce instead of the regular. I'm not a fan of regular mocha flavor in general. I also like the salted cream cold…

36/F, 5'2 Ultimate Starting Weight: 282 Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 158 Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (since I'm starting late and had trouble staying within my calories for a while after Easter) Ultimate Goal Weight: 125 April 26: 159.6 May 3: 159.1 May 10: 158.8 May 17: 156.8 May 24: 156.4 May 31: 155.6…

36/F, 5'2 Ultimate Starting Weight: 282 Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 158 Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (since I'm starting late and had trouble staying within my calories for a while after Easter) Ultimate Goal Weight: 125 April 26: 159.6 May 3: 159.1 May 10: 158.8 May 17: 156.8 May 24: 156.4 May 31: 155.6…

36/F, 5'2 Ultimate Starting Weight: 282 Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 158 Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (since I'm starting late and had trouble staying within my calories for a while after Easter) Ultimate Goal Weight: 125 April 26: 159.6 May 3: 159.1 May 10: 158.8 May 17: 156.8 May 24: 156.4 May 31: 155.6…

Same! :D

lol! Not quite, but maybe if I'm feeling free and graceful one day... :D

I don't know if it's just an Android issue. I entered my food through the website this morning and kept getting an error. If I tried more than once, I would still get the error, but then the entry would show up in my diary multiple times. I think there are issues across the board right now.

I regularly eat back most if not all of my exercise calories! Jogging for me is a very intense exercise. I wouldn't know how to explain why, because I don't know the science behind it, but I might guess that part of it is I spent most of my life actively avoiding anything other than walking. My heart rate is regularly at…

36/F, 5'2 Ultimate Starting Weight: 282 Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 158 Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (since I'm starting late and had trouble staying within my calories for a while after Easter) Ultimate Goal Weight: 125 April 26: 159.6 May 3: 159.1 May 10: 158.8 May 17: 156.8 May 24: 156.4 May 31: 155.6…

For me, a true 'free' day is a day I don't count how many I'm consuming. My own birthday is usually one of them, Thanksgiving, and a few days during Christmastime. I have no way of knowing how far over I go. I would say maybe a couple thousand, probably a lot more during Christmas because of cookies and other goodies. I…

My thoughts exactly. I regularly burn over 300 calories on my 30 minute jogs. :o

I can't think of anything that triggers me on a regular day, but on a 'free day'--like a celebratory event--kettle chips, snack candies you can grab a handful of (like M&Ms), summer sausage with cheese and crackers... basically any snack foods that are out and about, lol. I don't binge for days, but I will binge for that…

Gonna join in on this. I've had a really tough time sticking to goals after buying a condo. Very stressful times! Fingers crossed I can manage it. 🤞 36/F, 5'2 Ultimate Starting Weight: 282 Challenge Starting Weight on Easter (April 21): 158 Challenge Goal Weight: 150 (since I'm starting late and had trouble staying within…

What's your daily calorie goal? If it's 1200, negative calories won't show because you shouldn't go below that number. It only registers calories burned above and beyond that. Same thing if your calorie goal is, for example, 1250. Until you burn enough in the day to be at 1200 calories, it won't show a negative number, at…

I started getting it a few months ago. I'm 5'2 and 160, with a goal weight of 125, so I still have quite a bit to go. For the most part, I understand that it's coming from a place of concern (the main person guilty of saying this is honestly concerned I'm a victim of low self esteem and an eating disorder). The thing…

I can't remember exactly what was said, but it was similar to what others have already mentioned. Something like, "Motivation is fleeting; it can be gone in a matter of weeks, days, or hours. What you need to do is build good habits and exercise discipline." I think about it every time I set a goal for myself, whether it's…

I have psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Been taking methotrexate for about a year and a half. It helped the inflammation I had in one of my toes and seemed to be helping my plaques for a while, but now the plaques are returning. :( Fortunately still no inflammation, though. /fingers crossed

I'm 5'2. Started at 282 and am down to 160. My goal weight has been 125 since I started. I can't fathom what I'll feel or look like, since I haven't ever weighed that in my adult life (in fact, I had never been below 200 in my adult life until last year, so it's been a mental adjustment!), but I plan to re-evaluate when I…

As many have already suggested, you should use spoons and cups to measure liquids. HOWEVER, I do occasionally use a scale for liquids I have confirmed show correctly on the scale I use, which is the Homecube Big Range Touch Screen Kitchen Food Scale. It will measure liquids, including milk, which has been accurate enough…

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I just started with FitBit. I'm not super active, but I'm also very competitive, so maybe it will motivate me!

I take iron and vitamin D supplements. Double iron, in fact, on doctor's orders, because my body just does not want to retain it. :s