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I guess the silence means nobody sees any holes in my plan! :)

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Thank you all so much for your help and support! It's so wonderful to have a community of such awesome people to turn to in times like this! I totally understand how little bits of overeating add up when you don't counter it with an equal calorie deficit on following days... That's exactly what happens to me as well. Plus…

You're totally right. Thanks so much for telling me that. I think I needed it! I feel like I eat just because I want to. Not eating makes me unhappy. I like food. I mean, who doesn't? Motivation and inspiration don't last forever though and when it comes down to it, I always end up overeating. What do people generally do…

Hopefully! I feel bad that you're going through the same thing, but it does provide some sort of validation to know I'm not the only one going through it. We all know how hard it is to drop 10lbs. It seems like each time I gain that chunk of weight back 1) I feel worse about myself and 2) it's harder to take off. Perhaps…

Wow. Thank you so much everyone for the overwhelming support. I really appreciate it!!! For everyone who suggested weight lifting, I lift 2x/week. I do four sets of 12 reps with the heaviest weight I can stand. I'm not bulky but I am very toned underneath the fat that does still exist. I also run 3miles 3x/week and do 40…

@markpmc, I actually purchased Nutvia hemp protein powder to add protein shakes to my daily regime :) https://store.nutiva.com/hemp-protein/

@Gt3ch, thank you for all of your comments, and inspiration. I'm also borderline vegan. I have also been a vegetarian for quite some time now and I could never turn my back on it. I feel incredibly good. I never get sick. I have a ton of energy and I sleep very well at night. My blood labs are always on point. Truly I've…

Thank you everyone who commented and gave advice. As many of you have said, I've got to stop relying to heavily on the measurements of my body fat scale. Thank you also to everyone who supports my animal rights views :happy: I appreciate that!!! @LaurenAOK, that's very interesting. Thanks a lot for posting the explanation.…

@possibri I just ordered a 3lb bag of Nutiva hemp seed 15g! Thank you! :happy:

Thank you everyone so much for your comments and advice, I really, really appreciate it! I'm going to shoot for 100g/day of protein. I got a jar of chocolate whey protein last night (because that's all I could find - I'm going to order hemp protein online, do you guys have any specific brands that are good?). I'm going to…

@WendyTerry, I've heard a lot about hemp protein powder... Perhaps it's time to try that!!! Thanks for the reference!

Thank you everyone for your input!!! I appreciate everyone's help very very much! After all who wants to put in all this effort to find out they could have done it more efficiently down the line, right? :happy: Okay, in addition to lowering carbs a bit and adding a day of strength training, I'm going to up my protein. I'll…

After doing some research this afternoon, I think I'm going to make the following changes: - Decrease my carbohydrate intake from 200-250g/day to under 150g/day - Increase my strength training from 2x/week to 3x/week I'm not sure how the lower carb diet will affect my cardio, but after reading a bunch of stuff today, I'm…

I don't eat meat because I am an animal rights activist and I don't believe that animals are here for us to eat. I believe that they should be allowed to live their own lives without human interference. The meat industry abuses animals in absurd ways which most of us don't know about simply because we were raised to eat…

I have a body fat scale (who knows how accurate it is)... I used the formula LBM = weight - ( body fat * weight ) 9/29/2012 weight = 144 BF = 27.08% LBM = 105 10/5/2012 weight = 142.4 BF = 26.80% LBM = 104.2368 10/12/2012 weight = 142 BF = 26.60% LBM = 104.2280 10/19/2012 weight = 140 BF = 26.10% LBM = 103.4644 10/26/2012…