marisbowen

That sounds like a good idea in theory, but its like I go into a food black out! I tell me self only one piece or one bite, than I look down and see only crumbs! lol Its a constant struggle, but I'm down another pound this week! And I had homemade pizza twice this week. lol OMG. It's a never ending learning process and I'm…

COUNTLESS. I never did fad diets, just exercise and eat healthier. I grew up chubby until the summer before High School. I started running every night. That summer I stuck it out went from jean size 24 to 8. Of course I was a young girl at the time. Than school started and I went back to my old habits and bumped up to 12.…

I grew up cooking like my mom - large meals. Even if there was only a couple of us at home. So since I live alone now, I look for healther meals or even better crock pot recipes. They still turn out large but thats my lunch for the work week. I absolutly LOVE to bake, so if I make something I'm craving but isn't exactly…

Milk. No problem with water, juice, etc. - but Milk? No way! Gross out!

This happend to me Saturday. But I put in my weight and it said 401, when I put it into MFP - 700! Since I knew the intense level I worked the machine, MFP had to be wrong. So I adjusted the time to match more of what the elliptical told me.

I talked to a woman who recently healed from surgery for her loose skin. The one thing she told me she regretted: Not weight training. She told me atleast 15mins a day lift weights...but we were talking about arms.

This year I noticed the bloating in the tummy area. I've also read to little or to much salt can cause additional bloating.

^^ This sounds delicious, I have a head of cauliflower and was wondering what seasonings to toss with it. Thanks!

Personally its the comments in general. I started on a treadmill but noticed that once I hit 1 mile I struggled for 1.5 miles. My goal was always 2 miles no matter how long it took me. But I was quiting before my goal. So I decided to go outside. Going outside to run was hard for me to get motivated because people are not…

Thank you everyone for the responses. It is energy used and more than on a normal day. I guess becuase I wasn't sweating up my normal storm and my heart wasn't pounding it didn't feel like exercise. I appreciate all the replies!! XOXO

I think I understand what your saying. At first I wasn't eating back my exercise calories because I thought the whole point was to cut back and exercise. But the end of last week and this Mon/Tues, I noticed I barely got through it and all weekend I just wanted to sleep. PLUS I actually gained 2 lbs back. This is what I've…

Wow! And here I thought it was only me that didn't like my weight loss noticed. What bother's me the most was when I was plateauing and still would get comments of weight loss. It made me feel guilty or self concious about the scale. It actually started to stress me out and move the numbers up! Yup, emotional eater here.…

Thank you all for the advice! No to the weights, didn't think about the balance and possible joint issues. Just need to figure out a new route to keep me out there longer and gradually add... Thanks again! Marissa