CaliDreams27 Member

Thanks for the support everyone!!!!! This is such an amazing community! I really appreciate it:)

Thanks for all the insight guys! I guess my battle with the scale is wayyyy more emotional than most of you. Its a defense mechanism to stay away from it so i'm gonna do just that in order to improve my fitness WHILE listening to my body and how SHE feels:)

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Getting rid of the scale was one of my biggest victories too! You can go from feeling on top of the world to underneath it in no time! I only weigh once a week now and it def feels amazing to be detached for the first time in a long time! I put mine across the house at the top of a closet. I'm too lazy to get it down just…

"A year from now, you will wish you had started today"- Karen Lamb

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This! Also, the quote that keeps me going right now (and the one i've plastered everywhere at work and at home lol) is: "A year from now you will wish you had started today." It reminds me that today is the day to get this done, not tomorrow!:) Tomorrow turns into next year which turns into five years......etc.

My husband doesnt work out with me, but he has started to incorporate basketball into his schedule weekly as a means of getting extra exercise (he had a VERY active job and honestly doesnt need much more exercise lol). He also notices that when we're both on a free for all and eat whatever we want, he gains weight so he…

Feel free to add me as well everyone:)

Ahhhh!! Thanks so much for the suggestions guys!!! These are genius!!:) Would've never even thought about 3/4 of these ideas!

Thanks for all the encouragement guys:) It's good to see that i'm not alone in this. I feel like all of my MFP friends are doing amazing and losing tons of weight and i'm gaining it all and failing over and over while I watch them succeed. My biggest goal right now (while starting over AGAIN) is to figure out why I keep…

Taking it a day at a time is DEFINITELY a better strategy I think than trying to aim for the bigger picture. Thats one of my new tactics as well:)

I'm there as well:) My brain is my biggest problem. Everytime I feel like i'm at the brink of a breakthrough, a little voice says "No you're not. You're gonna fail this time just like you did every other time". Sucks but i'm trying to work past it......

My reward system is more of a continual one. Giving myself "prizes" for losing a certain amount of weight never worked for me because if I want it bad enough, I get it anyway lol During the week, I eat really well and try to stay to a minimum amount of carbs (and a calorie limit). If I succeed all 5 days, on saturday and…

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Bump. Catching this at the end of my shift lol

p.s.- The last time I did a lower carb lifestyle, I lost 35 pounds and kept it off for 4 years (while re-introducing carbs, better carbs, with the occasional doughnut, cookie, candy bar, etc.) before having my son. Eating carbs again daily after stopping my active diet didn't "automatically" guarantee that I would gain it…

I definitely agree. I was staying under my calorie limit and exercising and the scale wouldn't budge. For me, eating 1200-1500 calories a day of candy, 100 cal cookies, etc, in addition to my regular meals was hindering my weight loss (calories in, calories out is all that matters right? Not so much). My simple truth is…

Bump. Def gonna do some research into these. Thanks ladies!

Wow!! Everyone looks so amazing! How's that for inspiration ladies?!:)

I just deleted someone today because of that. A million status updates a day and majority of them were about her personal life, her boyfriend, etc. They were also super negative and it was starting to piss me off to see that every 5 mins lol

I just deleted someone today because of that. A million status updates a day and majority of them were about her personal life, her boyfriend, etc. They were also super negative and it was starting to piss me off to see that every 5 mins lol

Newport News here! We should start some sort of meet up!

I'd love to join as well!:)

Thanks for the suggestions! Found a pretty good banana bread recipe on hungry girl that I'm gonna try this weekend!:)

Thanks for your add! We can do this!:) p.s.- One of my very best friends is from Saint John, NB:) Small world! Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter