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My favorite is chicken soup. I use better than bullion chicken stock and throw boneless, skinless chicken thighs in along with califlower, zucchini, yellow squash, carrots, peas, onions, minced garlic, and shredded green cabbage. I usually cook it on very low heat overnight. It doesn’t look all that pretty, but many of the…

I add coconut milk and heavy whipping cream into my morning coffee. I make fat bombs by melting unsweetened chocolate chips into coconut oil and allow the mixture to solidify. Once it’s hardened, it’s able to be cut into pieces so it’s like candied fat. Obviously I’m careful with how many chocolate chips I use, but it…

I also had a similar situation. After I lost a significant amount of weight (I believe 50 lbs at this time), people started paying more attention to me, and I developed a friendship with a married couple who lived in an apartment across from me. I saw them all the time and talked with them frequently, but we never hung…

Are you doing any kind of strength training? This can really help change body composition by adding lean muscle which should reduce your fat percentage and tone up problem areas.

5’0 here. I started in the fall of 2012 and lost around 75lbs by the spring of 2014. I got down to around 130lbs with a lot of muscle. I was about a size 20 when I stated and finished at a size 4. I ate a high fat, low carb diet and focused on eating whole foods. I have always hated cardio and still do, but I like heavy…

Calorie shifting works for me. But I've never done anything really low for multiple days and then binged for a couple. Some days I'm just hungrier than others or I know there's a special occasion that I'll want extra calories for. It helps me not feel guilty if I go over as I know I'll just make it up elsewhere without…

I use a tbsp. of heavy cream with a tbsp. of coconut oil in a cup of coffee. I usually drink 3 cups in the morning so I consider it breakfast. It's very yummy and satisfying. My tummy will be happy for hours afterwards.

The ladies that have answered have given wonderful advice. My first thought was also for you to eat more. How about eating at your TDEE - 20%? Less cardio, more strength training and I get much bigger results in less time (in size, not weight. But if the clothing sizes are getting smaller who cares what the scale says?)…

Congratulations! You've done a wonderful job becoming healthier.

Never. I started at 200 and have lost 49 lbs, but I still see the same old person looking back at me in the mirror. I'm hoping one day my mind will catch up and be able to wrap itself around the idea and fully realize that I am SO MUCH thinner. Is this a normal when someone has lost a large amount of weight?

I completely agree with everyone else. Start NOW! I am in the same boat as you right now. I've been saying I'll restart tomorrow...and then tomorrow rolls around and I'm saying the same thing about the next day. A month goes by, and I look back at all the wasted time wishing I had started back sooner. You are so close, and…

I don't like endearments in the beginning of a relationship. I learned early on that when a guy only calls you babe, he probably doesn't know your name or doesn't want to mistakenly call you by whatever other girls name that he's also seeing. After this stage passes and I'm confident this isn't the case, I LOVE terms of…

Cottage cheese Eggs Coffee Coconut oil Olive oil Greek Yogurt with cinnamon and fruit

I eat 3 WHOLE eggs almost every single day. They are so yummy and versatile. I usually scramble mine with veggies...tomatoes, black olives, green and yellow onion, bell peppers, mushrooms, spinach...

My goal weight is about 125. I'm 5' and while my bones are small, I have wide hips and a very large chest (34F...praying to the gods they will shrink quite a bit before I'm done!). I'm a size 10 at 150lbs and ideally I want to be a size 6. But I would even stay a little bigger if it means keeping a 12" difference from my…

After seeing your pictures, I feel the need to start insanity right now lol.

You look amazing!

Pugsleyjean, I have that same issue! I can see in my before and after pictures the change in my body, but on a daily basis when I look at myself I never see a change. But I did walk through the mirror aisle in Hobby Lobby the other day and caught a glimpse of my lower half...I did a double take and said whoa is that really…

It's the most wonderful feeling when people start noticing! Congratulations!

Nope. Thankfully, I maintain weight very easily as long I cut out the alcohol even without exercising. That's where my big issue comes in, and right now I'm counting calories to lose the weight I'd gained by partying hard. I don't tend to ever go back my old drinking and eating habits! Once I get to my goal, I plan on…

Drunken binging is what caused the majority of my weight gain. Giving up alcohol is I think the biggest factor in my losing 50 lbs because it does make me binge eat...every time. But I also want to feel like I live a little so I still allow myself those nights. I just do it a whole lot less and immediately get back on the…

If you don't want to be his mother or caregiver then don't act like it, and stop trying to change him. The idea of him having to explain what he ate and being force fed is crazy. You started dating him at that weight so why can't you accept him for him? At least let him go so he can find someone who will truly appreciate…

I'm waiting for someone to post success pictures for this too as it's also my trouble area. My mother told me I'll probably never get rid of it, but I'm determined to have a bikini body :-).

I have actually gone from a 38DDD to a 34F! I'm still hoping with the more weight I lose that it'll start falling off my chest.

Small but noticeable! Your face looks a lot slimmer.

Yes, I've seen these photos too where the person is stick thin looking and claims to have another 20-30 lbs to lose. I always think to myself, "where is that going to come from? They'd have to cut off both legs to achieve that!" Its a little disturbing.

I took Zoloft for awhile and got side effects like loss of appetite and insomnia. I did lose bit of weight on it because I just wasn't hungry, and I also got restless leg syndrome. My psychiatrist ended up combining with Trazodone which knocked me out within an hour so it was nice. Nothing ever helped with my appetite…

Welcome Heather! From Oklahoma here, but if you'd like a friend feel free to add me.

My ex husband had a friend who actually told me I was so fat I should kill myself. That it's people like me that cause world hunger.

Yep--she's pretty embarrassing. Sometimes I pretend not to know her when we're out in public.