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It tends to be very expensive, so unless these were high-quality/vintage/designer items in the first place you are better off investing in new with as much as you have lost already. Edited to add: if you are only mid-way in your weightloss, consider shopping at thrift shops/off-price stores (TJ Maxx, Burlington, etc.) to…

I have Yaktraks and they are fine for complete snow cover, but when it's highly variable (snow + ice + bare road) I find them to feel jarring when I stride. I have running snowshoes (Crescent Moon) which I love for full snow coverage (on XC trails) but running with them on does change my stride and it's really a different…

No need to start out so fast--"speed" cycling, "brisk" walking... See a doctor and make sure it's ok to exercise and then start slow. Slow your pace down to something you can manage for 30 minutes. Build endurance and the speed will come eventually. The important thing is that even if you are slow, you are still doing more…

@CSARdiver--what brand of treadmill/model did you purchase? My husband and I have been looking and the internet searches yield very different results for "quality".

A friend of mine (Chicagoland area) slipped and fell on black ice while running this past weekend. Dislocated shoulder and broken finger (requiring surgery). Totally not worth running outside at all costs IMO.

I do think this sums it up... There are some other considerations for me but I don't think they necessarily make it much different--as long as I am running I am happy. Running outside--I live in New England so I have to contend with ice, snow, and early nightfall right now. If I time it right though, I can get out and run…

I gained about 3 lbs. More importantly, my college freshman athlete son who lost 15 lbs during fall semester due to the food at school being kind of gross gained back 8 lbs of what he lost because I cooked yummy meals for him and food is love. Yes, I realize that is a total run-on sentence but my heart is full and an extra…

Or use a weight trend app like Happy Scale or Libra...

This. Also--you do have a fair bit of loose skin on your stomach. You did lose 100 lbs fairly quickly--as time goes by this may tighten up a bit. Or not depending on age/genetics.

This is one that I've used--it looks similar--it's good for ball-parking, too, and is consistent with the weigh/take measurements regularly school of thought.

I like Aquaphor a little better--less petroleum-y.

Here's a link to the Runners World tools page--I use it all of the time! https://www.runnersworld.com/tools I tend to run indoors if there is any ice or snow... or if there is enough snow I'll go out on the trails with my running snowshoes. But if I am road running--I wear as bright of colors as possible because of the…

I just ran to read the label on my Califia Farms creamer after reading this thread, and I noticed that is palm oil free... It does contain coconut cream though--aren't coconuts trees in the palm family? What distinguishes palm palm from coconut palm? Does the farming of coconut palms destroy any happy little primates'…

OP, do you want inappropriate DMs? Because this is the way you get inappropriate DMs...

Also consider tracking your weight on Happy Scale or another weight-trending application so that you can see through the fluctuations.

Do you stay in the same rental every year? Buy an inexpensive scale at Target--as someone said above, don't assume that it will be exactly like you home scale, but use it to note trends--and leave it there when you come back north.

If you can't resist sweet food, then don't be around sweet food. Don't buy it, don't go to bakeries, stay away from the dessert table at parties... Find something else to distract you when cravings hit. Have a big glass of water or hot tea. Go for a walk or exercise. Chew gum. Brush your teeth.

I've been down that rabbit hole. I'm a little OCD and have a history of ED, so I've come to terms with the fact that it's probably better for me to not weigh every morsel and just better for me to estimate to the best of my ability. And I'm still successfully losing, so it's working for me. Although being a healthy weight…

Not really that low for a BMR for a 46 year old woman... I'm 48, same height, my BMI is on the lower half of the normal range, and online calculators put me at 1350.

Recomp takes way longer than 3 weeks. I mean, you could probably just dehydrate yourself for 3 weeks to look leaner, but it's really not safe and it's not permanent.

I think you have to work really hard to get rid of the feeling of "entitlement" ("I've worked hard all week--I deserve this..."). I know--I've been there, and it sabotaged my results, too. We're empty nesting now, so we do tend to go out to eat on Friday nights, but my mindset now is to be very careful not to slide…

And you might find that even if you do lose all of the weight you want to lose you still might have a little pooch at your lower abdomen, because genetics.

AFAIK adding breastfeeding in as exercise is the only way to bump up your calorie goal temporarily on mfp without completely resetting your goals.

You're under the care of a doctor, so you should probably mention this issue to him. Dietary changes can also cause gall bladder issues to flare up.

Rollers scare me. I'm probably the only person who would crash her bike in her own basement while literally at a standstill. We have Kickrs and Zwift. Makes it a little like playing a video game when we're stuck cycling inside.

And even then I wouldn't trust someone who logs jumping rope for 60 minutes. That *kitten* is hard!

I guess I'm just passive-aggressive... If I saw unrealistic calorie burns and then that person was whining about "why am I not losing weight???" then I would probably unfriend. Otherwise I would let it go because it's not really my business.

Read to the bottom of the article I posted above--he has suggestions for cross-training that don't involve hiking.

If a person can train for a marathon in 6 months, I'm assuming this is doable as well... Are you following a training plan at all? I found this compliments of Google and it looks akin to the running/triathlon training plans I've used. http://www.adventurealan.com/quick-and-efficient-training-for-backpacking/

Busy-ness aside, you need to make your health a priority--if your ankles are swelling that's not really a good thing! Drink plenty of water during your work day. The bonus is that you will probably have to use the restroom frequently, which means you can get up and move. Use the restroom that is on the next floor up or…