Dorianlg Member

I'm weighing in incredibly late and have been missing but I will go ahead and report 173. Thanks for organizing a new round!

Hi there! I'm Dorian and I'm 29 and in school myself. I'm trying to lose 20 pounds (about 1.5 stone, the internet tells me.) I would be happy to add you and be encouraging. (Also talk about books, which are significantly more fun than dieting.)

I don't think you're cheating yourself at all, I think you are giving yourself a psychological safety net, and that's fine. I myself have a specific day that I record my weight, and then it all evens out over time. I think where this honesty about recording comes much more into play is if you find your weight is…

Here, you might like this, it's Mark Bittman's "soup matrix." (He's the guy who writes How to Cook Everything.) http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/mark-bittman-easy-delicious-soup-recipes Admittedly, my attitude is, you're sick. If you want Campbell's condensed salt for an army chicken soup, you should have it.

I'm all for preventative medicine and keeping people healthy with diet and exercise and not allowing them to get obese in the first place. And god knows when I was 270 if someone had offered me surgery I would have said no, not a chance. But I was still relatively healthy and capable of exercising, even if I was morbidly…

I always try to get to the gym in time for Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert, when they replay them at 5 CT during the week. Otherwise, my gym has wifi and I bring my ipad and watch Netflix streaming. I was watching Biggest Loser for motivation, but I'm starting to get really angry the show for its unsustainable weight loss…

I thought I had these deal breakers. No smokers, no guys that live in other time zones, no obese I haven't done cardio since Clinton guys. Buuuuut I went to visit an old friend this week and I have apparently decided all that is negotiable. On the other hand he's Jewish, brilliant and cooks breakfast.

I'm 5'10. The highest I ever weighed (or at least allowed myself to be weighed at) was 271, which was 5.5 years ago. I went down to 173 and then moved/went back to school. My weight got back as high as 197 over Christmas. I joined MFP and now my weight is down to 181. The goal is to reach 160 and then tone and build muscle…

Thanks guys, this was actually incredibly helpful. It never occurred to me that guys would change their searches so that I never even showed up. I also need to take a good full body shot, which may mean finally asking my ex to give my digital camera back. Probably not going to tell him why! :D I don't understand why people…

If you look online, you will see that custom made jeans are not nearly as expensive or rare as they used to be. Between your height and your hip ratio I think your chances of finding the jeans you really want in a store are pretty impossible. But you can give some nice people online your measurements and magic perfect…

OK, I think most of us agree that technically you can lose weight on diet alone. You maintain a calorie deficit, and you lose weight. I'm uncertain if you lose more muscle without exercising than you do with exercising, but I do know that strength training will "net" you more muscle. And muscle is hot. Exercise is…

Oh wow you are an amazon! That's hot. Good luck on your weight loss, I know you can do it!

At 5'8 you need to be eating AT LEAST 1200 calories every day, especially on those days when you work out. While having a low calorie day every once in awhile isn't going to send you into starvation mode, it still makes it harder for your body to recover from workouts, and makes it more likely that you're losing muscle…

I order bitters and soda with tons of lime. I put vodka in the first round but the rest of the night it only *looks* like I'm drinking so I feel less awkward.

I'm so late coming to this. I'm on a train (for the next 18 hours) so I will figure out how I do some kind of leg lift/lower body crunch! Good job meeting the challenge guys!

Oh hey, this is fun! Once a month or so there are the staples - olive oil, roasted almonds no salt, oat bran lentils, quinoa (I buy it in bulk at Costco or in the bulk bins at Whole Foods), spices - cumin, coriander, turmeric, garam masala, mustard seeds, etc. (I buy seeds and freshly grind them when possible), real sugar…

First thing out of bed tomorrow, I like it! I did my fifty push-ups. Lady style, I admit, but better than nothing.

To do really proper form, I think they're going to have to be on my knees. First set now, second set after shower, three more sets at the gym. And I think I'll match it with fifty extra sit-ups.

Hi! I'm Dorian and I'm in Chicago, IL. It feels a little strange to be posting here but I am a single girl who uses this site a lot so I should try more communities! I'm fairly newly single- I got out of a 2 year relationship about a month ago. Being single isn't as difficult as I thought it would be, although it's really…

Speaking up for Weight Watchers! So I quit Weight Watchers because I'm on a budget and it was either WW or a gym membership, and I think the gym is probably better for me than a weekly meeting I wasn't attending regularly. I think if you're a person who doesn't enjoy spending a lot of time online and being social online,…

Per week I do 5 to 6 days of cardio, aiming to jog at least 3 times a week and arc trainer/bicycle the other two. I aim to do resistance training 4 days a week, with two leg/core days and two arms/back/core days. I do the non-high impact workouts on the days I do leg training. I try to keep to my regimen as hard as I can,…

I'm 5'10 and I wear a 12 in dress heels, 13 in boots, and a men's 11 in sneakers. They do NOT make women's sneakers my size. I have to say that compared with 10 or 15 years ago, buying shoes is so much easier. It was so horrible for my mother growing up, trying to find me shoes for prom. Now there's amazon and their cheap…

I'm a smidge over 5'10 with wide shoulders and DDD boobs. With the amount of muscle I'd like to maintain, I can't imagine I'd ever get under 160. The goal is to get under 170 and then TONE TONE TONE TONE and be whatever weight I end up being. I want to be able to shop anywhere, and bring less weight down on my knees when I…

February is going to be hard because I'm going on a 10 day trip away from my kitchen and gym and towards sleeping on trains and couches and hanging out with people who haven't seen me in 5 or 10 years. So if my goals seem weak or weird, that's why. February goals: 1. To lose 4 pounds 2. To jog four continuous miles (at any…

Hi Amanda I'm Dorian! I'm 29 and trying to lose somewhere around 20 myself. I'm right there with you in trying to find time to exercise, and I'm not even trying to keep track of multiple little ones. Running after the kids seems like all the exercise you should need! I'd be happy to be friends on here and try to provide…

Lots of water is important but unless you have aversion to meds, lots of Ibuprofen is also a good call. Ibuprofen specifically, not acetaminophen. It helps with swelling, not just pain. Oatmeal is a carb but it's supposed to be gluten free, and all the fiber should be good on your body. You might also try oat bran, with…

Admittedly, I bike in the winter more than jogging, but I love the Patagonia balaclava. It breathes, it's light, it comes in two sizes, and you can very easily adjust it to cover your mouth and nose or not, depending on how cold it is. Smartwool running socks are great. They're not the cheapest but they are worth every…

I love a Slimfast for breakfast sometimes, or as a sugar/protein kick before a workout. I specifically like blending the powder with milk and ice, so it's a thick high volume shake that actually fills me up and is nice and cold. It IS a lot of sugar so if you're diabetic I'm not going to recommend it, and don't forget to…

Hi! I too would like to join if it's not too late/you don't have too many people. Thanks for making this group and putting in even more effort than you're already doing with your weight loss!

Dude, don't sweat December. December is evil. Pretend it didn't happen. Now it's a new year and leap year even, so you've got a whole extra day to lose weight! :D It's very nice to meet you, thanks for adding me!