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40F here (down(?) from 42DDD at New Years) and I swear by Lane Bryant bras. Their strapless ones are super supportive, and come with clear straps if you're not quite brave enough to go truly strapless ^.^

I've lost ~55 pounds not eating less than 1800 (33 last year on my own, then I was sidelined by a shoulder injury so maintained for 8 months, and 22 since mid-January using MFP). I actually just increased to 2400 on rest days and 2600 on workout days and I've been dropping inches like MAD and the scale is still going down,…

5'8" medium activity level 3-5 times a week c210K plus one or two body weight or dumbell sessions. Plus Kinect games. Fun! maintenance at 183 2473 maintenance calories at goal weight of 160 2300 calories at deficit 2125 26 yrs old 5'9" CW: 285 BMR: ~2100 Moderate activity level - I work three 10+ hour shifts a week as a…

I noticed alot of improvements after I increased my protein as well. I try to get as close to 30% as I can, but I don't always succeed and focus more on getting it over 100g/day. I started dropping inches like mad, the weight has started dropping more rapidly again, and the hypoglycemia I had developed from changing my…

I have lost several inches from the underbust (what determines band size) but pretty much not a damn inch from my bust itself (and I'm down 22 pounds and over 25 inches since Jan). I haven't decided if I'm happy about it or not... DD was big enough but now I'm an F cup >.<

Bwahaha, this sounds like a great idea, Gemi! :)

This is so amazing, THANK YOU!

When I was carrying the kiddo at work (I'm a nanny) more frequently when he was younger, I would log the walking and stuff I did while holding him as the "carrying infant or x-pound load" activity just to keep track of my activities, since I was trying to remind myself that all activity counts for something and is better…

Strength training, moisturizing your skin, keeping hydrated - those will all help minimize sag. Age, genetics, and chance are going to determine how well your efforts pay off.

From what I understand (having a ton of friends with PCOS), its not that women with PCOS can have no carbs, but they definitely need to reduce them. PCOS usually goes hand in hand with insulin resistance (not always, but very frequently) and that affects how your body metabolizes carbs, and can lead to pretty nasty weight…

Not necessarily. My inseam is getting longer as I lose weight (less thigh and butt preventing the crotch of my jeans from sitting where its supposed to I suspect), which is really freaking annoying since I'm right on the line between regular and tall length in most pants >.< It all depends on how your body is shaped and…

Aim for 200 and then reevaluate when you get there, see if you're happy or if you'd like to keep going. Also, keep in mind body composition. I'm 5'9" and my goal is 180, which I get told is too high, but I'm really muscular (lean body mass of ~140 pounds) and anything below 180 would mean sacrificing muscle mass or getting…

You are most welcome :) My husband had to enlighten me about this a couple of months ago when I was similarly frustrated. Rings are a great marker that the body is changing even if the measuring tape doesn't show it. I had to get my wedding rings sized down in March and will likely have to do it once more by year's end…

I've noticed that I am not always losing my inches in the places I'm measuring every few weeks. I don't measure my wrists or my ankles, but they're both slimmer. The entire shape of my stomach is changing *drastically* on what seems like a daily basis but my actual waist measurement is going down slower that I feel like it…

I'm 5'9" and weight 285, working my way towards 180, and I eat 2300 on nonworkout days, 2500-2600 on workout days (3 days of strength training, 2-3 days of light cardio such as walking or lower intensity Zumba), and I'm losing pounds and inches consistently. My weight loss has actually accelerated a bit since I started…

Take measurements a couple of times a month in addition to using the scale. I started doing more weight training a couple of months ago, and my weight "loss" has slowed a bit (in part because I wasn't eating enough), but I'm losing inches like mad (22+ inches from all over my body just between Valentine's day and the…

I would try 1870 as a goal for a couple of months and see what happens. Based on your activity description, lightly active sounds right, especially as you're adding the workouts. And using this method of TDEE-15%, you do NOT eat back exercise calories as they're already figured in to the calorie calculation. After a couple…

I just finished reading NROLW and it does suggest HIIT for 20-30 min if you want to add some cardio, though he advises to not do cardio on days following the workouts that incorporate interval work in the actual workout

I work 3 days a week as a nanny, am a part-time graduate student, and do at most 45 minutes of workouts 5-6 days a week and I'm losing 1-2 pounds a week eating over 2000 calories a day. It's all a function of what you train your body/metabolism to expect in my experience.

Here's another one: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3834-eat-more-to-weigh-less

At most, the author of new rules says cutting 200-300 cals a day from the maintenance amount would work, but you quite likely will lose fat even eating at "maintenance" while doing the workouts in new rules because you're challenging and building your muscles. You'll probably lose inches, and potentially pounds as well,…

First check-in on this thread. I started upping (slowly and grudgingly) back around the beginning of March, but finally bit the bullet and upped to the number I calculated using the the formulas here (my cut number based on current weight is within 50 calories of the maintenance calories for my goal weight. coincidence? i…

I would stick with your current calories for a while and see what happens, up if you start losing too fast. But then again, I'm a newbie to this eating more concept, so hopefully one of the more knowledgeable ladies will come along soon :)

NROLFW doesn't advocate "cutting" from the intake you calculate by their formula because cutting calories and trying to build muscle don't generally go together. You have to give your body enough fuel to build and strengthen muscles instead of merely protecting what you've already got. Also, if you just recently upped your…

Give it more time. If you were eating 1200 cals/day for an extended period, your body will take some time to trust the increased fueling. Combine that with starting to weight train (which WILL make you retain water) and your scale and your measurements will probably be a bit off for a little bit. Wait another 2-3 weeks and…

All of the methods are just estimates anyways, so I just look at general trends. I occasionally use online calculators but mostly I go by my scale numbers. As long as the percentage is trending downwards I assume I am getting the results that I want (especially when my measurements are going down as well, lol).

I workout at work while the little boy I watch is sleeping in the morning or while he is napping, and lately I've known it was a good workout when after he wakes up and wants me to get down on the floor to play with him, I have to sit on the couch and then slide onto the floor because my thighs and butt literally will not…

I should add that I'd love to have some friends from this group on my list. I'm beginning to be dismayed to realize that with a few exceptions, the majority of my friends seem to subscribe to the 1200ish calories a day theory even when they are doing massive cardio workouts every day, and I feel like such the odd man out…

We used to have this one: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Health-o-meter-Silver-Body-Fat-Monitoring-Scale/10264537 and it does BMI, body fat (BIA) and hydration in addition to weight, and I think it stores records for up to 4 users if I remember right. It was pretty accurate. It died randomly after several months of disuse and…

Oh, also, I am genetically "blessed" in the curves department, and I know that even when I'm "skinny" I will still have a somewhat exaggerated hourglass figure (like every other woman in my entire family), so combine that with higher muscle mass and a large frame and I'm pretty sure I'd look anorexic if I aimed for what…