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My highest known weight was 257. I'm about 240ish in the red shirt picture and was 233 when I joined MFP. Eat enough (read IPOARM http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/975025-in-place-of-a-road-map-short-n-sweet) and lift heavy weights or do bodyweight strength training. I have more progress pix in my profile. Feel free…

For the record, I fast from 14-16 hours every.single.day. I sure don't appear to be in "starvation mode." My TDEE is somewhere around 2,400 calories. Starvation......HA!! :drinker:

Cleanses works like magic. And magic is real. See......MAGIC!!

^^ This. Only reducing body fat will reduce jiggles. That said, strength training will help the appearance of your body now, during the fat loss process and when you are finished. Squats, deadlifts, lunges, hip thrust and glute bridges. With a barbell, heavy dumbbells or my manipulating your body if doing bodyweight only…

Nothing wrong with that! I often have a huge stack of whole wheat pancakes as my post workout meal. Don't fear the pasta/wheat carbs. Cereal is gooooood with a capital OOD! Enjoy.

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Pretty such I was a heckofa lot "bulkier" when I weighted 233 pounds. None of my measurements has increased. Just sayin'. :wink:

Very good point!

Gee, that's the whole point of this. I want to help people realize that. Obviously, this is not a desirable daily situation. I normally eat 2200-2400 calories, which is still under my maintenance TDEE. A 3k day here or there isn't going to hurt. I, too, used to freak out about going "over" by 50 tiny calories. I cannot…

Thank you kind Jules! BTW, I'm a rock star. True story....this is me. No it's not.

For sure! If that was everyday, then it would be a problem. Some people freak out over a hundred here or there. I threw it down yesterday!! Today, I'm eating at my goal of approx 2,200. No drastic cuts, just a normal day. :wink:

Stop being afraid or do bodyweight only at home. 6#ers won't get you these results. The 13#ers won't either. Check out the various groups on SL 5x5 for women, NROLFW, or just general strength boards. Stronglifts 5x5 is a very simple and user-friendly routine and it's free. I LOVE Nia Shanks programs. I've been doing those…

Invest in a food scale. 1/4 of a watermelon means nothing and is impossible to measure. Or, just eat bacon.

Thanks so much for taking the time to review and respond. I really wanted to make sure I was not delusional to think I'm in the low 20s....working on my body image issues. :wink:

I only run when the squat rack suddenly comes open. It's worked pretty well for me. :wink:

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Ditto. :drinker:

Everyone is different, but lifting will definitely help. Here's a picture of 9 months of training from mid-Sept to mid-June. You can still see that I have loose skin, but lifting has given definition and makes everything look better. Yes, friend, you will see improvement. :heart: Keep lifting and watch your body transform!!

Photo Bomb.... 5'8 and 159 pounds I am including alot of shots because I want to give you all several angles. I have lost quite a bit of weight and have some loose skin as you will be able to see on my abs and arms in the flexed pictures. Same thing on my thighs, but the lighting doesn't show it. I don't know how that will…

Oh gosh, you will get all kinds of answers on here about low carb vs high carb! Do you have any medical reason to cut out or reduce carbs? If not, don't cut them out. Carbs are very beneficial, especially with Insanity. Make sure you get enough protein: approx .8g x your bodyweight. With eating 2k a day, you have plenty of…

If your TDEE is 2446 and you are eating 1600 per day, that is a 45% cut. Only the morbidly obese can get away that huge of a deficit. Increase calories. Take TDEE-15%, so eat around 2000 a day. Increasing calories should help shed some fat.

Yeah, lifting has really sucked for my body.

Me! Me! Me! Yep, I burn anywhere from 2,400 to 2,700 a day per my FitBit Flex....with no traditional, extended cardio. HIIT type stuff only that doesn't even record properly with my Flex, so the numbers here are very likely underestimated. I usually hit 10-12k steps just through daily living as a working at home mom.…

Here's a general strength training group for women. There are also specific groups for SL5x5 and NROLFW. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/788-women-strength-training BTW, I highly recommend any program by Nia Shanks. http://www.niashanks.com/

The only thing wrong with this thread is squatting with a Smith Machine!! :laugh: Seriously.

^^ This exactly. You can weigh 160 and be lean and at a healthy BF% OR you can weigh 160 with the same BF% that you had at 175. You do NOT want that. BTW, I'm 5'8 and weigh 160.

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I eat cheese everyday. And pizza once a week, and wine once every week or so, and ice cream several times a week. I've done pretty good so far. :wink: Eliminate cheese and other dairy if you have an intolerance or if you just don't like it. If you enjoy it, eat it. Ask yourself this: do I want the cheese? Yes? Then eat it.…

What's your height, weight, activity level, body fat%? You said you calculated TDEE, so I assume you've already run your numbers to get a pretty accurate estimate. Take a 10-15% cut from that and eat that amount every day. I eat 1,200 in one sitting for dinner! Nom....nom....nom......

The answer lies in strength training. Heavy. Not 10#ers. If you don't have weights or access to weights, then do more challenging bodyweight moves. Single leg squats, single leg hip thrusts, rear foot elevated split squats.