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are you weighing and measuring everything? i will say, the first 25 came off easily for me and i was able to still cheat on the weekends. now, i have been maintaining for a while because i can't seem to stop cheating on the weekends :blushing:

i am 5'2", started at 178, am now 147. i would like to get lower, to maybe 135. i will have to see!

also, exercise helps regulate blood sugar and helps people with pre-diabetes regardless of weight lost!

okay not a recipe but i add it to my oatmeal. i get the plain packet of quaker oats, microwave with a bit more water then it asks for. then add one scoop of vanilla protein powder and cinamon. easy breakfast and done in a couple minutes (working mom with a 11 month old!)

burpees!

you did say you were "eating somewhat bad". does that mean you weren't counting calories? when i don't count calories, i don't lose. i am 5'2" and my TDEE is 1,700 so i would not lose on 1,630 but as a previous poster said, at 4'11" she eats a lot more. you would also have to make sure the 1,630 is accurate as in weighing…

boot camp. for me it's worth it. i can see muscles that i never knew were there!

No because it is usually water weight, menstrual water gain etc.

weight loss is not linear. i lose a couple one week, none the next etc. my weight loss progress looks like stairs. down a few, then straight for a few weeks, then down a few. it has been this way since i started. if your calories are working for you, keep it up.

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2lbs chuck or rump roast 8oz water 3TBSP soy sauce 2tsp sugar garlic to taste Put in crock pot on low for 8 hours. Meat falls apart when done, serve with veggies one night. Leftovers for a roast beef salad the next night with tomato, red onion, cucumbers, light dressing. I make this once a week!

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Twice a week I do morning workouts, I don't eat before. I tried it both ways and found that I don't need to eat anything before. I eat afterwards. My afternoon workout day, I eat something small one hour before workout. But I am not going to get up any earlier than 5 just to have something small!

Just an FYI the gym machines overestimate as well, even though they have heart rate monitors (the metal hand things). I don't eat all, maybe 100-200 more on workout days.

Actually they tell you not to double or quadruple servings. So that is not true. WW works for a lot of people. MFP is free, that is why I do it.

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Go back to what you did before when you lost 35lbs! I do what works for me, not what all the forum people say to do.

Amen to this, so very well explained. Starvation mode is over used on this site.

easiest recipe ever, i make it once a week: 2 lb chuck or rump roast-just me and my husband 8 oz of water 4 TBSP soy sauce 3 TSP sugar (i use stevia) Garlic-i use the squeeze tube garlic a few good squeezes 1 onion-can omit Put meat in pot, slice onion in big chunks, put over meat. Mix the water, soy sauce, sugar…

Agree! It drives me nuts that some top sirloin says 240 and another says 320. I tend to go with the higher estimates

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Great job and great to hear! I firmly believe people regain if they go back to their old ways, simple as that.

Also what helped me was to stand up, bend at waist, and keep back parallel to the floor so that your breasts are hanging down. Sounds strange but do this in the shower after letting hot water hit it. Then massage. The gravity really helps.

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Amen. Word. Church. All of the above. In order to fit my thighs/butt, the waist is huge.

The roll she described had cream cheese in it. The crab mixture in almost every roll is crab or imitation crab mixed with mayo. Anything with baked scallops is baked with mayo. So it happens quite a bit in American sushi.

You seem close to goal weight. When I started, I could cheat all weekend and still lose. I lost 20 pounds this way. The last 6 have come off very slowly and now that I have about 15 to go, I find that if I cheat I will gain 3 pounds over a weekend and then lose that same 3 pounds over the course of a week. When I do have a…

Not forever, once you reach goal you'll up your calories to find maintenance. That, and also exercise.

I have lost 26 pounds in 5 months without any supps at all. It's the food and the exercise (food mostly). I have to log all my food and I weigh all food like chicken etc. You don't need supps at all, and as for time, I hear you. I am a mom of a 9 month old, work 10 hour days as a social worker, and still do boot camp 3…

You mean TDEE minus a percentage. Eating TDEE would cause you to maintain. At 1,200 plus exercise, you could be eating upwards of 1,700 calories. That would not cause me to stall.