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Starting to see a figure there! Fantastic work!! Keep it up, you can do it!!!

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: HOORAY!!! Good work, and keep it up!! Remember this feeling whenever you are feeling like you are too lazy to keep going. :smile:

You don't NEED to eat back all your exercise cals back if you don't want to. And to the OP, if I were you I would get a heart rate monitor if you are going to eat back. Especially when you are burning alot of cals, average estimators tend to be very inaccurate/overly generous.

You have lost 9 lbs according to your ticker and you said it has been 32 days, which is 1.97 pounds a week. 1-2 lbs per week of weight loss is healthy for most people who aren't morbidly obese. So you are right on track, if I were you I would be very pleased with my progress. You just need to keep at it. Your body can't…

:ohwell: Here's a horse that has been beat TO DEATH. Search the forums when you have real general questions like this. There has been LOTS said about it already. In short: no, you don't HAVE to, it will just add to your defecit which should be aready built in on MFP. But you can if you want, it is a good reward for good…

Macros only matter for healthyness reasons, not for weight loss.

Great work! Can totally see the changes! I believe in modesty too, but also think context and culture is important....there are cultures in different parts of the world where showing your ankles is scandelous. In America in this day and age, certain clothing is culturally acceptable, but as in every culture, there are…

^ You disgust me. :mad: Anyhow, I think since you don't know the woman that well, it is not your call to say anything to her about it. Hopefully she feels sufficiently disgusted at her behavior already and it will not happen again. If you were her close friend perhaps you would have some sway with her and could have told…

I would go for it! You are about where I am at right now....not totally toned and firm, but still looking pretty dang good. :flowerforyou: ROCK IT GIRL!! And from one bottom heavy woman to another....go for two peicers that are dark and basic on bottom, colorful and/or frilly on top. Draws the ol' peepers upwards and away…

The FDA reccomends you watch your ADDED sugars (white refined sugar, high fructose corn syrup...), but natural sugars (like in fruits, etc) are ok. This is because natural sugars general come with lots of fiber that take the body alot longer to break down, thus limiting spikes in insilin (which can lead to diabetes). So in…

Wow. :noway: You look like a different person!! Congratulations and keep going!!!:drinker:

Hooray for you!! Keep it up lady, you are doing fantastic!!:flowerforyou:

Well it's all a question of degrees. You are "ready" now, but obviously you want to look better in one than you would now. So the question becomes how good do you want to look? I have worn two pieces since I was 160lbs (I'm 5'5"), although I didn't feel good in it. :frown: I carry my extra weight in my booty and hips, FYI,…

That's none of your business unless you are their boss and it is affecting their performance. Get over it.

Loss of muscle probably has something to do with it. Also, you probably aren't eating as much because you aren't burning as much cals, but apparently you are eating less than you would net even with the cals burned (you eat 2000 with 500 cals burned a day = 1500 net, but now you eat 1300 net with no exercise). Either way,…

Go Faye go!! You are an inspiration!!:drinker:

Anything! :happy:

Then I guess that makes me alot more prepared than you. :wink:

What he said. Sure fat may be intimidating, but muscle a helluva lot more so.

First off, whether it is INAPPROPRIATE or not should have NO bearing on whether you look good with your shirt off or not. This is a totally different topic and unrelated logically. People bring up the whole "well it is no different than wearing a two peice at a swimming pool!" Yet it IS different. It's all about CONTEXT.…

When you are willing to work at it for an extended period of time.

Glad that you have started your journey, but sad that you are doing it in an extreme and non-lifestyle way. ( I just saw a bit of video 1) I hope you can stick at it! :flowerforyou:

You bet your butt! And honestly, trucks aren't practical for MOST people anyway, they are just something to make people feel hard core. :sick:

Then all you need now is time. And dilligence. :ohwell: YOU CAN DO IT! :drinker:

I am in the same boat: thunder thighs! People always told me I had big thighs because of muscle, but I went to the gym with my stick skinny roomie one day and her thighs were CLEARLY stronger. :frown: So I realized that that is just where I carry my extra fat, NOT muscle. :grumble: Honestly I think you might have the same…

Exactly. And if you have a 500 cal cut from your TDEE, you will lose 1 lb. :smile:

Yes, the build up method. You have to eat 3,500 cals OVER your TDEE maintenance to gain a pound. For example, if you have a 2000 cal TDEE and you eat 2,050 cals a day, it would take you 70 days to gain a pound. Small changes add up! This is important to keep in mind when you weigh every day and you see that although you…

I probably would have reacted the same way you did, but I don't think it is the best way to behave. Bad manners are not solved by bad manners. The most polite thing to do would have been accept that people are jerks and go on about your day. :ohwell:

Ah, fad diets....people never stop hopping on any bandwagon. :yawn:

Uhm, yeah, I am calling BS. :noway: Nice try though! In response to the original poster, I have found that I get drunk quicker now after losing 15 lbs. Probably because I don't drink as much since I can't really and stay under my goal and still get enough healthy foods in. As for hangovers, I haven't had any, but then…