LeslieMDoyle Member

Hi! My name is Leslie and I've been fasting now for two weeks. I'm using the BodyFast app. Right now I'm doing 16:8 with my fast starting at 8pm. I'm really good with the fast... no bloating, no headaches, losing weight. But I need to work on preparing that first meal for after my fast. I tend to gorge if I don't. I'm not…

Sometimes I just do the math. I'm 5/6 weeks in too. New Year's resolution for me. And I'm down 10 lbs so far. If I keep doing the same thing for the next 5/6 weeks, I could be down another 10 lbs. I have 100 lbs to lose. So I ask myself, how many 5/6 week periods do I need to lose 100 lbs? I know my weight-loss will likely…

Chinese takeout. Beef with broccoli and crab Rangoon. ahhh, lovely.

I've just started (again) on this journey to losing 100+ lbs. I started 31 Dec and am down 7.6lbs already. I'm hoping to lose 50lbs a year. I'll add you.

I've been a depressive for over 20 years, taking various medications. Lucky for me, we found the cocktail of meds that has left me depression free for two years! Halleluiah! But what works for me is telling myself to do something for just ten minutes. Just ten minutes. I can endure ANYTHING for just ten minutes.…

Starting weight: 237.2lbs Goal weight: 135lbs Current weight: 229.6lbs Total weight lost: 8.1lbs This week's successes: Survived Nutrisystem Turbo week which is pretty low-cal. This week's challenges: Eating more calories and still losing weight. Getting my workouts in...30 minutes a day.

Name: Leslie Age: 47 Height: 5' 4" Starting weight: 237.2 Goal weight: 135 Current weight: 237.2 (starting this week) Total weight lost: 0 This week's successes: started Nutrisystem and reconnected with MFP This week's challenges: the first week of Nutrisystem is a Turbo week, low cal, no exercise

I love nerdfitness.com. He has multiple workouts that use your own body weight or household items as weights. If you buy anything with a twist-on lid, you can fill it with water or sand to the weight of your choice. Good luck!

Working out is hard. Being overweight is hard. Choose your hard.

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My goal is to hit 10-12k every day. I usually hit that pretty easily. My daily walk/run gets me half way there. And I try to add extra steps to my normal day by parking far away from the places I go...work, my apartment, the grocery store, church, etc. And I take the stairs instead of the elevator. My highest step count in…

I started running last summer at 243 and eventually felt pain in my shins and feet. I think I was pushing myself too hard too fast. Just four months ago, I started running again at 235. I started slow (25 steps at a time) and I just ran my first 5k this past weekend at 215. But I hydrate well, stretch my feet, shins,…

First of all, are you feeling bad? (sorry if you already answered that question...I didn't read through all the responses.) It IS possible that you're mostly just eating things that your body uses and you simply don't have much to expel. But if that's not the case (and reasonably, that's not the case for most people),…

I think I'm going with Les Mills Pump starting in August. It comes with a barbell and 5 and 10 lb weights...plus the DVDs and a 90-day schedule.

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Robin, definitely think of this as a journey, a life-style change...not a diet or a quick fix. Some folks will tell you not to think long-term, just focus on what you need to do today. But I wanted to lose 100 lbs when I started here at the end of February. I told myself that if I lose 1 pound every week, I'll be down 100…

I agree with Michele. Put on your most comfortable running shoes, grab your music (if you have portable music), and head out the door. One lap around the block or down to the mailbox or up the street, and you'll find that bounce in your step. Having a bad day is definitely not the end. If it were, we'd all be ending all…

I agree! I love my Fitbit. One thing to know...you can walk a 12-min mile one day and walk a 12-min mile the next day WITH ankle weights on...and the Fitbit will record the same calorie burn even though you would have worked harder during that second mile...because it goes by GPS location for your age/height/weight. It…

I have been using a Fitbit for a few months now and hate it when I forget it. But know this...it's based on GPS location, not heart rate. Soooo, if you walk a 12-min mile...then you walk that very same 12-min mile with 2 1/2 lb ankle weights, Fitbit will not recognize that you actually worked harder during your second…

kudos to you! You look great! Just reading your words, you sound great! Way to go! Keep up the good work...and keep enjoying it.

I'm not much one for recipes either. I cook for one. I usually take a piece of meat or fish and a couple of veggies and call it good. Unless I'm cooking for others, I normally don't bother with a recipe. At any rate, I found this on dlife.com, which is a database of recipes for diabetics. Parmesan Flounder Prep Time: 5…

I initially chose 135...because I was 235 when I started and I thought it would be cool to lose 100 lbs. I'll be completely fine with any number...as long as I'm looking and feeling better. But I still have a long way to go. So, I still say that I'm on my way to losing 100 lbs.

you can add me too! I'm 41, from southern Indiana, and am on my journey to losing 100 lbs.

LOVE this line! Thanks for your straightforward responses. This has been very educational.

I have fought with that in the past, but don't anymore. My doc suggested foot circles from the ankle down. Before you get up...EVERY TIME you get up...do outward circles with your feet for the count of 25, then do inward circles with your feel for the count of 25. It will warm up and stretch your plantar facia. As you lose…

so happy for you! enjoy your NSV! and here's to seeing many more!!!

welcome, Debbie! I'm Leslie. I live in southern Indiana, the hilly part.

I want to be down another 7+ lbs. I lost 7 in March. I lost another 7 in April. I want to lose another 7!

shakeology for b'fast!

Ugh! That sucks! Just keep telling yourself that you're doing this for you...so that you look better and feel better and get healthier, etc. And that is the most important part. Perhaps your mom had other things on her mind that were completely distracting her. I don't know her, so it's hard for me to assume. I just know…