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Diet - measure and weigh everything, your eyes deceive you! Fitness - if you work with a PT like I do, make sure you LOVE them so they can push you beyond what you think is possible. Bonus - don't wait to get started and don't let your own head mess with you if you want to join a gym, thinking everyone will be staring at…

Great idea, thanks!!

Most awesome pic of the day!

That makes perfect sense and what I was really trying to do without posting numbers that I thought everyone would get stuck on is checkpoint myself. I lost 9% BF and then was static (bouncing back and forth a % or so) for a couple of months and then another 5% drop. So that seemed weird. All the time, I've been losing…

Thank you to everyone for your answers and resources shared!

Same as losing body weight, no? But we still hear of "averages" on losing weight and I'm just looking for the same for BF%, if it exists.

Seriously, one of the funniest things I've read in a long time! =)

Maybe you need to start a group so people who are interested can join and put their stats there, etc.

You look fantastic! Great job and thanks for sharing!

I tore multiple ligaments in my left ankle about six weeks ago and am in a walking boot, too. The ligaments healed a couple of weeks ago, but the flexibility was gone so I need the boot to walk. About a week after my injury, I started back at the gym and did purely weight lifting and focused solely on upper body stuff,…

Up and down a bit on scale, but steady decline about 3-4 weeks in at the higher rates. Prior to that, measurements started going down straight away.

Worked for me. Was on 800-1000 (medically supervised plan) and lost about 10 pounds but felt terrible. Found this site, researched, reached out to several folks, including Dan who worked my numbers and I switched. Eat 1,700/day and strength train 3xs/week and I've lost 33 pounds, plus 5 inches off my waist, 5 inches off my…

Polar FT40 ... love it! Gives me fat burn versus fitness burn, target zones, etc. I seriously wanted something without a chest strap, but they're far more accurate and I've gotten used to wearing it, so stick with it if it's weird/uncomfortable at first.

I start my HRM right before my warm up and end it right after my cool down. I don't wait for my HR to get back to baseline - that burn is the cherry on top of my sundae.

WTH?? Constipation causes cancer? Care to quote a source?!?

Add me to this pile of folks ... I scrolled down and was like, holy moly!! You look fantastic!!

What you are feeling is completely normal! I joined when I was 270 and it was the single best decision I made (after joining MFP, of course!). I practically peed my pants like a scared puppy when I walked through the doors, but once I saw the place - and the wide range of folks there - I felt better. The first few times I…

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Thanks for sharing, Stacey!

Congratulations on your success!!! I posted my story about getting help from Dan in another thread, so I won't bore everyone here, but I'm 1000% in the same camp as you in feeling so incredibly lucky and grateful that I found Dan and the information and support he (and so many others in the Fuel the Machine group) provide.…

I'm one of the 100s of people who reached out to Dan and have been following his advice and have been successfully losing weight, inches, BF%. No need for me to try and convince the OP or anyone else here that this works if they don't want to hear it, but this is my story: I started following a doctor's plan, which was…

It's what I do my crunches on ... gives some (soft) support for the lower back and if I go all the way flat back, it really burns my abs after a very short time. My hubby uses it to "churn the butter" while planking, which he says kills him. So I would say yes, for some select exercises, it's a great tool.

Well, that sort of answers the question of quality then, doesn't it? If it's just massive weight loss (quantity) and it was using methods that are more of a quick fix than a lifestyle change (quality) then they're probably more likely to gain it back. If you follow a plan that supports fat loss while retaining lean muscle,…

Thanks for the response, I appreciate your perspective. Bumping to see if others have comments. =)

This group might be helpful: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/37-primal-paleo-support-group

I networked with everyone I know, used LinkedIn and Jibe plus the jobs pages of specific companies I was interested in joining. Ended up getting my most recent job by having an ex-colleague I had networked with call me up and ask if I was interested in a job opening they had. Went through the hiring process and started…

I had a concern about this, too, when I joined a gym and my heart felt like it was bursting out of my chest, plus a family history of heart issues. I went to my regular doctor and he referred me to a cardiologist who did a complete work-up, including a treadmill stress test (getting my HR up to 180) and everything has come…

Congrats on the success, you look amazing! (And thanks for the job you do, from a fellow AZ resident!) :flowerforyou:

Go check out this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/538381-in-place-of-a-road-map I'm not expert since I'm new here, but you might want to add a column for sodium to your food diary and watch those levels. Congrats on your loss so far, that's great! =) edit: typo

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals Go to the My Home tab and then click on Goals and then choose Custom Goals and continue and then you can change the numbers that to suit.