ChristieStearns Member

I am still overweight, but have lost over 100 lbs. Some days I see the new me, but because I feel kind of stuck in between (still overweight), some days I only see how far I still have left to go. What really helps is photos. It's a lot easier to see who you are now when you compare to who you used to be!!! 1 Year, -110…

I'm 5'5" and a size 16 at 210 lbs.

Hi there! I have been on 6 small meals a day for 2 years now. However, only been on MyFitnessPal a couple of weeks. But my food diary is public so check it out. Also in case you didn't know, you can rename your meals in here, so I have named mine "Meal 1" through "Meal 6" so that it makes more sense for me. I can't promise…

Be reasonable about your food intake. Track your calories if it won't drive you crazy but if it will then don't. Try to gear your eating toward what will work best with WHO you are going with. If they like to eat a big breakfast, eat what you want at that meal and try to be healthy the rest of the day. Or if it's going out…

Definitely drinking more before your run would probably help. If you still have a headache, try to make sure breakfast after your run is really balanced of carbs, fat, protein so that your body gets whatever it might be needing!

I *can* cook and luckily when I do it turns out well. But I *hate* it lol. So I go with very easy things and I would say crock pot is the way to go especially if your issue is under/over cooking things. Pretty hard to do with a crock pot!!! And most of the time you just chop a few things up and throw them in there and then…

I can attest to this. With my injured disks, I am only supposed to swim breaststroke and not too quickly. It's because of the direction of my disc bulges and my back being hyperexteded. Since everybody is different, you probably shouldn't swim without a good assessment from a DR or physical therapist about what type of…

Hi there - girl with 6 herniated discs here. I feel your pain. I would say you really have to listen to YOUR body. Not anybody else (well, unless they are a doctor, and even then you gotta go with your gut). I have my times when exercise is just too painful and I need a couple of days off. I HAVE to listen to that or I'll…

Remember that FitBit is only counting your steps - NOT how hard you are exerting yourself. Sure if it's running, that kind of works out because you are taking many more steps. But playing squash you may be working yourself a lot harder than just the steps you are taking. I usually go with what MFP says, but you can always…

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Hear hear! My husband is VERY supportive of everything that I do. I can't imagine being okay in a relationship where that isn't there. But everyone's needs are different. I know I couldn't have had this much success without him by my side.

Clearly YOU rock the most :)

I'm not a runner, but I do know you can use it while running. I love my FitBit!!!

My nutritionist likes higher protein when you are trying to lose because it helps your body realize it's not starving and it can let go of fat. Of course that's just one opinion, but seems to work for me. We are all different though.

Many low-carbers are afraid of fruit... I eat high protein but I don't believe carbs are bad, I believe there are "worthless" carbs... fruits are not worthless! Humans have been eating fruit forever.... it's natural... can't be bad in my opinion! I'd say if you went over your sugar daily due to candy, that would be an…

Yes I have done this. When I was on Weight Watchers it was commonly called the Wendy Plan. Basically what you do is end up with the same weekly calories, but vary them. So for you at 1,700 per day recommended by your nutritionist... 1700 x 7 days per week = 11,900 cals in a week. Usually with Wendy plan you have 3 days per…

All I can say is exercise and endorphins help with stress, so you would probably be even MORE stressed without the exercise! Get as MUCH sleep as you can too, as well as MORE than the reccomended amount of water. Keep it up because you're worth it! Your current job/stress level may be temporary, but your health is for life!

I say get a full length mirror with a decently thick frame on it and paint positive, self-affirming words all around the entire frame to remind yourself how beautiful you are and of all the things you like about yourself every time you look in the mirror :)

Broomfield, CO! I belong to Lifetime Fitness also... but in Westminster. :)

Your net is supposed to come out to your calorie goal. Your net should NEVER be in the negatives either... you aren't eating enough. I know it seems counter-intuitive, but, our bodies need food for fuel. If you don't eat enough to fuel your body - ESPECIALLY when you're working out - your body will not let you lose weight…

Just want to say thank you for putting this out there. Have you read the book Intuitive Eating? It helped me work through a lot of feelings.

Thanks for sharing!

I was worried about this with my sister-in-law. I used to be MUCH bigger than her so I gave away my biggest stuff without asking her but when I got to her size and then passed it up I started giving them to her. She made it very clear she wanted them so I didn't worry too much about it although I definitely didn't want to…

It took me about 35 lbs before people started to notice. But I started at 310 lbs. I think the bigger you are, it takes more lbs to really see it. Obviously 35 lbs on someone in the 100's would be really noticeable. There is a sign at Curves I love. It says "It takes 4 weeks for you to see your body changing, 8 weeks for…

I have dealt with this fear too. In previous attempts the lowest I ever got (at 5'5") was about 240lbs... so never dealt with much attention. This time I got down to 198 and started to get noticed (which is stills surprising since I would think, I have a long way to go still). Anyway... I think that plays a part in why I…

Your body needs to recover when you're sick so don't worry about it. Just get back to it when you feel better!

I'm not sure if there's a fix. Can you log in from your phone maybe at lunch time each day just to do one thing or post something so that it knows you log every day? I would also like to say - be proud - you are doing great - so what if they don't have your days logged right because you KNOW you are doing it and that's a…

This may or may not be my place and I truly hope it won't offend you... but I don't think at all that this would be good motivation. (I do know a lot of people do it though). But to me this is a "negative motivation" or what I think of as motivation by punishing yourself. Basically you are making yourself feel bad about…

sorry I'm not much help but just wanted to say I've lost almost 100 and I too have the playdough factory look and I HAVE worked out the entire time I've lost my weight. I think some of it is genetics, some is age, some is speed of loss (the faster, the more loose skin you will have). I lost 95 in 6 months so maybe that's…

How long since you started? I just started full-on with exercise and staying in my calories 9 days ago and for the first 6-7 I felt that way and needed a nap every day. It's starting to adjust now and I'm feeling more normal.