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Thank you for your response :) I'm curious: * How do you pick your YouTube workouts? * What do you use for the harder versions?

Yes, definitely. I used to binge eat hummus with pita alllll the time, and now if I get anywhere near that combination, I eat until I run out of it. I'm wary of even having hummus in the apartment with veggies. I've accepted that when it comes to wheat-based stuff (bread, cake, even pasta - and note that I'm not…

Appropriately named.

I've been there. Issues at work are the main reason I gained back the weight after losing about 50 pounds of it. If I could do it over again, I'd remind myself that giving my workplace control over my health is never, ever worth it. I'm too late to offer support in the moment, I know, but I hope your day got better. <3

Sorry to hear that! Maybe cutting back on side challenges and just weighing in would help, as MargaretLunan said? But if not, good luck on your journey! Today wasn't a great day for processed foods - I had been planning a meal out with a friend for a few weeks. I did avoid it for lunch and breakfast, though. I'll give…

I don't have a food scale. That graphic is super helpful though.

That's awesome! Way to go! So cool. Maybe you two will end up keeping it up. :) No jumping jacks for me today other than the first ten, but I did go running. I'm doing Couch to 5K with a friend and did the walk, 3 minutes running, walk, 5 minutes running, walk, 3 minutes running, walk, 5 minutes running, walk circuit this…

So proud of my sugar intake yesterday!! Admittedly, I don't know much about processed sugar vs. non-processed sugar, but I think I barely had any. I did have some ketchup with dinner but that's the highest sugar thing I had. Not sure how others here do, but 36g of sugar is tiny for me, and since I cooked 2 of the meals, I…

Hah! It does look quite similar! We must be kindred spirits. Yesterday I walked over a mile more than my usual, so I had the daily challenge beat. I came in a bit over 6 miles. Today's no processed sugar challenge will be a little tougher, but I'm game... made a tofu scramble for breakfast and packing a kale bean stew for…

This is an AWESOME idea! Just watching what I eat and sticking around 1800 calories. I'm aiming for a little under 2 pounds a week. If that doesn't turn out to be achievable, I'll revise the goals. I have a pretty complex weight loss spreadsheet that projects calories to lose/maintain and projects long-term loss based on a…

Hi, all! Looking forward to being on your team :) You should be called: Kat You are from (Timezone): DC, EST Your weigh in day: Thursday Favorite exercise: Biking Favorite healthy food: Apples Struggling Areas (night snacking/lack of motivation/ junk food etc): Weekend snacking Do you want to be the team motivator?…

I'm in!

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Aw, barely missed :) Good luck, guys!

Thank you! Preparing for the week on Sunday is a great idea.

Awesome ideas, keepitcroosh. Thank you both! :)

You look great! Way to go!

I agree with all these posts! I'd decided on a hybrid, and like SBRRepeat, I wound up with a cyclocross bike instead. I tried out hybrids and racing bikes -- nothing felt right until I got on this one. No regrets. Also, I'd never had a bike with drop bars, and they are life-changing when you're used to the flat handlebars.…

Week 1 (Goal 360, originally 180): 6/30 - 60 minutes hiking 7/1 - 120 minutes walking, 60 minutes swimming 7/2 - 30 minutes swimming 7/3 - N/A 7/4 7/5 7/6 Total / min left: 270 / 90

A friend just got me hooked! On a long drive, she suggested the audiobook of #1, and reeled me in by saying James Marsters narrated it. [Sidenote: I'm not the only one who has to look up Marsters vs. Marsden every single time, right?] I loved it and got the second audiobook. Now I'm on the third. Usually, I only listen to…

I'm in! 180 minutes a week for me. I'm on Hawaii time this week, so I'll be posting numbers later than most people. :) 6/30 - 60 minutes hiking 7/1 7/2 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6

Tech geek here too! Feel free to add.

Amazing loss! And it sounds like you're much happier now, too, which is the most important thing. Good for you. :)

I use happyherbivore.com when I need some meal planning inspiration -- a week of meals is $5. The base is 1200 Cals, but since I eat more in the range of 1800, I supplement them a lot. The plans are vegan though, so while I love them, non-vegans might not. :)

THIS. I tend to be kinda misanthropic, but when I'm wearing a vegan shirt or button, I'm much nicer because I don't want people to think vegans are inherently cold or distant. It used to bug me when people would do a double take when they heard I was vegan; I felt like they were thinking, "Then how did you get so fat?"…

I don't have a lot of good advice, but did want to say that this was exactly my situation (except the fried food) when I lived in South Korea -- no stove, isolated from friends, pigging out on Western food on the weekends. Korean food isn't so bad, but as a vegetarian, there wasn't a lot I could eat. I walked very…

Congratulations! Those are two great NSVs. :D

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I definitely see a difference! You look great. :)

I've gone from a size 16 to a size 10 and my goal is to lose a few more sizes (not sure how many). I've purged my wardrobe repeatedly, but it's so hard to stay on top of! Now that the seasons are changing, it's getting more obvious -- all the smaller clothes I bought were for winter. Today it's sunny and warm so I'm…