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Hello, In the past I had lost 57 lbs and then over the past two years gained it all back. I want to get it off and stick to it this time. I have roughly 50 lbs I am interested in losing. I will add you and hopefully we can keep each other accountable :)

SW: (Starting weight) 184 CW: (Current weight) 146 GW: (Goal weight for the month) 141 Weigh in Dates: 8/1 - 146 8/8 - 140 8/15 - 140 8/22 - 138.4 8/31 - 138 Total weight lost during the month of August: 8 Pounds! I am super excited. Now I am just 8 lbs away from my ultimate goal weight!

I've personally wanted to know what celebrity I look like. When I was in high school I had someone say I looked like Uma Thurman but I thought the girl that said that was crazy. Does anyone know if I look like a celebrity? <

SW: 184 CW: 146 GW: 141 Ultimate Goal Weight: 125!!! Weigh in Dates: 8/1 - 146 8/8 - 140 8/15 -140 8/22 8/31 Total weight lost: 6 lbs This past weekend I stumbled pretty badly. Lately it seems I can't get through a weekend without messing up. But I am grateful that I just maintained rather then actually gain anything from…

Awesome! It is the second weigh in day for this challenge. I am super excited to keep pushing forward! SW: 184 CW: 146 (8/1/12) GW: 141 Ultimate Goal Weight: 125!!! Weigh in Dates: 8/1 - 146 8/8 - 140 8/15 8/22 8/31 Total weight lost: 6 lbs so far :)

Well I just came back from a 5 day vacation yesterday so I am pretty up in weight right now but I personally would love to lose 5 lbs in August so here goes nothing! SW: 184 CW: 146 GW: 141 Ultimate Goal Weight: 125!!! Weigh in Dates: 8/1 - 146 8/8 8/15 8/22 8/31 Total weight lost:

@bossladyday Cute puppy! :)

I am going to Las Vegas next Wednesday for 5 days and I am bummed that I will most likely end up being set back on getting to my goal but I am going to try and enjoy myself. I am going to keep myself from overdoing it but when all you can do is eat out there is bound to be some weight gain. Good luck with your cruise and…

I think after all of your helpful contributions I have decided to push hard and stick to a plan, enjoy the one day I have next weekend, and get back to it right before my vacation, set my calorie goals to maintain during the vacation (so I hopefully won't have too much of a gain) and then kick butt after my vacation! You…

That makes a lot of sense and I think that if I can just stay focused and believe in myself and what I have accomplished I can have less to lose when I come back. Thank you for the feedback :)

I think that is what I am going to do. I am just hoping to be able to stick to something, like drastically lower calorie intake, since I just returned from maintenance as well...

I think my mindset is a bit frustrated because I lost so much weight and then went on maintenance and after that I fell off the wagon for 2 months due to stress and emotional eating and gained 5 lbs (still dealing with the stress and doing my best to handle my food intake). So trying to figure out what the best way to go…

Thank you for the flag system post. That is really interesting and full of information that I could definitely benefit from. With a lot of thought I have decided to partake in a partial maintenance system. Meaning my food intake for full on maintenance is 1700. However I decided to only eat 1500 and if I need to dip into…

@stuffinmuffin: I realized that doing the 1200 calorie a day thing wasn't going to work for me. So I opted for a 1500 calorie a day (without eating exercise calories back) and see where that puts me. I am sure there are days where I may eat a few of those exercise calories back, but not too many of them. Setting…

I workout usually everyday, burning 350-500 on a normal day, there have been other days where I have burnt more than that though, but that is usually on the weekends when I have more time during the day.

Well, I changed my calories. I bumped them up to 1350 which is slightly above my BMR. I am hoping upping it slightly, will help me keep things under control (while not feeling deprived).

I also have been struggling with a large amount of un-needed stress, but losing 57 lbs last year (which I am sure had a lot of stress in it at some point.) shows me that I didn't let my stress rule my eating habits then. So I am not sure exactly why I fell off, and why it is so hard to stick to it again. :/

Thank you for your kind words. I know I have come far, but what scares me is that I fell off the wagon. I think I need to look inside myself to see why I did that to realize how to keep from doing that again. I have my entire life to keep this weight off, but I don't want to fall off the wagon anymore, I want to enjoy life…

That makes a lot of sense. However I am nervous about allowing myself 1600 again because I was nervous that I wouldn't lose at that weight. Now I feel like I need to be unbearably strict to get back to what I was. One thing could be my problem is jumping back to 1200, which could be subconsciously sycing myself out, making…

I am very interested in joining this challenge I could definitely benefit from losing another 5-8lbs. :)

Close... I just turned 24 :wink:

I have a blog. I have written it to encourage everyone on their weight loss journey. I hope it can help some of you! http://havensweightlossjourney.blogspot.com -Ashley

yesca: 25?

I would get the Core so that you won't need to connect to your phone. Honestly it is just as cool to see your results at the end of the day rather then obsess about it all day long by constantly checking your phone. I like the Core better because it is smaller and more stylish of the two. I hope this helps.

The tracking your sleep part is insanely trippy. I was able to see each time I wasn't fully asleep throughout the night. It is really interesting :)

I have been using mine for a day and a half so far and I absolutely love it. It is really interesting to see what I am really burning throughout the day. It is inspiring and helpful. So far I love it :)

Did you happen to get the display as well? I was debating if I even needed it or not. I know if I have access to the site I shouldn't need it, but if you are out and about, having the display would be really cool. Idk, I am not sure if I should get that part of it as well. Or just try it out by itself and see if I really…

Oh sweet lord... seriously? People will believe anything these days.... If this kind of diet worked I would have been sickly years ago haha ;)

That makes a lot of sense, at first I thought about just eating the maintenance (1650), and ease into eating the exercise calories back slowly if I was still losing to balance it out. It is just weird thinking about eating 1650 a day, when I am so used to 1175-1200 a day :)

SW: 134.4 Today's Weight: 129.6 Updated Goal Weight: 125