stephanie1133

As a whole, you are under eating, as others have said.

I do it with water unless I'm going for a full meal replacement, then I'll go with milk for the added calories. I also find it much less expensive to mix my own with powder than to buy the premade kind. There are usually many less added ingredients in the powders than the premade kind also, well, depending on the brand.…

Protein shake -- low calorie, high protein, super fast to make. When it comes down to it (depending on what kind you buy) it's about $1 per 25 grams of protein, just about as cheap a source of quick protein as you can get in my book. Have your hard boiled eggs with some turkey sausage or bacon, you can make them the night…

I can definitely relate to that. 6 years ago I went from 193 to 143 and I thought I was very fat still. I now see pictures of myself at that weight and it breaks my heart that I thought that, because I was thin!!! I truly and honestly looked in the mirror and saw a fat person. My brain never caught up with my body before I…

I'm not one to harp on eating back exercise calories when they've eaten at LEAST 1200 calories, but under 1000 calories is just way too low, at that point yes you should force yourself to eat if you aren't hungry. You will do what you want to do no matter what anyone says, but my advice is to eat 1200 calories no matter…

IMO you are doing great! 3 pounds so far is really good. Your diet seems well balanced for the most part. For me personally, I do more protein and lower carbs (Usually 120-140g protein, and typically under 100g carb). But that's a personal preference, and it's been working wonderfully for me. I'd say keep doing what you…

5'6" - 135 goal.

No I don't . My husband doesn't get home until 6:45, and I like to eat dinner between 4 and 6. He doesn't care at all either. Plus our daughter needs to eat around 6 or before as she goes to bed around 6:30 or 7.

You can't make anyone get it, or respect it. I run into similar things, but I'd much rather catch a dirty look for throwing 3/4 of a peice of cake away, than to argue about it or eat it to avoid the dirty look. It's no one's business what or how much you eat. She's weird for being weird about it, so you are just going to…

Backhanded compliment.

Crazy! This sounds almost exactly like my story!!! I had my son in December and was 236. Within 4 weeks was 207, but stopped breastfeeding. About 8 weeks later, noticing I was having to wear my maternity clothes again, and thinking I was probably 210 or so, I stepped on the scale and was 219.8!!! I literally stood there…

If you only exercise until you reach your goal, and then you start to maintain, you will just have to adjust your calories as such. Is it less than ideal? Yes. Is it up to you? Yep. Can you lose weight without exercising? Oh yes. Can you maintain your ideal weight without exercising? Sure can! It comes down to calorie…

I have 2 protein shakes a day some days -- I still lose weight. I work out 6-7 days per week, cardio and weight training. It is pretty much impossible that you are gaining muscle so fast that it is cancelling out your fat loss on the scale. Muscle gain doesn't happen that fast! It is more likely that your deficit isn't…

Very, very realistic!

It can get daunting when you have a long way to go, I can relate to that! Here's the thing though -- a month from now will be a month from now no matter what, you will be so much happier in one month if you keep on going!!! You will be amazed how much better you feel as the weeks pass. You will start to feel accomplished…

Anyone of you, feel free to add me if you need extra support. I just started utilizing MFP a little over a week ago; I came here from a different calorie tracker site -- but I've been at this for a little while now!

I asked this before on a different site and got some very (what I considered) dramatic answers both ways. :) I personally drink a gallon to a gallon and a half of water per day. I workout a lot too though, and I live in Phoenix where it's already getting over 100 degrees. I've been doing this for months, and I feel great.…

What is it about those days that makes it hard for you? More temptation? Going out? For me it's about planning. I don't put any foods off limits, I just don't eat the high calorie foods in the quantities I used to. If I know I'm going to have a couple beers, or some cake at a birthday party, or go to a restaurant, I eat…

I think it's a personal preference. I like to do it circuit style to keep my heart rate up, and it also gets it done quicker. I'm not a fan of sitting around waiting while I'm in the gym, I like to get it done and get out. Everyone has their own thing, and that's just fine! But yikes I get annoyed when someone hogs a…

I record it in the strength section then I also add it in cardio (I just search weight training and put in the minutes I do it). I never rest during my weight training, I do other exercises while whatever muscle I just worked rests. My heart rate is up the whole time and I'm extremely sweaty by the end. You better bet I…

I have lost 39 pounds overall since December, but started hardcore 8 weeks ago and have lost 23 of those 39 it in those 8 weeks. In the past (almost) 4 weeks since I joined the gym I've been doing weight training 3xs a week, and quite a bit of cardio, and the past 4 weeks I have seen the best results AND the most changes…

Every January the PF Changs Rock n Roll Marathon and Half Marathon comes to Phoenix. Every year many of my facebook friends run it and post about it. Every year I think WOW I want to do that, that's awesome. I never think hmmmmm I wonder what place they took. This year (technically 2013 since it's in January) I'm going to…

I had mine out in an emergency surgery in October 2010. It was a good 6 weeks before I had no pain. Take it easy or it will take longer to heal!

You could always set that as your first goal and see how you like the way you look when you get there. I'm not a big believer in the BMI charts, I think it's more about body fat %. See where you are at when you get down to 175 and decide from there!

I took a look at your diary, and while when reading your original post I thought you meant 20% carbs I realize now that you meant 20 grams! To me that's totally insane! I consider myself to be on a lower carb diet, but my carbs are around 60-90g each day, which is drastically cut from the 250 or so I was eating before (and…

I second the stregnth training, and doing that hand in hand with making sure you get enough protein.

I had a baby almost 5 months ago now, but have only been working to get weight off for the past 8 weeks. I do ab workouts, but for the goal of stregnthening my core. As far as spot reduction --- nothing you can do. I put in a lot of cardio and work hard with my diet, and have seen the muffin top and post baby belly start…

Hi. I've been lurking for a while but this is my first post. I started jogging at over 200 lbs, in fact at 220. I'm under 200 now and it's definitely easier. I can only speak for myself, not tell you what you need to do, but here is my experience: Intervals work wonderfully for me. I started doing an incredibly slow jog of…