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and starting the transition to maintenance after one more weigh-in tomorrow morning. I'm a 41 year old woman and started April 26 of 2012 and have lost 135 pounds. I weighed 276.2 when I started and am currently at 140.8. My original goal was 150, but I was having such good luck, I decided to keep going. 135-140 (I expect…
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Completely normal. I've even had this happen for a few weeks in a row (despite heavy exercise and rigorous calorie counting). It's often followed by a big loss (at least for me). Trust the math and that if you're eating at a calorie deficit, sooner or later the weight WILL come off. If you're female, the time before/after…
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I eat more than 1200 now as I get closer to maintenance, but I did eat that amount for most of the time I was losing weight. I've found the substitutions several people have talked about to be helpful: -low cal bread/buns for regular -low cal butter or butter spray -0 calorie salad dressings from Walden Farms (some people…
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To represent the opposite opinion...I have lost 133 pounds and have never eaten a single exercise calorie back. I always figured it would make my weight loss go faster, and I never really felt like I needed the extra food. That said, it seems people have had success with both methods, though it seems like those who don't…
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Just normal shoes. I found having the support really helped with the pain/discomfort. It got so bad for a while, I felt like I could barely put weight on my feet when I first stood up, but that would lessen as I stood/walked for a bit. I didn't really time the tennis ball stretches-I just did it until my feet felt a bit…
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The two things that helped me most were always wearing slippers/shoes (never going barefoot unless in bed or shower) and rolling a tennis ball under my foot. I tried a lot of the other stretches, and they helped, but the symptoms pretty much stopped when I started using the tennis ball.
