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I was somewhere around 290 when I started running last summer, perhaps even 300.

Instead, he should just stop looking at people's "covered with fabric" bottoms. My guess it he would be happy making all women wear a burlap sack so we as a society aren't tempting his good values.........

Small city apartment dweller here. My bike on a trainer is right in the living room, with my husband's bike living behind the couch (we keep mine out most of the time since we can both ride my bike, and his is too tall for me) Most everything else is fairly small, since we do have a gym membership. But we keep exercise…

I do both. My overall goal is to be a healthy weight, but I set short term and mid term goals as well. At first it was just to get under 300 pounds, then every 25 pounds after that. I also have a midterm goal of getting under 230 by July, so I can skydive with a friend of mine.

Wah wah. Sad that is is dead around here. Anyway, I do have a real questions, husband and I are pretty new to Wisconsin (live in Milwaukee), and I am brand new to road cycling. What are some good road cycling day trips we can do this summer?

As someone who has had panic attacks and generalized anxiety, and married to someone with the same, definitely talk to a professional. Anti-anxiety medicine does wonders, and you don't have to stay on it forever, even just counseling/therapy sessions to talk it out can do a lot too.

* Jimmy Johns or other sandwich places, if you stick with mostly meat & veg, you can get away with a pretty low calorie count, add cheese & mayo in as it fits your calories, I always make cheese fit in :) * Shlotzky's has good salads, huge and filling * a lot of places now do soup, anything non cream based shouldn't be too…

3 pounds a week is too fast, unless you are severely obese, like a couple hundred pounds to lose. Generally speaking, 2 pounds aw week is the maximum you should shoot for. The weight didn't come on overnight, so you can't expect to lose it overnight. You should up your calories to at least 1200, go through MFP's guidance…

1000 is in no way sustainable, it almost always causes crash & burn, followed by quitting and gaining weight back. I would ask your doctor to refer you to a registered dietitian, most MDs have very little nutrition knowledge, an RD will be able to give you a much better idea of what you should actually be eating.

I honestly doubt that anything we eat today is the same as the cavemen. Due to constant genetic modification (by selective breeding) what we now eat isn't the same as what we ate 200 years ago, what was eaten 200 years ago isn't the same as what was eaten 400 years ago and so on.

Baked chicken fajitas. Lean meat, veggies, salsa, tortillas and a bit of cheese. Delicious, (if I don't eat too many tortillas) healthy, easy. Or beef/turkey chili. Very easy to pack with vegetables, freezes well, packed with protein and always tasty.

I personally haven't used the walk away the pounds, but some of my MFP friends have and have found great success.

Welcome to MFP! It is very doable with the right mindset. I started in May at 325 pounds, now I'm at 259. So still a work in progress, but well on my way. Best advice I can give is to not completely change everything you do & eat overnight, that is what feeds yo-yo dieting. Start by just getting food under control, if you…

This.

My goal is to ride minimum 3x/wk and to log 100 miles. (obese newbie here) Week 1 - Short week* (2 rides in Dec during this wk, total 11.52 miles) * January 3 - 5.02 miles Week 2* January 5 - 9.02 miles * January 9 - 4.3 miles * Meh, I became a hermit with the cold and didn't get my third in, let's shoot for 4 in week 3,…

Currently, that is not available. Only recently were we able to easily upload pictures directly to the forums, before we had to externally host & code/link it up. All you can do now is post a link to what you wish to share, I do it pretty often myself.

I think you would have to host it somewhere else and send a link to the picture

I am a very thrifty (aka, cheap) person, and I found it worth it. Yes, the costs is a lot (for me it was $1/minute), but he did a great job building up my strength and working with me on my goals. I was a complete noob at everything, and he gave me a great base to build off of. Unfortunately, my hours were cut at work this…

Like the other posters said, it comes off however and wherever you are genetically inclined to have it come off. I've lost 65 pounds, my husband has lost 40, most of his weight dropped from hit butt and gut, me, not so much.

I can think of a lot of other ways I'd like to spend my money. With that said, it seems to be worth it for some people, just not my thing, I'd rather buy more workout gear instead.

My goal is to ride minimum 3x/wk and to log over 100 miles. (newbie here) Week 1 - Short week* (2 rides in Dec during this wk, total 11.52 miles) * January 3 - 5.02 miles Week 2* January 5 - 9.02 miles Running total miles for January - 14.04/100 miles = 14%

I'll be going shopping and buying some nicer clothes again, to start working in some more expensive, nicer quality staple items. Since losing weight I've stuck to mostly (not all) thrift store clothing, all of my old nice clothes are way too big on me. Don't get me wrong, I still dress nicely, just not as nice as I'd like…

Looks like you are on the right path! Best advice I can give is to make this a lifestyle change, filled with long term sustainable practices, that is by far the best way to get the weight off, and more importantly, keep it off! Best of luck and lean on the MFP when you need support!

My goal is to ride for 3x/wk and a to have over 100 miles. I'm still very new at this, and still obese, so I don't want to push it too much. I live in snowy Wisconsin and hate the cold, so I'm on the trainer until the snow melts. Week 1 - Short week* (2 rides in Dec during this wk, total 11.52 miles) * January 3 - 5.02…

A stationary bike (along with walking & swimming) helped me a lot when I first started. We found a recumbent bike, brand new, at the thrift store for $25. It was very low impact, and very good for me. Look on craigslist, chances are you can find something used at a decent price. We have since gotten rid of our stationary…

Yep, color of the egg is determined by the breed of the chicken.

I started at 325, first just with getting my diet under control, then adding in a lot of walking, then swimming and a recumbent stationary bike. I did just that for a few months and have been able to work my endurance and strength up to a lot more, weight training, cycling, elliptical, running, etc. But really, anything…

Lifting heavy definitely helps with weight loss. It will also help you maintain the muscle that you have, so when you do lose, it is more fat loss, instead of fat & muscle. When I started a few months ago I did notice my weight loss stalled temporarily, my body was confused and held onto a lot of water, but after a couple…

Exactly this. Mfp is set up to easily add exercise and calories. You can even make up your own exercises and manually add calories, or find existing ones and either keep the calories it give you, or change the calories to what you want.

Most likely, I don't rally care about New Years, but I get the day off from work, so the plan is to sleep in, workout, and a combination of lounging/cleaning my apartment.