NamibianRose Member

Personally, I wouldn't reply to the above example message either. Unless you had a good profile and something in it I could go off of, because your message is so generic, to me. You ask a question, but you ask about my plans for the weekend, I'm unlikely to write back and tell you my plans. If some guy just wrote hello,…

Holy smokes lady! That's amazing. Way to go!! Question for you, I'm doing it everyday and also spin 3x a week, I was going to keep up my walk/jog 3x a week but decided to cut that out and see how I felt first. Did you add any additional cardio, if so, how much? To OP, I'm only on Level 1 Day 6, not sure about results but I…

Ditto. I have experimented with weighing everyday, sometimes the scale would be the same for days, then suddenly drop. Water retention makes the scale out worst enemy. I also agree with your cousin, I recommend eating more. I think it's difficult for most people to sustain netting 900 calories. I've seen time and time…

Wow! You're almost halfway through the program! Great job! I bet your body has changed a great deal already. Tonight is only level 1 day 6 for me.

To change my body. You can lose weight without exercise, but I like the way a person's body looks when they are fit and toned. I also love the way it makes me feel. Beforehand, sometimes I really, really dread it, but afterwards and throughout the day, it makes me feel great. Picks up my mood, and makes me feel better…

After watching Fat, Sick and Nearly dead, a juice fast sounded like the best thing ever lol. I think I got to day 13? 14? 15? I don't recall now (this was last summer). Everyone says, oh after the first 3 days/first week, you don't feel hungry anymore and it's easy. That was NOT the case for me, the first week was pretty…

What Level/Day are you on?

^^^THIS, a thousand times this!!!

Seems like you have a good attitude about it 'oops' is right! It's not the end of the world and you learned from it! A lot of people might not agree with me here, but I tend to look at my weekly avg. I love that MFP has a nice way to look at your avg calorie intake for the week, and each day in that week. So what I do in…

Find other ways to measure progress other than your scale!

L1 D5 DOWN!! Halfway done with level one. Such a small accomplishment has never made me so happy before haha!

Congratulations on your 80 lbs loss! I'm really at a loss and don't have any advice, sorry, but wanted to comment to bump your thread!

This is a little off topic, sorry for that, but I have a question about sizes...specifically vanity sizing. Do you think in the modeling world, meaning what the designers are calling 2/4/6 even compare to what are out in the stores? And would you all agree that larger sizes are the biggest offenders of vanity sizing? I…

People like to use euphemism for being fat...big boned, curvy, etc. Only used on women of course, I've never heard someone refer to man as being big boned. A little off topic...about the curvy comment. I knew a girl who was around 300 lbs say she didn't want to lose weight because she didn't want to lose her boobs =/…

Wow! Fantastic! I hope I look younger too when I lose 40lbs, you look 10 years younger! Wonderful. Congratulations.

And I saw your progress pictures and they are amazing! It's pics like those that keep me going, even though I know logically the scale is meaningless and muscles retain water when you start working out for repair, it still gets to me. BUT, never thought once about quitting. I know that I'm doing the right things (cals in…

I'm on L1 D5 and I've GAINED nearly a pound! How you like them apples? LOL

Thank you for posting this! I can't believe such a difference in just 17 days! I'll be doing L1 D5 tonight and sure hope my back fat goes away! I know this is crazy but I already feel like I'm starting to see ever so slight differences in the way my clothes are fitting as well as my face. So I'm hoping in 10-12 more days…

YES THIS^^ I use to go to a gym where I would see someone calibrating the scales relatively often, this is very important for those types of scales! I'd toss the weight you got from your parents scale and toss it out the window and never think twice about it LOL

Being complacent is always easier...I think for me, I finally got sick of what I saw in the mirror so now every time I look in the mirror, I am reminded of why I'm doing this and it helps with motivation. I was the same way at one point, my weekends were disasters, but even so, I was able to still lose weight for a while.…

I've decided to cut back some of my cardio for the first week, after the first few days it seemed like a good idea, but I'm not really feeling sore today, so might end up adding it back in. I definitely need to bump up my hand weights though. Scared to do it, but need to. Ok...is it just me, or has anyone else seen an…

I agree with this ^^ I wouldn't apologize, he deserved it. "damn clock"? LAME. I'd let F* you be the last words I ever said to him. If he texts you, I wouldn't respond, if I wouldn't be able to help myself, I'd block his number. You deserve better.

I have seen this debate in nearly all weight loss communities I've visited lol. I think a factor that I've havent seen mentioned (I like to emphasize 'I haven't seen!' not that no one here has mentioned it) is differences in VO2 max. Example. A friend and I went and got our BMR and VO2 rates tested. Went to a facility that…

Just finished L1 D4, does anyone else feel like the first circuit is the hardest? I think it was just cruel to alternate jumping jacks with jumping rope LOL. Not to mention I just suck at push ups!

I enjoy spin and Zumba is pretty fun, but personally have found that the level of workout I get out of zumba very much depends on the instructor, but I'm sure that argument can be said about a lot of group exercise classes. I hear bodypump is good but have yet to try it, all I know about it is that they use a lot of…

Her behavior is just wrong! It's disrespectful and outright mean. I have had people who have undermined my goals but nothing intentional. Usually it's someone who lacks nutritional knowledge themselves and think something's healthy and so won't make me gain weight, or are worried that I'm trying too hard and don't want me…

And their parents? They are ok with their daughter's behavior? Definitely don't let it get you down, if anything, let it help motivate you! That's what I try to do anyway. You are not ugly, and do not look like a whale with fat man legs (ok I can't see your legs in your pic, but I find it very unlikely)! You don't even…

Probably makes me a bad person, but this made me literally laugh out loud.

I must have missed something...

Wow, looking at your profile pic, you don't even look fat to me. I'd hate to hear what your niece would say to me LOL!