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"my burger friends"....that's hilarious

As someone who has gone for walks at 250 lbs...yea, it can get your heart rate going 0.0

This is wonderful advice :) Eat well and walk to victory!

Unless you're a cat. Then in that case, you're doing just fine.

I wanted to comment but I'd just repeat everyone most everyone has said...but i'll do it anyway. You want to lose weight? Then your focus needs to be on your calorie intake. You have to monitor and learn more about what and how much is going into your body...and a great way to learn that is through calorie counting. Since…

yahooooo!

I'm a soon-to-be-bride...getting married in August. I'm happy with my weight (7 lbs less wouldn't be bad, but it's no biggie), BUT I am working on toning my arms and upper body. Dresses these days are revealing, and it's going to be a hot day!

What is urging you to be vegetarian? If your body is craving meat, especially?

The thing about "counting calories" is it's not a forever thing. What it does is teach you about food density, portions, and your daily macro-nutrient consumption habits. "Calorie counting" is much more than just about calories. It's about learning and building a new relationship with food that can help you the rest of…

1/2 scoop plain non-sweetened 100% whey protein powder 1/2 cup full-fat plain greek yogurt 1/2 cup blueberries 2 strawberries BLEND THAT SHET DRINK THAT SHET

EXCELLENT!

OMG i'm such a sugar-holic. But I've lost 125 lbs and kept it off (mostly w/in 20 lb range) for 8 years. First of all, there are many things I had to learn that have more sugar than you'd imagine:* Yogurt that isn't plain * Ketchup * Salad dressings (sometimes...especially the 'fat free' ones - make your own) * Wine & beer…

I bet you're fun at parties ;)

1. What's your daily calorie goal? 2. What is your carb/protein/fats/sugar breakdown? (ie: are you getting enough protein?) 3. What time of day do you eat vs. workout? 4. How long and intense are your workouts, and are you letting yourself eat back 10-30% of those calories?

I revise after looking at his diary. You didn't post that information, and I still disagree with calling someone's actions/emotions 'disordered' in an internet forum. But that's beside the point here, aye?

OK...after snooping your diary I take a lot of what I posted above back. OP, you appear to be starving yourself. You've been eating way too few calories (if your diary reflects everything you've eaten). Additionally, the calories you DO eat are not balanced and nutritive. I think getting started on reading some good blogs…

I entirely disagree with rabbitjb. Guilt over a food choice isn't 'disordered' at all. It's not fun, and if it's not positive or working for you, you may want to rethink it as a reaction! I do not support pathologizing people's feelings on internet forums. Undereating when you've over-eaten the day before is a fine…

Thanks! I sure hope so. 7 more months of this hopefully will allow me to be a bride w/o arm wings! Free weights...I have 2 ten-lb weights at home I sometimes throw around a little. I should maybe do this about 10-15 minutes everyday?

It's so hard to support someone losing weight, I'd imagine! I hope he split his doughtnut with you ;)

@sijomial My goals now are to get a fitter upper-body for my wedding in August :) In the last 10years i've had a 125 lb weight loss, first half due to walking and yoga, second half due to yoga and running, but up-keep in the last 6 years only due to lower-body workouts (cycling, spinning, running, hiking). Now with the…

Sunday weigh in: No real change (170.6 lbs, but that's what I weighed a week ago). At least that 3 lbs I had put on last week from too much sodium intake went away!

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Exactly! :)

@_Waffle_ this is a good question. I would say, if she's open with you about her effort to lose weight, then just ask her! "Hey love/sweetie/honey/schnookums, I was wondering if chocolate is something you would enjoy for Valentine's day this year, or if you would like to go a different route if you feel it will help you…

25 cents per H20 molecule, please

Just FYI - I disagree with malibu927. If you've already eaten 2000 calories, you will be a-ok if you don't eat the rest back, I reckon.

Good job getting things going! That's awesome :) When I was 125 overweight, walking was my start. Hours and hours of walking :) In my book MFP seriously over-estimates calories, but you still probably burned 1000-ish, to take a wild guess! That being said, I tend to only eat back 20% of what MFP tells me I burned. So in…

Girl, you mean. Tone it down. You can tell people things w/o coming across like an un-helpful wanker.

First, You are a roll of paper towels. The first paper towel you take off the roll is large, you just can't tell But by the last towel, the roll seems to shrink so fast by just taking off one towel. Why? Because the fewer towels there are on the roll, the larger percentage of what's on the roll each towel is. The more you…

That longer and/or faster is not necessarily 'healthier' That running can cause serious long-term injury, and some doctors say it's the reason that so many knee/hip replacements are needed in older age. That it's not right for all bodies, and sometimes doing other things is also excellent! It's not the epitome of fitness…