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You look great. Congratulations!

I went from 154 in January 2012 to 131 by November 2012 and now maintaining somewhere between 132 and 134 for most of this year. I have a few before and afters on my profile page. My goal is still 130 but I am not too concerned about losing as much as maintaining now.

Well, it depends on how concerned you are about how you look to everyone else and what you management will accept on the clock, You can get up every hour and pace, march in place, or bring dumbells and use them for armwork for about 5 minutes very hour.

That is a wonderful story. Congratulations of fininding your "Magic Pill" Who could have guessed it was an app. :laugh:

Exactly the same height, SW. My goal was 130--I am at 132 and ok with losing more or not. .5 - 1lbs per week is aveage if you only have 20-25 lbs to lose. Hang in there, it is slow but it happens.

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I started by setting my calories to TDEE, sedentary, for my GOAL weight (probably was equal to -20%) and eating that plus eating back exercise calories. It works quite nicely in my opinion. I am actually pretty sedentary though, I have a desk job and I don't cook or clean house during the week. I do all of my housework,…

This. Jillian said, in an article that I read, that "30Days Shred" was the name the marketing people came up with--she does not recommend doing it every day for 30 days. You should not work the same muscle groups everyday without resting them. Do 30DS every other day or at least rest every 3rd day if you want to avoid…

Instead of walking every day for 30 minutes, find two or three circuit workouts or strenght work outs. Bring some dumbells to work and do those twice a week and then walk the other three. 30 minutes a day should be enough for both fitness and weight-loss. Don't kill yourself or sarifice precious relationship time. I…

Great post. Thanks.

Protein and fiber help you feel full. Good fats help you feel satiated. Fluids keep you hydrated. Make sure you are netting enough calories for your height, weight, age and activity level. Also, the less-processed your food is, the more you can eat and stay within your calorie range.

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We have very similar stats and we eat very similarly, as well. I am 5'4" 52yo and started at 153 lbs. I have my calories set to 1600 due to the fact that calories in the database can be off and calories burned during exercise can be off--this allows me some padding. Try lowering your calories by 100-200 for a month and see…

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When I am eating restaurant or take-out food, I usually try and find another restaurant or take-out place that has similar food and use that for my log. I do this because most restaurant and take-out food has a lot more sodium and fat than what you would make at home. But if I eat at someone's home, I assume they would…

Your numbers look fine for the number of calories you are allotting. I don't know your current weight and height but your macros look normal and you are only going over by a little bit. I would consider the protein a minimum anyway. You might change the sugar macro to fiber since you eat a lot of fruit and monitor your…

I think this is the best reason to know your TDEE. TDEE is what you need to eat to maintain your current weight. In order to gain a pound of fat, you have to eat 500 calories per day over your TDEE. So if TDEE is, say 1900 calories to maintain my current weight I would have to eat 2400 calories every day to gain a pound of…

Do or do not. There is no think. aka. Just Do it!

I recommend not starting a diet. Start by just tracking everything you are eating now, everyday for 30 days and then take a good look at it. How many calories are you eating? What are your food preferences? What shows up over and over? What is lacking from your current diet? Protein? Veggies? Then, Google BMR calculator…

Congratulations on your success. Too bad your "friend" can't be happy for you but people are like that. I am 5'4" and I weight 131 lbs. It is a perfectly fine and proper weight for our height. Buy yourself some skinny jeans and enjoy your new body!

Life without wine would not be worth living. I drink wine daily, I log it, I exercise for it, I enjoy every single drop of it.

^^This is very sage advice.^^ Just one other clarification. If you use TDEE and factor exercise in to your calculation, then don't eat back exercise calories. If you want to see your exercise calories and eat them back, then use TDEE, sedentary, to set your calorie goal.

Protein, fiber, fat, carbs, sodium The firs two I view as minimums, the second two I try to be close to zero and the last one is set at 1500mg which I try to meet but as long as I don't go over 2500 most days I am OK with that. (I have HBP and need to monitor this to stay off meds.)

Mega-congratulation to yuo! Great stuff--very inspiring and all true.:flowerforyou:

It is easy but it takes time--you don't have very much to lose so you just have to be patient. If you eat between your BMR and your TDEE and you exercise 3-5 x per week--especially if you include strength training, you will lose weight. When I got within 2 lbs of my goal weight, I plateaued for about 4 months. Then, I lost…

TDEE is calculated to include your exercise, as an average, based on what you say you are doing. MFP calculates your deficit without including exercise, SO, if you eat 1450 calories and then burn 250 calories throught exercise, you are expected to eat 1700 calories on MFP. If you eat 1750 calories as TDEE and don't eat…

Read labels. Some jarred pasta sauces have less sodium than others. Some bread has less sodium than others. You can find many more reduced sodium or no salt added foods these days. There is a good low-sodium cookbook put out by Prevention Magazine called The Salt Solution Cookbook that has some good, low-sodium, high…

The point of this site is to track what you eat and see your patterns, your strengths and weaknesses and calories in vz. calories out. This is how you take control of your life--seeing the patterns of eating, drinking, exercising, etc. It is not the only way,but I think it is the best, most successsful way to lose weight…

Yummm. Great idea! I am going to try this. I like cottage cheese with tomatoes, never thought to add basil, O&V. I might have some of this tonight!

Totally doable. I lost 21 lbs. (1.5 stone) in 10 months and I am much older than you (read: slower metabolism.) Exercise doing things you enjoy 5 or 6 days per week for 30-45 minutes (strength + cardio). Figure out your BMR and your TDEE and eat between those numbers--should be good to go.