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You look amazing! Excellent dedication! I totally see a difference between the 2 shots. Love your dress! You look very elegant. :)

You look fantastic, healthy and fit! Well done!

Well done! Congratulations on all your hard work! :smile:

I'm 42, 5'3" and start weight on MFP was 158 lbs (I was 160.5 lbs for a while before joining but got down to 158 just by adding more exercise). I tried the TDEE-20% without eating back exercise (came out to about 1700 a day) and weight stayed the same for months!. I went down to 1300 net calories and eating back most of my…

Congratulations on your hard work! You look great! :)

Thank you! And congratulations on your success!! Excellent work! :)

Thank you!!! And I agree 100% with you! I love weight training and what it does to my body! I feel empowered by it. :)

Thank you! lol, no secret formula other than lowering my calories and exercise. I drink lots of water (10 cups a day about) and try to net 1300 calories most days but I do indulge a bit on weekends (poutine and beer/wine). I'd probably loose faster if I stopped those bad habits but I like to have a bit of fun sometimes and…

Thank you! It is important to feel good and although I'm not at where I want to be, at least I know that my goal is within my reach and totally in my control to achieve it. :)

Thank you! Sadly, it's a lot easier to gain it back then to it is to take it off but, like you said, the important thing is to be accountable and consistent. :) Good luck!

Thank you! Good luck on your goals!

You're right. :) Thank you for the encouragement and the advice. :)

The only days I missed really are this weekend because I wanted to start the week fresh with new goals in mind. ;) But I will most definitely see my doctor if my new plan doesn't give me the results I'm looking for. Thank you. :)

Absolutely right and I'm going to work on this. Thank you. :)

My husband and I were discussing this the other day. Pretty scary stuff. :(

Thank you for the recommendation and I will research this further. :)

Thank you for the recommendation and I'm actually going to do just that but with custom macro goals; I want to keep my protein intake high because I strength train. :) Congratulations on your success!

Thank you for your response. :) I've given all the advice some thought and what I've realized is that because of various reasons, the amount that I've been eating is probably off (on the high side) so I've decided to lower my calorie goal to 1300 and eat back my exercise. This should help with the discrepancies.

Interesting.. Thank you for the information. I will research this further. :)

Thank you beachgirl! There is a lot of good advice and I'll be taking the time to read it again. :) I have a fresh outlook on how to acheive my goals and it feels good. ;)

You're absolutely right. Thank you! :)

I agree and I am grateful for that. :)

Thank you for the explanation. It's really something I didn't know. I just assumed that the end calorie result was the number I had to keep in mind and then the macros but it seems there is some discrepancy. Interesting... Thanks again! :)

Thank you! You're right. I will make this happen. :)

Thank you! My lunches are small because I eat at the office before going to the gym (I go at lunch 4 days a week) and I don't have time to eat anything big and that 's why I have bigger snacks than lunches in my diary. :) I do eat more protein on lifting days but I will try and add more. Thanks!

Thanks! My husband tells me that I'm nice and firm so that's working for me! Just need to reduce that top layer of fat now. :)

I am a true endomorph. I have curves but a nice flat belly which I'm very thankful for. My upper arms and upper thighs are my problem areas.... :( Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like I need to make a change in my diet and will do just that. :)

I do cardio 1 day a week (HIIT) and Vinyasa yoga 1 day a week and this gets my heart rate up! :) Now that the snow has melted around here (finally), I will start running and biking outdoors for cardio.

Those are great recommendations and I appreciate you taking the time to write. :) Thank you.

Thanks. I have actually read quite a bit from that group and that's why I thought I'd be good with 1800 calories a day because some of the women there are in such good shape and eat a lot more than me! Guess I'm not so lucky. ;)