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Thanks for sharing this. My husband and I actually talked about this the other day. I set a goal and gave myself a deadline and I'm getting discouraged about it, but I need to remember that I have time!

Will do! I love lifting too and I want to cut down on some of the cardio I've been doing as well. I'll give it 3 months and take progress pictures and such.

This sounds like a happy medium to me. I'll give this a try and see how it goes!

Thank you!! I was waiting for someone to point this out... Makes the "muscle weighs more than fat" argument moot.

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5'3" Started at 169 pounds and a size 15 (juniors) Waist at navel: 42" Hips: 42" Bust: 42" Underbust: 34" Now at 137 and a size 9 (juniors)... Waist at navel: 35.5" (-6.5") Hips: 39" (-3") Bust: 36.25" (-5.75") Underbust: 29.5 (-4.5") 25% Body fat Goal weight is 130 with hopefully 20% body fat when I get there. ETA: Side…

Interested as well!

I hear what everyone is saying about not self-sabotaging, but there's a point to where you have to set realistic goals for yourself. I was never an overweight teenager. I weighed 125 pounds when I was 16. As an adult, I would never try to aim for anything less than that cause I have and always had a muscular build. Even…

5'3" here and just changed my calories from 1,900 to 1,700. Turns out 1,900 is my maintenance. Been maintaining around 140 pounds for almost 2 months. Want to get to 130! I strength train 3x a week and dance twice a week and take classes here and there when my work schedule allows it. ETA: I eat back exercise calories too.

I have seen someone do this before! Wtf? The guy I saw had the treadmill cranked up at a really high speed too. Weird...

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I'm working 2-11 tonight. Not looking forward to it...

I usually burn between 200-250 on 30DS. I haven't done it in a while though.

I try to weigh once a month. Sometimes I'll go for a week or so where I weigh everyday, then I feel obsessive, THEN I break up with the scale. There seems to be no in between for me. I'm onto the last 9 pounds, so close to my goal, it's hard to not be focused on the number.

I never really played sports in school, but I was a tomboy and spent my after school time running around the neighborhood with my brother and his friends. When puberty hit, they would poke fun at me (one would call me "mosquito bites" in reference to my small chest). Turns out, I ended up just being a late bloomer, I got…

Great post! I have some friends that need to read this...

Just just had to have my rings sized down from a 6 to a 5 1/2 after 30 pounds. They weren't falling off, but loose enough to bother me and they kept rotating which was annoying.

[/quote] I think it's based on the Zone diet. But have a look here if you want to adjust your macros a bit more personal to you - http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets [/quote] ^This I tried 40/30/30 for about a week and felt horrible cutting my carbs down like that. I…

I would make fish tacos. Throw the fish in a skillet with chopped cilantro, tomato and jalapeno with some lime juice. Break up the fish as it cooks. One of my favorites.

I occasionally feel the same way. When I do, I put a measuring tape around my waist where I started and see how I'm much smaller. I can run faster, jump higher, I sleep better. Try focusing on the other positives to becoming healthy. Also, try strength training to give your body more shape!

Something clicked. I had a close friend who was having success using MFP and we are similar in size, so I decided to see what it was all about. I had never tried losing weight before, I didn't think I had to. I thought that I was destined to look the way I looked.

5'2" here and lost all my weight eating 1,600+. Currently eating 1,800 a day - on the last 10 pounds. I've always eaten back exercise calories when I can too.

I would eat at TDEE -20% and don't eat back exercise calories.

I was thinking the same thing...

I love my Brooks running shoes!

I do this too. It's kind of a pain, but I try to enter individual things hoping for more accuracy...

Ice cream.

I ate almost 1,800 calories for lunch today....

So, because of this thread I decided to try it out. Love it. I have been converted. Thank you to everyone who raved about it!

Omg. That is fantastic...