JosieRawr Member

Also check out the sexypants link that is ^^ up there somewhere... Fuel the body especially if you're running! I'm 5'9 female and I net 1500 weekly with my body media link tracking my TDEE weekly average 500 deficit per day I eat between 1000 to 2500+ a day. Edit- and I don't generally exercise, I just work part time in a…

Stress on the muscle often causes short term water retention as part of the repair process(totally natural and not generally noticeable unless you're daily weighing) To the OP- were you "eating back" your exercise calories or are you on a TDEE method? Edit- Also I'm set to 1 lb a week, but I will go 2 weeks at the same…

I think if you're questioning losing more weight then it may be a good idea to maintain and lift or lift at a slight surplus(the fore mentioned 1-200 small surplus) I've even heard of eating at a slight deficit on off days and slight surplus on lifting days to maintain while doing a good slow recomp

intense workout

If you're already eating a fairly small amount of calories then you should probably eat them..(based on the remaining 400 calories for dinner which would be more like a snack for me) just a guess as your diary isn't open.. If you already have a large deficit it's probably better to have it be possibly a little smaller for…

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*as I look at my empty chocolate ice cream bowl* You know I could really go for a slice of cheesecake... with extra strawberries.. or a good flan...(not the crap that you can get at the store) Not really a craving, the chocolate buzzing through my system is pretty satisfying..

I'm 5' 8.5" My goal is 145, but it depends on how much lean mass I hang onto, 145 is very thin for me and drops my boobs from overflowing DD to large C(yay cute bras) did last time I was at that weight anyways, hoping they go back down...

I take pictures from time to time in this little pair of shorts that I was able to wear comfortably around the house(they're booty shorts) and also there's a very flashy orange polka dot dress that I was able to wear in public at one point, now... yeah no..

I always weigh my pb and icecream lol, for pb I put the container on the scale and scoop out of it until the negative weight is correct ;)

I went three months of obsessively weighing everything that I ate. I wouldn't eat anyone else's cooking, I prepared all of my meals, snacks, etc. After three months I quit... It wasn't sustainable for me. I couldn't eat what my partner cooked, I couldn't go out to eat, I was missing out. I do still weigh things, lots of…

I personally am losing weight with infrequent exercise. If you don't enjoy the exercise then it might be a good idea to start slowly toning it down to a more manageable amount of exercise, just make sure your calories consumed are reduced to compensate for the removed exercise. (I exercise about 2 times a week, and other…

It's always hard to speak against family, or speak out to them(in my opinion as well), but sometimes limits must be set. You can't let her run over you in your home. Try to do it unaggressively, but firm and don't back peddle, get it all out in the open! Then say I <3 you... Good luck!

Also- while the chest strap hrm is suppose to be the most accurate, I personally had issues with it... It liked to fight with my underwire and I could only use it every other day or so or it would irritate me, also had issues with it when I ran if I wasn't erm.. firmly secured.. Any bounce and the numbers when crazy...…

I don't have a trainer and it was over a year ago, I just haven't been working on it. Another reason for me to think I lost arm muscle, no worries though. I just started working on it again. :) I've pretty much answered my question anyways. And I do thank you for your thoughtful responses!

I wasn't talking about the waist. I was talking about my measurements that are now smaller than they were when I was leaner: forearm and arm mostly... Thanks anyways though... and I am enjoying my losses in my bigger areas :) Not necessarily disapproving of the arm and forearm measurements, just pondering about it.

Although of course small is relative... my 40 pounders could be cardio range for someone else lol.

I only use small hand weights for cardio ;) I have 20-40 pounders which are able to challenge me at this point and I do body weight exercises, I don't think that I'm stronger as before I was able to slowly let myself down from the pull up position(not able to do regular ones) and now I cannot(I just tried it), most likely…

Lol okay, just don't hold it against the elliptical! :)

I absolutely adore my Body Media Link! It tracks everything that doesn't involve water(I charge it when I shower and have to remove if I swim, but otherwise I wear it all the time) It has been very accurately in line with my weight loss when I used it for 3 months straight. It also counts steps, moderate activity, and…

I'm not big on split days, but in my experience elliptical after lifting with legs is not a good day... (fatigue, miserable are a couple of words I would use to describe it and I personally like the elliptical in a normal situation) Personally I like to split my hard cardio to different days than my lifting.(I don't feel…

Bread... I don't really crave it, but I use to eat a lot of sandwiches, toast, etc. I focus on protein first and bread usually doesn't make it when I'm prepping my own meals.

Bikinis... Cute little things that my boobs will not fit into(when I get around 145-140 my boobs drop to a over flowing C, right now they're overflowing DD) You know how many cute things are made for 36 DD that isn't custom ordered? Very few... Even at Victoria's Secret... And even with the "fitting" assistance, it still…

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My partner builds and I paint. Pretty much anything wood, but at this moment office furniture is taking control of our house! :) I was painting a huge shelfy thing and the "skeleton" for a top cabinet.

I'm pretty sedentary and Have a fairly strong hourglass figure(I got all the butt and "chest") also have them thunder thighs... You're sounding a bit spammy and not really making a very good case for yourself..

Me too!

I find it helpful to balance my calories weekly. Some days I have a low net, other days I'm in the red.

I have not, but I have sang solos? :) Have you ever stayed up 48 hours?

Not necessarily related... but I swear when I was sick(high fever, unable to eat, etc) a few weeks ago my water was sweet! I was also craving sweets... Were you craving salty things? Maybe it's a matter of mind over matter? I know for a fact that my water was not any sweeter than it ever is same tap water, brita filter,…