gwenster89 Member

food from chain restaurants... olive garden, chili's, that kind of thing. the ingredients are poor quality and the amount of calories in that food is just mind blowing. i truly do not understand how they pack so many calories into one plate of food. even if i'm not cooking a "healthier" version of it at home, i think…

I just want to focus more on limiting carbs from grains and added sugar, and less on carbs from fruits and veggies. I'm a big foodie and love to cook and eat delicious food, but I also tend to get a little bit obsessive about MFP, so if I'm going to do this in a sustainable way, I need a way to tell my brain to not obsess…

being sick of my body feeling so terrible all the time.

Hey all! Happy February. I’ve gained a lot of wait during the last year but I’ve been enjoying getting my *kitten* back in gear and nerding out about macros and whatnot. I think today was my 36th day in a row logging food so I’m hoping that sticks! I also had a REALLY hard week last week and had a few days of a pretty…

trying not to punch them in the throat

I’m always down for some few friends, especially if you’re a member of the alphabet mafia :)

Start simple! Squats, deadlifts, presses, that kind of thing. Watch a few videos to get your form right and just practice those. Start with small sets and work your way up. You got this!

Cool, thanks!

I'm gonna aim for 120. That feels attainable... 150 is daunting. I don't eat a ton of meat and I'm trying to stay under 100 g of carbs so I don't want to make up protein with beans and grains. I use a plant-based protein supplement after I work out but not on other days usually, so there's some room to increase protein…

Hey all! I'm here for this! I haven't looked at a scale yet because I know I've put on some serious weight and I just don't want to know. My goals are to go to the gym 3x/week (as long as it's open) and do half an hour of cardio and some strength training. Also trying to stay under 2000 calories and under 100 g…

Thanks all!!! Lots of different approaches and theories here but I think the take-home message is that 80 g isn't enough for me. I boosted my goal to 30% which puts me at 150 g. I've done it before so I can do it again. My concern as much of the cost of eating more protein is the environmental toll... tofu jerky, here I…

Yesss I lost over 30 lbs in 2017 and I've gained every. single. pound. back. I have a wedding in two months from tomorrow so I'm hoping to lose some of it by then and was hoping keto and intermittent fasting would be the way. Plus of course I want to feel better, yada yada yada :)

Well cardio stands for cardiovascular, as in your heart, as in getting your heart rate up... right? I use this app called Runtastic Results and the workouts are 20-minute calisthenic/body weight workouts (so think lunges, squats, push ups and sit ups and lots of variations of the above). I think that's technically strength…

That's amazing!!! Forgive me if this is a messed up thing to say, but I've lost 5.5 lbs out of 80 and it just feels like so much sometimes. Your success story reminds me that people like your bada$$ self have stayed strong and dedicated and lost so much more than that. If you can do it, maybe I can. Thank you for sharing!!

SW: 232 CW: 226.5 LW: 154 GW: 150 Height: 5'7 Age: 27 I was 154 in college so I know I can get down there again, and hopefully a little less than that :)

The "calories in, calories out" rule is based on the laws of thermodynamics so I think it's probably feasible for a lot of people who aren't completely sedentary. The problem is that "regular" food is mostly full of absolutely crap. Food shouldn't be manufactured in a factory, it should be grown. I'm a farmer so maybe I'm…

I'm trying something different this time and trying to love my body regardless of my weight. I'm 227 right now and trying to get to 150, because I've been that weight as an adult so I know it's attainable. That's a lot of weight to lose and it's going to take some time, but I'm done being in constant battle with my body.…

i'm in!

I'm a queer woman and always down for new friends!

*kitten* THAT *kitten*. you're a babe and you're a *kitten* badass for being there in the first place. don't do anything you'll regret tomorrow, but even if you do, the sun will still rise tomorrow.

ha, this is so not helpful cuz no one is trans! I'm also a cis woman, she/her pronouns, but SUPER queer and married to a trans man!! giving love and support

Stress, first and foremost. It becomes a vicious cycle, too... if I'm stressed, I eat, and then I'm stressed about how much I eat, and so on.

that is straight up ABUSE darling. i've been in an abusive relationship for three years and finally getting out of it so i know, i KNOW it's not as simple as dumping him. if it were that easy, the world would be a much better place. but please at least understand that that is straight up abusive, manipulative, malicious…

Okay, I can admit defeat. I assumed the relationship was causative, not correlative, from rumblings on the street, not studies I had sat down and read. Baseline, I don't think we should be eating and drinking stuff with a million ingredients that's artificially created in a lab. I'm a farmer and I'll totally admit my bias…

Any good scientific study should explore sources of error. If you read the rest of the study, and the actual numbers, and not just take a tiny quote out of it, there's still a very strong correlation between diet soda consumption and weight gain. With that said, I'm not interested in getting in an argument about it. This…

see above :)

oops I completely meant to. here's a bunch: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1038/oby.2008.284/full http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/32/4/688.short http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.355.2133&rep=rep1&type=pdf http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/53/4/872.short…

i'm sure tons of people have been able to lose weight and keep drinking diet soda but it's soooooo bad for youuuuuuu. the chemicals in it seriously mess with your head and there have been a ton of studies to prove this. like, not just one fringe study with iffy results, but truly countless studies. i used to be a hopeless…

"Any tips on getting started and getting into a exercise routine?" thank you so much for posting this. the constant mental health battle makes trying to be healthy and lose weight SO MUCH HARDER. for me, on a bad mental health day, there's no way i'm getting off the couch or out of bed to exercise even though i know it'll…

CARBS!!!! the atkins diet is BS. just make sure you're eating filling, wholesome carbs like grains, nuts, beans, fruit, etc instead of potato chips and candy. also, try to stick to whole wheat/whole grain everything... flour, rice, bread, etc. the less processed the better. and then finally, figure out normal portion…