Shaylyn1986 Member

You shouldn't have trouble. I've been doing it for 8 months and my Saturdays are always cheat days but I go right back on Sunday or Monday to a 16:8.

I really enjoy IF. I've been doing a 16:8 while still on 1200cal since around April and it has helped me lose 25lbs in 7-8 months. It's advised not to do it if you're pregnant or nursing. Early on I had some trouble with it in regards to falling asleep. My last meals are 8pm and bedtime at 11pm so I often had insomnia and…

I still have fat in certain areas and I never thought I would even get to the 120s range so I set smaller goals first with 125 being the initial and 115 being the final. IF has really helped me lose more quickly and fits in with my work schedule nicely. Thank you for your advice.

@peaceout_aly - You look amazing! How often do you lift i.e. how many days a week for how long? I think I need to start small and simple in order to make it a daily habit. I've never been good with gyms or exercise on a consistent daily basis. Food is much easier for me to control and the only thing that's gotten me from…

I have an IT job so I bought a cubii under-the-desk elliptical which I use throughout the entire workday ~6-7 hours Mon-Fri. It synches to fitbit which is awesome and it tracks calories but I take the accuracy with a grain of salt and don't eat them back. Other than that I focus more on enjoyable types of activity like a…

I agree on that. :( I'm just trying to be disciplined. Normally if the scale doesn't move for 1-2 weeks I really don't think anything of it but it's gone on so long that it doesn't feel good or normal. My initial goal was 125 but I'm working on my stretch goal of 115. I'm just shy of 5'2 so each lb really adds up.

My cycle ended last week and I was actually up to 130 during it but back down to 127 now. Do you hold water weight past your cycle's end? I gain before and during but once it's over mine is typically gone.

You could be right.. holiday stress added on to normal stress of dieting. I'll try to think of that and not panic so much. :)

I agree! I consider even a -.3 a success for the week but nothing changing in 4 weeks has me really worried. :\ I'm also a little worried that the ease of losing weight through IF has finally caught up to me or that medically there is something going on. I see my primary on Monday which should help.

Thank you for your advice. I thought my one full day 24hr fast would help but it didn't do anything. :( I don't take any supplements, only my multivitamin, biotin, and viactive chew. Do you recommend any? I haven't paid attention to macros as much as I could have during my weight loss. I went from almost 200lbs down to 127…

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5'2, 180lbs (age 18) to 135lbs (age 29)

Thanks very much!!

Thank you - I looked up Sbarro's and it has 640 calories for about 1.7 cups. I'm only eating a cup of mine so do you think estimating 380 is a good call?

I'm 5'2. Feel free to friend me if you want to see my diary. :]

The Laughing Cow cheese wedges - 35 cal each and lots of cheese.

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I'm 5'2 and weigh 138lbs. I think you're supposed to be under 135 or 130lbs for our height but I also have DD boobs. :p

I've lost ~180lbs to ~138lbs with diet alone. I went down to ~150 doing weight watchers and the rest was lost gradually over the years. I've maintained my weight for 5 years by staggering my calories by eating 1200 mon-thurs and the weekends eating moderately healthy but not overboard. I hate exercise and tried various…

You shorties look amazing!!! I'm 5'2 on a good day. ;)

This is amazing! Congrats to you both!

I remember feeling like that too when I first started the 1200 a day diet. It does go away after you get used to it and water, extra sleep, and more filling foods helped. Definitely eat more if you're exercising too.

Dominos thin crust is delicious! I had some at work party this week. Is half the small size pizza 800? Congrats on your loss!

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Oh yeah, the one where I said I tried crossfit and it wasn't for me but the women there looked great and proceeded to get flamed about every single thing? Ah yes.. I'm such a bad, bad girl.

Haa I actually have those. I hate the rice ones and the angel hair ones. The fettuccine ones are doable if they cook enough lol.

Yes I think we should let the topic rest. The weight came off as 35lbs over 6 months so it was a fairly normal weight loss time-frame.

Thanks!! I'm maintaining my gamer girl figure. ;D

Unfortunately, that is what this thread has become. A young woman posted her success with 1200/cal a day and all she got was "that's not success!" "come back when you've done it longer than a week!" instead of positive feedback. I'm take all the flames for sticking up for her.