christinekmw Member

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  • Be happy to have you add me as a friend. I've been around since August, 45lbs down with about 40 to go so I'm not planning on going anywhere.
  • Would love to be added as your friend. Have been losing weight since May and on MFP since July. Am down a total of 47lbs, about half with MFP. I am also looking for a few more friends to help keep me motivated and commiserate when I've had a bad day. Having a bit of a rough time of it due to an injury so can't wait to get…
  • Studies show that if you are losing more than around 2lbs/week you are actually losing more muscle than fat. While so many people get excited about losing tremendous amounts weekly, it is actually not healthy for you. Be consistent, be diligent, and be healthy.
  • May 1 of this year I was a 22, but would have comfortably been at a 24. I started on another program and then switched to MFP this summer. I'm now comfortably in a 14 (48 lbs down total). There are weeks when I do great and weeks that I totally stink it up. My advice and support--just don't give up. Don't take a bad day or…
  • Best of luck to you. If I were going to offer one suggestion to getting started is just to start. I used to spend all of this time "planning" my weight loss plan and then I never did it, which only got me down even more. Don't think too much about it---just get out and walk and move. Don't try to do too much to fast--if…
  • I have also done much better when I consume the allotted calories but do not add food to cover the exercise that I have done. Losing weight is all about burning more calories than you consume, whatever diet you subscribe to so the more calories you burn the better off you are.
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