felblossom Member

I gained a lot of weight during college, now I'm out in the "real world" and don't have a lot of weight left to lose now, but can hopefully provide some tips and support along the way :)

I'm pretty close to my goal weight and I'm currently focusing on toning up and losing those last little stubborn bits of extra fat ^^ I'm not sure how much my body will change from here, but with the seasons changing I'm at a point where everything in my closet is way, waaaay too big. Those nice shorts I bought last…

Hey there, I just added you :) I'm 28, also 5'5 and started out at ~185, now I'm 127 and focusing on toning up right now ^^

Hi there and welcome to the "real world"! I'm not as recent of a graduate (class of 2013) but I had a very similar experience where my last semester got me to a BMI of 30 (5'5, then 184 lbs). I found some nice habits and started cooking some real food and the weight started coming off :) I'm currently on my second go on…

Sweden! :)

There's no time like the present, let's do this! :) Adding you!

I managed to do the side plank in Jillian Michaels' 6 week 6 pack all four times, without tripping myself or losing my balance. I also did this in my new workout clothes, which are a size 6 - a size I've basically NEVER worn before this month.

I also save calories to snack on after dinner, but it can feel a little bit weird looking at the diary and the "snacks" category is dominating in calories compared to my very calorie dense and filling dinner with very few calories. Mentally I have to remind myself that the (usually healthy!) snacks have been portioned out…

I'm smaller now than I've been my entire life. I've always been a size M, gained weight and wore L/XL a couple of years ago. Now I'm a size S/XS. I don't think I've mentally figured this out quite yet. I mean, I'll grab the small size of the rack and not be entirely surprised when it fits, but I still look in the mirror…

If MFP suggest 2090 and you entered your stats and goal correctly, then eat 2090! :) Most people don't eat back all of their exercise calories, and if you disregard them you will still lose weight faster than your suggested goal, since you burn more calories and increase your deficit. Don't stress your body when you don't…

Supportive friends are always nice to have, add me if you want B)

For me, I rarely binge on food. Food I've got down to a tee, since I prepare all my week's lunches and dinners ahead of time. I binge on snacks. Especially the kinds where quantity control is hard... I guess that would be my definition of a binge: lack of control. If I have a big, open bag of chips/candy/cookies in the…

I'd love some new friends :) This is my second time around on MFP, and I'm down to the last annoying kilograms

I've recently gotten addicted to quark, it can be mixed with just about anything - fruit, granola, muesli - and is packed with protein! :D Also nice for a snack, so many different tastes and combinations out there!

Awesome job, you look great! :)

5:20 Wake up, get ready 5:45 15 min walk to bus stop and bus to work. 7:00 Start work, cup of coffee 9:00 Breakfast (right now I'm doing yoghurt+granola/fruit or chia pudding) 12:30 Lunch (prepacked brought to work) 14:00 Coffee and maybe a fruit 15:30 Get off work, 25 min walk + commute home 17:00 Snack (fruit, quark,…

I think (think!) that someone who's had a gastric bypass operation isn't supposed to drink anything with their food, mainly because the stomach is too small to handle it all at once? For someone with a regular stomach this hardly is the case!

I spend on average $5-7 for groceries for one day

This past week I've been mixing some Nutrilett shakes with my diet. I got two packages for free because the expiry date had passed (but I mean it's just powder that you mix with water, couldn't go totally bad, right?) and I drink them for dinner and snack(s) while eating normal breakfast and lunch. I find that while it's…

Always nice with new friends! :) (funky hair colors are always a plus ;) )

Your MFP recipes are easy to edit when you use a different quantity of something or to add or remove ingredients from time to time, and the previously used entries don't change! It's a bit of work, perhaps, but no worse than logging anything on here imho. Maybe my cooking style is different, but I've never found this…

Simple portion control is great for reducing the amount of calories in the foods you usually buy cheap. Adding some veggies (home grown or what's in season from the farmer's market) will help keeping you full :) Making big batches and freezing single servings for the entire week is also a good way to keep the prize tag…

The worst thing you can do is say "oh no, I can't do that because I'm on a diet!" because that implies that it's only temporary. You're making a lifestyle change where you make choices that fit a caloric allowance, and you have to make them fit a lifestyle that's going to work for you in the long run. Are you never, ever…

I would probably call myself a lazy dieter as well... However, I've always been lazy when it comes to cooking and eating, which is part of the reason I became overweight in the first place. My healthy laziness now includes making different choices when inevitably eating out (Subway instead of McDonald's, salad instead of…

I lost ~25 kgs on MFP, stopped logging and kept on going with my life. I had learned healthy habits and knew that the meals I cooked for myself contained a good and healthy amount of calories, since I was eating pretty much the same things as I did while logging. I'd gained ~10 kgs back after about a year of not logging,…

People on MFP seem to live by the one rule that if you don't measure eeeeverything that pass your lips then you're not going to lose weight. I find this to be untrue, since I haven't weighed a single thing since I started using MFP and I've lost 45 lbs (gained some of them back because I stopped logging completely) and now…

Budget shopping can be tricky :( I try to plan ahead - nice for both diary logging and grocery shopping. Cooking single servings can cost a little bit more than buying bigger bulks, cook big meals, and make lunch boxes out of the leftovers. Don't get too hung up on brand names or anything organic; focus on prize and…

I'm 27 and as of this summer I'm on my second go around of MFP. Uncontrollable lifestyle changes made me unable to keep a good control over my caloric intake, which made me lose focus and gain back almost half of the 45-50 lbs I'd lost. I'm down about 12 lbs since I started, and working hard to keep up the good habits. I…

This is something I struggle with as well. I'm a student and a kind of social chair which means I have a lot of events to attend; events with a lot of food and drinks. I'm on my second go with MFP for this exact reason, I let go of all control over my events and gained back a bit of weight. Right now I'm trying to work my…

I've been doing my masters in medical science, while being very involved with a student organization. This semester I'm taking a break from the studies but still doing a bunch of student activities while working part-time. I know all too well that the college experience is the reason for my weight gain (I'm on my second go…