Nikiki

have you had a physical to see if there is any medical reason you may be having trouble losing? I have hypothyroidism and without my meds I would be a blimp no matter what I ate...

I am going to say yes, you will lose more because junk food (I'm assuming whatever you want is similar to whatever *I* would want) like pizza, fries, ice cream etc... is not going to fill you up as well, you will have less energy to devote to your workouts, you will be eating lots of salt so you will bloat, and because you…

that teacher who ate nothing but McDonalds proved you can lose weight on any diet so long as you create a calorie deficit. I don't think that going all natural makes you lose particularly faster but I know that I feel better when I eat all natural (I am not paleo or vegan, I eat meat, gluten, most dairy etc... my only real…

pineapple rice! in the pot you're going to cook it in saute garlic & onion in a little olive oil, grapeseed or coconut oil, dump in your water, rice, a little soy sauce, diced pineapple (if you're using canned dump it in juice & all but cut out 1/2 a cup of your cooking water), ginger and lemon or lime juice. bring to a…

the advice above is great, I love nerd fitness! pick a basic routine and stick with it for a few months to get a foundation going before starting to experiment with other stuff. bodyweight exercises especially are great because they tend to work a variety of muscles in one exercise. There's a billion alternatives and…

as the others have said, weight loss isn't linear and all sorts of things can make your weight jump. For me its weekends eating out and drinking more. I started weighing in on Wednesdays because it gave me a couple days of better eating to flush out all the extra sodium I took in from restaurant meal. There is sometimes a…

I'm a fan of Old Navy for workout pants, I was getting them from target but had problems with them loosening up as I wore them and that=potential wardrobe malfunctions as you mentioned! Old Navy is decently priced, made better than the target stuff so they don't wear out as quick and come in a variety of fits so you should…

thanks for the reminder that I NEED to do this too!! I went to a chain store once that offered this service and wasn't happy with the result, I got the feeling the salesperson really didnt know what they were talking about and the shoe that was recommended just happened to be the newest shoe they just got in so I felt like…

This is true, although even when I started out I ate more :) Well except for the times it didn't work... I started several times at the 1200-1300 calorie range and failed miserably... If I can save someone the heartache of yo-yoing I'd like to!

Feel free to add me, I started out a little heavier than you but am the same height & have the same goal :) welcome !

you should have a donut. hopefully its not the culprit of your general feeling of crapiness!! I love cupcakes, and chocolate of the fancy schmancy variety. And ice cream. I make room for them because i love them and my life would be less fun without them :) I'm lactose intolerant so I have to skip milk in most things but I…

but food for thought: I'm 5'2" and a 151 lbs and I eat 1700 calories on days I dont work out and 1900-2200 on days I do work out.... :)

but the flower smiley means its said with love and is being said for her own good!! lol yeah OP ignore this, I ate Burger King on Sunday. I did not die. yay! with every bite though I was wishing it was Five Guys french fries...

just popping in to agree with everything Ninkyou has said (and not just because I wanted to stare at that cupcake avatar a little longer...) You absolutely can eat sweets in moderation and still lose weight. If I couldn't have sweets I would probably keel over and die. for real. Also dont worry too much about weird jumps…

I look at my calorie goals by the week rather than by the day because its not feasible for me to eat exactly 1700 calories every day, sometimes I'm over, sometimes I'm under but over the course of the week it balances out. This helps because I tend to eat out on Friday & Sunday pretty much every single week, and I enjoy…

agree with the above, but if you like your salty afternoon snack as long as you make room for it you dont have to nix it! My I'm a sweets eater but my husband is a BIG time salty eater and he has a bad habit of sitting down with a bag of tortilla chips and a jar of salsa and going to town. I buy the chips and portion them…

sorry to agree with the bubble bursters but yeah you can't spot reduce.

Honestly the higher the max the better because you wont be weighing just the food. Mine has a 6.6 lb capacity which comes in handy because I'll stick a mixing bowl on it and add as I go for all kinds of stuff. so the bowl plus each ingredient (most recently was a double batch of muffins). I use this one:…

that is so amazing!! good job :)

Everyone here has said what I came to say! If you find you're having trouble with sodium a big culprit is prepared foods, anything that comes in a package. It might be convenient but it they put a ton of salt in there. I cook a lot of food on the weekend so I have easy grab stuff throughout the work week to avoid…

Hi and welcome! My biggest advise is to go slow & steady with your weight loss. drastic changes tend to be what causes people to give up more quickly. Start with just a small calorie deficit (before I started researching and doing trial & error I just set my MFP to lose 1/2 a pound a week) this will give you enough food…

I had what my friends & I like to call a Crack Wrap for breakfast this morning :) you can tweak it to your tastes but it requires eggs, hummus, cheese & a tortilla I used: 1 whole egg & 3 tbs egg white scrambled 1 slice of sargento extra thin cheddar cheese 1 oz cilantro jalapeno hummus (from aldi's) 1 La Tortilla Factory…

depends on my plan for the rest of the day and what restaurant I'm at. If its one of my local diners its 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces of bacon extra crispy, english muffin with butter and a coffee black. If I'm at a fancy brunch place I just dont care. I'm going to order whatever looks delish and I'm not going to feel an…

yay for energy and skinny jeans!! good job :) yeah I'm with you, eating clean & working out gives me TONS of energy :) (I actually have to keep my workouts to mornings because I have a hard time falling asleep after working out!)

Please ignore this man.

^^^^what she said. I'll also add: if you are eating more than you "should" be you might need to re-evaluate your food & your goal. Eating more protein helps me stay full on less, and I dropped my loss per week goal in order to increase my calories figuring a slow loss was better than being miserable and cheating on my diet…

I agree with the short cardio warm up followed by weights. I split my workouts so that I don't focus on cardio & weights in the same workout, might be the same day but in separate sessions. So I might run in the morning and then in the evening hit the gym for my weight workout.

I plan for eating my favorites like chocolate and ice cream. There's a bakery that I love that makes gigantor cup cakes. I will plan my day around eating one of those bad boys for lunch. worth every moment on the dreadmill! seriously though, eat now how you plan to eat for the rest of your life (just in a little stricter…

ohhhh I like you! I'll like you more if you share your whoopie pie recipe with me! You look amazing! and you're reminding me that I need to get back to lifting. blurg.

what helped me was to slow down the weight loss. Instead of trying to lose 2 pounds a week I cut my goal to just 1/2 a pound a week figuring that slow losses were better than yoyo loss/gains. Actually I wound up losing faster and more consistently once i upped my calories. I agree with the "can i do this every day for the…