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Well written!! I thought I understood it before.. but it seems I am still eating too little!! I am very close to GW, so for sure upping calories now!! Thanks :)

I am in this boat, all my work clothes are basically falling off me, luckily I kept some skinny clothes from my post-college years, but overall my work wardrobe is too big!! Right now I cant afford to buy new clothes, and I still have some weight to loose, so I am not buying a new wardrobe till I hit my goal weight Way to…

AMAZING!!! I am in awe of you and your strength, and commitment! Way to go.. Truley inspiring :)

11.. But it seems as though my feet may have shrunk with the weight loss, because tmy shoes are much more roomy now. Cant wait to go shoe shopping and see... maybe now I am a 10.5 :p

Hey! I am 5'9" and have 19 lbs left to go :)

Sorry, I thought it was open.. gonna open it now :P And YES, been getting much more hungry latley...

I am 28, 5'9" SW 207 CW 167 GW 145

I started on MFP Dec 4th 2012, BMI 30.6-- OBESE, Today my BMI is 25-- Normal weight!! YAY

Sizing in woman's clothing has absolutely no standardization!! A “0” in one store is a “4” in another, and generally, the more expensive the store is, the lower the sizes go. Retailers do this to trick people onto thinking they are smaller than they are in reality to sell more product. The way woman's clothing sizes are…

I am 5'9", goal is to be 145.. just hit healthy BMI today at 169!! 145 is in the middle of the healthy weight range

Thanks for the link, I have been looking for a once piece for sometime now, and nothing is long enough in the torso, gonna check it out!

You are stunning!!! Great work :))

I used to be thin all through my teens and early 20's (I wasn't underweight by any means, I am 5'9" and at that time weighed 125-130lbs-- healthy BMI). THEN I got a lot of "I hate you for being skinny" comments. As I began to gain weight, I was blown away by the amount of people that said how good I looked, (??!!) and how…

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I am soo done with the snow!!! I live in Ontario Canada, and this winter we have gotten more snow than we have had in the past five years COMBINED!! I am sick of looking at it, I just want it to go away! ... maybe I should move to a warmer climate..

same, I love popcorn!! I find it so filing, and I pop it from kernels on the stovetop, so I use a very small anount of oil and salt :)

I am around the same height as you, I started in December at 207lbs, and MFP had my goal at 1200 calories per day (because I had set my goals to loose 2lbs/ week). Eating 1200 calories is very, very hard, but not impossible. I kept my meals to around 300 calories each, which left me with 300 calories for snacks through out…

For me: I count it, I have my activity level set at "sedentary" as I have an office job where I sit all day, but last weekend I swept and mopped my entire home, and got sweaty doing so! If it is a part of your regular daily activity AND you have your actvity level set to reflect it, then I would not count those as burned…

Age: 28 Height: 5'9" Starting weight: 207 New weight: 172.4 Calorie intake daily: 1200.. upped to 1470 this week Exercise routine: 2-3 days a week, wii "just sweat" 25 minute sessions

I agree with this to some degree, I lost 34 lbs in 3 months eating 1200 calories a day. If I wanted to eat more, I would excersize to earn more calories for that day... So it works, it got me moving! HOWEVER, I dont want to be eating only 1200 calories for the rest of my life, and I had concern that I may begin to gain…

So I changed my goal to loose 1lb/ week, and now it says I can have 1470 cals/day! I am so excited!! I wont even know what to do with all these calories :)

Thank you all for yor advice! I love MFP :) So I re-visited my "goals" and changed from loosing 2lbs/week to 1.5 lbs/week, and it came up to 1220! So thats a start. I guess I will re-assess again when I loose more.

If I know I am going to be drinking later that evening I will eat a bit lighter all day, or excersise before hand. I stick to vodka and soda water, 69cal per drink, or white wine, around120cal/ glass. I dont drink any pop, or juice as mix. I am noticing I get tipsy way faster now that I have lost weight, so I dont drink as…

Mississauga!! :)

Happy Birthday!

I started my weighloss plan based on an up-coming vacation as well, I had 2 months though and targeted to loose 20 pounds.. (2.5lbs a week..) I was able to hit my 20lbs lost one week early, I kept at 1200/day, worked out 2-3 times per week, and didnt eat back any burned calories.. Based on my experience, I think its safe…

I drink Vodka Soda's, one ounce Vodka, 69 cal, soda water 0 calories! And squeeze a bit of lemon and its delish!

Hello Tall Girls! I am 5'9" started at 207lbs in december 2012.. now at 181, final goal is 150-ish.. always looking for new friends :)

I also dead lined myself. I work ell with deadlines, I seem to need it to stay motivated. In fact its what started my weigh loss journey! I dead lined my self to loose 20 pounds before my Caribbean vacation, gave myself 8 weeks, and I hit my target one week early!! When I get back from vacation, I am continuing my weight…

Toronto, Ontario-- Canada :)