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*regarding ithrowconfetti* after reading some of the negative things people are saying...how would you feel if it was the other way around?? I see plenty of women who are 5'4" and have a goal weight of 145+ pounds (AND THEY DO NOT LIFT WEIGHTS)...since there are many people that seem to use a bmi as a reference for this…

Well if 6 ounces of meat "A" is 300 calories and 6 ounces of meat "B" is 600 calories...to me it makes sense to go with meat A. I know that meat can have alot of useless fat (saturated)...so it matters to me. I make conscious choices...but without counting calories. The reason why I stopped counting calories, is because I…

Thank you for posting this! I am 144 pounds female, and 5'8.5" with a starting weight of 148, (just started), and 10 pounds for people like us, who are not overweight, but just want to look a little better for the summer...is a noticeable amount of weight...so its always nice to look at people like me :) 145 to 135 is a…

omg you're gorgeous!! this is the biggest transformation that i have seen in my life!

great job! I'm just in shock how great your arms look...you have no loose skin...and you lost so much weight...nice!

thanks! :)

i'm sure many people would agree with me on this...your transformation is by far the best I have ever seen in my life...its so extreme you could be in a national health/fitness magazine! wow is all I can say!

I agree...sometimes I end up eating 6 small meals a day...which is eating every few hours...but today was nice...I ate breakfast at 9am and didn't come home until 3pm...so i went 6 hours without eating..and when it's 3pm and you have about 75%-80% of your calories left...its a good feeling :) but yeah I wasn't hungry..for…

wow not only did you lose a ton of weight, but you lost years! you look way younger!

OP: yes!! I used to do this all the time....my pattern was 4 days of following my plan to the t...and then on day 5..BOOM!! at the time my plan was 1 cheat day a week...so 6 days on 1 day off...cheat day and binging are two different things...on a cheat day I would plan to go maybe 500 calories over maintence…

I know what you mean by not seeing a difference..but as small as you are, losing 10 pounds is a big deal. Go to a second hand store and buy jeans that only go up to your mid thighs or the top of your thighs...take a picture..when you lose another 5-10 pounds try them on again, and take a picture..this will change your view…

wow you look awesome!

when you eat out it's impossible for the calories to be correct...I am a waitress and am in and out of the kitchen all the time, cooks do not sit there and measure things out...its more like a dash of this a handful of this etc.... the best thing to do is only pick one day a week to eat out ("cheat" day) and that day do an…

No that sounds accurate...I have a heart rate monitor chest strap and one on my bike...and I usually average 160 bpm for 30 mins on the bike..and when i go online and use a heart rate calculator it says the same, about 300 calories. HIIT is amazing :) i love having a heart rate monitor because then you can really find out…

yeah after look at your pics, you are one of those people that cannot measure your success with a scale :) ...something fun to do is to go to a second hand store and try on jeans, and buy some that only go up to the middle of your thighs...if you like progress pictures...you will LOVE taking a before and after of the jeans…

wow what a transformation! and you did alot of this durinng the holiday season!?!??! so jealous of your will power! be proud! very proud!

I'm 5'8.5" and 133...smallest ever was 130..I have a small frame so I am thinking 120 or 125

i only use my stationary bike for exercise, and its so easy to do HIIT on it, and it toned the hell out of my thighs and narrowed my hips alot. I don't have any pictures but, trust me, you are toning you legs and burning calories at the same time! i wear a heart rate monitor and burn anywhere from 550-700 calories in an…

one word... WOW!!!

thanks!

Yeah you guys should totally try it :) it's hard to eat a butt load of veg's and fruits sometimes :(

If you are a health freak during the week, you can afford to let loose during the weekend. If i know I am going to have mexican food for dinner...I eat very very light during the day..so that way I know the damage cannot be that bad.I used to eat whatever I wanted without thinking about a nutrition label...but now that I…

Because of so much exercise and eating little I used to net 600 calories a day. I would do good for 5-8 days...and then BOOM!!! I would eat things that were truely a waste..that sugary cereal, bread with a butt load of peanut butter, cheese, ice cream, basically everything I knew I was not allowed to have. As soon as I…

I heard you are suppose to take your weight in pounds and and change the lbs sign to oz's and divide the # in half...so if you are 150 pounds you need 75 oz a day. This seems pretty fair since the standard we have heard for many years was everyone drink 8 cups of water (64 oz) a day..and if you are overweight then "drink a…

Now that is a NSV :)

Thank you both for your replies!! :)

I live 2 hours north of seattle, wa and lets just say a healthy slender person stands out in the crowd. There are far more healthy men than women...but yeah...a thin woman sticks out around here...talking about age group 21-60...

I have been using it for about 3 months now...I have lost weight...BUT..at the same time...I have been eating low calroies and working out...so its really hard to know if it works...or to what extent...and I'm not willing to waste a month of sitting around to see what it does lol...

great job!! I am in the process of losing vanity pounds (started out at a size 7/8 trying to get to a size 0, currently a size 2-3) and it is not as easy as some people think "oh you only have 15 pounds to lose its not that hard"...i know from experience having 3 kids and gaining alot of weight, and then going to from a…

ha i have had 3 kids, nursed all 3, and put on way to much weight and lost it all with all 3 of them...i would take perky over bigger any day!!!