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I joined the robots of GOMI thread, seems to be more active than this group nowadays at least

I do! Would love to get some hammy support

Dude!! Congrats on 50 lbs though!!! :D

I'm back from Fiji and had a fantastic time. I snorkeled, kayaked, did yoga nearly every day and ate some of of the best food I've ever had. What really helped though is that it wasn't buffet-style eating (except for breakfast, but I loaded up on fruit first and foremost and then on the other stuff) but set meal courses. I…

Ooh, someone linked to this and I thought it was brilliant. Will add her to my reader! http://happyorhungry.com/2013/11/14/the-stupid-thigh-gap-ideal/

This is a slightly different non-scale victory. I was reading the "Instagram and Disordered Eating" thread on GOMI with interest. I do follow a few fitness instagram accounts, but mostly weight loss / lifting ones. Thankfully I've never battled with ED so I don't get triggered by these accounts, and I consider myself…

1200 calories does sound low, but I hear you, I've been there. I think MFP tends to tell you 1200 when you tell it you want to lose 1.5-2 lbs per week, which if you're not exercising I think is maybe a bit much. You can try playing with it for a weekly loss of .5 or 1lb and it'll probably give you a lot more to work with…

I'm sure it would be awesome with any type of meat... FIsh or tofu would probably get all crumbled up and lost in the sauce but I can definitely see chicken in this dish. Or a lovely piece of braised meat. Mmm.

At the risk of sounding totally HLB-y I made an amazing recipe with pumpkin/squash the other night. Boil up some pasta Fry up a sliced up sausage in a pan. Remove. Fry up some sage leaves in the leftover oil. Remove. Fry up some onions and garlic in the pan, then add pumpkin / squash purée (I had roasted two buttercup…

Ah, no worries girl! We're all in this together! I went veggie shopping this weekend and spent a good hour cutting and prepping the veggies for the week. Now i've got carrot sticks ready for munching, and zucchini and mushroom for morning omelets. I'm trying to add more protein in my diet and I'm surprised at the workhorse…

Re: Cold weather running. I've run in 5 degree Fahrenheit weather in Canada and run a half marathon in 14 degree weather, so here are my survival tips: 1. Wind protection is a must 2. You will warm up so don't overdress 3. You need sweat wicking clothes because cold clammy clothes are the worst 1. I have these amazing…

Funny you should mention this. A friend of mine recently did the first two phases of the Dukan diet and dropped 4kg in like the first week. She doesn't really keep up with it though anymore. I don't know what she weighs, but she didn't have much to lose in the first place... This isn't really helpful is it... I did South…

How do you find the texture of the chicken? I'm always weary of putting chicken in a crockpot cause I'm afraid it'll become all stringy and tough!

I've found that whenever I stop counting, I start to underestimate portions ("ah, this sorta looks like half a cup...") and then the weight creeps back on. So I keep counting and now it's like second nature, especially with the app (now I find the web version a pain to use). Sometimes I'm really lazy and don't want to…

These holidays will be tough for me-- I'll be in the process of moving back home to Canada from New Zealand (snif snif). We'll be doing a fair bit of travelling right before heading back so my goal will be not to gain while travelling, goodbye dinners, welcome back dinners etc. I agree losing would be great, but I think…

Hamhugs for the depression bit... Are you seeing a therapist? And I LOVED the C25K. The feeling of accomplishment is great, even when I had to repeat weeks. Whenever I get injured and have to stop running for awhile, I tend to fall back on C25K to build up my endurance back again. Go you!

I haven't weighed myself in nearly 2 months, since my scale is completely inaccurate in my rental house's very uneven floors. It was frustrating at first, as I'd weigh myself every day to see if I was on track. And it worked-- if my weight stalled or went up, I'd know it was because I indulged in french fries or frosted…

Woooof, big hamhugs avskk... I read what you wrote as well in the "check in here" thread and man you did have a sucky month :( Maybe buy a mini fridge for her stuff, then put a lock on yours? Drastic times call for drastic measures... And maybe I'm beating a dead horse here and I don't want to meddle, but have you seen a…

It varies over months. Mondays I do zumba at work, taught by a coworker. I love having a set class on Mondays because it sets the tone for the rest of the week, and kind of makes up for the inevitable weekend indulgences. I went through a period where I was running 3-4 times a week rain or shine, but I really need new…

I'm living abroad at the moment, and my brother came to visit-- I hadn't seen him since 10 months and at the airport he picked me up like it was nbd :) Family and friends are also visiting for the next two weeks and we'll be travelling a fair bit. I'll work out and track as much as I can and try to make good choices…

There's a lot of bodyweight exercise routines that you can do if you don't want to use weights-- for instance there's a lot posted on backonpointe.tumblr.com. Actually they're all I do for strength training and I've *definitely* become more toned. As my fitness level increases I increase reps, hold planks for longer…

I had to chuck my scale because the floors in my new rental are super uneven and if I move it like an inch, it'll give me variations of like 10lbs. It's a little frustrating not to be able to rely on that or to track it-- I weighed myself every day at the old place and it really helped keep me on track. Like feelgoodnic…

LOLOLOLOLLLLLLLLLL *sigh men*

I totally agree with that mind-set of "eating back" your calories once you've burnt them off with exercise, and I've noticed that I drop the pounds much faster when I DON'T eat those calories back, so that's my current struggle.

Bahahaha so after my triumphant 2lb weight loss in a week, I have promptly put it back on. Some of it sucked -- we went to an Indian restaurant for a colleague leaving and the food wasn't that great, so it kinda sucked to have gained (even if it's just bloat) and it not being "worth it". Yesterday night though I partied…

A bit shocked when I stepped on the scale this morning and I lost nearly 3 pounds since last week! Some of it is water weight (some salty food last week) but for me personally I notice that I lose more when I up my strength training, whereas the scale sometimes won't budge for days if I exclusively run. Still excuse me…

@befit, you're right, you can't see the groups. That's my biggest gripe with the app.

My biggest change has been quitting coffee. For the past 13 years I couldn't start my day without a cup of Vietnamese coffee, made with sweetened condensed milk -- so that's 100 calories minimum right there every day. One day I made myself a really CRAP disgusting cup of coffee, barely had any sip of it-- and my day went…

@ feelgoodnic Urgh injuries suck. Can you do stuff like planks, push ups, crunches etc. to keep the rest of your body challenged though?

Height 5'3-4ish" SW 154 (march 2013) CW 139 GW 125 by the Holidays (I think I said Jan 1st in the GOMI thread) Workout goal: Bodyweight strength training and/or yoga 3-4 times a week, running 2-4 times a week Food goal: more fruit. I'm great at eating more veggies, but I suck at eating fruit. Pear chocolate tarts probably…