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Not looking at your cellulite. I'm too busy looking at my own. 😂😂😂

I use the arc trainer at the gym (planet) and its amazing. No impact and you can get a great cardio workout. If you haven't changed your diet and your weight gain is only from the inactivity of your injury, you may want to try that. Otherwise, reassess your eating as well. I was in PT for 18 months for a lower back injury…

All good advice. I don't eat my exercise calories back though. When I'm getting extra hungry, I drink more water. Your muscles need it to heal and that can make you feel hungry when you are really just thirsty.

Press thru the heel and not the toe. That should help immensely.

I love Jango radio. I have it as an app on my phone. Kind of like Pandora but with unlimited skips. My absolute favorite workout song this summer was Let's Go! by Calvin Harris... Let's Go! Make no excuses now... I'm talkin' here and now, I'm talkin' here and now! Let's Go! Very motivating!!!

When I first started I hurt my knee at about 6 weeks in. I was to find out that this was going to be a recurring injury. I kept re-injuring this knee over and over. It didn't heal until I stayed off of it for a full two weeks. I was able to ride the bike at the gym without it hurting at all because it was a no impact…

I would make mine with 1 scoop of powder, 1 cup of almond milk and two ice cubes. Throw it all in the magic bullet and yum it up! So good!!!

I love protein shakes but the concentrated whey protein gives me horrible stomach aches. I'm in the process of looking for a whey isolate shake hoping that I won't get the same effects from that. That said, until I started having the problems, I had a shake, some walnuts and a banana for breakfast every day! Loved it...…

Thanks sweetie... if someone poked my thighs and went blubblubblub I'd cry. Then again I don't have a sister so maybe I wouldn't. Maybe it's just what sisters do... LOL

Just found this calculator and like it much better... http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

Yes I do need patience. A lot more patience. LOL I know good things are happening in my body and I know there is more to this than the scale so I'm going to measure myself and see how the numbers differ next month... One good thing that did happen recently? I went for my annual work physical. Last August my blood pressure…

Yes, I've thought of that. At my thinnest ever as an adult I was 147 and wore a size 10. Now still over 200 I'm in a 12. That's saying a lot for working out!! LOL One more question though... did you do your TDEE calulations based on the age and height calculator or the body fat percentage calculator? The numbers are quite…

Thank you for your post. This gives me some much needed hope. The first two weeks I think I screwed it up because I was still eating some of my exercise calories back not knowing that with TDEE-20%, you're not supposed to so I think I'm on the right track with that now but my patience is wearing thin. I still allow myself…

Yes, I should. :) That way I could have another guide to go by. The problem is lost inches don't take the weight off of my knee. :( I really feel it would hurt less with less weight on me.

One thing I should mention is that the fatigue started almost overnight. Up until then the 1400 calories I was eating seemed to be enough and then I felt sick all the time. Someone suggested I wasn't eating enough and I did some research. That's when I found TDEE. I wasn't losing at 1400 either so I figured it couldn't…

I agree it could be emotional but I can see it in the mirror too. My thighs are wiggly jiggly. Worse than normal!! LOL Everything is very dimply and loose.

OK thank you... I'll keep that in mind. :)

Yes, up til then I was eating what MFP said to eat and I was so tired almost to the point that I couldn't finish my workouts, moody and felt awful. Since doing the TDEE calculation, I've been running over a 5K almost daily and sleeping better, etc.

I've never thought of a fasting day... my changes have usually been thinking I wasn't eating enough. Do you just not eat anything???

I didn't calculate it for the first time until a couple of weeks ago. :)

I could be smacked. That could work!!! LOL I haven't taken any photos or measurements since starting. I've been going with the scale and how my clothes fit. :)

Hahaha... I've seen that article and have been waiting for the whoosh but so far I've been whoosh-less. :( My husband and I go out regularly for dinner/drinks with friends etc. I log everything and hold myself accountable but never feel like I'm missing out or deprived or anything. My favorite is wings and beer and have…

I already do all of those things and it's wonderful!! I use exfoliating gloves with Olay exfoliating body wash and then Nivea Q10 skin firming cream afterwards. I love it and I feel like such a pampered princess!! LOL

The scale makes me crazy too. It's like a mean kid on the playground with a magnifying glass and I am the ant. :( I go mostly by how my clothes feel but I do need to get more of this weight off so I don't have so much pressure on my knee. It's way better than it was when I first started but it still gives me problems and I…

I started weight training my second week of my new lifestyle so that would have been the second week of January. I'm currently eating 1822 calories a day which is my TDEE minus 500 calories. MFP had me at 1400. I was fatigued, moody and starving. Just wasn't enough food. I've also increased my water intake to about 90…

Thanks MB... it's the plateau more than anything that is driving me crazy. I've been 5 pounds to 199 for 3 months. I'm very frustrated. I have no intentions on quitting but I wish I could figure out what is holding me back. I've changed up my eating, calorie intake, workout intensity, everything I could think of but it's…

Possibly but it feels like my entire body composition changed overnight.... it's very strange.

I think I might make that a separate post topic as to not hijack this one... :)

Just to add on to my previous post since jadetheif made some great points... I've weighed and measured everything I've put in my mouth since January 1st. I've always been very honest with myself (otherwise what's the point?) I used the BodyMedia Fit armband for the first 6 months until it stopped calculating my burned…

I lost weight pretty rapidly when I started in January. June 14th marked my 25 pound milestone. Since then I have only lost 5. I'm nowhere near my goal weight as I still have over 40 pounds to lose. I'm 44 and went from an 18/20 to a tight 12 and from a 2X to a Large top. The scale plays games with me and it laughs at me…