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You look amazing! Kudos to you for your dedication! Most people give up or slack off when they hit a plateau, I'm impressed that you kept going. And hurrah for lifting heavy! :glasses:

I ate at 1200-1300 calories for months. I successfully lost a lot of weight. I also successfully screwed up my metabolism, succeeded in getting dry skin and nails, in having my hair fall out in clumps, I was really successful at getting sick all the time, never failed to get whatever cold or flu bug was going around, also…

Actually, willpower can get you going initially, but no one can sustain something every day for the rest of their life based on willpower alone. Willpower is a limited commodity. The secret is two-fold: 1) Work *with* your body instead of against it. There are ways to eat so that you don't even get hungry at night! and 2)…

I used to have to try to talk myself out of late night snack back when I didn't eat properly. Now, based on how I eat, I NEVER GET HUNGRY AFTER DINNER. As a matter of fact, I sometimes have to remind myself to drink my special hazelnut milk that is my reward before I go to bed for eating right that day, LOL. Here is my…

I have sleep apnea. Its not something that you are aware of. You don't really come fully conscious when you have an apnea episode. It sounds like this is something else entirely. Glad you are going to see your doctor.

If you eat too little, your body is forced to take drastic action to keep you alive. First thing it will do is drastically depress your metabolism, which also depresses your appetite. YOU NEED TO EAT MORE MUCH MORE YES YOU WILL DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH A LOT! God, I can't take these threads anymore. I have to stop reading the…

Your instincts are good: eat after a workout, eat small meals/snacks often, eat when you are hungry especially if you have been active and your body needs fuel. But it's impossible to help you without more information. What is your calorie goal? Your age, height, weight. Are you eating back your exercise calories?

Good job, and good for you for not falling for the "too few calories" trap. You look great!

^^^ Yes, what he said

What a great attitude, OP! Kudos to you! (And you look fabulous, btw) :flowerforyou:

You could chop off a few limbs..... :laugh: I think you already know the answer to this question. It's like asking "can I get out of debt while keeping bad spending habits and not saving?" The answer to your question is irrelevant, because if you keep the behaviors that results in 80 lbs in the first place, then even if…

It took me a while just to complete the entire week 1 day 1 as directed. but I kept going and now I'm moving on to day 2! I realize that I will be going slow because I am so out of shape (and I have major knee issues so I have to be super-careful to not injure my knee or let it get too inflamed or painful). But I'm just…

Two things are required to get off the binge cycle: high-quality nutritionally dense foods, and eating enough calories. I suggest that you find out your TDEE and eat no less than 10% below that to lose weight. Your TDEE might be around 1800 or higher, which would put your weight loss calories around 1600. You can lose…

I absolutely recommend smoothies over juice. With juice you get too much sugar too fast and it spikes your blood sugar. Very hard on the body. Most people who are overweight also have a degree of insulin resistance. Many people are undiagnosed as pre-diabetes. Take it from someone who has reversed her diabetes with just…

Thank you for posting this, Rachel! This came at a great time when I have been frustrated with Fitbit and considering other options. This review was just the information I was looking for. Thank you!

I read a great article once in a medial periodical about a study that showed that size did not necessarily correlate to healthy problems or lifespan. When they compared obese to thin, the obese group had more problems. But when they looked at 5 indicators of health (I think it was blood pressure, blood sugar/diabetes,…

Why? WWWWWHHHHHHYYYYYYY????????? She looks beyond gorgeous in the first picture. Why is amazing not good enough? Plastic is really better? :indifferent:

Nothing. If I had a mentality that some things were off limits and that eating them was "cheating" I would just be unhappy and undermine myself. No such thing as "cheating" in my world. :flowerforyou:

If you find the one person in the history of mankind who got fat and sick and wrecked their fitness and health from eating too many vegetables.... please let the scientists know as they will want to study this creature! :laugh: (Seriously, the number of threads on this site questioning the age-old wisdom of eating lots of…

OP, you are eating less than you could legally feed your toddler without facing child abuse charges. You need to do the research to find out how much you should be eating. I understand you don't want to overeat and get fat, but there is a point of diminishing return if you eat too little. Call it the "goldilocks factor" --…

Caloric burn is not tied exclusively to intensity. Doing high intensity cardio for shorter durations is much better for your weight loss, even if the "burn" is less than lower intensity for longer periods (like walking). The harder you make your body work and the longer it takes your body to recover, the more long-term…

If you want a smaller waist, then do heavy lifting. Nothing gives a woman a teeny tiny waist and perky rear like lifting! ;-) Check out the MFP group: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/4601-stronglifts-5x5-for-women

Awesome job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can be so proud of yourself!!! Doesn't it feel awesome to feel STRONG? You go girl! :flowerforyou:

OP, the above is great advice, from someone similar to you who had success in doing what you want to do. You should follow this advice! :flowerforyou:

Good god woman, if you think that running three times a week and lifting heavy weights twice a week is "sedentary," then what category are people supposed to use if they sit on their *kitten* all day and don't move and dont EVER EXERCISE AT ALL???? YOU ARE NOT SEDENTARY and you will never get the results that you want at…

Honestly, the silly statements on this thread make my head hurt and are going to require a third cup of coffee. So, eating back exercise calories is useless, counterintuitive, there is no such thing as slow metabolism or starvation mode? Hmmm... I am sensing a lot of people on here with MAGIC bodies that don't require fuel…

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait..... "no scientific evidence to support eating back your calories"? What? You really believe that our bodies are "magic" and they can run a marathon on the same meal that we also use to fuel a Netflix marathon? Seriously? You don't think that if you expend a bunch of extra energy you need to…

What has the world come to that people are doubting the age-old wisdom of "eat more fruits and vegetables to be healthy"?!?! NO ONE HAS EVER BECOME FAT AND SICK FROM EATING TOO MANY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES! No. One. Ever. I wish that MFP didn't even provide a column for sugar. So pointless. Sugar is a sub-set of carbs (check…

35% is a really high target. You have it set there for some reason I assume? I don't target a percent but I do target a range of numbers based on my LBM and whether I am doing heavy lifting or not. Right now I aim for between 128 and 136 grams of protein a day. At my current calories (around 2400) that works out to about…

Was the the RMR test that you got a few weeks back? If so, maybe you should test again? I wish I had tested right before my reset, but I will for sure schedule another test to coincide with end of my reset before I do any changes like cutting 15%.