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do you keep tracking during the weekend? Does that not help?

great job! Inspiring.

Very motivating thank you for posting

how exciting

wow. Congratulations.

I do too :(

Hiya. Congrats on baby and breastfeeding, enjoy your little one...You probably need to stick with things for a bit longer than a week to see if it is working but I would say if after another week you do not see the scale move, you are not in a deficit. BUT......reading threads on here for three plus years, there seems to…

Well done!!!

Yeah!!!! Sounds great. Congratulations.

I use Nike Training Club - circuit training type of bodyweight workouts. You can choose goal (lose weight, tone, stregthen), level (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and duration (30 mins or 45 mins). Minimum equipment and lots of bodyweight. Great workouts, w pictures, and video if you need. I have had such great results.…

Weight correctly, especially the big ticket items like pasta. Then, you may want to change things up to jump start your next round of weight loss including types of food and type of exercise. Good luck!

I believe an all or nothing approach is what fuels cravings. There have been studies that show when entire food groups are eliminated from people's diets, they start craving them intensely. I tell myself that I can eat anything as long as it fits my cals. I find this so much more liberating than any kind of restrictive…

BTW: I have read some of the original articles supporting the NY piece, and it looks like the author is misrepresenting the conclusions of the studies. E.g. on 5:2: RESULTS: Last observation carried forward analysis showed that IER and CER are equally effective for weight loss: mean (95% confidence interval ) weight change…

What the article does not say though is that if a person makes up for the calorie deficit they create on fasting days on the other 5 days, they will not lose any weight. We all make much poorer food choices when we are hungry so I can also see that this approach would work very poorly with people who do not have that much…

You didn't say much about your dress but A-line dresses are very forgiving and might not need shape-wear even.

So much good advice here about shape wear...but honestly the most important thing is o get to a place in your head where you can enjoy your wedding. You deserve to enjoy this special day and your loved one too. Then you can get on with your plan and take gorgeous photos of your slimmer self in a year's time. By the time,…

That is an awesome achievement. Maybe you need to take a break. It can be psychologically challenging to be a calories deficit for a year. Perhaps, set yourself to maintenance, enjoy life. And see if the motivation re-emerges

So inspiring. Thanks for sharing. I totally buy into your philosophy.

Hi you can add me. BFing a nearly 2 year old. OUCHHH. I really do want to stop and will some time this month. But have lots of experience. Feel free to add me.

Yes. Conventional wisdom is to add 500 for BFing. 1200 is very low in any case - if you take daily walks w your baby for example. Monitor your milk supply. I believe people react to calorie restriction while BFIng very differently. Monitor your milk supply and make changes accordingly.

Ah you can also create material rewards, especially in the early stage of habit formation like a nice fruit smoothy after your workout, or a small present to yourself. Once, it is a habit, you can let these go. I have been testing these theories for the past month and it is amazing how well they work once you understand…

Just finished reading THE POWER OF HABIT by Charles Duhigg. Habit formation has 3 components: cue, behavior, and reward. So make sure you reward yourself, but also try to create a cue that will trigger your craving for the reward. Eg. always put on your exercise clothes and shows before your morning drink. This will make…

Hi All, You are welcome to add me. I have lost 7 kg in past 90 days (slow and steady), and continuing onwards to lose another 18. I am sorry to hear about all the pain you are experiencing. More importantly to your thread, I had an evening snacking problem after I put my kids to bed. And I can now say that I have managed…

Getting myself to the right mindset has been critical - I now focus much more on the mind than the physiology of weight loss which is CICO as simple as it. But to be in a calorie deficit day after day, I had to 1. Commit to logging my food - my first commitment was to log my food regardless how much it makes me cringe for…

You can also use healthy grains in your salads to make them more filling like quinoa or buckwheat or brown rice or barely. In addition to he greens and protein

I recommitted in January, I log in every day. you are welcome to add me.

Most likely, you are not in a deficit. You an eat very healthy, work out, but not be at a deficit - and in this case, you will not lose weight. Your diary closed, and I do not know your goals so it is hard to comment beyond this.

OK. So let's assume you will take it. Then lose the weight. and then what? What will happen when you stop? Will the binges return? or Will you take it forever? I am totally against this b/c it will not teach you any new healthy practices that will allow you to maintain a healthy weight. Much of bingeing is a bad habit ( I…

Hi, I was vegetarian for 10 years for philosophical reasons from about 25 to 35 (no meat, fish but yes eggs and yes dairy) and I had the following weight/health events during that time: ** Gained lots of weight when didn't pay attention to what I ate, was too busy with work and moved too little. ** Lost lots of weight when…

People who put you down for your weight are not your friends and you need to stop hanging out with them. You are here on MFP and it is the best resource to chip away at your weight step by step day by day. If you really want to do it, you can do it. Feel free to add me. I am active and in the business of losing 25Kg *now…