JoanB5 Member

Yes, this. Exactly. Keep it simple. This will do it, and you'll be thrilled with the results. Keep adding in exercise and eat those calories back to lose inches, and even look much better at former weights.

This post gets the gold star award for this thread, yes?

I do only Healthy Life bread (35 calories a slice) and if I had only 750 calories and two mail meals left to go (lunch and supper), I'd probably avoid peanut butter. It's great at maintenance, but at weight loss, it had to be a mini-meal, not a snack, and I had to have plenty cals left for the day. Hummus with red pepper…

Seeing women at 130 at 5'3" wearing 4s amazes me. I must have bigger hips. I was in my largest 8s at 129.5 pounds and had three inches of belly overhang. At 116.5 5'3" Comfortable 6, some of my 4s. I stopped losing weight because I don't want to buy all new pants--still enjoying mine.

Stressed. Prayerful. Waiting. Studying. Hurting (knee pain). Thankful. Planning. Helping. Priorities: ice knee send out card check on friend get home/self in order to free myself up for others later in the day : ) Great thread. Thanks for sharing!

Sounds like you are worn out with the cycle and would like to try something new to acheive your goals that involves less zig zig. My brother had a ton of luck with Insanity and swears by it. He says it's "all you'll ever need". He achieved a tapered torso and six pack and is a lean machine in probably 6-7 months. He says…

I agree. Measure. Take photos. If you have a LOT of weight to lose, change your routine to every other day and add in cardio like running every other day. Try to burn 200-300 calories a session.

There is an exercise where you stand facing a wall, then sort of back lunge with one leg, and heel down, pressing heel to the floor, counting. I did this for just a week and mine released. It had been flaring for a month and would not resolve with rest, staying in great tennis shoes all the time, and anti-inflammatories.

A 5'3" person may or may not be able to do well on 1100-1200. It depends on how much weight their body is having to support currently. Eating exercise calories back, total diet is more like 1400 on exercise days. It can be done. You just have got to do great planning, make sure you choose filling foods, lean meats, fruits,…

Saving my belly for my man unless I'm on the beach. I earn it, he appreciates it. Works out nicely for all involved.

I get so confused with all the contradictory advice and results. Calories to lift, no calories to lose fat. Cardio to lose weight. Less cardio when lifting. I'll never figure all this out. All I know is this: I've eaten 300-400 under TDEE (all allow ed by MFP for health), have done kettlebell, treadmill, circuit training,…

I did not find this link to be accurate at all for bf. It only considers waist size and height, for Pete's sake. HeyBales, MFP used with a great spreadsheet analysis has a much better way of averaging three or four different multi-measurement techniques to at least get a better educated guess.

I do not see how there is any possible way unless you are hiding an overhang under that top, and I highly doubt it! LOL

You need to take several different tests and take the average. You don't look NEARLY that high compared to other women online who've been tested at 28%. You appear to be in the 20-23% zone at the most, girl.

You look much closer to 20% in this pic to me. (Arms/legs, abs) compared to other photos I've seen.

I want to make my own sandbag. That just sounds so freakin' awesome, and I've seen them used on youtube. GRRRRrrrrrr.

Loved this tread. Revival time.

Enjoying this thread. If my arms swell or rest or get fed or it's muscle or strength or lengthening or fat loss or calorie loss...I just want me some arms, dad-gum-it! :explode: :ohwell:

I gave up cheese this go round because it's such a vice for me. I LOVE it. I do buy shredded skim mozzarella, skim mexican shredded, and skim mild cheddar, shredded. I use 2-3 T. on an omelet, soft taco, or Tortilla pizza. Hits the spot for me and doesn't throw me over. It's not the main ingredient, so I tend to not crave…

Good advice! You'll do fine. Remember, just about anyone can finish a 5K. Run, Walk, Run/Walk. Just getting your first organized event under your belt will be a valuable experience for you. And try to save enough to cross that finish line running. : )

At 1200 calories a day, I craved and needed food every 3-5 waking hours. Now that I am about where I want to be and added 200-300 calories, I find that meals fill me and I don't have to have snacks as often, but I usually do fruit or popcorn or a glass of light chocolate milk or something healthy if I want one.

I've been on both sides of this in various seasons. It became a matter of prayer, and this season, we are in it together. I'm not sure I'd do it at all without him, at least not to the level I've been able to this season. I'd rather us be on the same page and have peace in our home. I really need his support and…

Antihistamines.

I pinned you! : )

I am 39, had three every 2-3 years and my stomach was not in great shape. Muscles were loose, I had a pretty severe hernia after my first (9 pounds, 6 ounces), could not safely do situps for years because of repeat relaxation of those muscles and the risk of it protruding. After my pregnancies, I started bicycling, the…

No one has mentioned exercise mix ups, so I'll put in a plug. I was stuck for a month, did two weeks of two sessions of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on the treadmill and weight started flying off. I had to back off. I've put some of it back on and could stand to lose a few more if I wanted to get down to goal…

Doing the second round already? Just trialing it out? I'll need to get on that! I'm in survival mode this month. Hopefully I'll be ready to join back in soon after I've rehabbed my knee and gotten my arms on their proper path (they need some pumping up!) Good to see you gals still huffing it out...you are passing me by!

Glad you got that checked !!! I could only do 30DS 1-2 times a week for a while until I cross trained doing other things and could handle the knee pounding and lunges. I think it assumes a certain level of fitness, whether consciously or not. Cross trained and went back, having a much easier time, ready to move to level 2.…

My favs: Pork Loin: Throw a whole pork loin in there with salt and pepper. I do Hi for about 4 hours and low for 2-3. Leftovers: Shred, add to Healthy Life buns (70 calories), and have a sandwich. Or add a little sauce for BBQ for lunches. Or put in a stew. Or put in baggies for quick weekend sandwiches or have when guests…

^This. Good advice. (And make sure you are eating back at least half of your exercise calories. New muscles need more energy to make more muscle to burn more calories!)