trickycoolj Member

Nope. A pear would have waist and bust that are very close to the same. With Bust/Hips almost the same you're an hourglass. As an example, I'm a real pear shape: Bust 35" Waist 30" Hips 42" Size medium on top, Large, XL on the bottom. Makes it a pain to shop for non-separate clothes like dresses, one piece swimsuits,…

Wow cool idea! -BUMP-

+1 for eating more. I was in a similar boat in a past attempt to lose, I was exercising a ton in a vigorous martial arts/bootcamp style class and then misguidedly used a different iphone app (not this one!) and let it auto set me at 1300 cals. I was hungry and cranky all the time and gave up like usual. I joined MFP…

At my current weight I get 28 daily points, in a few more lbs I'll be down to 26, the minimum. I know that 26 is NOT enough for me calorie wise. I joined MFP because I have a friend that has been very successful using it for the last year and I was also able to get others that I spend significant time to join as well. We…

You could always put the numbers in a spreadsheet and make a line graph of it and add a trendline. Then you can feel comforted that its trending down and you could keep track of the upward flux causes. TOM? Sodium? Muscle recovery? Big dinner the night before? Dehydrated? Constipated? (Seriously) They all flux your weight…

Bump-- I have been wondering the same thing for a long time. Glad someone asked and there's such great advice here! I never liked running in junior high school, especially when they sent us outside to the track early in the morning when the grass was still crispy and frozen. I'd get about half to 3/4 of a lap before I…

Didn't see it mentioned, but take your measurements! Sometimes the scale doesn't move but your waist is still shrinking as you replace fat with lean muscle. There has been great advice on food so I won't repeat anything other than I also follow the guidance from "In place of a Roadmap 2.0" and it helped me understand that…

No kids, but I'm pretty busy working full time, taking an evening class, and have a townhouse by myself that I need to keep up (thankfully this schedule started after yardwork season!), and well I want to have time for personal/fun activities or I'll go crazy. Pack your breakfast and lunch when you clean up dinner in the…

I tried Trader Joe's almond butter a while back and have gotten the Justin's packets for airplane snacks but I think it tastes exactly like peanut butter. I was totally disappointed. I love almonds and had imagined it tasting like marzipan. :( So I switched back to Jif Natural. Just bought raw almond butter at TJ's today…

Figure out what your maintenance cals would be and aim for something in between. I was ravenous last week but a 200cal boost helped me get through the days and I was still under maintenance cals so I wasn't going to gain from the extra but I also understood I may not lose as much. I only needed 3-4 days at a slightly…

Excess potassium can be dangerous, do not supplement. There are a number of prescription medications that cause the body to retain potassium and require blood tests to check for potassium. I took a medication for acne for a while and I had to have my potassium levels checked when I went for refills and had to avoid high…

I also have similar stats to you and it put me around 1300 since I sit at a desk all day so I have to use the sedentary setting (got a fitbit to track if I have more activity than sedentary but its unusual without a workout). Anyway I went over a lot until a good friend of mine that's been very successful at this for a…

Same here. I just made Trader Joe's Reduced Guilt Brownie Mix with applesauce and vanilla extract (no yogurt at home per instructions). Put them in a mini-muffin tin, 24 brownie bites- 63 cal each! I have also made the mix successfully with pumpkin though the non dieting guy claimed he could taste it. My mom has made them…

Since I do an on site WW group at work, I said straight up in my team's staff meeting "I have recommitted to my WW@Work group, it meets Tuesdays at 11:30, please do not book meetings over that time, and please respect my commitment." BAM. I find I earn respect from those that are a generation older than me close to my…

If you're flying pack a brownbag lunch so the airport eats are less tempting. Plus it saves money! Bananas, jerky, nuts, trail mix, peanut butter sandwich or crackers with an individual pack of nut butter or laughing cow wedges don't need refrigerated either. Remember to pack some paper towels to assemble any foods in air…

Target C9 stuff is great. I would recommend synthetic fabrics so they dry quickly. Those free old t-shirts from work/school/volunteer activities can get really heavy and chafe when wet. I love leggings so I don't have baggy pant legs flinging around if I'm doing any kind of exercising on a floor. I've totally had baggy…

My county passed a law a few years ago that requires all restaurants with more than a certain number of locations to provide nutrition facts. That said, it means my corner take-out teriyaki place doesn't have nutritional info and probably never will. But I can get out the measuring cup and scale when I bring it home and…

Panang Curry Thom Yum Soup On warmed up plain rice with cinnamon And my recent discovery, I threw some lite coconut milk into pancake mix and it made some heavenly fluffy pancakes! Added cals since it's not mixed with plain water but such a lovely flavor. Could top it with some pineapple.

Oh honey, I can show you love handles. Seriously though, you have none. I think unfortunately fashion is the problem for all of us, start getting higher rise pants so they don't cut you right through your hips. Low slung pants are the most unflattering thing that ever happened and they've made their way into exercise pants…

That's such a great NSV! I have all my old ones somewhere, it would be fun to see the progress losing back to my high school weight! For me the biggest change was probably post college as I hit mid/late-20s and my metabolism is not that of a growing active teen anymore!

Not going to comment on the intake-output of calories because I think there's something drastically off with the calculation (I hope!) because to burn 2000 calories in a day I have to go out snowboarding for a full 8 hour day. I would HIGHLY recommend getting an inexpensive Heart Rate Monitor to get an accurate picture of…

Your diary looks very healthy to me, but that wouldn't keep me full for long. You could try using regular eggs in the morning and getting the regular laughing cow and salami. Or instead of Ritz you could make a sandwich with wheat bread with the cheese and salami? Peanut Butter is delicious on apples, you can pop it in the…

I've been in the WW Points Plus system sine Oct2011 (fell off the bandwagon in Fall 2012 since work challenges got in the way), but my leader often said to folks in my group with higher PP values that the bare minimum PP value (a woman at an ideal weight for her height) is 26 points. Make sure you at least get 26 points a…

I have found that MFP underestimates calorie burn for me cycling on my indoor trainer. (I envy your flat commute! I have a 5 mi commute with a 500ft hill between me and work, going to be a long time before I try that!) if you don't have one, pick up a heart rate monitor and use that to get your average cals burned in your…

Grapefruit can have adverse reactions with many prescription medications so please remind folks to double check any interactions when suggesting grapefruit juice.

Great ideas! I just started buying plain to mix my own and cut some of the excess sugars of the fruit flavors. I use frozen mixed berries and Trader Joe's Just the Vanilla Clusters cereal. I have lots of 1 cup gladware containers which makes easy portions for breakfast at work!

You mentioned 30 days, your menstrual cycle can flux your weight quite a bit depending where you're at for the month. During a previous tenure with Weight Watchers I'd go through a week or two w/o losses during my period and then lose double following that! Remember weight loss isn't linear, it's going to fluctuate here…

^^^ this! I'm 5'5.5" and at my lightest at 18 I was maybe 130 and still wore a size 8. At 165ish I still wear an 8-10. I'll never wear a 0-4 unless someone broke my pelvis and took a chunk out! Looking at pictures of my great grandmother I can see the frame of women in my family is fairly broad. I really dislike the term…

That's how I got here! 1.5lbs down since starting this plan instead of my WW points, though they're pretty close most days. Even though I don't get enough sleep this helps me get more energy and be a little less cranky/hungry when I get home from work!

I lost 20 in the past with WW, but only went from a 10 to 8. My frame is hippy and always has been even in high school. Yay pear shape!