majinuni

After lunch, I tend to want to eat the afternoon snack I packed...even though I'm not hungry per se. If I eat it too early, I get really hungry around 4pm until dinnertime, because that is SUPPOSED to be when I eat my snack!!! ...yep, just ate my cashews. I will be sorry (and hungry) in about 3 hours!!!

I'm at 131 and my GW is 130...I'm not sure what to do at this point, as I am still losing (probably because I have eased off on the workouts and am losing muscle mass--ha!). I'm set to "lose 1/2 pound per week" still, but I don't know that I want to do that. On the other hand, if I switch to "maintain", I'm worried I'll…

I really, really don't have the money to buy new clothes for work (business casual is expensive!) and so everything is falling off of me. Half my work pants don't have belt loops either, so I can't hitch them up. I only had 10-15 lbs to lose so I wasn't thinking about this!! Now its actually kind of irritating...but lets…

Thanks for the info! I'm thinking I'll try it on my PJs and see if the numbers change. :-)

I started out just doing cardio, lost some weight but then plateaued for over a month. What worked for me was weight training. Mild-moderate weight training made a HUGE difference and I easily broke through my plateau. I just do some toning DVDs (25 mins kettlebell and 15 mins abs) twice a week. My body looks totally…

OP--sounds like you are describing me :-) I too would much rather run than do muscle work (not really sure WHY...running is boring...but at least I can watch my iPad on the treadmill!!) In fact, I want to be 130lbs by May 11th exactly because that is my boyfriend's graduation and I want to be in a sexy dress :-D Haven't…

Feel free to look at my diary, its open--I range from 1300-1700 depending on the day. As the above poster says, protein bars are a good idea, and peanut butter.

I'm 5'5" as well, started at 145 and have lost 6 lbs in 7 weeks. I eat at 1220 cals and eat 100% of exercise cals back (I work out 5 days a week). The way I look at sugar is I subtract fruit sugars from my total daily number and with that lower number, try to stay under the MFP guidelines (which are quite low!)...don't…

Thank you for the info!! I appreciate it, as I have no idea about kettlebells. His workout was great for me so I will probably keep doing it, but i will also research some of the names on this thread and see where I might want to go as I progress. :-)

Wow, theres a lot to know about kettlebells that I didn't realize! Any of you kettlebell gurus know the Paul Katami dvd? I used it yesterday for the first time (with clearly a too-light kettlebell, I will order some new ones) and I felt that it was EXCELLENT exercise for my quads, hamstrings and core. Is there some reason…

5'5"-er here! SW 145 CW 140 GW 130 Love this forum--gives me a lot of support in my fitness goals :-)