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Usuals: sunny side up egg cooked in nonstick skillet (no extra spray or oil or anything) with black pepper and red pepper, slice of cheddar, both on a sandwich skinny (260 calories); yogurt and granola (300 calories or less depending on type of yogurt and brand of granola I can happen to find at our store that particular…

5'9 SW: 221 pant size 20, shirt XL-XXL CW: 201 pant size 16, shirt L-XL GW: 160 (we'll see from there), no expectation on sizes.

10 months to lose 20 lbs. I tend to lose 3-4 lbs quickly at once, then maintain for a few weeks, then lose another 3-4 all at once, then maintain for a few weeks, over and over again. Kinda frustrating, but I haven't gained anything back (which I've always done in the past), so I can work with it.

Main initial weight gain was my first pregnancy...I was doing really well with very little weight gain until about 28 weeks along when I went into pre-term labor...ended up on steroid shots, oral steroids, hormones, and other meds in order to keep baby in...side effect of all, of course, is weight gain. Not saying that…

I almost always do leftovers of some type, my current favorite is black beans cooked with garlic & onions in chicken broth, pico de gallo, spring mix greens, guacamole, maybe a little cheese all wrapped up in a tortilla or over brown rice. Only takes a minute or so to warm up the beans and rice. Or a salad (I usually do…

I'm 5'9 and have been everywhere from 130 to 220--now obviously at 220 I was too heavy...but at 130 (back before kids, when I *thought* I was fat hahaha) I looked like a bobblehead. I didn't realize it then, but I can see it now, and I've had many different family members and friends tell me that back when I was that…

I have to physically or mentally distract myself. I've taken to working out, walking, or jogging after dinner & late at night when I get the "I'm bored so I'm hungry" cravings. If getting outside & doing something isn't feasible, I clean, organize, or *blush* play candy crush or sodoku puzzles.

Thank you! I think what threw me is there was one fruit I pulled up one day...can't remember what, strawberries, or melon, or something like that--and it had BOTH measurements, 1 cup (8 oz). It really threw me off when I saw that, and I ended up searching for another version of it that had it listed how I was measuring (by…

I have a scale, that's my issue though. One cup of melon balls put in a measuring cup vs. 8 oz (one cup) measured on the scale are two VERY different amounts when you put them next to each other. Just went through to do a comparison--putting cantaloupe balls in the 1 cup measuring cup gives me 12-13 melon balls. Weighing…

I have a master prep as well...my biggest container (most like regular "blender" size) has a lid that has a snap top opening on one side, like for you to pour out of, so I guess you could add olive oil through that if you wanted to use the huge container? The blade spacing for that one is a little wider than the smaller…

I've been using the measuring cup method, but I almost wonder if I'm making myself miss out on some of my fruit and/or logging more calories than I'm actually eating because of the way I'm measuring.

yep, and I haven't even reached goal weight yet--5'9" and 206lbs. I wear a normal top (well, as normal as you can get with a 40DD chest) and I alternate between boy cut or regular cut bottoms with side ruching. I've gotten to the point where I don't really care anymore about somebody seeing them, and if somebody doesn't…

not bad.

I net in the 1200 range each day, never less than 1100, very rarely more than 1500. I walk/jog at least 20-30 minutes every day, do 30 day shred 2-3 days a week, all of which I track. Then whatever other random "exercise" I do with my everyday life....swimming with the kids, running around the house/yard with them, walking…

It really depends on your build/frame and muscle mass. For example, I'm 5'9" and a "healthy" range is anywhere between 125 and 169--that's a BIG range. I've been on the lower end of that range and look like a bobble head and have absolutely no muscle definition whatsoever lol I look healthiest in the 150-160 range. From…

I've been "lucky" enough to have three kids that all love fruits & veggies, and I always just kinda thought it was because it was one of those things where it was all they were offered when they were first starting foods, so they didn't really get a chance to like the not-so-healthy stuff. We skipped baby cereal (rice and…

IBCLC here :) There's actually a food option on here for breastfeeding, and there's different levels (toddler, newborn, etc)...you enter it as a food, but it credits extra calories to you towards your #, kinda like working out credits calories towards you. Personally, though, as a momma who has breastfed 3 children all to…

breakfast: whole wheat sandwich skinny, "fried" egg (no oil, butter, or spray, just a sunny side up egg cooked in a non-stick skillet) with a little salt & pepper, and a slice of cheddar cheese--sandwich works out to be around 250 calories when using regular cheddar, could be a bit less if you used low-fat/reduced-fat…

Really depends on your frame. I'm 5'9", medium frame and very curvy even when super skinny, and have been everywhere from 120 lbs (size 5-7 us) up to 220 (size 20 us). I'm obviously too big at 220, but look like a bobblehead doll at 120. I look healthiest in the 150-160 range, wearing (depending on brand) a size 10-12 /…

Had a baby seven years ago, gained 60 lbs while pregnant (yay for steroids for preterm labor, I was doing great with weight gain until those stinkin' things). Right after baby, immediately lost 30 lbs. Went on depo, gained 50 lbs on it in six months :/ I got pregnant twice after going off of it and immediately lost all of…

not a particular item of clothing...I want to be able to get thin/toned enough to get a rib tattoo and feel comfortable showing it to people...and as strange as it sounds, I WANT it to really really hurt when I get it, because that means I'm bony in that area lol

*shrug* MFP's little calculator automatically set me at 1,200 a day in order to lose 1-2 lbs a week, exercising 30 minutes each day. Honestly...unless I'm eating junky food through the day, I often find it hard to get to that 1,200 a day and generally find myself pondering whether I should eat more food later in the day…