FoxyMars25 Member

I am 5'6.5" and currently weigh 159.5. I have a hard time with pants because my thighs are thicker and my waist is pretty small. The best jeans I can find are junior size 7 (from Kohl's, women's size 6 at Express) with a little stretch in them so they can stretch over my thighs and fit correctly in my waist lol. For dress…

It really depends for me. I normally do some sort of exercise every day but if I do not, I am lucky to hit around 1700-1800 calories burned. I am 5'6 1/2" and weigh 159.5 currently. With exercise, my average daily burn is anywhere from 2100-2300. I do burn more on weekends because I am moving around a lot more (work a desk…

I always eat after which gives me more time to walk during my break. I can always eat and work at the same time when I get back from my walk.

Even at my smallest, my thighs were still pretty large (my weight comes off my upper half first). Just keep going!

My boyfriend and I broke up last month and I'm not going to lie, that was a huge part of why I didn't want to be with him anymore. He wants to eat junk and sit around and play video games all the time while I want to eat healthy and workout/be active. There are of course, a lot of other reasons for the break up, but I do…

Bank the calories for drinking wine over the weekend!

Columbus, Ohio!

Started around 211 lbs in 2012, got down to 145 lbs by December 2013. I have gained about 20 back over the last few years, mostly due to quitting smoking and a medication I was briefly on (most current picture is the one where I am in the red shirt) but I am back on track now and have lost 6 pounds of that and want to lose…

I have only lost about 6 pounds since the beginning of February. But I am taking it slow (set on half pound per week). I have about 20-25 more to go. A few years ago when I was a lot heavier than I am now, it took me about a month in a half to lose 10 pounds.

Same here. Mine were the first thing to go. That was the only part of my body I really liked too :(

hahaha, thanks for the advice! I will look into it!

I love my wine. Everybody who knows me knows I love my wine but I also need to cut way back because even though I bank my calories in order to drink, I am still not seeing the progress *I think* I should be. I am guilty of drinking an entire bottle of wine myself on a Saturday night. It takes me a while to get through it…

I love these! They sell them at Whole Foods and I think they are $3.99. They also have a cheddar/Jalapeno chicken burger which is also very good. So easy to just throw one in the microwave during the week.

Meal prep on weekends to make food during the week easier. I boil a dozen eggs every weekend and take two of those plus plain greek yogurt that I mix with half a scoop of protein powder for my breakfast every day. Most weekends, I will grill chicken for the week and bring chicken and one of those Green Giant veggie…

I have decided to embrace the hunger because no matter what I do or eat, I am still hungry

I constantly get comments from my co-workers as well but I usually ignore them. What is really hard is when they order in food/have potlucks/bring in donuts/bagels/pastries and always sit everything on the empty desk right next to mine. UGH. There are other places to put the food people!!

I just have to chime in a say that I am not a picky eater at all, I love most things. I love pineapple and I LOVE pizza, but pineapple on my pizza? GROSS :) Whenever anyone asks me what I want in my pizza, I always say anything but pineapple.

Some good things: Ever since I started working out regularly, I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow every night. My co-workers constantly told me how good I look and I got comments like, "I wish I was as small as you" or "I wish I had your willpower". They also came to me for advice for their own weight-loss…

I lost about 66 pounds, gained back about 20 over the last 3 years, have lost 4.5 over the last month and have been cold the entire time. I never had this problem before the weight loss but ever since I lost the 66 lbs, I am constantly freezing. I definitely feel more cold at work while I am just sitting at my desk all…

Personally, I don't eat as much fruit anymore but that is because it doesn't satisfy my hunger and leaves me feeling sleepy. I just stick with mainly raspberries and strawberries which are lower in calories than a lot of other fruit and raspberries have a good amount of fiber. Adding more protein to my diet to replace some…

I never eat out at lunch. I always bring my lunch with me. I can't afford to go out and buy lunch every day plus it is way healthier to pack my own lunch that I weighed out on my food scale and know the exact calories of. I agree with needing to get out though, so my co-worker and I always walk during our actual lunch…

In the past, I would never weigh myself every day as it really frustrated me but I downloaded the Happy Scale app and have been using that and weighing myself every morning and it has really helped. My weight fluctuates a lot which can be frustrating but right now, the trend is showing that my weight is going down.…

I always bank calories for wine. I don't drink every day but probably 3-4 times a week. One night may only be two glasses, another may be an entire bottle. As long as it fits in my calorie allowance! Also, FitVine makes a cab that is only 95 calories a glass ;-)

I typically have one "cheat" meal a week where I go out to dinner and order what I want (even if the calories are higher than I should be eating) and drink more wine than I should as well. I log everything but sometimes I have to guess because I don't take my food scale to the restaurant and not every restaurant has their…

I completely agree with this. It is all in your head. I tried to lose weight for years and then I had a silly "a ha" moment and finally decided I was going to lose weight no matter what. You don't want to try to make a lot of changes all at once because it is too overwhelming. Just make one healthy decision at a time and…

I bank calories so I can drink wine over the weekend because there is no way I can cut it out completely. I also just bought FitVine wine which is lower in calories than normal wine and it is actually pretty good! It's only a difference of about 30 calories but every little bit helps!

I don't know what to believe when it comes to my fitbit. I have had my Charge HR for over a year but have been back on MFP since the beginning of February and have it linked to my account. I have my settings at not active because I sit behind a desk all day at work but I do exercise about 6-7 hours per week. I am currently…

Currently, I am eating around 1900-2000 but I am netting 1316 with exercise which is about 6-7 hours per week of walking, strength training, HIIT, and kickboxing. However, my weight has been the same for the last 3 weeks so I guess I need to drop my calories :( :( :(

I am 5'6 1/2" and around 164 lbs currently and in dress pants/dresses I wear a 8. I have a problem finding jeans that fit right because my waist is way smaller than my hips/thighs (thick thigh girl here!) so I have to buy jeans that have some stretch in them so I can fit them over my thighs but they fit correctly in my…

I usually cook dinner for my boyfriend and myself on weekends and make enough to last all week as leftovers for lunches and dinners. I like to cook something in the crockpot one night such as this: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipe/251746/slow-cooker-black-bean-mushroom-chili/ or this:…