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I'm 5'4 and started at 147 lbs. Currently down to 127.5 lbs and my goal weight is 125 lbs. It's a slow process. Averaging about .75 lbs down a week currently, and it'll probably drop to .5 lbs here shortly. I'm currently averaging around 1400 calories a day plus some when I workout and still losing. Log using a food scale…

I think it all comes down to a follower's personal preference on what they're going to think. I, for one, love seeing my friends happy with whatever they are doing in life. Posting occasional pictures of their progress would not make me think they are being narcissistic, but proud. On the other hand, if a friend was…

Weigh raw. Then I weigh the skin after I'm done eating it. I figure the skin doesn't change weight too much as it's cooked.

It's important to me. While losing, I weigh almost everyday. I have a certain 'maximum weight' I let myself get to before I start eating in a deficit... so I'll check approx. once a month when I am maintaining.

Doritos and cream cheese Dill pickle wrapped in american cheese My husband uses peanut butter on/in everything. Sandwiches, chili, on peppers, hot dogs, etc. His father and grandfather are the same way. He also mixes apple sauce in with his tuna noodle casserole.

This thread makes me frustrated and I haven't even posted in it until right now. Kudos to you all with the patience of saints. One more time for the people in the back... CICO is not calorie counting. Two different things. I'm not sure what's difficult to grasp about this. Oy vey.

I don't log spices, black coffee, tea, hot sauce, and when I sneak a bite of my husband's food. I estimate green vegetables and lettuces. Everything else gets weighed for the most part, or eyeballed if I'm not at home.

This thread has been so helpful. I've really been paying attention to the way I walk and I wasn't using my glutes at all. I'm going to incorporate some glute exercises from here on out.

I have the Charge2 and it's really accurate in tracking when I fall asleep and wake up. I never pressed anything.

I use Abouttime. Locally made, but you can order from vitacost: https://www.vitacost.com/about-time-whey-protein-isolate-chocolate-2-lbs-1 I've tried a lot of protein powders and I can't stomach a lot of them. This one isn't bad at all!

Good: We always had well-balanced dinners and ate together as a family. There was always a vegetable and a protein. Starches varied. We had a limit on how many treats we could have a day. Now, I still only reach for 3 pieces of candy or 3 cookies, for example. I think that actually helped. Bad: Honestly, not much. We may…

Everyone is different. My schedule goes: 10am snack 1:30pm lunch 4pm snack 7-9pm dinner It works for me. But what may work for me, may not work for you.

I got the stomach bug last Sunday and it knocked me out for 2-3 days food and energy-wise. I took off a week and just made sure I was productive during the weekend doing less strenuous activity. You're fine to take off a couple days and let your body rest. Don't stress!

"never eat bread or pasta. all other carbs are okay. then you don't need to count your calories" "don't eat after 6pm or the food sits there and becomes fat" I like bread and pasta... I've lost 13 lbs eating bread and pasta. I typically don't eat until 8:30pm... magically, it has not added fat. This is from my super fit…

Lol no. Got an early morning workout in and then enjoyed time with family. Logged the morning but didn't log much else since I didn't cook it. I'm not worried about it. I just plan on staying tight on logging for the rest of the week.

I weigh every day and enter on a trend app like Happy Scale. I enjoy seeing the trend, but I also don't worry a lot about weight fluctuations because I know they'll happen. If you're someone that would bother, I recommend once a week.

I'm a seasoning dumper. I often just grab some seasoning and dump it on whatever I'm cooking. Haven't had anything too bad yet. Recently: garlic powder, lemon pepper, Fox Pointe seasoning from Penzey's and paprika. Yesterday I cooked boneless chicken thighs in the crockpot with pesto. They're perfect for a salad today.

Today marks day 53 of logging (so close to the two month mark) and also a month and a half straight of working out 4-6 days a week. Small NSVs, but meaningful to me nonetheless. My pants are also getting roomy... might be time for a shopping trip soon :smile:

I would make sure he understands that whatever he's left with at the end of a paycheck after bills is it. Have him calculate the expenses he has and come up with an end amount of how much he has left over. Ask him if that's reasonable. If he makes plenty enough to cover that and have a little play money, 50/50 should work…

My husband makes way more than I do even when we were living together prior to our marriage. He ends up pouring more into bills than I do. I do what I can, but we've pretty much split it up by salary percentage. I put in what my salary allows and he helps out with the rest. We work as a team for all house/living costs. We…

Plain iodized salt for pretty much everything... it's cheap and I don't have any medical reasons not to. Kosher salt is in some of my seasonings for meat so I guess I technically use that sometimes as well.

Mushrooms and cottage cheese. No matter how much I want to like them, I can't get past the texture of either.

Awesome job! You're doing great :smile:

the poor girls always go first...

kettlebell swings are good. you could put on fun music and dance around for 10 minutes. I typically do if a good song comes on during a workout anyways, lol.

I was never really put on a diet at that age, but my parents definitely shaped my relationship with food. We were allowed packaged snacks, 3 pieces of candy a day or 3 cookies a day. Nothing was considered "bad" food, but we learned about moderation. We always had vegetables with dinner and my mother always home cooked…

This might sound stupid, but I always try to think of what "tomorrow Alyssa" would say. Sure, that doughnut might be delicious today, but tomorrow/all week when I'm cutting calories to make it work, that doughnut won't feel as good anymore. If it fits within my goals - I don't have problem eating it. But I also don't want…

You might be overeating without realizing it. Grab a food scale (they're relatively cheap) and try weighing all your food for a couple weeks. If you don't start seeing a change - see your doctor!

I honestly rarely do cardio because I hate it. On nice days, I'll take my dogs for a 2 mile walk, but that's as much as I get. I started doing more HIIT workouts with some lifting and I'm really enjoying it. Try out different things. You may find something you like. If not, there's always dancing in your underwear. P.S.…

I don't make two entirely separate meals, but I do different sides for my husband a lot (i.g. mashed potatoes for him and mashed cauliflower for me). I don't find it too strenuous nor does it bother me