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This would be my advice as well. It took a LOT of different cocktails of meds (I have Bipolar 2.) and a significant amount of time spent shopping around for therapists, but I am now quite stable and feeling better than I have in recent memory. I found that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy worked very well for me, as someone…

I lost from my breasts and face first, then from my waist. I have lost stomach fat quite rapidly, but my butt seems to have fallen behind a bit in terms of weight loss. (It's definitely shrinking, but there's a 14" difference between my hips and my waist now. ;;;;) My limbs, especially thighs and upper arms, have been…

I eat back 80% of my cals burned as reported by my HRM. It hasn't hurt my progress any. :)

This sounds fun! If I'm not too late, I'd like to join. I'd like to be in Slytherin, Hufflepuff, or Ravenclaw (in order of preference). Please just put me into whichever's open/on the shortest waiting list. Thank you~!

Hi, all! I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism about five years ago. Like many others, it took a lot of time and effort to get a doctor to take me seriously, and after the diagnosis, I continued to struggle with finding one who would actually listen to me when adjusting my medication, etc. I just want to say that if you are…

How long have you actually gone without losing weight? It's normal to go a week or two without dropping pounds or even going up a few. One reason for this can be water retention (due to sodium, increased/new exercise, TOM...), but there are a lot of things that can cause it. A plateau is a long period without losing…

1) 24 2) 188lbs 3) Seoul, South Korea 4) I guess... Moderate? I do 30-60 minutes most days and up to five hours on the weekends hiking/mountain climbing. 5) 6 days a week. 6) Yes 6) Dinner on weekdays, lunch on weekends (biggest lunch is my preference) 7) 3 meals with about 2-4 small snacks. 8) Quite a bit, but I don't…

OP, I think you look fine (though I don't feel entirely comfortable judging by a single pic) and your weight seems reasonable. If you like the way you look and feel healthy and your doctor agrees, I see no reason to doubt yourself. Your loved ones will most likely get used to the change eventually. Also: Not sure what…

I'm not sure how helpful this is, but I've been very successful manging my thyroid levels and losing weight with the help of proper medication without any special diet. I have heard that lowering carbs helps some (I usually end up eating a moderate carb diet myself), which I would think to be easier than a relatively more…

You could always try ordering online. I live in South Korea, and it's pretty hard to get my hands on decent protein powder without terrible price inflation. I use iherb.com to buy mine. They ship surprisingly fast overseas, and it's not too pricey. Not sure if it's an option for you, but thought I'd throw it out there!

Wow, I wrote a LOT! I'm sorry!!

May I ask how you had your body fat % measured? For a 5'6" woman, that amount of LBM seems a bit high, even at 231lbs. Not calling you a liar, but (if my pitiful math skills are correct), that puts you at 38% BF? I'm the same height as you, weighing 193, and mine is 39% (LBM 118). So it's a bit surprising to hear - though…

Thanks for the support, everybody!! I really appreciate the comments! :heart:

Thanks! I got the Thor shirt on Spreadshirt! Highly recommended. ;)

It took me about 9 months to lose my first 50. I probably have about that much left to go, still.

I'm 5'6" and just about at that weight. I'm a size 12 in dress and pants, though some brands are still a loose 14. Shirts are an L to XL, depending on the cut. ^^ ETA: I have photos in my profile, though they're from about eight pounds ago.

I have hypothyroidism, too, and I've fifty-five pounds in about nine months. So it is totally possible. That said, getting your dosage right IS very important and will make things a LOT easier. And I second the advice about to measure and log everything and do resistance training. I'll cop to not being able to keep up a…

I eat mine back and have been making good progress. However, I don't use MFP calculations for anything other than walking and running, which I found to be almost identical with my heart rate monitor's numbers. If I'm doing something else, I use the HRM to calculate. (I also don't input things like housework or food prep or…

This happened to me. I think it's pretty normal. Our brains are really slow to see changes in ourselves. I've lost over 50lbs so far and for the bulk of that, I saw NO difference in the mirror. Went from size 18 to 12, people gasping when they saw me, etc. but to my eye? No change. What I did was take pictures of myself…

It did for me. I don't know that it's necessarily /looking better/ that caused the change. It was more something that came from within. Before, I always felt powerless. I was stuck in this body I hated, and I didn't know how to "fix" it. I didn't think I could. But once I started losing, I began to realize that I DID have…

It is possible for it to be thyroid related, yeah. I have thyroid issues, and when my anxiety got really bad, that was one of the first things my psychiatrist wanted me to check. (My levels were fine, consequently. I have BPII, and it turned out that the anxiety was a symptom of my hypomania.) But yeah, it's totally…

I take Seroquel, too. I do have the hunger issue, but so far, I haven't experienced any weight gain (I started taking it after I'd already joined MFP). I track very religiously which helps. One thing I did that helped was raise my calorie allowance to somewhere around 1lb loss a week, and I gave myself permission to eat up…

Yes, I was definitely about to comment that this sounds like depression and then I scrolled down and saw your edit. I really do think you should make your mental health a priority right now. You may need different meds or a change in dosage. I have BPII which comes with some pretty significant lows, and I know how…

Like you said, it REALLY depends on your body type, as well as how much muscle you carry. I'm between a 12 and a 14 pant (leaning closer to 12 now) and wear a size 12 dress. But I've got a bigger chest and am still in an L or sometimes even XL shirt, depending on the cut. I weigh 204 right now, so that's a difference of…

Thank you! No secret, really. I just used the app. No special diet or anything. I eat pretty much the same stuff, just in smaller portions. I do exercise, but it's more to retain as much LBM as I can (strength training) and for general health. And so I can eat more, haha. Well, that's why I started anyway, but now I just…

Thanks, everyone!! I appreciate the words of encouragement~! :heart:

There are several reasons this could happen. I started at a size 18 or 20 depending on the brand, and in 40+ pounds, I'm only down to a 14 (loose or tight depending on the brand now, haha). BUT I've gone down to a size 10-12 in dress sizes, so for me, it's just that I'm losing a lot more on top that on bottom. I lose…

I live in Korea. Interesting to hear about the struggles of others using the app overseas. However, I haven't really had much of a problem. Well, of course the barcode scanner doesn't work and I have had to add a LOT of things to the database, but after a month or so, it became much easier, since I was eating the same…

Haha, that's adorable! Glad you guys are figuring it out. He seems like he's really trying to understand. Calorie counting can be a really foreign concept to some. (My mother, too, was absolutely /boggled/ by the idea of counting liquids when she decided to try using the app. "Except sodas, I KNOW they're bad." :ohwell:)

Well done! You're making excellent progress! We're the same height and built very similarly, too, plus we've lost the same amount! (You're still beating me though!) Same UGW too, so this is very inspiring for me!! Keep up the great work!