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Yeah, I made sure to enter 33% in the spot provided. It looks pretty good right now, I was just surprised that it estimates my TDEE about 150 lower than other calculators, but it seems likely to be quite accurate. I had no idea, that's great to know. Thanks for the info! I'll mark it as heavy cardio. I've been doing 5…

not to my knowledge, but I'll admit I wasn't paying VERY careful attention. I was not in a great place mentally until about mid-March. I've had a lot of stressors, which I imagine hasn't been helping my loss. The only major change since I was having regular consistent loss of 1lb/week is that I stopped doing yoga classes…

TDEE line. According to the spreadsheet, my TDEE is 2293 and with my previous workout levels (gym 3x/week, lifting & cardio in same session) my calorie intake should apparently be 1751. For the last two months I had my calories set to about 1860 and ate very close to that amount daily. I don't. I space my workout routine…

Not a single person has said anything to me without my mentioning it first, and I've gone from a size 24 to a size 14. As soon as I mention it, they'll be like "Yeah I noticed! You look great!" etc. but I think people are too worried about offending others to mention it unprompted.

No. I haven't lost any inches at all. That's the whole reason I'm concerned. I have trouble believing that ~1860 is maintenance for someone who has been reliably lifting (stronglifts and various resistance machines) and doing HIIT cardio (elliptical and bike, alternating) three times a week for two months. I've definitely…

71 lb in 15 months. I had a setback from November to mid January, gained back about 5lb, got back on the horse and lost that again so I'm back on track.

Interesting. Haybales, I used your spreadsheet and it says I should be eating LESS than I currently am, not more. I'll try that amount for the remaining month until we move and then update it with the new amounts. The walking to and from work will be reliable-- I've already timed it out, 1.2 miles in 24 min, twice a day…

I hadn't planned on it. Buuuut then I did. (for the curious, that's -71lb, +two tattoos (one is a snowflake on my ankle), +3 piercings (lip, both nipples), -about a foot and a half of hair, +red dye (obvs), +new glasses (though I also got contacts), +493485345345 metric tons of confidence.)

At first, I replaced all desserts with green smoothies. My favorite one is a cup of raw spinach, a cup of almond milk (unsweetened), a frozen banana, a scoop of chocolate protein powder, and a handful of frozen cherries. It tastes like black forest cake but it's really good for you. Also it really helped me to have a good…

When I was in middle school, a boy asked me how I could be such a slut when I was so ugly. I was kind of flabbergasted, because a. at the time I had never had sex and b. okay so maybe I wasn't the hottest kid ever but the guy who said that to me was DOG-UGLY.

Thanks! I love it. I never really had a "style" before, since I didn't like my appearance I didn't really make an effort, so it's really fun now to kind of discover my personal style and run with it. :)

First pic is at ~270lb, second is ~215. Currently at 207 but I don't have a better recent face pic.

I eat about 1900 cal/day and I'm always happy to have more EM2WL friends!

So far I have gone down proportionally- from a 42DDD to a 36DDD. I'm hoping, though, that eventually I'll lose a cup size or two. I'm likely to end up at a 32, I think, since I'm nearly down to a 34 already and I have several inches of fat left on my ribcage, but the idea of having to somehow buy 32DDD bras is horrifying…

I've officially lost the equivalent of an elephant's penis! :laugh: (plus about a box of donuts.)

I have never been offended by a doctor calling me obese. I HAVE been upset and irritated by doctors telling me that every health problem I had was caused by my weight, and not taking me seriously or running any tests but just telling me that if I exercised more and "ate less junk" I wouldn't have any health problems. I had…

59lb in approx 213 days = 0.28lb/day or 1 pound every 3.6 days, 2 pounds per week. Counting in the two plateaus I've had, it ain't too shabby.

1967.

In three months, I'd like to be under 200lb (for the first time since high school!). I think that's doable- 13 pounds in 3 months shouldn't be a problem. In a year, I'd like to be at my goal weight of 155- or, well, whatever weight gets me a nice healthy lean body fat %. I'd also like to be able to run a 5k by that time. I…

I'm nowhere near done, but I just put these photos next to each other today and was pretty pleased, so I'll post 'em. 57lb down, about the same yet to go. Before is from Dec 6 2012, current is from last Friday Aug 2.

I've been buying new clothes whenever I have a few extra dollars. A $10 t-shirt from Target every couple of weeks won't break the bank and helps me feel good about myself and my progress! Underwear is a necessity, too- when my current stuff is falling off of my butt, I need new ones, and they're not expensive so I pick up…

I started lifting (just using weight machines- I've since switched to free weights/ 5x5) when I was still 100lb overweight. Honestly, it helped me lose *more*. Building muscle requires calories, and if you're not getting those calories from food, your body will take from your fat stores. When I was only doing cardio I was…

Sent a request also! I eat 1800 on non-workout days and around 2000 on workout days.

I'm not much of a "munchies" type of person, but I do like to have a dessert between dinner and bedtime. I like to have either a 100cal skinny cow ice cream bar or a green protein smoothie.

Yes. I hit a solid plateau in late April/Early May and for an entire month I fluctuated between 235 and 232 pounds. I could not break 230 for the life of me. I was also tired and angry all the time. At that point I had been on a 1200 calorie diet for several months. In late May, I read up on TDEE and BMR, etc, and decided…

Tomatoes. I used to HATE raw tomatoes and now, quite suddenly, I love them. That's the only thing I used to dislike that I now like, but I have discovered things I like since I started this- for instance, almond milk, and green smoothies.

I haven't bought any goal clothing because I don't have any idea what size I'll be at the end of this. I'm also apple-shaped and I don't know if I'll ever have a really defined waist or if my belly will really go away (at least I have trouble believing it's possible). I have, however, bought a few things at a time where…

I was a slightly loose 22 when I started. I think I went down to a 20 after about 10lb lost, but it took another 25 to go down to an 18. I'm now at almost 50 lost and I am just today going to buy my first size 16s. :)

DOWNside? Haha! For me, that's a big ol' positive about losing weight! I was a 42DDD when I started this-- and before my reduction, I was a 38I/J. So far I've only gone down to a 36DDD, but I have high hopes that soon, soon I'll go down a cup size or three...

I don't recall my weight at the time, but I have a clear & distinct memory from the time I was 14 or 15. I was looking in a full length mirror, wearing only underwear and a bra, and I was looking at my teeny pooch of a tummy and thinking "god, I'm so fat." ... Yeah.