unlikelyathlete Member

So.....then that means my BFs excuse that he can't run or do most cardio because he has flat feet is bunk? I'm seeing quite a lot of active flat-footed people here.

Yeah, I vote to enjoy your vacation. I have found that it's easier (for me, at least) to get in a good workout during vacations more than in my busy life at home, so just make sure you get in that exercise. Drink a lot of water, and make sure that if you do go overboard, it's on those things you wouldn't be able to get…

I scramble 4 "Egg whites" (12 tablespoons of pure egg whites) for 100 cals, have 1/2 a whole wheat english muffin with (60 cals) 1 tsp of peanut butter (50 cals) or a couple of tablespoons mashed avocado (50-100 cals). That's a max 260 calorie breakfast that keeps me full for several hours.

Love it!! Has some protein in it and also a good source of fiber. Eating white bread never tasted this good!

Took me a full month to get over the daily headaches (coffee never did it to me, only sodas), but once you get over it, it is worth it.

I (seriously) bought a "kitchen safe" and I put my tempting foods in it. It locks, is tamper-proof, and I can set it for up to a week. I don't always need it, but if I have something extra tasty, that I want to make last, I put it in there. And, honestly, once I have it set, and know it's no longer an option, I move on.

Bumping again!!

The best advice I have gotten in a long while was to do weight lifting. If you want to change the way things look, that is the best way to do it now that you are close to your goal weight. However, do know that it may stall the weight loss or make it a little slower. I made my peace with it, have fluctuated between the…

I wrote a blog entry about being a "shortie" and trying to lose weight: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/unlikelyathlete/view/short-girls-and-total-daily-weekly-calorie-deficits-687902 I'd say you might not want to eat back too many of your exercise calories to start with, if you're starting at 1300 for your daily intake.…

I think that past diet advice has kept us under the impression that we have to eat no fat to lose weight-and if adding coconut oil will give you a little fat in your diet, then sure, it's a good addition to your daily calories. Like everything else that has been a fad in the past, however, it isn't the be-all-end-all.…

Yes. If you are honest about what you are eating, you accurately measure what you are eating, and you don't give up if you are following the plan but the numbers aren't IMMEDIATELY showing up. I can't tell you how many people I see get discouraged when they don't see a loss on the scale for a week or two. It takes time.

As someone who works with toddlers to help them tolerate textures/flavors/temperatures, I can tell you that it is sometimes a very slow process to work your way up on a texture scale. Without knowing if you have any medical issues that affect your swallow, or GI issues like reflux, slow motility, or constipation, it is…

Woo hoo! I hope you also posted this in "success stories". That forum can be a great place to post your successes along the way as well.

Having the appetite of a 6'2" man but being 5'1". ;) I'm definitely a person who loves rich foods. I would gain weight, then I would starve myself and work out really hard to take it off. That kept me on a guilt/indulgence cycle. Life got a lot better when I realized I could have *some* of the foods I like in smaller…

Not weird per se.....I want to feel on the outside like the me I envision on the inside after a hard workout. I want to be the way I feel, all badass and fit and muscular (Grr...I am She-ra!) I am, in reality, a lot softer and less muscular.

1) As a short girl, I have to make a conscious effort to get in a nice healthy dose of cardio every day if I want to see results on the scale. 2) If I get a healthy dose of cardio, I'm going to be hungrier, and going to have to add in a little more food than that 1200 number that is the standard. 3) Which means that I'm…

I have Kroger grocery stores where I live, and they have a vanilla whey protein that is not only inexpensive, but it has 80 calories and 18 grams of protein per serving. I'm in love. Srsly.

I switch back and forth depending on what I'm eating in the rest of my breakfast. If I want to have enough calories to also eat oatmeal or an english muffin, I'll have a few egg whites instead of an egg. Sometimes I'll have a real egg. Both have protein.

This is a really interesting topic. If you're the type of person that really doesn't like to have hunger pangs (I don't like them either!), you might be better doing the frequent small meals, and preemptively eating before your body has a chance to be hungry. I know that I have to kick in some serious willpower and talk…

I haven't heard it in a while, but I know if I get to where I want to be, it's coming. Those kind of comments are part of the reason I put weight back on! I remember distinctly my stepmother (whom I love, she's a really sweet woman) telling me I looked sick, and a friend accusing me of being bulimic when he saw me wolf…

This is really great information! I think I needed a little reminder about how weight lifting plays in while you are trying to lose weight. I definitely want to build muscle, but for vanity reasons, I'd love to get about 5-8 pounds off before making that the priority. I have NROWLFW and I will get into gear with that when…

The people at work must think I'm crazy, because I bring in a HUGE bag of food on Mondays. I keep full meals and snacks that are healthy on hand all the time. I like having nuts and protein bars at my desk, and will also keep low fat cottage cheese cups, cheese sticks, snack sized bags of carrots, and containers of…

At my heaviest, I think it was being sleepy all the time. I would go home to sleep during lunch. I also hated having to lunge forward a few times to reach down and tie my shoes. I managed to avoid pictures for the most part, but I have a select few that I saved just so I would remember-being the "floating face" in a group…

I don't, because I'm looking for a certain deficit from calories eaten, and a certain burn from exercise, and I've found that if I add it in according to their parameters, it mixes me up. So I don't enter my exercise in on here, but i keep track of it elsewhere. Helps me to keep those somewhat separate, and I'll tweak them…

NOMNOMNOM. Yes. Avocados are yummy and definitely fit into a diet. But ummm, Jimmy, I hope you're kidding about the pit.

It definitely helped me just to own where I was, either way- if I really felt like pushing super-hard, I knew what I was going to have to do, consistently, to lose that quickly. If I wanted a little wiggle room and perhaps a day off of exercise every week, I just had to accept that my loss would be less.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/unlikelyathlete/view/short-girls-and-total-daily-weekly-calorie-deficits-687902 I hear you......but it just is what it is. To be healthy, we may just not lose as fast as we'd like. But, we'll still lose.

Definitely don't try to commit to something if you already know you're not in a headspace to do it. You may want to lose weight, you may want to be thinner, but if you're not ready to make the changes, you're just hitting your head against a brick wall. I know wanting to indulge an urge. At the end of a work day, I have…

If you'd like a calorie burn estimate that runs close to your actual burn, you could purchase a heart rate monitor that counts them. You don't have to spend too much cash for the more basic ones. I have to admit, I had a reality check when I saw what I was actually burning. For me, the HIIT workouts (calisthenics, etc) are…