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my weightloss was based on calorie reduction and not exercise. I wanted to create a lifestyle that I could stick to and quite honestly, exercise isn't something I enjoy. I walk on my lunch hour for a half hour three days a week...that's it! And that's even hit and miss.

I think you just need to work on your frame of mind. If you feel up to adding an evening walk then fine, but really it's not necessary. I actually found that reducing my exercise and focusing on what I ate was more productive in the beginning. The more I did the more obsessive I became about losing that 2lbs a week and…

Okay, first, it's only been a month. You've lost four lbs so that averages out to 1lbs a week. I hate to blame age/menopause, but the reality is, you may lose the weight slower. Slow and steady will win this race, trust me. It took me a year to lose 52 lbs which is essentially 1lb a week. There were some weeks where I…

I don't think for me that I stop caring, I just think I set up a false sense of security after awhile. It's more like a slippery slope where I miss a few days of logging and it doesn't seem to show up on the scale, so I think I can relax a little with the weighing and measuring, because after all, I've been doing this for…

this 100% I got caught up in an argument with a neighbor a few weeks back regarding this very thing. He was trying to tell me I didn't need to keep track of calories or "diet" if I exercised more. I attempted to explain to him that it's difficult to out exercise poor eating habits but it was a waste of breath. He actually…

Wow, fantastic advice! I'm currently doing a run walk program on my iPhone and have it set to one minute walk, one minute run and I'm on week 3 of 7. By the end of the 7th week I should be able to walk run a 5k. My friend and I are training together but because our fitness levels are so different she's started out on a…

I use mostly mustard and sometimes kraft low fat bbq sauce. Sort of depends on what I'm seasoning. Sometimes even ranch dressing or HP sauce.

I have days like that...not lately though. I always just go with it. The weekend is only a day away so you'll have some extra calories to have a treat....mmmm ICE CREAM!

Same here. In fact sometimes I do a deficit of a couple hundred for a couple days in a row if I know I'm going to go over on the weekend. I've been managing my diet this way for over a year and it's working out great.

I went on a cruise last December and put on 7-8lbs. For me it wasn't the food so much as the sugary cocktails. It took a month and a half to drop the weight, but let me tell you, I had a BLAST putting it on! :-) If you're not much of a drinker then food shouldn't be too bad. There's always lots of fruit and healthy…

I'm 43 and hit goal a few months back and am working away at a few more pounds just to have a little cushion. I'm currently the thinest I've been in over 15 years...maybe 20. When I started MFP in April of 2013 I would have been happy to get to 145 so when I hit 140 I was amazed. Then I changed my goal again to 130 and I…

I've just started training for a 5k. I've never ever ran before so it's all new to me. The biggest surprise I had was just how few calories I would burn when running. Here I was thinking I'd be able to eat more...or should eat more in order to keep my energy level up etc. and as it turns out it only burns around 300…

You look FANTASTIC! I love the super cute top, but yes, as others have said, the bottoms are not quite hitting you in the right spot. It would be great if the side seam hit right at your hips showing off your great shape. Happy swimming!

Yes, just pick a day, preferably Fridays. There's no need to weigh in more than once a week, especially if an increase sends you into a panic. That being said, be prepared for the scale to fluctuate from time to time during PMS etc. I find that I only really get a two good weigh ins a month. One week will stay even and the…

Oh, and if you aren't going to keep better track of your weekends then I suggest not eating back your exercise calories at all, it will give you more room for error.

What day do you weigh in on? I changed my weigh in days from Monday to Fridays to avoid the false water weight of Mondays. I found typically that if I misbehave, or just generally eat higher sodium foods on the weekends and my Monday weigh in's were terrible! By switching to Friday I had all week to fix things, drink more…

I've always hated being fat because growing up the cute boys always liked the thin girls, the thin people always picked other thin people first in gym (and really, who could blame them!), thin people were always the most popular...except for the fat funny guy...he always managed to get in the popular group. And for me,…

It's interesting that you brought up jealousy, because I often get scathing looks from heavy people, comments like "it must be so nice to be skinny" as if this was the body I was born with. I've had to work damn hard...wait, correction, I WORK DAMN HARD to look this way. I've lost 52lbs this year. You really need to put…

In March of 2013 I went on a family vacation and the fair weather clothes that I had packed for the trip (which I didn't bother to try on before packing) didn't fit. I had to go out to a bargain store and buy huge stretch clothes to cover up my body and and pics from the vacation were awful. That was it. I came home from…

It absolutely is beneficial! Always pick an activity you enjoy doing, that way you have a better chance at developing a lifestyle. You're trying to make changes to your eating and activity that go beyond just losing weight. Don't be concerned about under eating at this point. In fact it's not a bad idea to have room in…

I have to agree with this. I like to think of "ideal weight" as one of my best excuses for giving up on goal weights in the past. After my first daughter I thought my body wouldn't let me get below 140. After my second daughter I told myself that 150 was my new ideal weight. This year I've blown those numbers out of the…

What I find ironic about the article is that she is apologizing for what she considers misleading and poor dieting advice because she really wasn't educated enough to be doing so, then she says this: "I'm sorry because it's only years later that I realize just how unhealthy a 1,200 calorie diet was. I stayed on a…

First, do your best to log exactly what you ate. You could try the 5/2 approach this week, where you pick two days that you eat at 500 cals/600cals and the balance of the week eat your normal cals. Or you could just say it's one night, go back to eating your normal calories and ramp up your exercise and drink lots of…

I'm not certain I'll enjoy running even with proper shoes! I'm really doing it to help an overweight friend that asked me to join her. That and I'm at my weight goal so could use something to strive for. So far the program is a bit easy for me but it's set for my friends fitness level, we'll see how much I like it when it…

I've been with to my husband for 27 years (since I was 16), married for 22 so if there's one thing I know it's how to successfully navigate a relationship. We've been through it all and through a lot of hard work we are the happiest we've ever been.

Please don't rely on eyeballing! I've been on MFP for 16 months now and the only time I really stalled out is when I got lazy about weighing my food and started the eyeball approach. When you start guessing about things then you have a tendency to under estimate the true amount of food you're eating. Also, be very careful…

I'm not trying to make a case. I simply provided you with the link that you requested. As stated, I was getting very confused about shoe selection because I read contradicting things on the internet...hence why I posted the question on MFP to get better informed by people that have had experience using various running…

My husband has seen me thin, fat, pregnant, sick, healthy, sexy, slobbish....he has accepted me through all of it. If anything I would say he's loving my new body and is really proud of me. I know he's looking more critically at himself so odds are he will start working on his weight soon. I support whatever he decides.…

I did Herbal Magic a few years ago and it worked great for me but when I was off work I couldn't afford it anymore so I just continued to follow the diet part of it. I discovered I continued to lose weight without the pills and shakes because the diet effectively amounted to a low cal diet. The key is tracking what you…

I just got back from a camping trip for a week and although it wasn't all healthy I find the easiest thing to do is pre-make and freeze meals for quick thawing and eating. Ie. I made a healthy chili, put it in container and froze it. It acts as a freezer pack in the cooler until you take it out to reheat. It was a big hit…