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I've lost quite a bit of weight and let me tell you, it took me several months for my brain to realize that my body is no longer 250+ lbs, that I am no longer obese nor overweight, even. And yes, shopping was a pain at first, but I learned to try on everything I wanted to buy and then get a size smaller than that, because…

Yup. Tons and tons of it. And stretch marks. Yay.

5'5'' and a marathon-trainer. I'd say to maintain I'd have to eat about 2200 cals a day, though I am trying to lose a couple pounds, so I have my base of 1500 + at least half of what I earn from exercise, which can add up to over 3000 cals on some days. If I wasn't so active, I think my maintenance intake is around…

I hate the gym as well, so I run outside. Find an exercise you love and stick with it. Exercise is more about weight-loss.

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Yep, my goal is to run 1000 miles (will easily reach this as I am training for two marathons this year, the latter being a more competitive endeavor), walk 150 miles, and bike 500 miles. Add me on MFP!

No... you'll gain weight by consuming an excess of calories. I lost over 100 pounds through low-carbing it and once I switched to a more standard diet, yes, I gained some water weight back, but lost it again right away because I kept counting calories.

The advice I've read everywhere is NOT to run if you feel any discomfort that bothers you. If you're experiencing pain that bothers you enough to consider switching from a full to a half marathon, for the sake of safety, do it. A half marathon is still really ****ing amazing, and you can always train to beat your PR for…

Weight loss aside, how are you performing adequately? I'm currently training for a marathon and eat a MINIMUM of 1500 a day... on long runs I'll eat as much as 3000! And I'm still losing. I can't imagine how you function well as a runner when you eat so little. Food is fuel, remember that. If you up your caloric intake,…

I'm training for the Cellcom Marathon, which is May 18th. I'm also doing a 100 Push-ups Challenge, in addition to core workouts 5 days a week. I would love to have finished my weight-loss journey by then and instead focus on maintenance. Oh, I recently became ovo-lacto vegetarian and could use this challenge to maintain…

You're definitely not eating enough, then! 1250 should be your base--what you eat on days you do not exercise--and that's kind of a low base. You need to eat back some of your exercise calories. I tend to eat back half of what MFP says I burned, and then I round down. For example, my base is 1500 calories (which is closer…

You're tired because you're not eating enough calories. On days you exercise an hour, try eating around 1400-1500 calories, then on the weekends eat around 1300-1400. You're eating way too little and all it's going to amount to is you hurting yourself and/or crashing, caving, and binging.

All of this is so misinformed, I don't have the energy to pick through it all and search for sources to correct you.

I'm currently doing several 30 Day Challenges all at once. It's definitely working.

I'm just like you; I love to be outside, do most of my workouts outside, and do not have access to a gym membership. I also live in the midwest, so winters suck. While I will be starting to marathon train on January 27th (hoping the temperature is bearable by then), right now I only run outside when it's decent out (at…

Can I join? I've lost over 100 pounds and still have a rather significant amount to go (my goal states 130, but for marathon-running purposes, I want to get down to around 120).

I have 25-35 pounds to go and my boobs are like deflated balloons filled with Jell-O. And I'm 21. The skin around it reminds me of tissue paper, the way it looks so thin and wrinkly. I used to be a DD, now I can barely fill a B cup. It used to really bother me; now, not so much. What really bothers me is all the loose skin…

You know the caloric differences of the same type of food that comes from a different brand. You also have the ability to fairly accurately guess the amount of calories in an item or meal by sight.

For me, it's hard to maintain because sometimes it feels like I'm still dieting and it's hard for me to feel like I'm missing out on things. I've lost quite a bit of weight so far, but I've actually been maintaining for about a year after losing the motivation to continue losing. During that time, certain things changed in…

I love how everyone is trying to educate the certified fitness instructor with college education in kinesiology and nutrition. Losing a large amount of weight doesn't make anyone an expert, and I speak for myself here as well.

Hahaha. Not to mention uneducated and insane.

The best cleanse that actually yields effective results is called a caloric deficit and healthy, active lifestyle.

You need carbs + fat, and lots of it. Aim for 3k cals/day, more if you can manage it.

I suspect you're not logging every single thing you eat, including the butter/oil you cook your foods in, any dressings, drinks, etc. All of it can add up. Like other posters are saying, if you have difficulty reaching 1200 calories a day, then you wouldn't be in the position where you need to lose weight in the first…