zharptichka Member

At 5'8 and 284 I'm a size 22.

I ran for 15 minutes/ 1.5 miles without stopping and without feeling like I wanted to die. I have never in my been able to run a mile without stopping. What I wouldn't give to tell high school me that this was possible.

They make ring inserts that can make rings a couple sizes smaller without resizing. For example: https://www.amazon.com/Ring-Snuggies-Original-Adjusters-Assorted/dp/B0014DGXU8

For me, I had to remove all of the junk options from the house for a month or so until I got my stress eating under control. It rears it's ugly head once in a while but not nearly as badly.

I weigh and log every day and then just look at the graph to see the average. I also record my weight in an app called clue which I use to track my cycle. It's an awesome app I love it. As far as I know there isn't a way to add your cycle to the mfp tracker.

I'm just barely 5'8 at the moment my goal is 160 with an eye to 140. I'll decide when I get closer

I have similar problems. My solution when eating out was to do a best guess (fortunately for me I'm very good at identifying flavors and portion sizes..I've tested myself against a food scale and my friends and I play a game where we'll make a dish and the other will try to say what went in it) and then I add an extra 15%…

I do!

Add me! I can do side splits but not middle ones (i'm working on that) SW: 292 CW: 285 GW:140-150 ish

Depends on the season and where I am. Right now it's summer in Virginia so easily about 20 glasses a day.

I think it might be hormonal/ PMS. I'll try to pay more attention to when it shows up again. I drink a crazy amount of water (especially in the summer). I'm on glass 13 I think for today. I know I'm not actually hungry. If I wait five minutes it goes away but sometimes that five minutes is rough ;) It doesn't seem to be…

Actually now that you mention it, it could be PMS. I'll try to pay attention to the timing when this happens again. Usually as long as I don't have white bread I'm ok with sandwiches. My normal breakfast is a slice of avocado toast and that normally lasts me from 7am to 130 or so.

I'm the slowest eater in my family (which is admittedly not saying much). I make an effort to stop and chew each bite so that I have a better idea of when I'm actually full instead of eating till the food is gone. As far as fat an protein, this just happened after lunch. I had a turkey cranberry sandwich from Firehouse…

I've been to Russia several times and I'm going again in a month. It's rough if you're trying to do low carb. They're pretty meat and potatoes especially in the winter and nearly everything is going to have sour cream or mayonaise (even the soup). If you're in one of the big cities (i.e. Petersburg or Moscow) you're going…

me too I'd like to lose 25 lbs by christmas but 20 is the actual goal ;) (The actual goal is to maintain over christmas but we'll see.)

I said no to soda with dinner. I mean it was a pizza dinner but baby steps right? (Also there was arugula on the pizza so it was almost healthy....lol)

Most accurate would probably be to get a heart rate monitor and log that way. A lot of exercise videos are a pain to break down into individual components.

what about gains in how much you can lift? I'm not saying throw away the scale it's useful still but if you're wanting number motivation that might do it...

count me in :)

I generally drink water or milk or tea. This is mostly because I despise sugar-free anything. Artificial sweeteners leave a terrible taste in my mouth. I've been known to throw up if I keep sugar free gum in my mouth for too long. So with diet soda out, I have to have enough calories save to have the real thing and most of…

I second the peanut butter and pickle sandwich though i use kosher dill. Also if i'm feeling decadent...add honey.

I vote wax. Motrin twenty minutes before and alcohol after. That said if you want DIY. I would go with dry shaving. Trim as much as you can with normal scissors then rub talcum powder over the area then with an absolutely brand new razor shave with the grain of hair (going against it will be more likely to leave bumps and…

I really like the recipes in Cooking Light (it's a magazine) a lot of them are online at myrecipes.com

Daily. I like to see the effects of what I'm eating more clearly. For example, if I have a high sodium day, I like to get a feel for how much water weight I retain. Also I tend to forget if I don't do it everyday.

*shrugs* i run nearly exclusively on the treadmill. When I run I like to zone out completely and as I'm a woman who lives in the middle of Chicago and likes to run at night....yea, I'm fine with the treadmill.

Sent a friend request. I'm definitely hoping some accountability will help me. Trying to lose 106 lbs.

Sounds like fun. Request sent. I'm all for accountability.

I like to cut a slice in whole skinless chicken breasts and stuff them with baby spinach and a little bit of feta or other goat cheese. On the out side i use lemon and garlic or sometimes just the greek seasoning that you buy at the store and then stick it under the broiler for about 15 minutes flipping once. The whole…

Yea I use the scale as a guide line but mostly I determine progress by my clothing. You look great! *btw I LOVE your hair!

Me too? 100lbs to go....