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Motivation is nice and lovely, but discipline gets the work done. Like Nike says - Just do it.

^^^ this!

First night back since my grandmother passed, didn't sleep all day, and there's more than twice the normal amount of freight on the floor xD I'm drinking lots of coffee tonight! Hope y'all are doing better :)

Thanks for the advice! I'll try to find a small piece of ply tomorrow (don't want to have to buy a whole sheet for a 1'x1' square!), or some tile.

It's all mind over matter. You just have to consciously decide, multiple times, throughout every single day, "Is this [insert food here] worth putting me over on calories today? Is it worth setting me back by this amount?" Some days, and some foods, those answers will be yes. Some days, and some foods, those answers will…

What a lot of people on the graveyard shift do is set up their diaries by hours instead of by meals... So if I ate at 1am (which, ironically, I did do!) I'd log it in my diary under "12a to 4a". Similarly when I have lunch in a few, I'll log it under "4a to 8a"

I agree with some other posters... Mentioning it specifically to her might be a bit off-putting, or make her feel inferior. But also not telling her in any way will make it a big shock. Are you guys friends on social media platforms? Maybe post about it a time or two so she's aware, but so that it's not pointed at her. I…

21y/o, ~190 lbs, 5'5.5" ... With the exception of walking from my car to class, and occasionally working out, I'm 100% sedentary (which is why burning 3k calories today confuses me so much! Like yeah I went for a 30 minute run but 3k!?) Thank you all for your input!!! It makes me feel a lot better. I'm still feeling…

I think it depends on what your priorities are. If, as you say, you just want to look at what you're burning and what your HR is as you work out? Ft4 all the way. I'm a (proud) new owner of a Fitbit Charge HR, and I've found that while it's much more convenient to wear (no bulky chest strap moving around under my sports…

Love it! It's super fun; I saw great results =) Bear in mind you can't out-exercise a bad diet, and you get out what you put in.

I've been in a similar rut - keep putting the lbs back on and stressing and stressing. What might help you (it helped me) is actually to take time off from MFP & logging. Sounds counterproductive, but it kind of helped me "reset." Full disclaimer that it might not work for you. I'm not a Dr or nutritionist, etc. and don't…

Not a perfume (that I know of)... But I love love love the smell of old books. Open to a random page and shove your nose in. Aaaahhhhh....

Don't take steroids. Done! =) Get your booty in the weightroom, honey!

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

The main focus of the way MFP tells you to eat is by "net calories." This means that the amount you eat, MINUS the amount of calories you get through exercise, is your net calories. If you don't exercise, your net calories is your net. Say your calorie goal is 1800, and you burn 400 doing some exercise. Your new calorie…

Good luck!! It might sound hard at first, but what some people recommend as a first step (assuming you're new to this!) is to just eat like you normally would for a week or two, and log everything. That way you know where you're starting and what you're used to. Then, every week start reducing by 100-200 calories until…

Ahhhh! Please don't kill anybody. I'm here, I'm here!

Don't jump from 1200 to 1800 very suddenly, then =) Increase 100 per week or every other week until you're at a number that feels better.

I've always been in on it myself.. It helps to have some rewards/punishments for yourself! For instance I plan out little rewards for myself for every mini-milestone; I'll get small things for myself that I normally wouldn't. A new pair of fancy headphones, bike parts, the like. If I have several bad days in a row I…

I had nexplanon put in in early December, and I've actually been doing better at eating less and have lost 2 inches off of my waist since then :smirk: every BC hits everyone differently; I lost weight three years ago when I started the combination pill, too (even though everyone else gains weight). It should start evening…

Hollaaa! 5'5(1/2!)" SW: 217 CW: 189 GW: 135 A year ago I had gotten down almost to 150... Got happy, and started relaxing. Bad eating habits (that got me so overweight to begin with) came back slowly - and then came back more quickly when I stopped BC. Finally got a grip around New Years, I've been kinda maintaining...…

How long have you been drinking these smoothies? If it's been less than a week, it's probably just your body not being used to the new food. TMI:

Yesterday I did the P90X legs & back workout for the first time in.. years. I did the wall sit for the entire minute and a half =) I could never do that before!

I would have said to check teambeachbody.com ... but it seems they've removed their subforum for FT25? Funky. Anyways, a vast majority of the time I'd totally advise going to BB's forum for success stories specific to one program of theirs =) I didn't complete the program - did all of alpha and the first half of beta, but…

I second speed 2.0. I wish that Shaun T had made the rest of the videos that fun - although it's the most challenging, the moves fit in with the music so even though there's really nothing dance-y about it, it feels like dancing!

Positioning and camera angles. That's really all that's going on. In the first three pictures she's holding her shoulders up higher, and in the fourth one she's hunching forward a little bit. Also in the fourth one she has her hands on her hips below her waist which will add to the illusion of what you call a "boxy" waist.…

Cost-wise? Workout DVDs. Convenience-wise? DVDs. Not-having-to-make-up-your-own-plan? DVDs. Definitely more entertaining than the treadmill!!! But then again so is running outside. Whatever you'll stick with and enjoy doing.

Mix it up. Find workouts and healthy foods that you like. Throw out your snack foods. Get smaller dishes (seriously, this one is so big to me). Only cook enough to eat, not to have leftovers. If you do cook more, pre-portion it all out into freezable containers for future meals. If you get in this rut of "I have to eat xxx…

I actually just finished my run :smirk: C25k, week 1 day 3 done.

I use fat calipers when I take my regular measurements (first of every month). The trick is to read up on how to use them properly, but more importantly to make sure you use them the same way every time. Most of the issues with fat caliper readings is irregularity. If you measure using calipers on the left side of your…