margrobins Member

I'm in! :blush: Name: Marg Age: 28 Height: 5'4 Start Weight (1st March): 183 Goal Weight (1st April): 173

Totally interested if there is still space available in this challenge :-) PM me with details or send a friend request!

That's some amazing progress! Hard work is paying off - congrats! Well deserved :-)

Man -- you guys are awesome! Seriously, I have never received such a response on a board post before! Friend requests are coming in like crazy and I feel more motivated than EVER! Keep 'em coming! :smile:

What an amazing transformation you've made. I can only imagine how much better you feel now. Congratulations, your hard work and dedication sure paid off - you look fantastic! Thank you for sharing! You're an inspiration and show us all here at MFP that we need to keep pushing forward! :smile:

From one Canadian to all of you - HELLO!! Stewiacke, NS here. Feel free to add me folks. **forewarning** Unfortunately I don't come with a 'censor' button, it was lost at birth. You've been warned LOL!

I'm a prime example of 'eat more, lose more'. When I first started here on MFP I had my calorie limit set at 1200. I usually only ate 1000-1100 and never ate back my exercise calories - so most days my body was running off of only 700-800 cals. My scale would NOT budge no matter how hard I worked out or changed up my…

ME! I'm looking forward to (hopefully) my first summer sporting a bathing suit! Haven't worn one since I was a little kid! We CAN do this!! :0)

Trying this one in the morning - thank you! Sounds delish! :0)

I wish my scale budged like that :/ I ditched my scale last year, only weigh once every few months now. My measuring tape is my friend - it's way nicer than the scale lol.

East Coaster here! Beautiful place to live :0)

5'4 135 pounds Size 8 pants - they're big in the waist but I need to keep the larger size until these f'n hips shrink! LOL!

^^^THIS just totally made my day! I was pretty resourceful before I got my dumbbells, but this totally blows my creativity out of the water ... Love it! LOL!

^^^This. You'll start a cycle you can't break - trust me.

Yeah see, I'm great with the afternoon. I eat lunch, have a snack around 3ish, supper around 5/6 and sometimes a light evening snack (piece of fruit, veggies, etc.) It's just the morning that has been brutal on me the last couple of weeks. I was cranky, had a headache, and ready to rip someone's head off this morning about…

I'm ahead of you - I read it this morning lol. Thanks, it's a great read :0)

I figured at least one person would blast me here, I've already had one person elsewhere go all "the world will fall apart if you skip breakfast" on me lol. I figure I'll try a few of the suggestions, but if all else fails, I'm headed back to what worked for me for a year! :0)

It's odd to think though, if I eat the EXACT same meal at any other point in the day, I'd be full and satisfied. What I ate for breakfast today is the same as I had yesterday for lunch, yet was full until dinner.

My breakfast is usually between 450-500 cals once my morning coffee is factored in and depending on what fruit I have on the side. Protein is the route I'm going to take as I simply can't physically eat anymore than I already do - I just need to find more satisfying 'filling' foods. If that doesn't work, then I guess I'm…

I actually just read this this morning as my stomach was growling! It's a really great article and explains a lot. Thanks for that!

If I eat my first meal anytime before 11ish AM, I'm starving within an hour, whereas if I just wait until lunch I'm good to go. I think it's all just a matter of me experimenting and seeing what works/doesn't. I'm definitely going to try adding more protein and try different eating times and see how that goes. Thanks for…

THIS ^^ has been my line of thinking for the last year. I ate when I was hungry, but still stayed within my limits and it seemed to go well. It seems as soon as I jumped on the 'breakfast' bandwagon my appetite went turbocharged. I have to fight with myself to stay within my limits now. Guess that's why they say 'if it…

I've seen a lot of people eating quinoa. It's something on my 'to try' list - thanks for reminding me :0)

Yep, I'm thinking I'm left with no choice but to experiment with my diet, despite how much I hate the idea of tinkering with it!

It is nice in a way to see the metabolism going hard and strong. For years I lived off of coffee and had no appetite (only ate every couple of days). It's good to see that I've come a long way since then. It took a lot of work to build up to being able to eat every day and I feel much better for it. Just don't like the…

I think this will be one of my changes! Thank you :0)

Hmm ... Turkey bacon, I've never tried it, but it sounds yummy! Thanks for that idea! I agree, I should up the amount of oatmeal, I've been thinking that the last few days.

Unfortunately this one doesn't fill me either LOL! I figured peanut butter was a good idea, but it didn't work - still hungry! I can't do tea ... I love it, don't get me wrong, but I am what you could consider a recovering 'substitute coffee/tea for food' addict. I spent years masking my hunger with those two, so I try to…

[/quote] "Just switching to greek yogurt or natural fromage frais would up the amount of protein per grams of yogurt a lot already. You should stick with completely natural yogurts anyways, all the other ones are absolutely laden with sugar." [/quote] I think the Greek yogurt is will be a good start for me. I love it mixed…

I'm not much of an egg fan, but that would probably do the trick. Kind of scary to think of how much sugar is in yogurt YIKES! Thanks for your input :0)