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After my first 3 months of feeling awful and going back to eating carbs I actually gave it another shot, because I really believed it's the best way to eat. One day in and I was vomiting. Messed me up pretty good. Never had these issues, only while eating low carb. Many keep saying that you should just hang in there, it…

I did and it made me sick. Muscle pain, stomach pain, constant nausea. Sure, I lost some weight but it wasn't worth it. I gave it up when finally one day I started vomiting and felt like I never wanted to eat again. Nope, just wasn't for me.

Wow! We are about the same height & weight but you look like you're about 3-4 sizes smaller. Goes to show that the number on the scale doesn't tell the whole story! Congratulations!

I'm 5'11 and have my goal set at 165 lbs. It was my weight before my pregnancy and it was just normal healthy weight for me, I wasn't skinny and I wasn't big. So, aiming for that weight right now and then we'll see.

I'm in :)

Congratulations!! SO proud of you! :smiley:

I was. So I decided to not have specific goals anymore. I strength train, eat and enjoy the process. Trying to ditch the scale completely too. I guess that's a goal. :wink:

As an apple slowly turning into a rectangle, I really love this post. Thank you!

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Just track the calories, if you like to eat it and it fits in your calorie budget for the day, go for it! :smile:

Mayonnaise is basically the reason I started weighing everything. I always logged "1 tbsp", turns out my idea of a tablespoon was double that size. So basically 100+ calories more than I thought. Same with my "1 pita" that after weighing turned out to be 140 calories instead of 88 or so. Seriously, using a food scale…

Why not use a protein shake (or make your own smoothie for example) if you only want to have it for breakfast? Isn't Herbalife crazy expensive?

Interesting.. I tried low carb too and was a cramping, grumpy, tired mess for the whole 3 months until I finally gave up. Tried again, lasted a month, tried the third time (because I was told low carb is how humans are supposed to eat, so I must have been doing it wrong if it made me sick!) but ended that first day…

She's awesome! Love her whole attitude towards nutrition and exercise, and although the programs seem simple and the workouts short, it works! :smiley:

I'm using the free mini course right now that Nia Shanks offers, and I'm doing it with only one adjustable dumbbell. I just can't afford a gym membership. It works a whole lot better than doing nothing and since I'm seeing results I'll keep on doing it until I buy one of her programs. You might want to check them out,…

I'm 5'11 and started at 218 lbs in September 2014.. It's been a long journey and I expect it to take until the end of this summer to reach my goal weight of 165 lbs. Not sure if I'll keep eating at a deficit then or just eat at maintenance and keep lifting. We'll see. :smile: I'm trying not to focus too much on scale…

Keep your deficit at a moderate level and strength train. I focus on squats, lunges and deadlifts and it helps. I've made progress (even while eating at a deficit) but I'm only 3 months or so into my program and this needs a lot of patience. One month is not enough to expect any real changes.

I eat less and move more.. I'm a real couch potato though, so other than my exercise, I don't burn lots of calories. I started with light cardio like Leslie Sansone's videos, it doesn't work well for me though because of a neurological issue so I tried pilates and that was ok. Burns less calories though. Now I've been…

When people ask for advice on how to lose weight, gets disappointed for some reason when they hear that they can eat whatever they want and not suffer, only to announce the very next day the start of their new weird unsustainable and impossible to follow diet. Why do people dismiss CICO as "too hard" but embrace horrible…

Struggling to lose my last kilos too.. I discovered that I actually eat MORE now than I did in the very beginning, so it's not really a mystery why my weight loss has slowed down to about 1 kg per month. Turns out I wasn't logging accurately. Some days not at all.

That's what's been so confusing to me when it comes to all these calculators out there.. I lift 3 times a week and I take short walks 2-3 times a week, but other than that, I'm not doing much. So of course my daily calories must be a lot less than someone on her feet all day but with the same amount of exercise..

Thanks, I tried it and it gave me even more to eat, which is not a bad thing.. But it seems very precise compared to other calculators so I think I'll give it a go and see what happens. :smile:

Diastasis recti was my first thought.. Had that too after having twins.

I'm still technically overweight (was obese) and my blood work came back showing some problems with my liver. Not sure how to explain it, my english isn't that awesome.. anyway, I lost 16 kg and this time everything came back just perfect. :smile: So I may be overweight still but I am more fit than ever. Also lifting, btw.…

That's part of my problem though.. I haven't been logging accurately for months, the overall trend is that I'm losing weight but it's going up and down. Progress is slow (about 1 kg lost per month) and I'm so tired of eating at a deficit and counting calories, lol. I wish I could just find a good number, a small deficit…

I'm 180 cm (about 5'11 I think) and I've lost 16 kg since I started in September 2014. Extremely slow progress.. I started lifting in November 2015 after doing pilates and not much else since the beginning of my weight loss. I have about 8-10 kg left to lose but I really like how the heavy lifting is changing my body. It…

Yes.. and I usually can't control myself either. Sigh.

Add me :smiley:

I'm struggling to get my protein too. Eggs for breakfast helps. Yogurt, oatmeal, flax seeds, cheese. I eat lentils and beans too. Meat is too expensive here where I live (Tunisia) so I don't eat that every day, but that would be an obvious choice.

Calculate how many calories you need, weigh the food when you can, at least use measuring cups. If you're not gaining or losing weight then you're eating at maintenance. I have a friend who lost a lot of weight after surgery but is now gaining, so unfortunately that's not a guarantee for weight loss.