HippieChickadee

I noticed my clothes being looser at 18 pounds and not a pound before.

THANKS EVERYONE! No problems today. Scale still moving in the right direction. ;)

Hahaha I can't figure out who your avatar is!

omg. I haven't had one of those in YEARS but I LOVE them. How many calories are those?

MMMMMMMMM I always would dip my fries in the big mac sauce!

I had a McDouble (390 calories) and a small fry (approx. 230) and a large unsweet ice tea (0 calories)

thank you mcdonalds for parenting me again.

Thanks everyone! Very helpful. :)

I'm like you. I'm still early in this losing weight journey of mine but here's what I did: Find an active hobby. Simple. I decided to work towards being able to run a 5K- then a 10K- then a half and so on. Instead of focusing on my weight loss and the scale, I'm focusing on becoming a runner. The exercise goes along with…

I have been swimming laps everyday! Maybe I'll up my laps on "recovery days" from running. Thanks for the idea!

When you say day of rest- is it just from running or any kind of (lower body of course) exercise?

Thanks! :) I'll try these and also look into a brace

Thank you! I'm running too. I'll give them a few days to get their act together :)

I know you posted this over a month ago, but I just had to respond to tell you you're not alone!!!!!! I'm 30, just decided out of the blue I wanted to run (over weight and all) so I downloaded a C25K program and what you described is me!!! Jogging, not really running (yet?), gasping, practically dragging my right foot on…

Wow! Good job!! You can really see in in the chin/neck in the first month!!!

I was really confused by this! Hahaha No weight for me- here in NY

I'm about ready to pull out the duck tape. My girls are out of control. Some runs I'm holding them down.

Don't worry about that scale!!!! You are toning your body. Your muscles are getting stronger and your fat is burning off. There will be days of ups and downs. Don't worry about such little changes. You know you ate right! You know you exercised! The scale doesn't know those things.

17 miles so far!

My motivation is fresh pounds are easy to lose!

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I was wondering why today (first time since I started) I'm so wiped out. I got on these forums to see if I needed a rest from my new runs or if I was doing something wrong with my calories. There's my answer. Now I'm thinking- "What the heck stomach!? Not even a growl to let me know!?"

YAY! Thank you guys! I think I get it now! For about a week then I've been eating about 1300 calories and burning 300-600 a day and NOT eating those back. YIKES I will eat back my calories burned now, I'll probably gain the 2 pounds I lost from my body being like FINALLY but I will hopefully even out and start losing again…

This is what I'm trying to find out too! I can't get a clear answer. Do I eat BACK calories burned? Seems opposite to me. I'm new to all this and just trying to find out the right way. Everyone starts somewhere and learns please help us learn too

So I SHOULD eat back my exercise calories?

MFP has me at 1340. I've been doing that for 2 weeks. I looked into the TDEE that you mentioned and it says my BMR is 1340 (same as MFP) but my TDEE is 2010. That's quite a difference. I don't understand any other this :( I feel like every site says something different. I want to do it right and feel good but I'm so afraid…

zzzzzzzzz No, seriously though, for a NON morning person my whole life- I've found a love for morning exercise. :) Cooler out, no sun beating down, not many people around, birds are singing, I could go on and on.

Hmmm... I have to admit I'm new to all this. I have been going by 1340 calories a day and have been making sure I meet that, but I have been wondering if I'm suppose to eat my "burned calories" back. Could that be it? Do you have any suggestions on a good "pre-run" meal/snack? I was feeling so good I thought people were…

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no no no no no I WANT A CHEESEBURGER!!!!!!