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This thread makes me feel like i must be such a fat blob! I am 5'3, 123, gw 117. I am at 19.5% body fat so I think that's the lowest I can ever achieve without losing my precious muscles. But I also think it depends on frame, I have a friend who is my height and looks very healthy at 99 pounds so its not really worth it…

Just read your post that you are not juicing 100% of the time. Good! :)

It took me one year and a half to lose 70 pounds, I've maintained almost ten years. I lost 30 pounds in the first 2 months, 20 pounds in the following two months, and the next 30 over the course of a year. I am a huge proponent of switching eating habits to focus on nutrition and health and having vegetables make up a very…

When I first started running ten years ago I was proud if I could survive one minute. I recommend you try tiny increments daily at a slow pace and try to beat your time daily. In about 2 weeks assuming you are healthy etc. you should be able to jog a mile.

Seltering!

It sounds about right to me. If you only have 10 pounds left and have been doing this for awhile your loss is right on target. That fast effect of weight loss in the beginning of a diet is mainly water. Bump up your weight training to 3 or even 4 days a week and incorporate HIIT into your cardio, don't just stay at fat…

How are you eating on 5x5? Maintenance?

Bumping for more input

Cool thanks!

Lol the first body improvements link is me

My friends always give me attitude when I won't indulge with them, won't drink on a weeknight, won't split an appetizer, etc. I just say I like how I look and I especially love how I feel. Usually within a day they call me to ask for advice. It's other ppl projecting their own hang ups. It used to really drive me nuts but…

OP it sounds like you are on the right track! Slow and steady really is the best. I'm working on a goal of losing the "last 5 pounds" (of fat) the next six months. I figure if I'm going to work so hard to get it off, I don't want it to ever come back! I have friends who ask for my advice all the time, when I tell them they…

To answer OPs second question about losing body fat and not just weight: 20% deficit from TDEE and no more than that. Solid amount of protein. 80% of calories from foods that provide real nutrition and not just taste. 3-4 days per week weight training. Other people on MFP say cardio is not for weight loss but I disagree.…

When I went from 192 lbs to 135 I thought I was more or less done with my weight loss and all the loose skin was my burden to bear unless I went in for surgery. Then I kicked my fitness into high gear with serious weight training, focusing on diet, etc. I'm 123 lbs now and ab muscles are beginning to appear. I still have…

First question: What did you do to lose weight?

Sooooo much cheaper!

Guys, I have maintained a seventy pound loss for *ten* years so I feel I have some authority here: losing weight and maintenance are very similar. These are lifestyle changes. It will be sustainable only if you change habits. Get into fitness and get into healthy eating. Make sports and cooking your hobbies. It's so much…

Hahaha I love that I was right!!! I think you are doing a great job. See what happens in next week or so and PM me anytime you have a question or need support. Cheers

You may want to experiment with cutting back on the carbs, particularly the desserts, and putting some fresh green vegetables into your diet instead and see how that affects you

My guesses in order: 1. Water retention from exercise 2. You and your friend are spending so much time together you are on same TOM cycle and are retaining water from pms 3. You eat a lot of cookies :) Number 3 I wouldn't be too worried about. It's a generally balanced diet and reasonable calorie intake. You could swap out…

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Its very hard. #1 reason not to try to lose weight too fast. The way I have explained this in other threads is as follows: instead of focusing on weight loss, imagine tomorrow you were to wake up with your perfect dream body. How would you care for it for the rest of your life? What would be sustainable and reasonable?…

I've experimented with focusing solely on diet and focusing solely on exercise. I find that combining the two works best because (a) I can play with a somewhat larger deficit and (b) exercising keeps my appetite in check. I don't have the urge to pig out when my serotonin levels are high and I'm motivated to feel fit and…

I just went through this! I gained 4 pounds on the scale, my stomach was enormous, and for two days I was so hungry I ate a good 700 calories over my normal intake, all in chocolate. Embarrassingly stereotypical hormonal woman. Thank god TOM came today and with it, most of the water weight disappeared.

Cwsreddy, that was far too sensible a response for this forum =p

First of all, you are gorgeous. The idea of you looking even an ounce better is likely very threatening to your friends. Second of all, do what you need to get to where you want to be, and not anyone else.

Gain some muscle! Strength train, eat at maintenance for a couple months, let the scale go up, then cut back your calories and lose a bit of fat. Repeat. I had the same problem, now I'm starting to see ab muscles for the first time in my life.

Oh, and in response to the following: "Unlike a heroin addict who would risk using a dirty needle or a cocaine addict who would snort spilled cocaine of a urine infested floor, I truly doubt any sugar addict here would eat any sugar laden product after abstaining from it for however many days, if I sprinkled poo on it. If…

I think sugar addiction is very, very real. I will never forget years ago my French friend's mother telling me how shocked she was at the sugar content in american foods ("even the salad dressing!). And I think it is worse than meth. There are more fat sick over eaters in this country than there are meth addicts. Sugar has…

Here's hoping that a TJs opens near all of you! To the Canadian poster, my (Canadian) husband claims that some guy in Ontario opened up a store called "robber bob's" or something like that where he travels to the u.s. to buy trader joes products and resells them. But my husband also recently told me that hedgehogs are a…