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Usually a challenge will have a specific goal. For example: no meat for 30 days, no dessert for 60 days, no carbs for 90 days, etc. What would your specific 100 day challenge have as its goal?

This year will be extremely easy for me. My husband is military, so we're far from family. He will be gone over the holidays this time around, so I won't even make any holiday food. And I'm a homebody so, other than work and grocery shopping, I really won't even leave the house. Usually though I recommend not denying…

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I'd be worried that you might get burnt out going 2 hours a day, 6 days a week right away. Of course I have no idea how often you went beforehand, but keep that in mind! Otherwise I think you're idea sounds great. As long as you are doing things you enjoy, you're much more likely to stick with it. Also, the mix of what you…

Honestly it seems to depend on the person. Most of what I read says to not skip breakfast because it gets your metabolism in gear. Some people swear by not eating until around noon for their first meal. You might have to try a few different approaches to see what works best for you. I've heard lots of people recommend 6…

Does it count if I want to be vegetarian? :D Maybe 10% of my total weekly food is meat (no false claims here). I was vegetarian for 6 months about a year ago. I'm not sure what happened :/ I'm always wanting veg*n friends to help motivate me towards better eating habits though. If that is good enough for any of you then…

Absolutely! I'm practically obsessed with my food scale now :) That's part of why I don't understand why I'm not losing. I just feel like I'm doing everything right.

Thank you everyone for your comments! I'll try watching my sodium intake and continuing with some strength training and cardio this week. Next week we are headed back home to visit family, so I'll allow myself those extra 200-300 calories and see how that goes.

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Hmm, good idea. I often eat healthy choice steamers for a quick lunch or dinner. I actually just finished one and looked at the sodium content. Holy crap! I'll try lowering that :) Thanks!

My workout times definitely vary. Some days it's early AM, other days I can't get motivated until around 3 PM. If I know my husband and I are going to go to the gym, I'll wait until he gets out of work, so I won't workout until 6 or 7 that night. I wish I could have a set schedule, but it just isn't me :/ I suppose as long…

This sounds great, I'm in! :)

I think it's the frequency/intensity of the cardio that I'm doing. I'm just benching (very low weight) for weight lifting, so I know that's not it. Thanks for your input about working out through it!

As far as the research that I've done over the last few months says, you should try for at least half of your body weight in ounces every day. This did not take into account exercise, so I also agree that your app sounds pretty accurate!

I lost 3 pounds during the cleanse. 1.8 pounds since then. 4.8 pounds during a two week period isn't too much, though I understand the means wasn't the greatest. I'm giving up my "slow increase" and jumped back to 1200 calories a day, plus 64+ oz of water and regular exercise. Thank you so much to everyone who commented!

The 1-1-1 has to be passed before shipping to basic. So by the time I can pass it, I will have already made weight and enlisted :) Pizza after a weigh in! What nice guys lol I'm not sure if they still give the ASVAB in school. I'm 25 and never took it while in High School. The recruiters here refuse to let me take it until…

Ab workouts* Also, so it isn't misunderstood, they will not let you ship to basic if you don't make weight/tape, either.

Yes, my husband enlisted when we were still at war, so they were more lenient with people back then. Now a days, since they are decreasing the number of soldiers so drastically, you have to be at or below a certain weight/measurement. I'm 4 pounds from making weight and about 2-3 inches from making tape. You also have to…

Obviously not mentioning it would have been the better idea. I just try to be honest so that someone is better able to help. Thank you for your response. I never realized before these responses that muscles could cause water weight. I'm just anxious for this because I've been trying to lose this weight for a year. I…

I'm so confused by the tone of your reply. I cleansed for 5 days and stopped because I realized how low my calorie consumption was and that it wasn't healthy. My diet before and after the cleanse has nothing to do with while I was doing the cleanse, so yes, I doeat healthy. What do you mean I'm dead set on fads and quick…

Alright, upping my calories more quickly and watching my sodium levels more. Got it. Thank you all!

I've been eating solid food for a week now and still had a consistent weight loss. I could see that it might be water weight, but I've consistently drank at least 64 oz of water everyday, for as long as I can remember (last few months at least). I am losing the weight to join the military, and I agree that being half…