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I needed a little bit of shame to get started. If I felt zero shame about my weight, I would have just stayed where I was or kept on gaining. Looking into the mirror or at pictures of myself on Facebook started making me feel ashamed of myself. How did I let it get this far? Then I turned that around into determination. I…

I can't lose consistently if I eat everything my fitbit tells me to. I try to leave 100-200 calories on the table from my fitbit adjustment to lose at the right rate. Fitbit is still an estimator. It's a better estimation than most other methods, but it's not going to be 100% accurate for everyone.

I'm there with you right now, except I haven't lost since January. I know that I'm just having too many "what the hell" type days. It's on me and I know exactly what I'm doing wrong. I'm just not finding the motivation right now. I've been at this for 2+ years. I've been through ruts before. The best thing to do (and I'm…

Welcome! Please make sure you explore the forums, they really helped me when I first started.

I think a lot of people are in denial of how much they eat. I know I've heard lots of times "I don't know why I gain weight, I don't eat practically anything!". That's when I start paying attention to their intake and notice how much they actually are eating. They take 1.5 to 2x the serving size on everything without…

I've heard of raw food vegans. Other than that, I don't really see a need for more distinction.

I had a friend who liked cheese whiz on brownies. That's pretty worthy of criticism.

I don't like the connotation that you can't be happy if you're thin. I know people will argue that's not what she's saying, but it's certainly implied.

MFP doesn't update your goal automatically. You need to go and tell it to recalculate using the goals function.

Sudden food aversion like that would make me think pregnant. Take a test.

TIL 1 potato chip = heart disease

I weigh daily and use trendweight.

As much as I want to laze around during my period, I find that I feel better when I'm active. I don't want to be active and I have to convince myself to workout, but I feel so much better afterward. Enough months in a row of this knowledge makes it easier to just do it.

5 lbs is nothing in the grand scheme of things. It has zero bearing on your health, so the doctor doesn't need your exact weight to the gram. The doctor probably commented on you changing your weight because that indicates an unhealthy mindset. I would be concerned too if someone needed to point out that their weight is…

The spreadsheet has been updated!

We made it to the end! I'm in a tough place right now. My father in law is terminally ill and so we are at the hospital. He's been sick for a long time and its just his time to go. So I'm here to support my husband. Due to this, I probably won't be able to update anything for a few days. I usually give the final weigh in a…

Ugh... I can't even today Went to New Jersey for the weekend. Had a blast with too much food, too much alcohol, and not enough movement. My weight is through the roof. This challenge has been an exercise in maintenance for me. Which I guess is ok, but I'm so close to a healthy weight range that its frustrating to not make…

Happy hump day! Hit my goals yesterday. My run felt amazing! Doing well so far today and the outlook is good for the rest of the day. Goals for today: 1. stay within calories 2. 12k steps 3. yoga!

Hit my goals yesterday. Yay! Just keep moving on. Good luck on your 5k @Frigs Goals for today: 1. stay within calories 2. 12k steps 3. 3 mile run

Happy Monday! So this weekend was kind of a fizzle for me. We went running for the first time in a few weeks, so that was awesome! But we went out to eat on Friday and I overate, I actually hit my goal on Saturday, but I overate yesterday too. My BIL is getting married and I was at the bridal shower. I planned to track…

Late today, but I'm here! Hit my goals today, hoping to stay strong to finish out this challenge with a loss. The spreadsheet has been updated.

Good morning! I hit my calorie and workout goals yesterday, but only hit 10k steps instead of my 12k goal. Good enough. @Frigs I hope your kitties are handling the stress well! Goals for today: 1. stay within calories 2. 12k steps 3. yoga

Happy Hump Day! Had a good day yesterday. Stayed under my calories and did my steps. Didn't get to my run. Just need to face the facts that my workout schedule isn't going to happen until we hand the keys for the apartment back in on Monday (been spending our evenings cleaning the apartment so we can get our security…

Wanting to be x weight by y date is a recipe for failure. I never put timelines on my weight loss and am grateful that I didn't put that kind of pressure on myself. Do your best and you'll look fabulous by then, even if you don't hit your target weight.

Good morning! Had a good day yesterday. Hit my calorie and step goals. My strength class was cancelled due to the snow, but I did a bunch of unpacking instead. So moving boxes = functional strength training, right? Going to be cleaning the apartment tonight with Mr. Ting. I don't know if we'll go for a run or not, but I…

I do have to say that there are some foods that just aren't worth the calories to me anymore. I would still eat them if it was a feast day (Christmas, Easter, etc) when I wasn't counting calories, but so not worth it more frequently.

I use one at families houses that I visit frequently, mainly my parents and my inlaws. They have scales and they know about my dieting, so I use theirs and no one bothers me about it. But a random friend's house that I don't visit all the time, I would guesstimate. Success is built on what you do day in and day out, not…

I eat 1800. My TDEE is between 2000 and 2300 a day depending on my exercising.

I TDEE, so I don't log exercise.

I fit a treat into my calories every day. It's usually 200 or so calories that I have left after dinner. I can still eat what I want, but I can't eat the quantity that I want.