EmmaFitzwilliam Member

Because I'm short-waisted (seriously short-waisted!), now that I actually have a bit of slimming in that tiny swath of self between "bust" and "hips", I find that a sheath dress actually looks good on me, and better than a dress with a waist.

I could be the patron of a dairy combine, I love milk and cheese that much. And now - when I have room for it in my macros, I have an ounce of brie and *really* enjoy it. The single serve (1 oz.) cream cheese packets are a lifeline for me. 70 calories, and spread on a graham cracker, it's like the memory of a bite of…

I'm a short, sedentary female office worker in the U.S., but I do have this one tip for you: small measures make a huge difference. Anything you can do to build in even a few steps at a time several times a day will likely pay off. My strategies: take the farther transit stop. In the morning, I take transit an extra two…

Professional consultation is probably the best suggestion. ::hugs::

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For me, it was all "knowledge is power" and "eat fewer calories than you burn". Weekly? The success? The "eye on the prize" (the long term goal)? The freedom daily that 1) there were no forbidden foods, 2) exceeding the calorie goal any given day wasn't that big a deal, 3) building in room for chocolate, dessert, etc. into…

Geeze. That's *hard*. Like, 'eat fewer calories; burn more' hard. I'm glad I have friends who will split rich dishes with me, and that I understand takeaway, leftovers, and just leaving food on my plate.

Walking is my primary exercise, and I've lost 75 pounds in about a year. I've gone from barely able to walk less than a third of a mile in 20 minutes to walking a mile and a quarter in about 25 minutes (but I have no other significant underlying medical issues).

Congratulations! 71 pounds in 4 months is awesome progress!!

If I want a calorie dense food like a cookie or a pastry during the day, I pre-log what I expect to have for dinner and see how the cookie impacts my bottom line. If it's worth the consequences, I go ahead. Or I decide I don't want to "spend" that many calories that way, and don't. Or I decide to have something else for…

Knitting, crochet, lucet (cord-making knotwork), sewing. Those all have the advantage of being better done with clean hands. Writing, painting. Leatherwork. Learn calligraphy. Nature/architectural photography. Gardening.

I spent a year with mysterious fatigue and progressively less energy and physical ability. I promised myself I would lose weight if I ever got the energy back. After a year to 18 months (and a few thousand dollars in medical tests!) my doctor put me on an antibiotic and a diuretic. My suspicion, never confirmed, was that I…

My advice? Eat everything you want, but *enjoy* every bite. Taste your coffee/tea/beer. Savor every pastry. Really appreciate the spaetzle, sausage, schnitzel, what have you. And log everything you eat, with as much consciousness of quantity as possible. This should result in three end game results: 1. No stress. You have…

Eating without consciousness of nutrition content. I love grains and dairy, and had a lot of both, every day. Now I have both much more selectively and more mindfully. Also, a lack of produce.

I've lost nearly75 pounds, and I eat whatever I want - including the occasional individual pound cake (as the only item I have for lunch, but that's a different matter!). I don't eat sandwiches very often; I eat wraps instead of sandwiches occasionally, and sandwiches rarely, but for me, the calories in bread often just…

74 pounds in 11.5 months. 21 pounds to go. Would be ecstatic to reach my goal weight (125) by mid-October; if not, then I would love to reach it by year-end.

Calories In, Calories Out. Cardio gives you a metric for "calories out" but it's woefully incomplete. I've had a lot of success with a moderate amount of walking (<2 miles per day) at an easy-moderate pace (3mph), and intermittent weight lifting. Weight lifting has a number of long term benefits and advantages, but that's…

One of the most challenging ways to approach weight loss, in terms of long term success, is to hate the process. If you're hating the process and feeling discouraged, try to find changes you don't hate and that you can enjoy. Build slowly on small successes.

When I started a year ago (and 73 of 95 pounds to lose ago!), I set my "ground rules". One of them was "there are no forbidden foods". I am allowed to eat anything I want, and no food cop is going to tell me I am not. It may also de-fuse some of the frustration to remind yourself that it is okay to go over the recommended…

I think I let it recalculate after about 40 pounds lost, and again after another ?25? pounds lost. At 65 pounds down my progress stalled and while I didn't think 100 calories a day would make that big a difference, evidently it has, because I've lost 10 pounds since then. If you're frustrated with a stall after you have…

Is it realistic? Yes, but . . . . Is it appropriate? Maybe. My height is 5'1.5, and I'm mostly sedentary. I started with about 1500 calories a day (?1450?), and 85 pounds to lose. As I lost weight, I let the app recalculate my calorie goals, down to 1320, and - eventually - down to 1200. So I've only been at 1200 for 2…

I feel this one! I bought some "comfort fit" jeans in a size smaller than usual - and they're too big. The too-tight "standard" jeans in that same size are quite comfortable. For now. And I've dropped two skirt sizes since ... ?last October?

The changes in how I think about what I want in a meal. If somebody had told me a year ago that I would willingly pass up grains in favor of vegetables, I would have laughed in their face. Or that I would be able to eat fewer than 1200 calories and still have half of a mini bundt cake and a mini ice cream bar, and be happy…

Tea biscuits were part of my downfall too. For me, it was all about portion control. I had some tea biscuits that were 54 calories each, and would eat as many as 6 a day - that's 300 calories! Now I choose tea biscuits that are 16 calories each, and log each and every one. Knowledge is power. Have your portion sizes crept…

Umm... When I have time (3-5 mornings a week, depending), I walk sort of fast about 1.25 miles from (the distance from not-the-closest transit stop to my office). I walk about ?? 2/3? 3/4 ?? mile at lunch 3-5 times a week. 3-5 times a week I walk to the not the closest coffee shop during my morning and afternoon break. And…

I think I posted having been able to wear an outfit that had been in my closet for 10 years. The other one - OMG! Obliques! I spotted my obliques!! (I don't use a full length mirror at home; while at a hotel recently I was changing clothes in front of a mirror (putting on a swimsuit!) and spotted my obliques. Or at least…

Knowledge is power. I wish I had known 10 years ago some of what I know now. Find out what does work for you. I struggled for 35 years before I found what worked.

I blame my roommate. I am actually starting to enjoy healthy foods (crisp bell pepper strips! fresh berries!) and have started to think about making homemade minestrone. (See, "cold" above and a desire for hot soup. Especially since the San Francisco Bay Area may not be getting any rain, but it's not getting any warmer,…

As with towels, shoulder wraps/scarves wrap differently. Also - and this seems a little weird - what happened to my butt? It used to be there, whenever I smoothed my skirt. It's not where I keep reaching to!!!

I weigh myself every morning. For me, I found the information more useful/inspirational than drama-inducing. Even though I had a frustrating point of about three weeks during which I had daily one pound bounces in my weight, logging daily let me see the low days as well as the high days. And looking over the extended graph…