strawberryromper Member

It's just chaos honestly. I eat whatever I want, in small amounts.

Added everyone in this thread. I try to eat around 1200/day. I'm coming off a few days where I didn't because I climbed Fuji, so my recent high intake days aren't indicative of my normal routine. :)

I don't log diet drinks, mustard, spices, gum, water, or cooking spray (which I rarely use).

Jog outside until you realize that nobody is really paying attention. The only time I receive attention jogging outside, it's positive - people smiling and nodding (as in greeting), people saying good morning, or one time one guy said to another guy, "Man, that girl can run." Nobody is really taking the to... what? Make…

I have an original vivofit and I love it. I actually only bought it because I wanted a chest strap HRM with a watch I'd wear all the time, and I don't like the Polar ones.

The low-carb people I know do acknowledge CICO, and I did as well when I was doing it. Now I tend to have around 100g carbs per day or less. That's not my goal, it just happens that way.

This makes me want to stop you, like I'm watching the movie of your life and could say "Don't open that door!" to you. It makes me want to turn my head away. I am a recovering bulimic. This is very hard for me. Do not do it or you will absolutely never undo it, never get out of it. If it helps you to know this, I have lost…

Pork chops. I rarely eat meat and have no concept of anything involved in it but holy crap, pork chops have SO MANY CALORIES.

I am reading this differently than you are. I am reading this as, "For those of you who were eating less food at the beginning of your diet than you are eating now..." e. g. people who did not net at least 1200 for the day, or didn't eat back their exercise calories, or whatever.

My suggestion and the suggestion of most seems to be: eat back AT LEAST some of them. I eat back some or all of them and sometimes more, depending on how hungry I am. If you want to know why, there are numerous explanations on the forum but basically you need to be eating enough for your body to function.

Thank you! You'll be ready. I was apprehensive but I went from not being a runner to being a person who says, "I will not stop until I do X, no matter how tired I get." Just don't stop!

Not for me personally. Very little is worth being up by 5AM. I also don't like indoor exercise or classes and I don't have the self-control to make myself go up an imaginary hill on a stationary bike.

I would not work out more now than you would be able to sustain for the foreseeable future. Look to your diet first or perhaps add other kinds of exercise?

Ummmm, whoa.

Great job! When it comes to w5d3, don't be scared! (That's the 20 minute jog, right?) You can do it!

This morning, I jogged three miles at my fastest time- 10:52/mile or something like that. It was also the first time I jogged three miles without stopping. I am a Couch to 5k grad as of.. today I guess! I never did the 30-minute jogs of week 9, instead choosing to skip straight into 3 miles.

Doesn't hurt to try, right? I'd join again for the lifting, but the gym does not work for my life. It's $40/month here and 25 minutes away, so unless I was going after work 2-3 days a week it would be out of the way.

Track what you eat and how you exercise. Trust MFP to guide you to losing weight until you can get another scale. That's what I'd do, anyway. You could probably buy a regular scale for around $12 Oh, and I just realized how lucky I am. I own three scales- one regular one and two digital ones. For some reason.

I will buy some new clothes as I need them and probably never actually switch my entire wardrobe over at once. I already own lots of small shirts for some reason, so probably I'll buy a few jeans at size 6 (I'm a size 9 now) or whenever my smallest jeans become ill-fitting, or when I reach the weight that I would like to…

That's fine weight loss. Usually it's much bigger people who can lose and continue to lose 2+ pounds a week reliably for some time. We might be able to understand more if you made your diary available to us.

I shower every morning, except for the VERY rare occasion that I'm not working that day or going anywhere else- and then I still shower if I work out.

I cut it into small pieces and mix it with salsa, then dip carrots into the mixture.

Go to My Home, then Goals, Change My Goals. I do the Guided option. At the bottom, where you originally set your weight loss goals, change it from "Lose/Gain X Pounds Per Week" to "Maintain my current weight."

I've taken my own scale before, but I wouldn't do it again. Being able to step away from it for a day (and weigh the next week, or Monday when you return) is something that makes me feel healthier.

I would also not log my exercise if that was how I intended to do things. Use fitocracy, another MFP account ooor just don't bother since truly, the bulk of MFP seems to be wrapped up in keeping track of food/nutrition.

I live in a very rural area; there are few opportunities for adults to play sports except in college. I enjoy running.

Great job and great time!

I'm running my first 5k on Nov 19, and set to finish C25k soon (I'm doing the 25 minute runs now, will start 28m by Friday). I'll be watching this thread as well. :)

... I don't like oats. >.>

Great job! Keep on going!