SheilaSisco Member

I'm not running anywhere... for the first time in my life I found a man that makes me happy and truly WANTS to keep me that way. He is the best thing by far that has ever happened to me and I'm going to marry him. :)

Thanks everyone! :)

In reply to hollyeverhart... I learned the hard way that sometimes you have to eat more to lose more... I wasn't losing ANYTHING when I was eating at 1200, but when I bumped my calories up to 1350 and ate my exercise calories back the weight started melting away... Something for you to think about....

Aside from what the other guy said (which is all very true), when you're eating that little it's a pretty sure thing that you're losing more muscle than fat... I myself would rather be a slightly larger 'fit' than to be 'skinny fat'. The point of this website is to learn to obtain and maintain a HEALTHY lifestyle.... which…

In Kansas here as well. :) Everything in moderation... make sure you're not eating too FEW calories (common thing around here... less food does not always equal more weight loss), watch your sodium, drink your water, and eat back those exercise calories. Welcome, and feel free to add me. :)

That's because most plans don't figure the calorie deficit in for you to lose. They mostly just tell you to eat better (healthier) and exercise. On MFP it gives you a deficit for you to lose weight WI|THOUT exercise, so if you DO exercise it wants you to eat those calories back so you aren't at too much of a deficit.…

^ comes up with the most interesting games... <is in actuality a Disney addict (so I really Do like Hannah Montana lol) v Is constantly working on their zombie apocalypse strategy

Thank you for this! Some people drive me crazy swearing to everyone that they 'can't' lose weight unless they eat less than 1,000 calories in a day... It's just plain irritating...

This. No problems here, either

That was pretty awesome. Thanks for sharing it! :)

Feb to November so about....9 months. :)

Mostly it was just eating better and exercising some. I did C25K and Jillian's 30 Day Shred in there. I started in Feb of 2010 and the current pic was taken today about 20 minutes ago. :) Thanks, everyone!

I'm 4'11". My highest weight was 170 and my current weight is 122ish... here are my pics... took them just now for this. :)

Hi! My name is Sheila and I'm 33 and a mother of three by three different men, none of which I am with now. They were all unhealthy/abusive relationships and I finally got my eyes opened and broke the cycle. I'm pretty sure that those relationships are a good part of the reason I ballooned up to 170 (I'm only 4'11") since…

Don't focus on pounds where 30ds is concerned. You're going to lose a lot more inches than pounds, I can promise you that. If you aren't eating your exercise cals back, start doing that. I lost more eating them back than when I didn't... ESPECIALLY where Jillian was concerned. And make sure a lot of those cals come from…

Congrats! I'm getting so close it it, it's crazy to think I've lost almost 50 pounds... lol I'd say if you're at a healthy weight for your height/age (or if you're just plain comfortable where you are), you should switch to maintain mode. If you're still a little overweight or think lower would be better (within reason),…

When I did it, I did it for 30 days straight with no rest. I got amazing results and I've heard the results are better if you DON'T take days off during. It's really all a matter of preference, though.

I can always count on MFP to make me feel good! Thanks guys! You are all amazing, each and every one! :)

:blushing: You guys make me feel so good... :blushing: :happy: :happy: :happy:

I have a few but you'll have to wait until I get home from work so I can find them... lol I have like 3 or 4 VERY good ones, though... just don't let the ingredient list scare you... they're all super easy. :)

Thanks... I love it!!! I can't wait until Christmas so I can wear it and show it off! lol!

Thanks everyone!!! :D

I weighed daily for a while, but now I only weigh once a week... either sat or sun, but always first thing in teh morning before breakfast. :)

My goals this week: Drink all 64 oz of water every day Do not go OVER my calorie goal Stay UNDER my sodium goal Spend more time playing with my kids (aka exercise disguised as fun lol)

Listen to spammy... it happened to me too... I was eating around 1200 and I lost for a few weeks, then stalled out... I bumped my cals to 1300 and ate exercise cals back and I gained for the first couple of weeks (not a lot, just a little) but when I stuck with it it was like my body said, 'ok, let's go!' and the weight…

Those little single serve pies in a jar thing ARE a do it yourself project and they are SUPER CUTE!!! I absolutely love it and may have to do a few of them this year! :D Thanks, Cassie!!!

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Honestly, they go hand in hand...cardio burns off the fat, and weight training tones up the muscle that's left behind. Both play large parts in making your body 'look better'

Great NSV! I'm actually participating in NaNo myself this year for the second time. I'm sitting at 5401 words, but at least half of those words have been coming from snippets and notes that I write on my breaks at work, so I'm not in front of the computer for near as long as I would otherwise. Just carry a notebook around…

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