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Whenever I want them. A diet where you are always restricting yourself from the foods you love is bound to fail. Maybe not for everyone, some people can handle it but I know I can't. I love my chips, cookies, and treats way too much to ever restrict them. Needless to say portions are important to consider as well. Instead…

Ooh, I don't feel quilty, I was more just curious what others do. :) I'm not really worried about going over mine, just wondering how others handle going over theirs.

Good points everyone :) I especially like the idea of doing a bit more exercise I had a really big breakfast and a mid afternoon snack that put me over a bit :) Halloween candy will be the death of me

Oh, good point, thank you. (: I've thought of using the ones at the mall

I'm gonna treat myself to all the clothes I've never allowed myself to wear including that bikini!

I do on the days I exercise, which brings it usually closer to the 1,670. I eat back most of my calories from exercise.

:flowerforyou: Wowwwwwww! Massive improvements! You go, girl.

The scale is discouraging but the inches going is soooooooo awesome to see.

I hate mine the way they are. I can't wait for them to shrink a bit!

Holy crap! You rock, you are such an inspiration to me not only that you lost weight but that you went from paralysis to running!

I'm 5'3 and I'm at 168 right now and my highest was in the 173-174 and I started about a month ago. Not much but I'm hoping now that I'm adding exercise it'll be a little bit more!

depends, some can pull it off and some can't, but I like it

I've never been confident to wear a 2 piece and that sucks. I'm 5'3 and 167 right now so I'm hoping to be at least 130 by summer. :)

Thank you so much to everyone who answers, I feel so much better and motivated that I can do this. My asthma has only improved over the years, much worse when I was little so I'll just use my rescue inhaler before and take it with me in case. I'm looking into the app as well (: Also I do plan on doing the 30 Day Shred at…

I started because my teen years were spent hating myself and my weight and my rock bottom was kinda seeing that I was wasting my youth sitting inside wishing I had more confidence and knowing my lack of confidence was due to my poor body image. So I started using MFP to count my calories and I set up a deficit. Thank god I…

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great advice everyone, thank you so much! I'll be running around my apartment complex and using the C25k program :) wilsoje74: great to hear, I'm a Minnesotan too. Only thing concerns me is my asthma That's great, janinab75! Congrats. I've never tried running but have wanted too for a very long time. I have a pair of…

pitbullgirl: Ha I wish I had a treadmill O.o i'm hoping to be able to run since it's something I loved to do as a kid. Thanks, by the way! redskink2: wow great progess! though I totally get what you mean about 60 seconds of running phew that leaves me dead lol. I'll check that out, thanks! how do you run in the winter…

5'3 around 174

Chili is absolutely delicious mmmm sounds good right now :P

I disagree. I think it's 100% calorie deficit.

I don't exercise much but I've lost already just by counting my calories. So I say yes

I eat 1,200 because it works for me at my height, weight, age and activity level. If I increase my activity level on a certain day I'd increase my intake for that day.

Thank you for all your tips! I know I've failed before in the past because I thought you had to cut out every food you love so I always ended up giving up before I had a chance to lose anything. Also, I'm losing steadily about 1.4 a week which I think is a good rate for me WalkingAlong: I never thought of it that way,…

I'll do that, thanks! I've been drinking orange juice, tea, smoothies and tons of water. 1,200 is more a starting point, I do go up to 1,300-1,500 some days. And I'm definitely looking into a kitchen scale after all I've heard about weighing your food.

gigglesinthes: I gained weight when I was younger and I never worked on taking it off until now. Before I worked on trying to lose weight I did drink a LOT of my calories in soda and juices and I would usually eat really calorie dense foods so it seemed like I was eating less but I was eating more so that's why I wasn't…

Kristy6ward: You're absolutely right, I'm not used to eating over 1,000 calories in a day (simply bad habits, not eating and not listening to my body when it's hungry). I'll gradually increase then instead of over eating to make up calories. psulemon: That's really helpful! thank you so much, I'll do that :) Thanks…