torichantel2005 Member

I'd skip the honey and use Hershey's syrup or chocolate chips. Dessert and lunch in one.

Northeast Indiana, near Fort Wayne.

It's like I'm not even part of the internet anymore. I've never heard of Moon Moon! But... the original reddit at the top definitely made me giggle. Not sure if it was actually that funny or if I'm just way too far past my bedtime.

I don't know how much you weigh, but if I ate 1650 calories without exercising, I would probably gain weight. Additionally... When I weigh in the morning I weigh MORE than when I weigh at night. My regular weigh time is around 12:30am (I'm a third shifter) on Mondays, a few hours after my "lunch" meal, but prior to my…

I like Kix because it's a larger serving size for low calories. I also use almond milk instead of cow's milk because it has fewer calories. Total cereal is good, too. 100 calories and it has a LOT of vitamins and minerals that other cereals don't have.

I'm the same. For the most part, I make what my husband and I WANT to eat. And we totally have ice cream! Even stuff that has "sugar added" (Breyer's Mint Oreo Blast, for instance) has only 120 calories for 1/2 cup, and for me, I wouldn't want any more ice cream than that. It's totally doable.

Ha! Well, maybe I didn't pee as much as you. lol

I don't think for a lot of people it's "desperation." I strive for accuracy. If I'm wearing a sweater and jeans when I weigh in the winter, but I'm wearing shorts and a tank top when I weigh in the summer, that's going to cause a decent amount of inaccuracy. Same with poop! If I haven't pooped in 2 days, I weigh quite a…

WHAT!!! People are horrendous.

You rock! You are an inspiration. Can you advise what some of the avenues were?

I normally workout barefoot. If I lift weights I wear my Brooks running shoes, only so I have a small (very small) amount of protection if I'm dumb and drop a weight on my foot. I did just move my workout area to my unfinished basement, so I've been wearing shoes more often down there because there is no cushion.

I'm not exactly sure what you want from us... If they "don't have lean meats" then they don't. It's hard to make healthy food appear on the menu. I totally get stomach problems, I have them, too. You just gotta make it work. Can you maybe order a burger and only eat half of it? Or try a side dish?…

I understand the curiosity. I have actually weighed myself before and after a "potty." Pee weighs nothing, in case you were wondering. :)

I still have all of mine piled up in our spare bedroom. I am hesitant to get rid of them because I don't want to have to purchase an entire new wardrobe AGAIN if I gain some weight back. I'm becoming more and more comfortable with the thought of just getting rid of that stuff, though. As I've lost weight, I've had to buy…

I try to eat as healthy as I can, but within reason so I can still have what I want. The first month I counted calories, I stuck to a very healthy diet, but as I progressed, I learned that I couldn't withhold things from myself, it just made me stress out. So now in my 500 calories for dinner, sometimes 160 of that is 3…

No one ever really said anything when I was at my highest (which, let's be honest, wasn't THAT high, at 150). But now that I've lost weight (somewhere in the neighborhood of 25-30 pounds), multiple people have told me that I should stop now, that I don't need to lose anymore, that I'm too skinny. I find THAT to be as rude…

Amen!

I've heard that HRM do not at all accurately account for strength training calories burned. If you are going to do consistent cardio where your heart rate stays up, that's when HRM work well. I NEVER use my FitBit to track calories burned, because I don't trust it. I don't know how it can possibly be accurate when it's not…

Not really what you asked, but in reference to the desk job where you sit all day: I recommend getting a FitBit (or just a pedometer, if you don't want anything fancy) and keeping track of your steps. Mine has motivated me SO MUCH to get up and move more. At work, I walk/jog in place to the point where some nights, I get…

Agreed. It's easy to obsess.

I could have written this. I actually got on here today TO write something like this and ask the same question. I am not at all happy with the responses you received. :( Everyone at work keeps telling me the same thing your mom has always said. It's just not that easy for me. I am in a definitely slump. It has been…

I think you look great! Awesome job!

I'm torn on this topic. Part of me says he's an *kitten*, but part of me wonders if he's not TRYING to be a good guy, but just going about it in a poor way. The other problem is (and I see no one else has broached this subject)... if you are upset by him doing this and you admit to sitting around eating chips all day... I…

I "run" between 4 and 4.5 miles per hour. It's the only way I can go longer than just a couple of minutes. I can run over a mile if I run at those lower speeds, so that's what I do. Running is running, man, the speed doesn't matter unless you're trying to win a race, and I'm assuming you're just doing this for fitness. :)

I measure, at most, once a month.

I so agree with this! I would add, don't weigh yourself in the morning at your "lowest weight." I feel that it's an inaccurate way of weighing, because you are only that weight for a short time during the day. I always weigh myself between lunch and dinner at the same time, and only about once a week. I did purchase a real…

I have found that I start dropping weight again if I actually eat MORE. I normally eat 1200 calories (or so) a week, but if I level out and spend a week eating 1400 or 1500 calories most days, I lose more weight. Just switch it up. Do different work outs, eat differently (more calories, fewer, up and down), just do…

I guess it depends on how quickly you want to lose weight, how much weight, and if you also really want to gain muscle. I try to fit in SOME KIND of exercise everyday, even if that's just getting to my goal of 10,000 steps on my FitBit. For me, the most important part of losing weight is eating fewer calories, so I…

I really don't do "cheat" days. I eat the things I want within my caloric goals, like everyone else has mentioned. I have a max of 1400-1500 calories, and I try not to really EVER go over that (sometimes that includes subtracting calories for exercise), but I try most days not to go over 1200 calories. There are, of…

I would go out and purchase some weights and get ahold of P90X, if I were you. I would say that's about the easiest, cheapest way to do what you're looking for (guidelines, mostly). There are different programs that use the P90X DVD's, some are to lose weight, some are to gain mass. If you follow the entire program for…