violasmith85 Member

mine went down 0.14 points. haha not much difference but hey, I'll take it!

It's never too early to start this discussion.

^this.

I look at calorie counting the same way I look at my blood sugar. I'm a diabetic. I was diagnosed at 12. I've always had to keep a strict eye on my blood sugar numbers. I do the same with my calories now. When you get used to counting calories it no longer feels to me like obsession, but dedication. If I don't obsess over…

^yup. All the clothes I bought are from a thrift store. 1 dollar for each pair of jeans. can't beat that!

I bought one pair of jeans in every size down to my goal size. That way I at least have something to wear. Then once I can't wear my old clothes at all, and they fall off, then I'll buy a couple more pieces in the size I'm at.

yes, at first it was harder for me because I was super hungry all the time, but it didn't take long at all for me to adjust.

omg I love Firefly!!!! Love your ticker!!!!

I'm a KH junkie. lol

Your face is beautiful. There will always be people who try and nit pick you. Don't let them get to you! Don't fall victim to self esteem problems. It's a horrible thing to have to over come. You need to love yourself no matter what you look like. But even past that, it isn't even a problem since your face is beautiful.

I've found weight loss for me to be so weird. Over the past week I was dropping a pound every day, lost 6 pounds. Then woke up the next morning with a 3lb gain. Today one of those pounds is gone. As long as you are truly measuring and weighing your food, eating at a deficit, and don't have some medical condition (that the…

When diabetics count carbs we remove the number of fiber from the number of carbs in the food. So if it says 2g carb. and it has 1g fiber. We count it as 1g carb.

Well the "no carb" groups I follow do less than 20 grams a day. I have trouble sticking with it though because when I do I eat lots of cheese to help fill up because it's so limiting I get little to no fiber. Not a good combo on the body.

First thing every morning.

could be sodium, TOM if your female, either will come back off.

I get rid of them as soon as possible so it motivates me to never go back. Still have one pair tho to use when I hit my goal weight for a photo.

everything in moderation is key. I still eat regular pizza and sometimes burgers. I just eat lighter the rest of the day on those days. I do it only once a week though.

29 here. anyone feel free to add me. :D

I always go over but i dont have high blood pressure so I don't worry about it. I just make sure to drink a bunch of water to help flush it out. Seeing great results. Losing weight. so it works for me.

I tried exercising without changing my diet much. Total failure. I just ended up eating more without realizing it because I got hungrier. I switched to changing how I ate and i worked out less and I'm seeing much better results. I will add more work out time after I've dropped a little more, but for now I abide by the rule…

It evens out for me. I usually under my goal each day but at the end of the week I have a treat day ( I don't use the word cheat, as it gives me a wrong mental feeling about it) so I end up going over for that day. but over the whole week i'm still under by about 100 cals for the entire week. I'm losing weight, and feeling…

not sure, its smokeless, just vapor. But the nicotine does go to your bloodstream. Hard to tell.

are you weighing your food? Might not be truely eating at a deficit. Also are you drinking enough water? Could have some addited water weight. Have you taken measurments? The scale sometimes doesnt change but the inches do. Some weeks I don't see a change on the scale but my waist line is smaller, or my thighs, etc.

I don't consider it cheat day, it's treat day! lol and what I do is i go under my calorie goals for a few days (not by much, maybe 100 cals?) then on treat day I have what I want and go over by that amount of calories. It evens out and it keeps me eating healthy all week because I know I can have whatever my heart desires…

Thanks for the advice. I'm feeling really good about my lifestyle changes so you know what. I think I will! Thanks for the support!

Nope. If I'm not hungry I don't eat. Besides, some days I'll end up going over in the week so it evens out. I was under for several days and today I went over by 700 calories, but over the week I'm actually under by 100 for the whole week. So to me, it all evens out. I like to listen to my body while keeping a cautious eye…

you wouldn't happen to be a smoker would you? I ask because I just found out today that smokers have higher metabolism do to the strain it puts on our hearts (as if we weigh 90 pounds more than we do) I'm losing a pound a day and im not under eating so I was wondering what was up and then found out about that. Totally…

you said you go over on sodium. are you drinking enough water?

at almost 30lbs now, I don't feel different. I got a lot more to go, but I've heard others say they still felt the same mentally even after losing it all and hitting their goal weight. I am 2 sizes down, but still even though I'm wearing pants I couldn't even have imagined I'd be wearing just two months ago. Still feel…

Sometimes I'll lose several inches before the scale moves, then sometimes the scale goes down but no inches.