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Probably not enough calories. You are near your goal, so you should be eating near maintenance- not more than 500 calorie deficit (from what I've found from reading a lot of info). I'd think more like 1500-1600.

I turned 44 in February. I'm 5'2½" - I lost ½" somewhere in my life in the last 3 years! I actually started my weightloss journey in March of 2011. I hopped on the scale that day and I was #162, which was the exact same weight I was in May 2009 when I left the hospital after having my daughter. Depressing. I started out…

I ♥ flax seeds! I grind them up and put them on my cereal every morning

why even bother? LOL

I was netting about 900-1000 calories, athough I was eating 1400-1500 because of my exercise. I was stuck at the same weight (teetered about #3 for 3 months) so I decided to start eating up to my 1200 Net, so I eat about 1600-1700 calories on the days I work out and 1200 on the days I don't. All of the sudden, I started…

depending on the time of the day that I eat it, I get excruciating stomach pains. It's not worth the pain

I just finished the fit test - my Polar HRM says I burned 188 calories

I don't go to the gym, I workout by myself in my basement, just me and my DVDs. I like to wear my sports bra to the beach under my tank tips on non-workout days too. I'd like something that looks good even if I'm not working out. The uniboob is uncomfortable, unflattering and makes them look even bigger. Not a fan. At all.

there's a pretty good recipe out there for sweet and sour cucumbers which as onions, cucumbers, sugar (I use Truvia) and apple cider vinegar. That's about the only way I ingest it

I tried the fat free mayo and a dressing too, it was at that point in my 'diet' that I decided no more fat free walden

Walden farms products- PUKE!!!

I've had 2 c-sections- 1998 and 2009. My baby pooch is very apparent, I am on my 3rd month of Jillian michaels. I just keep hoping eventually it goes away, but if it doesn't, I have 2 healthy children :)

and I've done 30DS and I just finished up Extreme Shed and Shred AND still have a belly. I would love to tell my body to lose the belly, and voila, but that just doesn't happen. I've toned my muscle under the belly fat, but the belly fat is still there. It left my face first - then my butt, then my calf. I sure wish there…

LOL!

I used the data search all the time before I could scan the bar code and was adding my foods from that. Just recently I stared checking the package with the info on the search items and many of them were wrong. WAY WRONG. How annoying - people put this info in, if you are going to take the time to put it in, PLEASE put it…

you look great! Congratulations! I love 30DS - thinking about starting it up again

I 'feel' really toned and I did 30 Day Shred and lost over 14" and just finished up 30 Days of Extreme Shed and Shred (don't think I lost any inches or any lbs) but when I measure my waist, it's still really 'squishy'. C'mon. 60 days of Jillian and still feeling squishy!? WTH? ETA: According to my Boflex scale I have 19.2%…

I like my juicer, but it's one of those things that I go through spells. I saved the pulp and tossed it into banana bread. The best part is apples and pears make my gums itchy and my throat itchy, but I have no reaction when I juice it (yes, I do peel them before I at them too) - this is the main reason I use it

as mentioned, I don't up my activity level because of my employment - my activity level is based on my exercise. This is why I count my calories burned at work. I know people say over and over again, "your body is used to it, so it doesn't count" - really? REALLY??? So if someone bikes 25 miles a day 5 days a week - after…

I'm a manager at an Italian restaurant and spend 7-8 hours on my feet constantly moving. I wear a pedometer and usually log about 4½-6½ miles. I do count those calories that I burn (I figure about 100 calories per mile). Why would I not? When I set up MFP, I set my activity for my EXERCISE, not taking into consideration my…

Sometimes my polar will slip or flip a bit and stop monitoring (get a message saying no heart rate detected). Maybe yours slipped and you didn't notice? I do Jillian's extreme shed and shred and burn about 500 from warm up to cool down (80 minutes). Be sure to have the sound on and you'll know if it stops detecting your…

I am pretty sure my husband has it. He snores so loud and wakes several times an hour. I thought it was because he snores so loud he wakes himself up, but i read it could be caused by him stopping breathing. He refuses to admit there's a problem even though he sleeps for 7-8 hours (I get about 4 becauseof the noise) and…

But I changed my MFP goal to 1350 (it should be 1200) because I do try to eat back my exercise calories. It's for my own tracking. So if you add in the 150 calories I added on, I'm really netting 1200

1) Yes, I weight EVERYTHING using an electronic food scale 2) I use a Polar FT4 HRM to calculate calories burn.

However, following MFP 'the way it is set up' has caused my weightloss to stall. Obviously I need to change something

TOM is time of the month I gain 8-10# during TOM, like clockwork

I've read that carb loading can help. Google it.

I did 30ds successfully and am currently on day 23 of extreme shed and shred and day 3 of ripped in 30 (mixing it up a bit). One tip- I took extra strength Tylenol at bedtime to alleviate the pain. After 3 days I felt great! Stick with it, it works!! I incorporated at least one (often 2) rest days a week.

I have actually never been to a gym, but I have a 3-year old with me all day. Just easier to hop out if bed, get my workout in and get on with my day rather than driving somewhere and finding a sitter

:) oops - my mistake. My chatty 3-year old was talking away as I was typing