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Height 5’6” Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 148.75# February goal. 145# - moving avg 145# 2/1/19. 145.5# - moving avg 147.7# 2/8/19. 144.5# - moving avg 145.9# 2/15/19 145# - moving avg 145.1# 2/22/19 143.5# - moving avg 144.9# 2/28/19 144.75# - moving avg 144.6# I’m…

Height 5’6” Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 148.75# February goal. 145# - moving avg 145# 2/1/19. 145.5# - moving avg 147.7# 2/8/19. 144.5# - moving avg 145.9# 2/15/19 145# - moving avg 145.1# 2/22/19 143.5# - moving avg 144.9# Back to my goal weight, which is nice.…

Very happy for you! Definitely a win!

Height 5’6” Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 148.75# February goal. 145# - moving avg 145# 2/1/19. 145.5# - moving avg 147.7# 2/8/19. 144.5# - moving avg 145.9# 2/15/19 145# - moving avg 145.1# Getting there, not due to any effort of mine since my bad cold made me lose…

Height 5’6” Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 148.75# February goal. 145# - moving avg 145# 2/1/19. 145.5# - moving avg 147.7# 2/8/19. 144.5# - moving avg 145.9# Caught a bad cold and don’t feel like eating much of anything other than fruits. Not the best way to lose…

@LynnJ9 , 6.9 lbs in 4 weeks is awesome! Just forget about that binge.

Height 5’6” Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 148.75# SW February 145.5# - moving avg 147.2# February goal. 145# - moving avg 145#

Weekly check in: Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 1/12/19 148.75# 1/19/19 148.0# 1/26/19. 146.75 1/31/19. 145.5 1/31/19 GW 147 So I unintentionally beat my end of January goal weight by 1 1/2 lbs. I’m eating about 200 calories more per day than I did when I originally…

@rianneonamission, I love how you take the time to encourage everyone personally!

A few personal training sessions is a good idea. Also, there are plenty of beginner programs with demo videos on the internet. I like Nia Shanks’ beginner program for women for lifters just starting out. Nia goes over each exercise in detail in the videos, and the program is free. There are demo videos out there for…

Water is stored in our fat cells along with the fat, and is released when stored fat is metabolized. That, along with you drinking more than you used to, would account for the need to pee more often. However, needing to go every hour sounds excessive. You may have a low grade UTI or other issue. If it continues, I think…

The main thing I see in your diary is that you’re not weighing all of your non-liquid foods. Quite a few entries are “cups” or “containers”. This doesn’t make much difference with lettuce, but it can make a big difference with more calorie dense foods. And weighing in grams, rather than ounces is more precise than ounces.

Weekly check in: Original SW 172# (1/2014) Original GW 145# (reached 10/2014) Post holiday weight 1/2019 1/12/19 148.75# 1/19/19 148.0# 1/26/19. 146.75 1/31/19 GW 147# I’m a little ahead of my January goal this morning, which is nice since there’s almost another week left this month. BUT I’m going to my daughters house…

And it’s not all fat by any means!

@rianneonamission, your scale is still moving downwards. That’s a victory in my book, as is being back to going to the gym regularly.

@JRIV60, that’s awesome! FWIW, I moved my weight goal downwards several times while I was in weight loss mode. Four times, I think, until I decided to stop 15 lbs below my original goal. I definitely could have gone lower, but decided to focus on building strength instead of losing more weight. I ended up losing a few more…

Your approach makes a lot of sense to me @gdesousa_93! Once your exercise routine is established, you could start by logging what you’re eating without trying to create a deficit for a week or two, to see what your current calorie level is. That will give you a starting point for figuring out exactly how to create your…

@rianneonamission , thanks! @JRIV60, congratulations on your progress so far! Im a huge fan of strength training. Even though it supposedly doesn’t burn that many calories, it definitely revs your metabolism up for hours afterwards. Here’s my progress this week. My calories are calculated to lose 1/2 lb per week, so I’m…

No. I chew quite a lot of sugarless gum, and have never logged it for either weight loss or maintenance. I still lost,and have been maintaining now for 4 years.

I think this is a very interesting concept, and I hope it works for you! It’s definitely important to find something that will keep you motivated. I hope you will keep us updated on your progress. I do think a lot of people here are partial to calorie counting, because that’s what worked for them. I remember being blasted…

Hi everyone, I’m new to this group! I lost 27 lbs in 2014,and have been maintaining my weight since then. Except that I allow myself to eat anything I want between Thanksgiving and Christmas, so always have to get back to logging my food for awhile in January to get rid of whatever extra weight I’ve accumulated during that…

The latest research I’ve read says that as long as you take in some protein within a couple of hours of your workout (before or after) you’ll be fine, total protein intake is what matters most.

I think you may be able to eat a lot more and still lose weight. 11 pounds in less than a month is a lot, even if some of it was initial water loss. And if you’re breastfeeding the baby, that’s a lot of calories. You could probably eat at least 2000-2200 calories a day (more if you’re breastfeeding) and still lose 1-2 lbs…

OP, you may be missing part of the message about accurate logging. It doesn't matter if you weigh everything that goes into your mouth if the MFP entry you use to log it is inaccurate. There are huge numbers of inaccurate entries in the MFP database for just about every kind of food. That's why opening your diary up so we…

I agree with GoldBikiniGoals that 1700 may be too low. Is that total, or do you eat exercise calories back? How much protein? I have learned that I need to keep my protein at 30-35% to keep from getting hungry (also because I lift). And I avoid trigger foods. The main culprit for me is ice cream. When I really want some, I…

You can add me if you like. I lift and my diary is open. I've been maintaining for a couple of years.

Quinoa, new potatoes, dark chocolate (will add some fat too).

You're welcome! I do GG too.

You can put a Hampton bar pad around the squat sponge for extra padding if the squat sponge by itself isn't enough.

Why do you think excess protein will be peed/pooped out? Excess calories from protein are no different than excess calories from other sources. What's not needed for tissue building/repair will be burned for energy, or stored as fat if total calorie intake is in excess of calorie needs.