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if you were to spend one day cooking, you could freeze your own meals in portion size/controlled containers. It can help to keep a variety, and then you will be ahead in no time...for example, when I'm making my dinners, I make one serving more of it and put it to the freezer immediatly, at the end of the week, I have a…

Great job!!! you should be so proud of your growth

I took a peek at your food diary, and while I did not look at the actual food choices, as I seem to think that can be a mute point because we all need to learn how to manage how we will want to eat after our goals are reached so we dont put the weight back on...... that being said, if you are only getting 7-9 glasses of…

Everything in moderation is the bottom line, the whole purpose of this journey is to learn to make "better" choices, and develop a better relationship with food......so given that, If you choose "a not so great choice" for breakfast, but follow it with a "better/best" choice the rest of the day, you're doing ok. We've got…

FANTASTIC, congrats on your accomplishments!!! You've got it right, set those smaller goals, as the final picture can be so overwhelming and seem too far away. So proud of you, glad to 'read" you are too:flowerforyou:

re: 3, planks and crunches are great for the core,,,,there are other floor exercises too that will help, I'm thinking you can find picture details if you were to google it, as I am not very good at describing the "how to" good luck with your journey

not being able to see your diaries, I would suggest upping your water , water in is water out , anytime you change or increase your exercises your muscles will hold onto water for their repair. hopefully this will get the ball rolling for you. good luck and dont get discouraged, can take a couple weeks before your body…

most definatley up your water intake to compensate for all thats going on,,,,,

yes you can still do it!!!! making sure that your activity level is appropriate, I just changed mine for the next two weeks or so, no exercise and sedentary lifestyle and MFP calculated me a new calorie goal to continue to lose weight. I think the key will be in trying to eat as cleanly as possible. I am hoping to…

thanks so much for sharing, and I hope you have a fabulous day too:flowerforyou:

I get on the scale EVERY morning!!!! I am really good at getting my water in, its all I drink, and have been drinking for the past 15-20 years or so,,,,but I find that fluctuation helps me get the extra into me that my muscles may be holding onto because of a heavier workout day, or perhaps my sodium levels going…

I've heard the rule of thumb to be 80% of your exercise calories. You will have to play with it a bit to see what works for you, I tend to vary quite dramatically from day to day, listening to my body creating a zig zagging affect and it works well for me. Also, I believe you should try to get lean protein back in within…

its not so much the worry about what will be in the basket, it will be what WONT be in my mouth.......hopefully:laugh:

8.5 inches, and 10 lbs,,,,I think you need to just keep chugging along and be patient,,,,,you're not stalling, its just alternating between inches and the scale...sounds like you're doing fine, just need another dose of patience :flowerforyou:

All your hope and motivation is in you, you did it before, and now you can do it again!!!! Whats done is done, and you just start by making one choice at a time,,,,2 lbs is really not that bad, and will be gone in a heartbeat with a day or two of good choices and making sure your water is up to par I'm sure. You cant dwell…

one cheat day a week or every two weeks is supose to be good for you. supposedly helps to keep your body guessing about calories. good luck

some measure right across the belly button, what I think is important is you measure the same spot each time. I measure bust, waist (natural), hips, thighs and upper arms. good luck,,,I'm so happy that i started measuring, because when the scale tends to not move, the inches usually do

what advice do you need when you follow up that question with ............ ex athlete, so I know how to train.....I would then think that you would be aware that too rapid weightloss is neither healthy, or typically long term achievable......

I totally agree......you're going to want, I imagine, long term results,,,so in order to attain that you need to "relearn" the whole portion/eating control. It is very frustrating to not see results, and to wonder when and how all our hard work will "show" to pay off. I tried to look at your diaries, food and exercise, but…

If you havent been measuring yourself, I would definately start doing that,,,you can add any body part on here that you want. I measure my chest, waist, hips, upper arms, and thigh.....I had to start doing this cuz it seemed like my scalre wasnt moving, but I thought I was feeling better, although not at a range to really…

CONGRATS!!!!! I have a road map of canyons telling the story of 4 beautiful children,,,,and yes I would erase every last one of them,,,the roadmap of canyons that is, in a heartbeat if I could, so instead I have learned to "love/loath" them haha. I will say, that they do tend to fade over time,,,,dont stress over it and…

It really does depend on what your goals are and what works well for you. I started out with a 600-800 cal burn each day (cardio only - I do not log my strength training cals burned) but that was just way too much for the amount of food I was willing and needed to consume to keep my body out of starvation mode. I now goal…

GREAT JOB!!!! thanks for sharing

I weigh myself every morning,,,I use that fluctuation in the scale to increase my daily cardio goals a bit, and make sure that I'm really up on my water,,,,I drink a boat load of water everyday, (other than my tea in the morning its all I drink), but depending on what I've eaten the day before or the intensity of my…

"Herbalife" has an energy drink called "lift off" I find it works well, and I never noticed a crash. Lift off is a tablet that you disolve in your water bottle. They also have "green tea" that comes in a powder, you can mix into any drink, hot or cold, that is like an areobics class in a bottle haha....I drink either one…

if the exercising is something that is changing from day to day, and working new muscles at a new pace/strength I cant imagine the discomfort subsiding anytime soon. I would definately increase your water though, your muscles will retain it to try and repair, I would also make sure that you are consuming a good deal (30g…

congrats on starting your jouney congrats on 10 mins for the first time on a treadmill congrats on wanting to be you

I would typically try to gain those calories in exercise too, but I have deficited one day, to go over another day, just not more than a day or two,in advance. I dont think that more than a few days would make much difference, besides, one day going over is not going to undue everything, unless it will change your "power"…

I prefer the ones that keep going down :0) when I went looking for a scale, I couldnt find any that werent digital,,,,,just need to make sure its a healthy battery in them

wow,,,what a transformation!!!! and by the sounds of it,,,both physically and mentally. Good luck with your 5k and the rest of your journey. You mush be so prould of yourself!!!!