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6 pounds in 8 weeks is great, even if it doesn't seem like it! Hang in there...the last 10 lbs are much harder!

Count me in, 5'4 and have about 20lbs to lose.

I'm 5'4 and 155, starting from around 200 highest weight. What do you mean necessarily by results? When people started commenting that I looked smaller, I was around 180, and even still, people are commenting on how small I've gotten. I haven't lost any serious weight since June, but when I went back to school this year,…

This. If you can't eat it with your hands, it's not pizza!

Strawberry trifle. Here's what it looks like, the recipe in the link is NOT the recipe I use (mine is way way better) http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Strawberry-Trifle I use strawberries, cubes of pound cake, homemade whipped cream, cream cheese, vanilla and sugar. Blend the whipped cream, cream cheese, sugar and…

^^ this. He said it all. Since you have less to lose, it could take some time...a LOT of time. Be patient and hang in there! And what do you do for exercise?

I find that for me, weight loss doesn't happen evenly, it happens in sputters and spurts. Like, one week, 0.3 lbs, one week, 0lbs, one week, 0.5 lbs, and then one week, 2 lbs. It doesn't always come off evenly. Hang in there :smile:

1600 calories, 40/30/30 c/p/f, exercise built into the deficit.

What are you doing for exercise? What's your height/weight/BF%? It doesn't look too bad but you could use more fresh fruits and veggies and less processed stuff. Also, maybe up your protein to 25-30% and see how that works.

If there is no attraction on either end whatsoever, of course it is possible. It's just that many men (and women) won't take the friendship to a deep level unless there is attraction from one of them.

I would cut off my arm to lose 8.6 pounds! Not really, lol, but at this rate, I would have to! Any loss is a good loss and 9 in 3 weeks is above and beyond what many people will lose. You are not doing anything wrong. Please do not get discouraged now, because when you're at where I am and have only 10 pounds left, you'll…

Ehh...I think in many cases, if they are close friends, one or both of them has a thing for each other. This has happened to me with guys who I thought were just friends...it was just a matter of time until they told me! I think though, for more casual buddies, not necessarily. I have tons of guy friends, some of whom have…

If you gained fat, ^^^ that is why. If you weighed yourself the day after working out, it was probably water weight, muscles retain water after you work them.

^^ this. There's like space for 20-some foods I think in the frequently used foods tab, also there's the recently used tab with the same amount. I eat mostly whole foods and I haven't had a problem.

Nope. I was dead average until maybe around senior year of high school, even just around 150 then. Then I gained 50 in college :sad: But now I'm only 6 lbs away from being 150 again, hoping to get to 135!

The "questions only" and any threads where you have to say something about the person above really bug me, because theyre never in order!

This is definitely true for some people - I'm short and eat around 1500 to lose. But you are WAY more active than me ( and probably most people) I maybe workout an hour a day at best and there's no way I take 30000 steps - maybe 10000 and I'm a teacher, so on my feet for several hours a day, and I maintain at 2000. I don't…

You won't be able to actually chew anything for at least a day...I couldn't even talk for six hours after mine. Just enjoy all the soups and smoothies you can and you'll be fine in like 3 days.

I'm in Romania...luckily it seems that Romanians are using MFP because I've been able to find things in the database 90% of the time! I also have an active job that takes up a lot of my time, so here are my suggestions. -If you are on your own, cook in advance for the week, I'd eat fast food all the time if I didn't…

Though his letter was poorly phrased, I think it's fine to want an attractive partner...however, where is this man located? I see plenty of hot older single women all the time where I'm from, so I have to wonder, what is he putting out there that's not making the hot ladies come to him? I have a hard time believing they…

I'll join, that's all I have left to lose!

Only if I'm hungry for them. I usually eat between 1500-1700 a day so I don't worry too much about this, plus I'm never burning more than 400 a day.

Haha, mine too! I'm waiting for Christmas to get some new ones and to get down one more size...being between sizes SUCKS. Good thing I like skirts and dresses!

THANK YOU! I hate it when people say, "oh, so-and-so can eat anything they want and not gain weight". Yeah, because they eat as much as THEY want, not as much as YOU want. You do not know if someone really eats 1500 calories a day or 5000 unless you follow them around seeing every single thing they eat. I used to eat the…

I used to think I just wasn't a sweaty person when I did the elliptical and stationary bike for cardio. Now I run, and I sweat through 2 sports bras. If you're pushing yourself hard enough, you will sweat!

I saw a 2 in front of the weight on my scale. I knew I had been hovering around it, but seeing it with my own eyes...it's been almost 2 years now since then.

Bananas. I swear they're in every healthy dessert and breakfast recipe. I just...can't with bananas. The texture, the smell...ugh. I think it's genetic because my mom hates them too.

Oh yay, this again...

"I have kids" - yeah, because no one could possibly work out if they have kids...oh wait, yes you can! "I don't have time" - no. just no. we all have the same amount of time in a day, if you want something bad enough you will find the time. someone busier than you is working out right now.

Heaviest - 200+ Not sure, I had been dieting for a few weeks when I saw 200 on the scale Lightest - 7 lbs 10 oz. But really though, how to calculate this? When I was 18 I was around 155, I think I was done growing around 14 though, and I was about 125-130 then Current - 156 Goal - 145 Ultimate goal - 135