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You seem like you'd be a jokester!

Oh dang, I had beef tendon maybe 3 weeks ago? I didn't care too much about protein at that time so I'm going to go back and check what my protein levels were like that day. Thanks!

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! I'll definitely give some of these a try and perhaps get a little creative when putting together my snacks! Until I can go shopping on the weekend, it'll be eggs, milk, and meat, ahahah!

I feel like I am returning a few too many times but OP, if you do choose to follow the advice here on MFP, I found a popular blog post from today talking about this exact problem. Perhaps anyone else who is hitting this roadblock would find it helpful:…

At your request, everything we have said in this thread so far is a (highly recommended) suggestion to you. I'm repeating myself, but it is up to you to consider the possibility that what you are experiencing is not really that complicated. Perhaps it would be helpful to consider what we are saying before saying there is…

Have you been documenting EVERYTHING (sauces, broths, veggies, suspected oils, fats, sugar, drinks besides water)? I have always thought it was hard for me to lose weight while growing up and I was generally pretty active. My idea of how much I was eating was off, though. As soon as I began measuring and tracking…

I really really like beets! I noticed quite a few people have said they don't like it! Generally, I like pretty much any vegetable. There are a few exceptions, though: Kale (I have tried it in all forms, multiple times) Celery (Will only eat them if it has been pulverized in soup) And a vegetable called "Tong Ho Choy" in…

For every one of my previous weight loss attempts, it was to look better and perhaps appear more approachable (Something like that. My self-esteem was almost nonexistent). Today, I have been at this exercising and eating better thing for about 3 months now. This is longer than any other time I had tried losing weight! I…

It is possible to lose weight while learning how to moderate your intake of "unhealthy" foods. I absolutely love my fruits and veggies, but I also really like pastries! So for the most part, I I eat "clean" meals that are homecooked. However, if I crave a cake or something, I'll let myself have a small piece. It might be…

I agree with Yagisama! I am also 22 and about to transition in my life soon (graduating university in a year) I've been trying to focus on making lasting changes, rather than the weight on the scale. If it might help give you an idea of what I've been doing, I set a time goal rather than a weight goal. On MFP, I was…

I wouldn't eat "badly" as in whole pizzas or entire family orders of KFC, but I did eat a TON of rice. I wouldn't eat until I came home from school at around 9pm, so I'd cook up a huge pot of rice, a big frying pan full of the "whatever" stuff in the fridge and eat it all while watching cartoons to unwind from the day. I…

Sweeeeet! :D I don't think that is a small NSV at all! You've reached a running milestone!

Yay! I bet it feels great when people around you have started to notice!

I began here after remembering what my friend told me about MFP. I had been losing a fair amount in the 1 1/2 months before MFP. Then, it suddenly stopped for about three weeks. I figured it must've been my increased appetite and my body trying to go back to equilibrium. I didn't have a good idea of what portion control…

I already ate pretty "clean" from a food standpoint. My portions, however, were through the roof. Rice is my main grain, and I ate A LOT of it. I did have a sugar vice. Today, I still have my sugar fix everyday, but I eat a lot less of it. I've been losing weight consistently and my hunger and portion sizes has been tamed…

We're very casual, since I work at a warehouse. The only important thing is to wear your back brace, gloves, and closed-toe shoes when it is a heavy moving day! Otherwise, I'm mostly sitting at my desk working on paperwork in my sandals, shorts, and sweatshirt. C: Though if I plan on making a trip to our corporate offices,…

Ahah! This is my style of humor! I would love to troll people in the future!

This! I also have just made a time goal of "I will live more healthily by exercising and watching my portions for 6 months." I still focus on my main responsibilities first and foremost, which is school and work. On the side, I have been exercising and making intentional decisions about what I eat. Life has still been…

Good job! For some reason, your story put a smile on my face even though I am not married! I think I just felt the same joy you did. C: Again, good work and keep on trucking!

100 grams of sugar is A LOT. I personally think that it was a good choice not to drink it because you hadn't originally planned for such a large amount of sugar and extra calories.

One way I like to think about weight loss is this: It took me about 10-15 years to get to the weight I am now. If it'll take me 1-2 years to clean up my act to lose that weight and learn a new lifestyle -- and make it sustainable, I think it's a total deal to be able to lose what I did to myself in this amount of time!…

I am straight but I have always been interested in human sexuality. I think a thing that threw a wrench in the system for me was that I am Christian and was raised to look down on the LGBT community and the "behaviors" that came along with it. I was told to "love the sinner, but hate the sin." It makes me very sad that I…

I agree with this. I feel like many of us with weight issues have been given a lot of crap from those around us about our weight. That could've happened at school, work, with the family or even within ourselves. What did we do when we heard hurtful things? Ignore them and continue onwards with an unhealthy lifestyle. Why…

Oh, you mentioned something that would work well! Using clothes as a point of reference is super encouraging. C: If you are feeling a bit better with your self-image now, it's not too late to start documenting the process visually. I was SUUUUUPER uncomfortable with confronting my before picture with the gut. I couldn't…

Oh, I see. Thanks for letting me know! It's interesting that you mention all this information. It actually helps me with this feeling of uncertainty. I had been consistently taking it easier and focusing on eating normally the day before the weighing in.

It's so much fun! It doesn't make you drop inches like, say, Insanity, but I think the strong point in Hip Hop Abs is that it is totally fun! I think most people are more likely to be consistent with this program just because Shaun T is engaging and fun in this series. I did see results, though. I lost 2 inches and 5…

I agree with everything you've said! I love being able to pass the local Foster's Freeze and say to myself, "Yes, I can have that vanilla cone today because I've taken a 70-minute walk and ate a smaller lunch!" I feel free, haha!

Yes, the best thing to do is to keep moving forward! C: I also had a couple of botchey pictures that made it seem as if my body hasn't been transforming. A lot of us started losing weight without too much of a plan, so it's okay if something like our first before photo isn't really ideal. If I might add, I see a difference…

Oh my gosh, you and I are very similar! C: I am 5'1" and 132 pounds at the moment. When I cleaned up my diet and did Hip Hop Abs every morning, I saw some small results one week after. It was very slight. I saw that my belly didn't look as "bloated" as before. Instead of something resembling a beer gut, it looked more like…

Honestly speaking, I feel like these pictures are hard to discern any significant differences because the environment and lighting conditions of each photo are very different. In the first, I have soft, bathroom lighting and a lot of blur that might be distorting your actual size. The second one is a harsh, high contrast…