Sarra33

One unhealthy meal won't make you fat any more than one healthy meal will make you skinny. Everyone has moments/days/weeks when they lose control. It's okay. The best part is that every morning you get to wake up to a new day and start fresh. Everyone has a plan that works for them. I have an end goal of 135 pounds. I am…

If I were in your shoes I would exercise to earn at least 200 cal extra per day. That would put you at 1570 which is around what I eat in a day. My general guidelines are: 300 cal breakfast 300 cal lunch 500-600 cal dinner 300-400 cal spread through the day for snacks Try to get at least 10g and if possible 20-30g of…

I love kitchen gadgets! On the counter: Kettle Keurig Toaster Blender Microwave Bread maker Food scale Kitchen Aid In the cupboard: Waffle maker Ice Cream maker Yonana machine Popcorn Machine Cotton Candy maker Food processor Panini press Immersion blender Deep Fryer 3 crock pots Excalibur 9 tray dehydrator

I have MFP connected to FitBit so my exercise/calorie intake/deficit are calculated over there 3 weeks of the month I aim for a 750 cal deficit each day. That one week of the month I aim for a 500 cal deficit. It isn't so much that I crave sweets (although I do) it's more that I feel starving all the time and just need to…

One thing that I have found over the years is that those 100 calorie snack packs are BAD things for me to have around. Once I get started I can plow through a whole box in 20 minutes flat. Then I've eaten 600 calories and I'm still hungry.

What I eat varies from day to day but there are a few things that I like to have around. Silver Hills Little Big Bread - it's a whole grain bread that is very satisfying but only 110 cal for 2 slices Eggs Thinly sliced ham Cheese Peanut butter Jam (always homemade) 2% milk Honey nut cheerios My go-to breakfast is coffee…

I am on my second trip down from over 160 to my goal weight of 135. Last time I did this (a few years back) it was relatively easy to get down to 145 but then 145-135 took some work. I definitely had to exercise more, raise my protein up to at least 90g/day and drop my carbs down to 35g or less. Then I decided I wanted abs…

I don't know what you weigh to start with but if you start tracking well and getting some exercise you should be able to lose 6-10 pounds between now and then. (With a healthy and sane weight loss goal of 1-1.5 pounds/week.) Can't help you with the skin. My oldest son tried everything we could find for his acne and wound…

I was going to post about the several women I know with 2, 3, 4 and in one case 5 children who have gone on to compete in fitness and body building competitions but I see that's been covered already. I think almost everybody has the potential for ripped abs, it all comes down to whether or not one is willing to do the work…

I aim for 10-12k a day even if that means walking back and forth in my house 100 times in a row. https://www.fitbit.com/user/2VBYLN

I think you just have to figure out what works for you. Veggies and water make me feel hungrier. Especially raw veggies. Not sure why. If I'm feeling unreasonably hungry I need meat and caffeine. I can usually satisfy any hangry feelings with a couple ounces of whatever leftover meat we have in the fridge and a cup of…

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OP: I am a recovering anorexic. I am 5'8" and at your age I had starved myself down to 90 pounds. I have also binged my way up to 165. I am working now on coming down from that right now. If you are truly serious about your recovery I would suggest that you look at a heart rate monitor/fitness tracker (Polaris, Fitbit etc)…

I'm 5'7" and maintained between 130 and 135 for many years. I'm now sitting at 159 and wanting to get back down to 135, it looks great on me. I've been as low as 120 but that's too thin for my frame.

How can you not consider yourself a success story? Look at you! You look amazing!

Good for you!!! I haven't done a 5K yet, I'm still working on the couch to 5 k plan (Zombies, run!) and the most I've done in one session is 4.2 km in 36 minutes. I hope you are very proud of yourself! I hope to be posting a similar thread when I do the Santa Shuffle in December.

Yes. Walk. Start small, park a few extra blocks away from work, or at the far end of the parking lot. Get a pedometer and see how many steps you take on an average day. 10,000 is supposed to be the benchmark but don't even aim for that at first. See what you are at now and then try to add 100 steps every day until you get…

I can't speak for the OP but for me those few moments of weepiness are the runner's high kicking in. When the endorphins hit, I know I've worked through the initial aches and pains, my muscles are warmed up and when that 30 seconds of feeling like I'm going to cry passes I feel like I could run for hours. It's very…

I run 4km three days a week and I occasionally get a bit weepy at the 3km mark. Oddly enough that's also the point at which everything stops hurting and I start feeling like I could run for hours so I'm guessing it's endorphins.

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For me it was a lot of really small things that all added up to just needing to change. 1) I realized I've been yo-yoing in clothing size for a few years but the yo-yo used to go from size 6-8 and in August I started using an elastic band to do up my size 10 pants. 2) My husband worked really hard a couple of years ago and…

Argh. Thoroughly enjoyed this thread earlier today and now can't see any pictures. Where'd they go?

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I personally wouldn't worry about it. Water under the bridge and all that. I ate a 1400 cal dinner last night that put me 840 cal over for the day. My sister and I only get 2-3 chances a year to go out for a meal and a drink. I enjoyed every bite and I'm not worried about it at all. Stress raises cortisol levels, high…

Definitely not for me, I get weepy and irrational any days when my net calories falls below 1200-1300 or I have to go more than 2-3 hours between meals/snacks. As an example I had my whole life planned around a run on Wednesday. I ate a small meal at 6:30, was supposed to run from 8:15-9:00 and then have a protein shake,…

I was eating 1100-1200 net calories a day and was losing weight too fast (4 pounds in the last few days). I think the problems is twofold. I think the calories calculated for my exercise are too low. I have a hard time believing that a 5k run only burns 320 cal but if I put my time and pace in that's all MFP gives me. I…

Well I have determined that 1200 calories is not good for me. I've been sticking to it and eating about half my exercise calories. Last night I was ready to eat my own leg and a sobbing, weepy mess on the couch when hubby was 45 minutes late for work because I was ready to go on a run but I was soooo hungry. I ate a little…

That is helpful thanks, I didn't realize I had my goals set at 1.5 pounds a week. Just dropping it down to 1 pound gave me an extra 160 cal/day.

Interesting. MFP tells me I should be eating 1200 cal, I do my best to excercise for another 300. The Scooby's workshop link tells me I should be eating 1800 cal. I don't have a lot of weight to lose, just that last 10 pounds. I run 35-40 minutes 3 times a week and do weight training 3 days a week which makes up my 300-350…

I can't help you with advice for running at 220 but I am just learning to run 6 months after foot surgery and having never done much cardio. As others upthread have done I will also recommend getting a couch-to-5K program. I am using Zombies, Run! because I like zombies and the commentary in the app is kind of funny but…