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Feel free to add me too. I'm looking to drop just over 100 at this point, and more friends are always fun!

I've been gluten free for a few years now, and like others have said, it's a lot easier now than when I started out since it's gone so mainstream. If you're into baking at all, my personal favorite recipe source is glutenfreeonashoestring.com/. Also, my personal favorite pizza dough ever is chebe bread (I usually buy the…

I haven't found the worksheet yet, so I'll keep looking, thank you. :) I figure maybe I should just stick to lightly active then since it kinda balances the work days and the more sedentary days, especially since I've gotten used to the mfp method of eating back exercise (not sure how to average my workouts since they tend…

For hitting the cardio machines, my personal preference is the treadmill, though I do have to stay aware that it's not hurting my knees or anything. Definitely also try the elliptical though if you can. It's lower impact, and I'd absolutely use it more if I didn't fail so hard at it. :P The bike's also pretty easy to start…

I'm at about 226 right now, so I'm pretty close. So far, I keep coming back to the same stuff since it's what I enjoy. I do a fair amount of yoga (mostly off youtube or dvds for now, though I have taken classes in the past), and do wii dance, zumba, and treadmill running for my cardio (I don't trust myself enough yet to…

I'm closer to #2 in that I tend to believe that the best fitness and diet plan is the one you'll actually stick to. I tried subscribing to #1 once, and all it did was burn me out within a few months, though I also realize it's the perfect fit for some people. I'd also say that weight loss comes primarily from eating at a…

Here's some of the stuff I either already do or keep intending to do next time I need something to do. Watch a favorite movie or tv show (water or tea help fill the need for a movie snack for me) Do something crafty Start an art journal Scan or scrapbook some of your old photos Play computer/video games (either free…

I've got a couple. One was, after taking a short hiatus from yoga (was attempting to focus more on bodyweight and finally realized that yoga's easier to stick to for now), I came back to it a month later and some of the poses were suddenly a lot easier! I'm still a total newbie at it, but now I can do stuff like raise my…

Yep, sometimes I get the urge for some late night snacking too, and first thing I check is whether or not I've eaten enough that day. Oftentimes I'm either running low, in which case a small meal or a serving of nuts can really help, or I blew most of my calories on lunch or something. Next thing is to make sure I'm…

Just consistently tracking made a huge difference for me (it's harder to grab a handful of chips when you remember you have to log it later :P) and eventually you kinda get out of the habit. I'm a huge distracted snacker though who loves something to snack on while doing other stuff, and just keeping a supply of water…

If it's just the texture of peanut butter you don't like, you might try mixing it into a smoothie. Sometimes for a snack I'll mix together a serving of peanut butter, one or two bananas and a bit of milk to make it more drinkable, though the milk's pretty optional. Otherwise, nothing wrong with straight up nuts, eggs or…

Yep, significant weight gain in a relatively short period of time can be a major red flag for various possibilities (depression being a big one as already mentioned). My gain was similar, and in looking back, I'm still surprised my doctor never bothered to mention it. In your friend's case, it could very well be a…

I don't exactly shop around for a future size (only exception would be either hard to find stuff or seasonal items that I expect to need before I can find them again, and even then I'll only go down one or two sizes), but admittedly about half the cute outfits I've pinned onto Pinterest would never work on my current body.…

Yep, so far I'm mostly watching portion sizes/counting calories while trying to work on hitting my macros. I've adjusted a few things as I went based on medical needs (cutting back on sugar, adding more healthy fats, etc), but I definitely still allow myself to splurge. Right now my big goal is incorporating more veggies…

Yep, agreeing with everyone else. I got fitted at Lane Bryant a while back (when I'd first put on the weight so I had no clue what I needed), and I had the opposite problem where she refused to believe I could be above a certain cup size (go figure, the cup size she gave me had a lot more bra options there than what I…

I'm still at 2/week (trying to loosely follow the commonly quoted goal recommendations around here), and that puts me just over 1600 right now, though admittedly some days I'm better at hitting that than others. I see 1200 as a bare minimum for the day, with the goal number as the ideal to get up to so I have enough energy…

The first thing I thought of was bodypositiveyoga.com/ I believe she also has a youtube channel where she demonstrates modifications for a few things like child's pose or a basic sun salutation, though her main site covers all that pretty well. Personally, I pretty much jumped into yoga and discovered the poses my body…

I discovered today that the only reason my pants still kinda fit is because I kept buying a partial-elastic-waist style which keeps it a bit snug around the waist. I tried on one of my no-elastic pants out of curiosity, and there's no way I'd try wearing those out of the house now. :P I'm thinking they'd be perfect to save…

I'm not one of those who's created a thread or anything (1200's easy enough for me though I'm shooting higher), but personally, I got most of the weight in less than a year (recently going off certain medication probably helped speed things up in my case), and somehow maintained it via a lot of unhealthy/sugary binge…

If you have a regular wii and want dance games, definitely look into the Just Dance games. 1-4 were released on the wii (4 has a few U-specific songs, but I'm getting plenty of fun out of it on my old-school wii :P). Just Dance 3 has a sweat mode and rates songs by effort as well as difficulty; Just Dance 4 replaced that…

I personally love the Blogilates and the Fitness Blender channels. Cassey on Blogilates is all kinds of fun while still giving you an intense pilates-based workout, and Fitness Blender simply has a lot of great routines of a variety of types and lengths.

Honestly, I only just started actually wanting to lose my weight after joining up here. Initially I just wanted to keep accountable for my exercise since I had some fitness goals, went ahead and started logging my meals to help control the binging, and next thing I knew I suddenly cared about losing. Obviously that's not…

I'm temporarily in a similar spot right now with limited time and energy to spend on proper workouts, and I've been relying pretty heavily on some of the shorter workout routines on youtube. Fitness Blender has some great ones, as do several other channels out there depending on what you enjoy. Yoga's also worked pretty…

I'm about 22 pounds down so far, and my experience has been that measurement-wise I've dropped a good couple of sizes, especially on the bottom, but it's not really showing in my current wardrobe beyond fitting looser (or "better" as you said). My pants fit loose, but not enough to warrant replacing them, and my tops…

I second YouTube. I've been able to find free workouts on there for pretty much any type of exercise from yoga to kickboxing to bodyweight training, and you could probably even mix some of the shorter ones into playlists for more full-length workouts if you need to. I've found plenty of dance and Zumba routines on there if…

I actually kinda like seeing girls my size instructing fitness classes or videos. It helps me feel a bit less intimidated since I'm still a bit new to working out, and for stuff like yoga, it gives me a better idea of how a larger body like mine is supposed to handle some of the poses. I realize not everyone's like that,…

Sometimes you'll see celiacs start losing weight after going gluten-free, but that's more because they're eating something that doesn't mess up their digestive system rather than some magic with the diet itself, and even then the effect on weight varies a lot. Personally, I'm GF due to an intolerance of some sort, and I…

The social media comparison pretty much sums up why I was so willing to start on here. I already have a few sites I check pretty regularly, and I've been pretty devoted for a couple years now about tracking my reading progress on Goodreads, so as obsessive as it might seem to some, this really wasn't that big of a step for…

Feel free to add me! I'm 27, gluten-free by necessity which adds its own set of challenges, have a bit over 100 to go, and could always use some more friends. :)

Anyone can feel free to add me too. I set my goal at 110 to go, and I'm also just starting out. I'm not sure how useful I'll be on the recipes, at least starting out, but I'm still up for motivation and the like all the same. :)