BethanyCee

Hi, Team 7! My name is Bethany, I'm 24. I've been overweight for pretty much my entire life. Earlier this year I decided I wasn't happy with my lifestyle and just wasn't feeling comfortable, so I made some common sense changes that slowly snowballed into active weight loss. I'm not sure where I was at my heaviest, but I'm…

I started 3/28 and I have lost 37lbs so far.

I'm in!

Judging people based on their weight in either direction is crap. Just focus on yourself and brush off their comments. You seem to be doing very well for yourself. :)

There's this thing on your mouse, it allows you to scroll right past things you don't want to read. it's pretty cool, you should check it out.

You look wonderful! We seem to be on about the same schedule, only I'm about a month behind you. You give me hope. :)

1. What is your usual weekly grocery budget? How many people are you feeding? I spend about $80-$90 a week. Though I can normally stretch it out for a week and a half. This is for one person, but keep in mind I also live in an INCREDIBLY expensive area. Food costs in the NYC area are absolutely outrageous. When I visit my…

Your body can fluctuate over 3lbs a day alone, so you might want to think about adjusting your goal so it's a range. For example, I have 150 listed as my goal, but ideally I'd like to be in the 140-150 range. It's a perfectly healthy range for my height and it gives some wiggle room since it's near impossible to maintain…

It's not just you, but the world would be better if there were less people who thought like that. I think that whole attitude is extremely harmful.

I need more buddis too! Sent you a request. :)

You can fluctuate 3-5lbs in a single day, even with using the same scale. My sister's scale is always much nicer to me than my scale! But I go by mine since it's what I use regularly. it's about progress, not a specific number. :)

I've been losing more than 2lbs a week, but the amount is slowly getting smaller each week. But I also have a lot to lose, so it's not too surprising. I lost 2lbs last week and I'm (hoping!) thinking that will be my average for a while before I hit a plateau.

When I was at my worst at the beginning of this year, I was eating a huge bowl of pasta for dinner and following it with half a bag of chips. Not every night, but pretty close. I was really feeling like I had no control of my life and was feeling so much shame. About two months of that is what kickstarted me into my new…

I've been very fortunate in that both my parents are very supportive about my choices in terms of diet & exercise. My father is even picking up the bill for my gym membership since the only one near me is CRAZY expensive and I'm on a budget. But sometimes people are just thoughtless. For example, one time after I dyed my…

I know sometimes the heat makes me feel extra lazy. Like last night I got home from a walk and instead of making dinner I just ate hummus and pita, because I was all 'but it' soooo hot I don't wanna make dinner :(" I also find it hard to work in excercise time just because I'm so much more social in the summertime. I'm…

I think the best thing to do is just keep with it. If you have an off day, don't sweat it. Each day is a new chance. Do your best to log everything. It will keep you motivated and give you a much better sense of what you're eating. And don't be afraid to reach out for support. MFP is a great community and people are always…

I live in NYC and I think all the walking has been what's helped me the most in my effort to lost weight - even more than the hours I log in at the gym! I'd say just try to avoid the subway as much as you can and put in as much time on foot as possible. Not only will it save you money, but you'll get to see more and you…

But then you also have people like Professor Mark Haub, who went on a twinkie diet and lost 27 lbs. Granted, he ate veggies, protein shakes, and took vitamin pills too, but at the end of the day dude still lost weight and bettered several other health markers. http://www.geekosystem.com/twinkie-diet/ Does that mean you can…

I think it depends? When I started, that's how I felt. But clothing sizes go much, much more slowly than the scale. And at my size, I'm unlikely to go up because of a some trips to the gym added muscle. Now I do weigh in once a week and I find it helps me track my progress. I do have to watch out for getting into that…

The thing is, it has to be his decision. You can't make that choice for him. It might take him more time than it did for you. I know for a long time I hated even discussing weight or eating habits until one day, it just clicked into place for me. I really had to come to that on my own though. The best thing you can do is…

It gave me 147 lbs, which is just 3 under my goal weight. I'd say that's pretty good!

I think I'm a vase. My hips aren't quite large enough for hourglass and my shoulders are too slim for the cello. But what sealed it was the suggestion for the scoop neck tops, I look awesome in scoop neck tops. :D

I lost somewhere around 10lbs my first month (I unfortunately didn't weigh myself at the time, so I'm not positive where my starting weight was - I just made a rough estimate.) It really depends on how much you have to lose. If you have a lot to lose, you can probably expect to see results like that within the first month.…

Once a week. If you can do it every day without getting upset by fluctations, that's great, but there's no way I can do that. I know no matter how logical I'd try to be about it, the numbers would get to me. So I just do it once a week and so far it's working for me. I think it gives me a much better sense of my over all…

Have you been very stressed lately? Stress can do a lot of really crazy things to your body, including hair loss.

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It's great that you're happy with the lifestyle changes you've made! But I don't think it's fair or okay to judge other people's diet. Just focus on what you're doing and your progress, it will be much more satisfying.

Weekly, definitely! Your weight can fluctuate a lot from day to day, doing it once a week will give you a much better sense of progress. If you are set on weighing in daily, then only record it once a week.

This may be a little gross, but I go by urine color. if your urine is dark, it most likely means you're not getting enough water. If you drink lots of water, your urine is a healthy light color. It's related to how hydrated you are and is an easy way to judge. If you're drinking a ton of diet coke and it's light, then it's…

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