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I'm in! This is perfect for me since I am currently trying to kick my chocolate habit so I could use some accountability haha

I'm in! Is there a challenge group for this this that we can join ?

You lost it most likely because you are eating at a calorie deficit therefore you are not eating enough to fuel your body so your body is going to stop any unnecessary "calorie expensive" processes that are not vital to life, such as reproductive processes. I have lost my period at different weights/body compositions and…

Just don't buy sweets so you don't have them around tempting you to eat them. If you force yourself to stop eating them eventually you'll stop craving them. Make sure you're eating protein based meals as well as protein is satiating so it will help reduce your cravings. You could try eating sweetened protein shakes or…

I thought I had this problem too, until I realized I wasn't accurately measuring my food intake. Measuring cups are not sufficient enough to measure your foods.. they are only accurate for liquids. You need to weigh your foods, and you will probably realize that you are eating more than you thought you did. But again, if…

Okay I really don't care to argue about how much muscle I've built or not. And yes I realize that eating maintenance is fine to give your body a break, but I thought I would take advantage of eating more and build some muscle if I was going to eat more calories, therefore I decided to bulk, instead of just halting my…

My body fat % has not increased, but my overall weight has increased so I'm pretty certain I didn't gain just a 1 lb of muscle. Regardless I wasn't intending on building a ton of muscle, I only started bulking to give my body a break from being in a calorie deficit, so that's why I'm not bulking for any longer because I…

I know I gained 5 lbs. But like I explained earlier, I didn't start immediately bulking.. I slowly increased my calories until I got to around 2300 net calories, and I didn't weigh myself until recently so I'm not sure when I started to gain weight, therefore I am not sure what would be considered maintenance and a surplus…

Well, I just chose a calorie amount that seemed like it would be high enough for a bulk, so I didn't base it off of my TDEE. But I gradually increased my calories to this amount.. I think I probably was bulking at around 2300 net calories or so, not completely sure since I wasn't accurately calculating how many calories I…

I started out as a 34 D, then went to a 32 DD (band size got smaller, not cup size), and now I'm a 32 D as my cup size finally got smaller. How much your boobs will shrink just depends on the individual, because some people lose fat from the boobs easily while others don't.

Well, from what I read, heart rate monitors are only accurate for cardiovascular activity, not weight lifting. Here's an article that discusses why.. http://livehealthy.chron.com/can-heart-rate-monitors-measure-calories-weight-lifting-4910.html

I'm not quite in my 20's yet (I'm 19 :p)! But I am on my way to getting ripped and I'm also a Kinesiology student (and becoming a Physician's Assistant eventually). I mostly do boxing & kickboxing and lift heavy! :D

I'm not sure if this helps since my situation is different since I am not on BC, but for a while when I was exercisng excessively and not eating enough my period was really irregular and I would rarely get a real period, I just spotted for a while, but once I started eating more again my period started to come back again…

Basically the story of my life... I think that about pretty much everything that I do. :p lol

I can tell that I'm at my goal weight when I'm happy with myself and how I look. Which is what you should be focused on, not a number...

I feel the same way.. I feel like I haven't made much of a difference in my body but when I look at my before/progress pictures there is a huge difference! But I feel like I'm never going to be satisfied with myself and I'm always going to think that I don't look thin enough :/

I feel exactly like you. My original weight loss goal was to lose 10 lbs but once I lost that I decided to lose more weight because I didn't realize that 10 lbs didn't make that much of a difference.. so then I lost 20 lbs. And I still wasn't happy with myself, so I wanted to lose 10-15 more lbs.. and it's been 6 months…

The scale really doesn't mean anything.. which is why I avoid weighing myself as much as possible because it just frustrates me. The scale rarely ever moves down for me, and often it goes up even though I've been getting smaller! Which is due to gaining muscle while losing fat, which is what you should be aiming for! So…

I have the same problem.. I've lost around 20 lbs or so and most of my pants and shorts just fit better (which could have been because I might have needed to wear a bigger size originally), but I have some pairs of pants/shorts that I fit into now that I wasn't able to fit into before. I don't think my pant size is going…

I think that's really good progress for only 3.5 weeks! I've been trying to lose my last 10 lbs for months now, I've only lost probably about 3 lbs this whole year.. it's been so difficult for me to get these last 10 lbs off.

Everyone loses weight differently, and "starvation mode" really does happen to some people. I personally found that "starvation mode" is real for me. When I was chronically under eating and doing a ton of cardio, my weight loss completely stopped for months and I lost my period. One would think that I would lose weight by…

I think it depends on if you are meant to have a "chubby" face or not. I have always had chubby cheeks.. and after losing about 25 lbs they have slimmed down a bit and my cheeks are more defined but nothing super drastic. But some people lose face fat really easily but I don't because I'm meant to have chubby cheeks.. I'm…

Because that's how it is in our culture. But men still have more opportunity in the US than women, we still aren't completely equal so I think that men should at least still be the ones who pay for dates. They shouldn't have everything in their favor in my opinion. But people often split the bill for dates and in…

I don't know why everyone is saying that you can't build muscle and lose fat because I definitely have.. I haven't been building insane amounts of muscle or anything which I guess would require a calorie surplus but I've still built muscle while on a calorie deficit. I just do strength training regularly, and so when your…

There's no way to keep your boobs, unless you don't want to lose weight. So it's either keep your boobs or lose your fat, you have to decide which one you want more :p

What might help motivate you is that when you have a lot of weight to lose, usually once you start dieting it flies off fast. The last few lbs are really the hardest to lose!

What frustrates me is when you are working so hard and doing everything "right" and you aren't getting any results what so ever.. it's like what's the point of working so hard when you aren't even getting any results from it? It just makes me want to give up. :/

You probably just naturally do not have much of a waistline, it doesn't mean you are fat, it is just your natural body shape.

It definitely effected mine.. once I started exercising a lot and not eating enough it stopped for a couple of months but then it finally came back this month, after I hadn't been exercising or dieting really this past month. That's the only thing that has ever really stopped my period, I have gotten it every month for…

I love berries too! Especially raspberries and blackberries I can't get enough of them! I haven't tried actual goji berries but I've tried dried chocolate covered ones that were good.