mckshowie Member

bump. i haven't had success at any calorie attempt. started at 1200, tried 1300, am trying 1400... nothing. i just sit pretty at 138-140.

preach on, sister.

youre going to hear one of two things... eat more or your sodium is too high. but what i want to say is, good for you for working so hard. that is a great accomplishment - even if the scale doesn't reflect what you think it should. my scale is budging. ive been hovering between 140 and 136 since i started this journey at…

i guess im missing something - water is water, bubbles or not. and it was my understanding that seltzer water was just regular water... with bubbles. no sodium or anything. why would the bubbles have an effect on how much water you're consuming?

i couldnt agree with this post more! i have lost next to 0 real pounds on the scale and sometime feel discouraged about that... but i know i can run farther, faster, and my clothes fit better. so i hold on to that because that's what's truly important.

i just recently baked those chocolate chewies from whole foods... and according to labels and sites ive found, they're 70 calories/cookie. i, too, am a chocoholic. every day i end up eating SOMETHING chocolate.

hard boiled eggs. hands down, my favorite snack. i actually, sometimes, put some frozen peppers and a hardboiled egg in a container... add some garlic salt and cayenne... and make an "egg salad".

i actually just bought some and am awaiting their arrival. i'm gluten intolerant so i haven't had a REAL noodle in years... so i don't imagine texture will be an issue for me :) and i've read that they pick up the flavor of the sauce or the seasonings. so as long as they taste like marinara or garlic, works for me!

totally agree! i was recently told i had really great arms and it made my DAY! all my hard work is paying off for me... and people are noticing!

This may not be helpful... but to motivate myself, I kind of try to trick myself... I tell myself that all I have to do is 10 minutes of light exercise. 10 minutes that's it... and that usually turns into 15... or 20... or 100 more calories. Just start small. Maybe a 10 minute walk. Then you gotta turn around and come…

i wouldn't freak out just yet... if you call the doctor and say your period is a week late they'll ask if you took a pregnancy test and likely tell you to wait it out. when i started all this and made all the adjustments... mine was 12 days late.

chips and dip and french fries.

if you run to music... you tend to run about 15% faster and work harder. and you can't hear yourself huffing and puffing...

because i have a gluten intolerance, i actually make mini pizzas in portobello mushroom caps. they.are.awesome.

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that first one made me laugh out loud. so great.

im probably a bad person to ask, but i don't really understand the "eating just to eat" mentality. if you're hungry, eat. if you're not, don't worry about it. if you weren't tracking your calories you would have no idea that's how many calories you ate today... and you wouldn't have eaten anything because you weren't…

you know, i wondered that the last couple weeks. and i thought it might actually vary per person because of my lack of loss and others giant losses. thank you for that link.

i like this. i like this a lot. my loss has been slow as well and this is just the kind of attitude we all need to adopt.

i just eat it. in smaller quantities. life is short. and then, if you're really feeling guilty about it, you'll get off your butt and go work out. which is great for you anyway.

i actually STILL have that. 140. as soon as i get there, i know i have to face it. 139.8 and im fine... but 140 and it starts all over again. my new goal is to just maintain a healthy lifestyle so that number never creeps back into my life. i'm 136 now and on the right track.

gluten free oatmeal truvia cinnamon fage 0% greek yogurt almonds

this sounds silly, but periodically throughout the day sometimes i move my feet/legs up and down rapidly like a football drill. it uses my core muscles to keep my toes off the ground and my leg muscles going up and down as fast as i can for 30 seconds. i also sometimes sit on my feet and use my stomach muscles to rotate my…

ive read that as long as you don't push the buttons while in the water - you're good to go.

bump. im curious about this, too. i HAVE a heart rate monitor and when i workout and feel like im ACTUALLY exercising, my heart rate is outside of my 'zone'... if i stay in the zone, i don't feel like i'm doing anything.

i put it in my smoothies.

this just made me laugh out loud. no to laugh at your misfortunes or anything...

if you're speaking of beverages of the adult variety... they may seem boring, but they do the trick... vodka and water... a little lemon, a little lime... you've got yourself a tasty drink. scotch and water... very common in my family with the old man folk other than that, if you're out, keeping it low cal/low sugar/no…

I didn't think they were, but thank you for the insight. I am just curious of the calories I'm actually burning throughout the day rather than basing it on the generic for my height and weight.

vanity weight or health conscious weight... it doesn't matter. and really, the vanity weight is harder to lose. do this for you.