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Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream. That stuff was awesome. And I wish Diet Code Red Mountain Dew wasn't so hard to find. I know they still make it, but I never see it.

Do you have any of the little measuring cups that come with liquid cold medicine? (Nyquil, cough syrup, etc.) Most of those show the amount in tablespoons and milliliters.

I have multiple ways of tracking myself, and the scale is probably the most insignificant of them. Measurements, progress photos, fitness goals, and how clothes fit matter a lot more to me than whatever number happens to represent the gravitational pull on my body at any given moment.

Psychologically, maintaining is harder for me. There's so much positive reinforcement built in with losing that it's an adjustment from the highs of fitting into new clothes, seeing the number drop on the scale, getting compliments to same old, same old. No one ever says, "Hey, congrats on staying the same size for a year.…

If I'm hurting THAT bad, I'd eat at/near maintenance and wait it out. I can handle a calorie deficit much easier if I'm feeling good, and exercise helps keep me feeling good. If I'm hurting AND can't exercise AND can't eat as much, I'm not someone anyone wants to be around.

Pick up some of these. I love my Good Eater Award. :blush: But seriously (although I am serious about my Good Eater Award), just take the time to do things you enjoy. Bubble baths, good books, a new haircut, whatever. And sometimes that can be food. I celebrate with cake and ice cream. Hell, I make cake and ice cream part…

I think this is why I can see progress better in a photo than the mirror. I'm far less critical of other people than myself, so seeing myself looking slightly different, I can be more objective. Like my brain thinks, "That's not me. That just someone who resembles me."

At your age, height and weight, I had very low lean mass, but I was still really tiny, because ... 5'5 and 110 pounds IS tiny. Are you sure you're actually seeing yourself the way you really look?

Changing how much exercise you SAY you'll do won't change your calorie goal or your expected weight loss. Using MFP's method, it only counts exercise towards your calorie goal after you've logged it. If you're inconsistent with your exercise, it's a great motivation to keep at it. If you've got a set routine, you might…

First off, find out the details on having alterations made to your dress. You don't want to have it not fit properly. For most clothes - jeans, blouses, skirts, dresses - an exact fit isn't as important. You can still wear jeans if they're a little too tight or a little too lose. A gown? Not so much. Then, I'd recommend…

I was just about to say the same thing.

I wouldn't count regular housework, but maybe above and beyond the normal household maintenance. Like a deep cleaning, where you move the furniture and are climbing ladders to clean the ceiling fan blades, but not regular tidying up. Going by a TDEE approach might work better for you than MFP's NEAT + exercise calories.

After maintaining about 3 years, I was burned out on logging, and that happened right around the time I lost my brother and depression took hold, and just didn't care anymore about calories and weight, and stopped exercising. I probably would have been ok with not logging my food if I'd kept up the exercise, especially…

There's no consistency in clothing sizes. Even in the same brand and style, two items can fit differently. This was taken a couple years ago, on the same day, in clothing sized two to ten.

If you really believe you have excess weight on your thighs, eat near maintenance and lift heavy. The number on the scale might not change much, but your body shape will. And it will take longer than a month. Losing 10 pounds in a month when you're already small is a recipe for disaster.

Don't run the same route on a predictable schedule. I run in some fairly isolated areas and trails. I feel perfectly safe doing that because... what's the chances of someone waiting behind a big rock with a rag, chloroform and a set of ropes for that one random day that one random person might possibly run past? I stand a…

Personally, I think perceived success begets success. If you think you're doing well, you'll continue to do well. So make sure you set goals that you can achieve. You don't have much weight to lose. Only 9 pounds by your ticker. That means your eating habits aren't THAT bad. You don't need to make a complete overhaul of…

Near. A little under or a little over is fine.

In width? Or circumference? Makes a difference.

Both extremes - heat and cold - will affect your pace and endurance. It's normal. I hate the cold, but I'd rather run in the cold (unless it's in the teens or single digits Fahrenheit) than above 80F. If I miss the window of opportunity to run earlier in the day when it's not as hot, I'll go for a hike in the shade…

I'm losing at 2000 calories a day.

It depends in individual preferences. I like the "free run" in the ZR5k plan. I've been running for several years, but I prefer tossing in walk intervals as/if needed rather than on a set time frame. The walk intervals in C25K are way longer than I need or want.

In addition to making sure you're logging correctly... don't put so much value on the scale. With as little weight as you want to lose (6 pounds), you might not see or even need to see much of a change on the scale. If your measurements are going down, that's really all that counts. The increase in exercise (you said you…

My lazy 20 pound Pekingese eats more than 500 calories a day. You need significantly more than a toy breed, low energy dog. I'm about your goal weight, at about 140 pounds and 5'5. But I'm more than twice your age and I bet not as active. I'm losing weight on 2000 calories a day.

I don't have a squat rack (lift at home, no room for one), and did front squats until it got too heavy to clean, then switched to hack squats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdtaJRBqwes

I've had some ups and downs over the last 5 years, with some bouts of injury and depression and apathy in the mix. 5'5, currently about 140-ish and almost 43 years old.

I started running when I was your age. I never ran before, aside from times I was forced to in phys ed class twenty years earlier. I wanted to run, but always thought either you could, or you couldn't. I didn't know you had to learn how to run: how to pace yourself, how to breathe. When my brother and niece started running…

I'm convinced there's a subset to Murphy's Law about weight loss and losing last from the place you want to lose most, and losing first from the places you don't want to lose at all. (Yes, boobs, I'm talking about you.)

From https://www.facebook.com/tonyposnanski/posts/10152909820587712

I'm healthy and fit, and while I'm currently carrying a little excess body fat, even when I'm at > 20% BF (I don't like how I look leaner than that), I can pound down nachos and pretzels like it's nobody's business. As well as pancakes, bacon cheeseburgers, pizza, donuts, candy bars, ice cream, yadda yadda yadda.