soulfire711

I got married when I was 25 to a guy that I met when I was 18. We were friends for 5 years while we dated other people and finally got together when I was 23. We dated for a year, were engaged for a year, and we've been married for 2 years now. We're still together and some people tell us that we're nauseating. I think…

SO TRUE!! I received a similar message from a friend before I started this lifestyle change. We met up with a friend that had lost some weight and I said "Sally looks so good! I'll have to ask her how she lost all that weight!" My friend said "Probably diet and exercise" like it was the most obvious thing in the world. At…

My brother swears by a P90X and Insanity rotation. He also likes to make up his own workouts using the exercises from each program to keep things challenging. I think he's crazy...but it works!

I don't spend a lot of time reading and responding to posts, but I'm glad spent some time with this thread. :-) I can understand how the back and forth defensiveness would get old for those of you that spend a lot of time reading posts, but it was very educational for me. I learned a lot about this community just from…

I've heard that it's common for men to lose a lot at first, especially if you have a lot to lose. There weren't any pics of you on your profile, but depending on your size, 1200 cals might be too low. I agree with the other posters that it could be water weight or muscle...but it doesn't sound too alarming. GOOD LUCK!!!

When I asked a similar question one of my friends posted this. It's delicious!! I share one of my favorite protein rich "recipes" regularly, so you may have seen this one before...Get a whole wheat tortilla and spread 2 Tablespoons of crunchy peanut butter on it and then cover that with a layer of sliced fresh strawberries…

AMEN! I've been trying to dump fast food for a while...I'm so sick of the lies!! They try to convince me that they have healthy options because there's a salad on the menu...I know better now. Those salads sometimes have more calories than the burgers (thanks in large part to the dressing). I just won't deal with it…

OMG! I just ate at Applebee's the other night and I was on MFP for about 20 minutes trying to find SOMETHING that wasn't going to more than double my cals for the day. I ended up going with one of their Weight Watchers meals, but even that was loaded with fat and sodium. Another thing that kills me are the portions! Even…

This post is amazing! I've been looking for a way to log sex since I started MFP. :-) In response to the posts wondering about the calories in sperm: I took a Human Sexuality course in college and I was told that there's a considerable amount of some sugary substance in ejaculate. It provides the energy that the little…

Good for you!!!!! :-)

I was at about 185 and now I'm at 160. I still have some weight to lose before I reach my goal, but most of that 25lbs was lost by logging my food. I did work out some, but it was minimal. I started my fitness pal in Feb and I was at 160lbs by July or Aug. I lost 1-2lbs a week, which I've heard is the best way to do it. I…

Oh my!! I have a hard time keeping my calories between 1200 and 1400...I can't imagine only getting 900 a day!! I have to admit, however, that if I wouldn't have started MFP...I might have been tempted to believe that 900 cals was a good idea. Eat less...lose weight. It seems to make sense. THEN you do it and you discover…

What a jerk. I wouldn't go back! Good luck with your weight loss. Congrats on the 11lbs so far!! :-)

I have the SAME problem!! I wish I had some advise for you, but all that I can offer is some comradery. I'm 5'5" and I was down to 130lbs at one point...and I still had huge thighs! I will be watching this post for tips as well!!!!

I don't know exactly how accurate it is, but I find it useful. I weigh myself every Sunday and I use that number as a guestimation before my weekly weigh-ins. It's pretty close. For example, if most of my days have said "you would weigh 'current weight - 8lbs' in 5 weeks," it's pretty likely that I will lose 1.6lbs that…

I imagine that you'll get a million posts from people far more knowledgeable than I am....but I'll offer my thoughts anyway. :-) Maybe you should eat 5 meals a day instead of 3? My brother-in-law is very serious about a program that trains you to eat 5 or 6 small meals instead of 2 or 3 big meals. It might help relieve the…

Wow! Thanks for the info. I am slightly amused, truly horrified, and thoroughly disgusted.

I'm 5'4" and when I was in college, I weighed about 145. It was next to impossible for me to lose weight too! Unfortunately, I don't have a success story to share. :embarassed: I actually gave up and gained 40 lbs....partly due to frustration and partly due to the stress of grad school. I guess the point is...here I am and…

Have you read the posts about eating your exercise calories? I have a 1200 calorie goal and I thought that I should eat 1200 calories AND workout. Every time I do that, I get a message saying that I might be putting my body in starvation mode. I checked into it and everyone was saying that you're supposed to eat more when…