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This sounds normal. Just add cardio to your workout in the evenings. I usually workout in the gym, but when I don't feel like being around people, I head to the park or exercise in the house. As long as you're doing something, pat yourself on the back is what I say.

I always feel like we should learn from babies. They first crawl then walk then squat. I know strength training is important, but if you haven't really used your body in the past few years, then why not simply start with walking first. Then do as the others suggest. Strength, flexibility, mobility, etc are all important…

I dont think you will see much improvement with your boobs in the future. My breasts are about a quarter of their original size. They are still big but saggy with a lot of loose skin I can just grab. I don't think they will get any better. When I flex my chest muscles my breasts rise about an inch or so, but their sad…

I like black iced coffee, but I don't like how it tastes with sugar free sweeteners and flavorings. I don't know if Starbucks offers sugar free flavorings though. Half a serving of regular flavoring/syrup, a splash of milk, and sugar free sweetener maybe to add flavor to your coffee?

I still feel 300- 450 calories of oatmeal hours after eating it. Maybe give oatmeal a try?

I prefer just keeping up with my calories. Since I usually eat the same things, no need for a food scale anymore. My scale broke months ago, and I haven't replaced it since. I've just been estimating my intake the past few months. I'm more likely to increase my CO than limit my CI when maintaining or losing though, but…

I had similar feelings in the past. I would always see a quick reduction in my size once I started jogging (can't run) again. I would jog 60- 90 minutes at my local park daily and the inches would just melt away. I wonder how many calories I was burning at my slow pace.

I lift every other day.

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After a long break from exercise, I put on my gym clothes. Baby steps.

Yes. I have been told this, but I know that they're either being nice, polite, or manipulative.

Well, I gained my weight rather quickly. A long time ago I decided to keep a food journal for a few days. After looking up the calories, I realized I was eating 3500 to 5000 calories most days. I gained 30 lbs in two months once. That's about a lb every two days. Since my issue is binge eating, I just dont keep calorie…

I will stop shaking my head at posters who respond without reading the original post in its entirety. It's like once their eyes see a certain phrase or term, they ignore the rest of the post which leads to them giving a 'straight' answer that wasn't needed. I will also stop shaking my head at posters who respond to other…

Coworkers whom I've never exchanged more than five words with during the past few years, ask about my weight loss progress and routine on a regular basis. They're more friendly I guess you could say, but I guess I could also appear to be more approachable to them.

That's a hard thing to do depending on how picky an eater they are. I have a little sister who's been picky since birth and at 21 shows no signs of changing. As a young child, she would sit and stare at her plate for hours.. Hours... Until my mother gave up on trying to make her eat certain foods. Oh, and it wasn't just…

I haven't reached that point of acceptance yet. I just keep realizing I'll never get what I want out of life. I'm still in a cycle of one step forward, five steps back.

Yeah. I notice it here quite a lot actually and when talking with my coworkers. With a lot of topics here actually people respond in such a fashion.

I've only been squatting for a short period of time, but I prefer the low bar position. High bar isn't comfortable to me at the moment, and I feel like my upper body has become stronger from actively pushing with my chest when using the low bar position. I may try to switch to high bar squats though, because low bar squats…

3000 calories? I would love to have your stats. Well, that makes sense, but I just don't know how far I want to stray and test to see what my actual maintenance level is. Yes, there are no special snowflakes, lol. In my mind since I was/am so out of shape, I just concluded that my body was burning a lot of calories after…

My routine varies, but in the past I've used both strength training and cardio for weight loss. Currently, at the bare minimum, my goal is to hit the gym every other day. It doesn't matter if I do cardio or strength training, as long as I do something. Last month, I did no cardio, lifted every other day, ate at or above…

Sam Hunt's Take Your Time is stuck in my head.

5'6 and I am currently 213- 219 lbs. I have fallen off the deficit wagon to maintenance again. I'm torn between wanting to get really strong and losing about 90 lbs asap. I've been watching too many power lifters.

I don't care about whether a partner has hair or not, as long as the hair is clean, but I am naturally a very hairy woman who cant be bothered to deal with hair removal. Society will not control me........ :neutral: No. I really just don't care.

I understand how you feel... But regardless of my size, I have always disliked shopping for clothing because of my shape. I remember the day I realized I look like a man in a dress/skirt... Depressing. But I generally don't shop much anymore. The cute/sexy or feminine clothing don't look right on me... And wearing men's…

Thanks and Hello, Luluinca. Cardio: Today, I walked 6 miles on the treadmill, burning 700 calories. Happy early Memorial Day.

I feel better walking slow with a good incline when on treadmill. Heck even outside, but I'm a slow mo. It's hard for me to walk fast.

Yes, I have recommended calorie counting apps in general to those who wanted to know what I am using to lose weight. All except one said it was too much for them. One co-worker used MFP in the past to lose weight, so she knew all about the process of eating at a deficit / counting calories / food scales. You may be…

I can't really see how anyone would believe this considering how many food and beverages have water in it. I may be wrong but I also don't think that's a real university.

I really need to finish my laundry.

I can now use the chest fly machine at my gym. When I first started exercising last year, I could not use the machine because my upper body/breasts were too large... I was slightly embarrassed when I found this out, but I was hopping from machine to machine today and I can now do a full rep on the machine.