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I downloaded the app and I really appreciate how dummy-proof it is!

I wish I had the space! I could get my boyfriend in on it if we had that kind of space in our cramped LA apartment. :(

So...he still burned more calories than he consumed. This is still CICO. Jars of peanut butter, burgers, or salads and oatmeal, CICO is what makes one lose weight.

When I trained for my half marathon, I had initially started with the intent to lose weight in the process. I DEFINITELY lost weight in the process. Know what happened the last few weeks before my marathon? I became severely iron deficient and my training suffered BIG TIME for it. I did my best to make up for it by…

I'm full of excuses, myself. You can't get my butt to wake up any earlier than I do already, and once I'm home, I'm starving (45 minute drive from work to home: I get home at 7 and my last snack is usually at 4:30 or 5), so all I wanna do is cook dinner and then crash. My solution is to find ways to exercise at work. At my…

Thanks both of you! I used to be primarily into cardio but towards the end of my weight-loss/right before I met my boyfriend I was trying to get a feel for what lifting could do for me and was starting to appreciate what it was doing for my shape. I'm glad to hear I can do exactly what I need to do without sacrificing my…

You have those cute violin hips! Like the others said, your build is going to be genetic. I know that even if a million people tell you how cute they are, if it's something that bothers you, its gonna bother you. Still, Sardelsa makes really good points and if I were you I would heed her advice.

The way I see it, watch calories and cardio to help with maintaining that deficit for weight loss, but lift for the compliments on your butt. ;)

Or: Some of us do, some of us don't. We aren't a hive-mind. I personally don't even realize most people exist at the gym unless they hover towards my personal space bubble or I'm in theirs.

When I first started losing weight, I bought this in a misguided attempt to move things along: I definitely lost some weight the next morning. :s

True. My phone has an app auto-installed that lets you track your weight. I track it daily just to see the fluctuations, and it gives you an average weight over a certain time period. I prefer to go about it that way, over stressing weekly about not netting a loss.

I don't have the premium and I promise I'm not being a butt: Can you not just manually enter in your calorie goals daily? I do this on the weekends or when I plan to eat more.

Yup. I'm eating at maintenance for 115 lbs (which is actually my goal weight, I'm 5lbs away). I notice I eat more on the weekends when I spend time with my boyfriend, so I give myself 3-4 low calorie days, and bank my calories to use for when I spend time with him so I don't have to feel so restricted. Ex: Maintenance for…

If they claim to "burn fat" or "speed up your metabolism", run the opposite direction. No pill will make you lose weight. Vitamins and nutritional supplements? Talk to your doctor, they might be good for overall health.

Cocktails, alcohol, good cheese and crackers, and most especially: potato chips of any variety.

Gym is definitely not required. Eat a caloric deficit, skip the trial and error and weigh all solid food, you'll thank yourself sooner than later.

Gonna cut to the chase and just cop to it: Vanity.

Personal choice. If I'm drinking milk or eating cereal, I like 2%, because something about chugging the full-fat gives me a weird mouth-feel and I don't like it. Otherwise I cook with butter, cream, etc.

Oh. Then I learned that the amount of calories in a bottle of wine are a cruel joke.

I learned I can eat plenty of meat to keep me full on fewer calories than I initially expected! That was my happiest moment. "I can eat that much grilled chicken?!" "I can have more salmon?!" "I will have all this asada!"

Whole fat everything! Yay!

I didn't read through the whole post so if someone already I said this, I apologize for the redundancy: On the topic of eating "low fat", are you eating a lot of pre-made products labeled as "low fat"? I am the last person here that's going to demonize "processed foods" or convenience foods because I love them, but I've…

Therapy, please. In the interim, keep a log (one you can keep in your bag, not mfp) where you can jot down the times of your meals, what you ate, and how you were feeling before, during, and after the meal, any stressors or events that may have preceded the meal. Don't get bogged down by calories. Maybe this can help you…

Overweight women have "hijacked the media"? Do you watch any media? And what's your problem with overweight people who don't hate themselves? Yikes.

:( I appreciate it. I've just been sensitive due to some comments lately about how I've lost my curves. I've definitely lost most of what I had on my chest.

I was a smallish hourglass shape before I lost weight and now I'm the shape of a 16 year old boy. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

People losing 100lbs in the same time it took you to lose that 55lbs or so weren't "more serious", they simply had different goals. It sounds like both of you were as serious as the other to reach your individual goals.

I'll drink coconut water if it's flavored with pineapple or something that might mask the overwhelming coconutty flavor. Therefore, I rarely do. It's too expensive, and it tastes like toe juice.

Instead of ditching your friend, why not incentivize her into being more active with you? Make it a competition? Maybe, *gasp* encourage her gently towards pushing her limits?

Tell me about it! I keep going up the same 2-3 lbs from my lowest recorded weight at 119.5. I want to go down to 115 but at this point lowering my calories further feels like the biggest pain in the butt! Even eating at maintenance for 120lbs makes me feel a little crazy!