Allegi32 Member

Looking hot!! Well done!

Hi! I'm 5'7.5", starting now at 219. I haven't set an ultimate goal weight yet because I've looked completely different at the same weight depending on my muscle mass, etc. So for right now, I'm setting a mini-goal of 180 and then I'll reassess when I get there. Feel free to add me, and that goes for anyone else. :)

Thank you for the input, everyone! I think it's obvious from the responses that what works for each person can differ drastically from another. It's definitely what works best for you. I think what will work best for me is to use my original categories and add in "Quick or make-ahead meals" and "Family favorites/family…

I'm Italian so we love our pasta - portion size is definitely an issue when it comes to that for me. So I try to avoid it altogether...otherwise I feel like I have this tiny little cup of pasta and I'm always starving. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, LOL.

I thought about a leftover night, but I usually try to eat leftovers for lunch so I don't have to plan another meal, LOL. Plus, the times when I've been planning leftovers, everybody eats everything, haha!! I just don't want to rely on it and then be stuck without food because that's happened in the past.

First of all, congratulations on losing so much weight and gaining muscle! That being said, I have to disagree on the "healthy fat" issue. Just because a person's blood pressure, cholesterol, etc. read as fine on any given, individual test, does not mean that the person is healthy. There is so much going on inside the body…

My big one is peanut or peanut butter WITH chocolate. So I can't eat Reese's PB cups or peanut M&M's. Not that I should be, hahaha, but they are my fave "cheat" sweet. Alcohol is a big one for me as well, but I lack the enzyme necessary to metabolize alcohol so that's why. I haven't nailed down any other triggers.

YAY!! Thank you!!! :drinker:

Ok....so what I can gather from all the info (thank you!) is that MFP accounts for everyday lifestyle activity (like how active you are in general) but not exercise, and TDEE takes into account both daily lifestyle activity AND weekly exercise and then averages that out over the week? So MFP doesn't take into account…

That's what I thought, but then why does MFP even ask for your activity level? If both ask for it, shouldn't both account for it? So what you're saying is, even though I tell MFP that I am "lightly active," just like I put on the TDEE calculator, the MFP calculator doesn't take that info into account, but the TDEE…

Best things you can do to prevent loose skin (although a lot of it has to do with your own genetics and skin elasticity): 1. Drink plenty of water 2. Lift weights 3. Lose slowly.

There are so many delicious looking and innovative recipes in this thread....definitely bumping for later!

This is what I did, and it's been working for me: I picked a number, somewhat arbitrarily, somewhat guided by the TDEE calculator at fat2fitradio.com. And then I stayed around that number and saw what happened - did I lose, gain, stay the same? Was I super cranky and hungry? Was I stuffed (not likely!)? You find what works…

bump - love a good corn muffin!

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I'm confused by this....my nutritionist and quite a few other people have said that coconut oil is now considered one of the "healthy oils" and that I should try to incorporate it more into my cooking, instead of just relying on olive oil. I take it by Bert's reaction that this isn't a commonly accepted theory here? On a…

I use the light and then eat back my exercise calories.

You're doing a lot of workouts too!! I love to workout - in college I was the Fitness Queen - I was always in the gym, and I walked and rollerbladed everywhere - even to pick up takeout food, lol! No wonder I was so thin! Now that I'm a mom and have a job, etc., I just don't have the time to workout like I used to, and I…

SUPER helpful, thank you!!!! This makes a lot more sense to me.

LOL, yes, help us!! Question for you...do you eat back your exercise calories, or stay at 1300 even on exercise days? I do a 1.5 hour intense boot camp 1 day/week, work with a trainer for 1 hour/week, 1 hour of zumba followed by 1 hour of tap class (back to back) 1 day/week and then try to get in other workouts like…

I'm calculating my BMR (basic metabolic rate), not BMI.

Bump - great ideas!

Thanks for your input, everyone! I did change my macros to 40/30/30, especially since I try to limit complex carbs anyway. I think I'll try to keep to a calories goal for a few weeks to see how it goes and adjust from there. Thanks again! :)

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Thank you all for the great tips!!! I did splurge for some very good running shoes for myself and that definitely helped. I'm planning on starting Couch 2 5K next week - I'm actually going to try doing a workout from Week 3 just to see where I am and how i feel. I really thought my hangup would be trying to catch my…

Thanks for the reply! I think I will do the couch to 5K program as well. I had started it a couple of years ago, but got stuck at about a mile. I think I'm going to focus on time this time around and I also have my asthma under control. I went out for my second day this week and WOW my legs were sore and heavy!! Anyone…

First of all...AMAZING! You look great, and more importantly, you can tell you feel great. Big thumbs up to you. :) I have a question....I tried the C25K before and I stalled out at a mile. Just couldn't seem to push past it. I know you have the option, when you do the program, of using distance or time for your…