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I think it's possible. Even though I have lost weight quite proportionally over time, at any given time my body seems to lose more from certain areas than others. It's like my body parts are taking turns. Right now it's my face and my belly (woo hoo, my two problem areas!). By my calculations, when they're done, my limbs…

No extra going-over meals other than what I have already planned into my usual schedule. New clothing is a great one :) You're gonna need them anyway, right? I'm also hoping I'll have the money for a beach vacation when my body is ready.

Why wouldn't swimming be beneficial? It's a great workout. I did read, though, that swimming doesn't help increase your bone density, but that's not what we are talking about here...

3 pound weight gain following a meal eaten out? My bet is water weight from all the sodium. Most restaurants have sodium-packed menus. Sometimes I drink diet coke/ diet pepsi. Doesn't seem to affect my weight. But who knows, maybe you're allergic to something in it.

It might help if you plan your day's menu in advance, so you won't find out too late that you went over or too severely under. :)

The more you have to lose, the faster the weight comes off. It's happening to me (was dropping weight very quickly when I was obese; now I'm down to the last 10, and it's very slow). It makes sense when you think about evolution. Your body likes having a little bit of spare fat on it. Not so much that it hinders your…

Plain nonfat Greek yogurt with blueberries. If I need something with MAXIMUM filling power per calorie, I'll go for steamed broccoli. It's not the tastiest stuff in the world (especially by itself) but it fills me up like woah. Exercising to earn 100 more calories is also an option worth considering. 100 calories aren't…

Your body is uniquely yours. There's no way to know what your boobs will do until after you have lost the weight. Your boobs might shrink and get perky, they might shrink and get saggy, or they might not shrink at all. Mine shrank proportionally, so that I maintained the same cup size as the band size went down (i.e. 42C…

Are you going to be really lean at your goal weight? There's a good chance that as you get leaner, the weight loss will slow down quite a bit. I used to drop 2 pounds a week as well, but I can't expect (and shouldn't aim for) that these days.

A huge win in my book. :happy:

Genius. I think I'll start doing this!

MFP tends to overestimate the calories you burn through exercise. If you're having trouble eating the extras, don't eat them. Just keep things reasonable, and start eating more if you notice loss of energy, etc.

Thanks for the suggestions! I'll be trying them soon. Mmmm eggs...

I don't like how soggy oatmeal gets after cooking! Maybe I should try nuking the Greek yogurt :laugh: The peach cobbler sounds very delicious, but not enough protein for the calorie content :( Sadness!

I have my weekly splurge meal. I don't call it a cheat. I PLAN and LOG everything, and make sure my macros are good (i.e. enough protein and fiber, sodium/ sugar not too crazy). I also keep it reasonable by staying near my maintenance calories. I know how easy it is to wolf down 4000+ calories in a SINGLE MEAL by making…

5' 2" with short legs. 4mph is very fast walking for me. My dad is 5' 4" also with short legs, and he can walk at like 5.5mph... When I was out of shape, he took me to a local park a few times where lots of people walked/ jogged. My running couldn't keep up with him walking back then. He would pass most of the other slower…

I thought being 50-55 pounds overweight (on a 5' 2" lady with a super petite frame) wasn't a big deal. Then I met a chubby 5 year old who weighed 53lbs, and I realized I was carrying her on me 24/7. It blew my mind that a pudgy kid-sized blob of fat could possibly come out of my body. ...60+ pounds later... turns out I…

I do ATG and I can't even do bodyweight yet (I don't mean barbell-less squat, I mean bar + plates weight equal to my body weight). :(

Go by weight. Weigh the banana without the peel. :flowerforyou:

If you want quotes, here is my favorite one:

80% of TDEE is the same thing as eating your exercise calories... because exercising increases your TDEE. However, if you chose "lightly active" or "moderately active" because you work out, then DO NOT eat your exercise calories because your exercise cals are already estimated into average TDEE that way.

The reason height is being taken into account is that it's a significant factor in estimating your lean body mass. LBM is a bigger factor than total body mass when it comes to estimating BMR.

5' 2", I maintain at 1930-ish gross (not net) calories and lose at 1510-ish gross calories. I'm trying to lose, and I am alternating between 1620 cals (on strength training days) and 1400 cals. Not included in the average is my weekly splurge day, on which I consume about 1900-1950 calories. It's working. The reason I go…

French fries were my biggest vice before, too. I'd order a burger, a soda and two large fries for a single meal. When I started trying to lose weight, I quit them cold turkey at first. Then slowly (after like 3 months or so) I eased my way back to eating them. I ordered a small fries from Wendy's and was surprised to find…

Never go to bed unless I have the next day's menu all planned out. I'm a little OCD. I like planning. Usually I have 6-8 days planned ahead down to every calorie. Even if I end up changing things later, I need to have it all planned out ahead of time.

It's definitely understandable, but even with other kinds of addictions, it's not always the same for everyone. A good family friend of mine had serious gambling addiction years ago; while she won't go around broadcasting about it on a soapbox, she's not ashamed to admit it in public either, because it's all in the past.…

Mine was too high! I thought I'd be more proportionate if I got down to 130lbs. Well, I weighed 123.5lbs this morning and the pudge on my belly is still stickin' out. 5' 2" here, female, approximately 26% bodyfat. Goal is around 18-20% bodyfat with as much muscle as I can pack on without pharmaceutical help. Not sure how…

I kind of do this every day before taking a shower. I never think of my current body as beautiful, but I can see a glimmer of what it can become, and damn, THAT's hot. It's the blubber and the lack of muscle (well, not a total lack, but not as much as I want). Which is okay, because I have the ability to change that! I…

Every person has a different body. If you have like 300 pounds to lose, then it's perfectly practical to aim for 100 pound loss in a year. But if you only had 50 pounds to lose, then losing those 50 in a year can be VERY challenging. For some people, dropping the last 10 pounds takes a whole year. I was dropping fat like…

Yup! The numbers you listed are TDEE estimations. Meaning if you eat those calories, you will neither lose nor gain weight (theoretically anyway). Neither MFP nor those calculations are 100% accurate for every person, though. Some people have faster or slower metabolism; other people have average metabolism but are…