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Just being awesome. She introduced me at an event where I was being honored (you know, just a regular ol' luncheon where the other honorees were Amy Adams, Diane Lane, Katie Holmes, Jennifer Garner, and Eva Mendes...NBD). It was kind of a cool day :)

Just a warning - if you switch to maintenance calories for a week, you're going to see the scale shoot up due to your very low intake currently. I'm mentioning it to you now so when you weigh yourself you don't freak out thinking you put on 4 pounds of fat in a week. It will be glycogen, primarily, and also water retention…

See a doctor or chiropractor. I have run through plenty of injuries, but I wouldn't run on an ankle that hurts to stand on or even just sitting.

I'm really sorry to hear about what happened to you. http://www.pandys.org = free, anonymous, online peer support for survivors of sexual violence through a forum and chat room, along with lots of articles and information. I just want you to know that, as a survivor myself, it gets better and you will be okay. It takes…

Totally incredible. Can't wait to see post-bulk pics...enjoy the surplus!!

This is the best way to approach it. If it works better for you to weigh something cooked, look for a cooked recipe in the database. Sweet potatoes - baked in skin is one option, versus sweet potatoes raw. Or chicken breast roasted versus chicken breast raw.

Short answer: I am very happy with my body. Long answer will be delivered via PM :)

Yep. Weight loss motivated out of self-hate is, in my opinion, more likely to fail and less likely to result in sustainable changes. Excellent work, keep it up.

130+ lost in 15 months. I've been in nearly effortless maintenance since September of 2012, staying within a 5 pound range. My "1000 days of MFP" thread with more photos/links/musings: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1222601-1000-days-130-pounds-lost-w-too-many-pics

Graze is not MLM, which by definition describes a marketing strategy whereby the sales force is compensated for sales they personally generate and also for the sales of the other salespeople that they recruit. That's what makes it multi-level.

Yeah, my exact thought when seeing the thread title is "that's what she said." And I agree with lockedej7 - how much time do you have? If you have the time and inclination to go for a marathon, do it. If not, keep training for half marathons but add in more speedwork and time on feet. You'll get faster. I simply don't have…

If you want my opinion..... Start incorporating HIIT. You can do this with whatever #s you want. So, what I do when I'm doing an HIIT workout is one minute at at high intensity as I can stand. My HR will skyrocket, 175-180. Then I'll slow down and recover for a minute. Lather, rinse, repeat. You will want to die during the…

Why are you trying to keep your HR at 140? I work out at the highest intensity I can maintain for the time I wish to work out. The only time my goal is a lower heart rate is during long slow runs (8+ miles). The fat burning/fitness zones are pretty irrelevant if your goal is weight loss (they may matter for endurance…

There is definitely a mistake with the first entry, 1.5 mph. I checked the database myself and there is even an error in the description: "Walking, 1.5 mph, leisurely pa" There is a similar error in "Walking, 2.5 mph, leisurely pa" which yields 1200 calories burned (for me) for 50 minutes. The correct entry, "Walking, 2.5…

This is my question. Planks are awesome because they work a good deal of your body. If I can work my core AND legs and shoulders, why is that a bad thing?

Agreed. I didn't realize this free program was designed to prevent OP from doing any thinking on his own.

I find MFP estimates for walking and running to be pretty consistent with my heart rate monitor, actually. Usually the spread is only a few calories if I enter the pace correctly. (though the estimates for other exercise - like elliptical, cycling, etc - seems to be quite overestimated compared to my HRM, which of course…

How is this hard? I know my protein minimum is 130g I know my fat minimum is 80g The rest is carbs So it doesn't matter if MFP uses the percentage. I can use my fancy-brain to see whether I met or exceeded (yay!) my minimums.

I eat a lot of food without labels. As others said, search for foods in the database with no asterisk (which displays only on the web platform, not iPhone). Another tip is to search for your food and the word raw. For instance: carrots raw chicken breast raw kale raw That will usually bring up the standard, USDA data…

Or be content to slow down the rate of loss and instead increase calories as you go, thus decreasing your deficit slightly. Doing this throughout weight loss means that once you hit goal weight, you'll be so close to maintenance calories that making the switch will be a breeze.

No. I lost weight every single week when I was losing weight, as long as I was eating at a deficit. The two weeks I didn't were vacation and Christmas, when I was not tracking. I stopped paying attention during the last 10ish pounds though since I was training for a 10 mile race and DGAF about weight loss at that point.…

I don't do a cheat meal. Cheating implies that I'm doing something wrong. "Days off from logging" are part of my program. They were part while I lost, and they're a big part of my maintenance plan. For me, it means what it says: I don't log my food for a day. Or I don't log ALL my food for a day. Sometimes I log breakfast…

I also have to call this out as being bull****. The majority of my cooking is also with produce and protein and other things without labels. But the MFP database, girl? It has those things in it too. My carrots don't need a label; the USDA did the work for us. And though my straight-from-the-farmer grassfed beef doesn't…

One of the lame, pamsy reasons I put off starting "a new healthy lifestyle" is because I'm a cook. I'm a damn good cook. I love delicious food. I love chef-driven restaurants. I cook nearly every meal my family (of three!) eats. I make my own bread every weekend (which is weird, since I actually don't eat it, but my…

Well, I don't get my calories from fast food french fries (and if I did, I'd eat 'em all and work it in). You could also split them with your wife. No wasting necessary. It is not hard at all to weigh out a portion of peanut butter, almonds, chocolate chips, ice cream, chips, cheese, avocado or any of the number of other…

Yeah, I eat around 2,000 calories on weekdays (more on weekends, I'm maintaining) and I've got no problem. Diary's open.

10% or a couple bucks, whichever is more. When I do take-out it's from the same places. They remember who tips. Faster orders, larger portions, more extras.

This works with the iphone app - very simple to change quantity. Just go to settings-My Foods and Exercises - My Recipes, then select the recipe. You can change ingredients or the quantity of ingredients easily. This is super useful if you make the same recipes again and weigh ingredients...easy to modify quickly. I also…

I'm going to make the hell out of this. My very favorite mug cake is approximately eleventy billion calories so I don't make it often (here's the recipe. Enjoy: http://www.thenovicechefblog.com/2013/02/chocolate-peanut-butter-mug-cake/ ). This is the nutrition info I get using 2 tsp of sugar and regular cream cheese; much…