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I plateaued for months and thought I'd never break past a certain point - I was super annoyed, and a little obsessed. What happened with me is I went away for 2 weeks for a training program, and so my diet and exercise routine completely changed. I was eating only 3 meals per day (no snacks, no alcohol. Water & tea only.…

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I used to run outside but due to degenerative vision loss I now have to run on the treadmill for safety reasons. Running outside was always definitely more challenging because of wind resistance, terrain, and not having the machine propel you along. However, I find that I sweat ALOT on the treadmill and I am breathing…

I'm going into 2nd year law school and my biggest challenge is lugging enough food with me to last the day (along with computer and textbooks), stress = over-eating/poor choices and fitting in exercise. I have noticed a pattern that whenever I start something new (like a new job or a new program - i.e. something fairly…

I used to drink chai or earl grey tea every morning and add cane sugar and almond milk. I also drank diet pepsi during the day. I wanted to cut the sugar and pop so I replaced my tea with herbal green tea and drink that instead. I think it's an acquired taste - I like it now, it's kind of like peppermint tea and just makes…

I'm 5'7 and currently stuck at 152 lbs, my ultimate goal is 137 lbs but I think having a range in mind is more realistic (137 to 142). When I look at my belly, I have at least another 10 lbs of excess fat that can go!

I did the three month intro to WW, which helped me lose my initial 15 lbs but then I switched to MFP because it's free, and I really wanted to know my actual caloric intake rather than just "points". I think it's a great kickstart but I personally didn't want to do it long term as I wanted to educate myself about how many…