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In the morning, I will throw a pack of boneless skinless chicken thighs, a bottle of zesty Italian dressing and about 2 tbsp of BBQ rub seasoning in a ziplock bag. Let that marinate in the fridge all day. When you get home put them on a baking sheet for 30-35 min on 375. While that's baking I will either steam a bag of…

Turkey patty, spinach with mushrooms and sweet potato fries

I want in! I would love to lose 30 pounds by July 7th (my daughters 2nd birthday)! I started back serious again last week and so far I've lost 5 pounds. I recently quit working at a job I had for 10 years sitting at a desk all day to be a stay at home mom. Since then I haven't stayed still between keeping up with my…

Had my 2nd child July 7, 2015. She just turned 8 months old. I was overweight before I got pregnant due to never losing my baby weight from my son who is now 9. I ate extremely healthy while pregnant due to gestational diabetes. I only gained 5 pounds while pregnant. After I had her I ebf until she was 5 months old. The…

I have to talk about it. My husband is working out as well to try to get more muscle bc he's already lean. I on the other hand am just overweight, have a 9 year old son in soccer, and 8 month old baby and my husband shift works. There are so many days I try to make the "I'm too busy" excuse, but the more I talk about it,…

Thanks for the advise and replies. All great stuff. Also I realize you burn calories even if you don't sweat. I guess I figured people would understand what I meant and not take everything I said too literal. I meant I'm getting a good workout by strength training enough to make myself sweat. Even more than I did with…

Thank you middlehaitch!! That is very helpful! What you described is exactly what I'm trying to do. I just started reading Thinner, Leaner, Stronger by Michael Matthews and ironically TDEE came up in the chapter I read last night. How you explained it makes perfect sense. The calculator was way different than mfp. It told…

Thanks for the help in logging my exercises! I will do that tomorrow. Also makes sense about the weekly deficit.

30 not 39. Typo...oops!

Cabbage casserole! Brown 1 pound of ground beef, one onion and a little seasoning of your choice ( I use Tony's chachere's) then drain. n a big bowl mix one head of cabbage (chopped), 3/4 cup of brown rice, 2 4oz cans of tomato sauce, 1 10oz can of rotel, and the meat mixture. Pour in a greased 13x9 casserole dish, cover…

I just started his book thinner, leaner, stronger. I'm only on chapter 7. I like his way of thinking so far. I'm going to follow his plan for at least 3 months to see where it takes me.

Also, what is TDEE? I keep seeing it but can't figure it out.

This is all very interesting advise. Thank you to everyone that has responded. I understand now about the calorie setting and how exercising comes in to play. I never knew if the calorie setting included how much you planned to exercise or not. That's why I was wanting to figure out how much pushing weights burned. I…

I did strength training for the first time Thursday and I have to say for the first time I left the gym feeling accomplished. I used to go and do the elliptical and leave feeling tired, but Thursday I left feeling exhilarated. I could feel my heart rate go up and I got just as sweaty as my cardio only workout. I had a…

Before: 198 After: 161 Still have 20-25 pounds to go!

Started at 198 (top pic) Currently at 161 (bottom pic) Goal: 135-140 I'm 5'7" and in 2006 I had my son. I never lost any of my pregnancy weight and gained from there. I just had my daughter 6 months ago. I have been stuck at 161 ever since 2 months post partum. What honestly helped me was the fact I was diagnosed with…

Before: 198 After: 161 The 2nd picture was about 2 months after having my 2nd child. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes while pregnant. Eating right during my pregnancy resulted in me losing 40 pounds after I gave birth within the first two months post partim, along with breastfeeding too. I'm still hanging on to…

5' 7" and just had a baby 8 weeks ago. I weighed 201 the morning I had her and I now weigh 163. I'm aiming for 140 so I have about 23 pounds left to lose. The weight I've already lost came off within the first few weeks after birth from breastfeeding. I'm still breastfeeding but I'm at a stand still. I got the ok two weeks…

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I'm im! Just had a baby 8 weeks ago so this is exactly what I need to tighten things up while I'm home on maternity leave!

I realized that I now weigh less than my husband!!! I haven't weighed less than him since before I was pregnant with my first child over 9 years ago. I just kept saying it to him over and over "I weigh less than you!"

Hi ladies! I just had my 2nd baby July 7, 2015. I also have an 8 year old. I weighed 140 before I got pregnant with my first and I haven't seen that number on the scale since then. I never lost the baby weight and over the years gained more. My biggest number non-pregnant was 198. I was 196 when I got pregnant this time…

Tonight me and my husband went to the store a couple of hours after we had already eaten dinner to get a few things. Well, he wanted some type of snack and grabbed a totinos pizza and said we can split it. Of course pizza is my weakness and I said ok (even though I've stayed under my calories and worked out all week). By…

Me and my husband swore off sodas and fast food on june 10th. He's not the one that needs to but he is doing it to help me. It definately helps when your other half is so supportive.

First time doing this. Im up for the challenge Goal: 3000 Mon: 600 eliptical Tue: Wed: Thur: Fri Sat: Sun: Total: 600 To go: 2400

sw:189 cw:191 :( TOM came to town, hoping this is why the gain. Better luck next week I hope.

Weighed 188 this morning.....im in a rut!!! I want out!

I found out today that so far I'm in 2nd place in our biggest loser competition at work. We started at the beginning of June and are going to be ending at the end of July. It really helps having so many people around going through the same thing as me that offers so much support. My calories werent the best today but I'm…

Easiest : Drinking water only, staying under my calories Hardest : Working out - 24 hours in a day is not enough for a working wife with a kiddo who occupy so much time!

Thanks for the info. I think this helps me alot. A co-worker recently quit and things have been very stressful in the office picking up the slack. This may have something to do with my cravings. I'm going to try hard to fight the cravings till things settle back down at work. That article was very informational. I'm going…