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I've learned the hard way to just not buy some (most) packaged sweets and crunchy snacks. No matter how I try to rationalize that I will ration then, I end up binging them and feeling like crap. I can have dark chocolate in the house and have just one piece. I can have fruit in the fridge and portion it out sanely. A…

Falling down is not the end of the world. Trying XC skiing with my dad this week, and snow is slippery, eh? :D But I picked myself up quite easily and no damage was done. It would have been a sad picture 60 pounds ago.

Rib eye is usually a very large piece of meat. Adjust the portion. Keep enjoying just in moderation. Grilled steak is very nice the next day sliced on top of a giant green salad.

He really is fun! Having spent the first 4.5 years of his life in a puppy mill he was skinny, balding and lacked muscle when I adopted him. Now he's strong and pulls like a mini sled dog when there's fresh snow. He has delusions of grandeur - I let him keep them 😁 #adoptdontshop

My dog takes me for 3 walks a day and sets a killer HIIT pace... fastwalk, pee, fastwalk, sniff, fastwalk... you get the idea. And all with a crooked front paw. He's the best!

Just to add to the above, also make sure your calorie count of your food is accurate. Weigh on a kitchen scale to the gram everything that goes in your mouth. It may surprise you.

If you have a fitness tracker or track steps with your phone you can set MFP to 'sedentary' activity and have it add your activity calories automatically. Then every day you know how many calories you should eat, based on your activity. Just a word of advice, no matter how frustrating it gets when hormonal and water weight…

Sometimes when you're down it helps to control what you can. For me counting calories on My Fitness Pal became the positive part of my day. In 8 months I lost almost 60 pounds. So while the global and personal clusterfluff continues, I sometimes whisper to myself 'at least I'm not fat anymore' and I feel like I can go on.…

I would guess it hurts her more than it hurts you :smiley: Wonder Woman pose is working for you here, and you look like one tough chick! Well done!

You just need to eat more calories than you burn. Put your stats into MFP and track your food daily.

All I will add is weigh that fruit on a kitchen scale and log it. Accurate calorie counting is very effective. Kitchen scale = $20 , The diet industry = $71 billion for the US alone in 2020. And the kicker is, the kitchen scale is more effective. You just have to use it.

Seek positive reinforcement from trying on clothes that were too small for you. Take pictures. Celebrate. Keep a record of your shrinking measurements in the MFP progress tab. Stop competing with people whose bodies are not your body. Compete only with yourself when you started. Take the weightloss tempo from a sprint to a…

Last May I was 212 pounds. . 153 lbs now. I stopped keeping binge foods in the house and stuck to my calorie goal. I set MFP to lose 1 lb/week and walked a bit more. You can do it!

Just for perspective... you are pretty lucky to have classes to participate in. Where I am, we are locked down TIGHT. At the same time, those people are incredibly self-centered, but they exist everywhere. I remember one in primary school. He sat next to me and would just not stop yammering throughout the lesson. After…

Are you weighing all your foods to the nearest gram? Even the packaged ones? Slices and cups can yield very different results. How long since you delivered? It's not unreasonable to be retaining a lot of water as you heal.

My sympathy to a fellow DOMS victim. In my experience the next time it hurts a little less. Add plenty of Epsom salt to your bath. Suggest to your trainer to dial it back just a smidge. Not being able to function for days after a workout sort of defeats the purpose for me, but more hardcore posters may disagree. Ultimately…

I had a virtual doctor's appointment today. When I told her how much weight I lost she had me repeat it, then said 'that's a lot of weight to lose in such a short time." For reference, I'd lost just a smidge under 60 pounds since mid-May. I had MFP set for 1 pound per week, but the overachiever in me took the wheel.…

I highly recommend her "30 days of yoga" series for those of you who find this series too challenging to begin with, or too chatty. I will be starting 'Breath' as soon as my sprained ankle feels up to it.

I would guess a lot of what you're interpreting to be belly fat is actually loose skin with small lumps of fat pulling it down and making it more obvious. It might still retract some, given enough time.

Pay attention to whether you activate your glutes in daily life and dancing. My physiotherapist showed me how I should be walking and how I actually walk. I was causing an imbalance using my quads almost exclusively when walking and climbing stairs. When I pay attention to activate my glutes I take pressure off the knees…

Throw on some YouRube yoga with Adriene targeting those areas and follow along. A couple of times a day for a couple of days usually sorts me out.

You look fantastic! Not least because there is a newfound confidence in your smile. I started at a similar weight as you. I'm more than halfway there. I may reevaluate my final goal weight. Did you do any strength training?

Working out is not required to lose weight. Jus eat less than you burn. Weigh your food, track it, and stay within your goal calories. May the app be with you!

Great job! I also wished I had done it for my wedding, but now I've done it for my divorce. So there's that, lol!

I hear what you're saying. I didn't mean to come off smug. I'm still 12 pounds overweight, so taking a maintenance break gives me extra calories. Also I'm having Stockholm syndrome with my diet :smiley: 55 pounds down, I freaking love what it's done for me, and I surprisingly enjoy big-azz salads for dinner. Today I had 3…

When you switch to maintenance you suddenly realize you have more calories to play with than you know what to do with... Probably Christmas food will fix that :D

Falling from one extreme into the other is in no way healthy or recommended. The idea is to get to a healthy weight while maintaining good nutrition

Awesome work!

@kshama2001 Zappos doesn't ship outside of the USA. The OP is in a small Northern European country. OP, I feel for you. I would certainly be tired with the routine you describe. I second (or third) the advice to get new walking shoes shipped to you, or even some old ones you left behind at your family's house. I also like…

@RunsWithBees What a great transformation! And I get what you're saying about posture. It doesn't get talked about nearly enough, and it makes such a big difference to our looks. How did YOU go about improving your posture?