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SandTiger's work in progress thread - starting weight 245
I started January 6 2020 at 245 pounds. My height is 5' 3". I'm counting calories and doing some strength training, since the weather warmed up I've been swimming. As of the start of this thread I've lost 53 pounds and am currently at 192. I started out at about 50% body fat, and right now I'm a little under 40% body fat.…
Holiday Encouragement Thread
With Sukkot just past us, Canadian Thanksgiving tomorrow, and Halloween coming up, the round of cooler weather and food related holidays is just beginning. I'm starting this thread so we can support each other, share alternative holiday treat recipes, and just let each other know we're not alone. If there's enough interest…
Advice needed about skin care during/after weight loss
Hi all! I never really was much of a skin care person but the combination of aging and losing weight is making it clear that I need to start. So I'd love to know what kinds of products have helped you out. My main goals are to maintain skin elasticity as much as possible, and maintain hydration. I live in a very dry…
Non-food Holiday Memories
So many of my fond memories of the holiday season revolve around making or eating food so I thought it would be nice if we shared happy memories that DIDN'T. Maybe we'll even get ideas of fun things to do by reading them! I'll go first. When I was little I anticipated Christmas so much. We were pretty poor ourselves and…
Snappy Answers to Silly Comments
I was inspired by the "things people say when you lose weight" thread and realized how many of those comments people get would be really fun to respond to. So I figured I'd do a thread about all the things we'd LIKE to say when people say silly stuff to us, whether we ever intend to say those things or not. I do intend to…
Question about weight loss patterns.
Hi all! I'm very happy with my weight loss for January - 14 pounds gone and I'm feeling great. I've been hitting my calorie and macro goals pretty consistently (12-1600 calories a day depending on workload and 40% carbs, 40% protein, and 20% fat) so that's all been good. I have plenty of energy and have had no major…
January Joy
I'm pretty pleased with myself and my progress this month. I've dropped 14 pounds but maintained my muscle, as my percentage of muscle mass went up a bit. I've gotten stronger and I've been at 12-1500 calories a day with proper portion control for 27 days. Today I went to my new gym again and had a ball. My protein and…
A new blogger/logging fan has arrived!
I'm new to these forums and happy to meet everyone. It was a nice surprise to find out MFP had blogs - I run one already but it will be good to focus more on the health and fitness side on here. I have about 90 pounds of fat to lose and 10-20 pounds of muscle to gain. I started lifting weights a little over a month ago and…
