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Awesome. :)

Awesome!

Good work.

🎶 You better work🎶

Bravo!! 👏

Awesomeness!!

Right on!!!

Take a bow!!

That's great! How did you do it?

Congrats! Good work!

Good work!!

That is so amazing!! You should treat yourself to something glorious like a massage. You deserve it!

A massage would b fantastic I haven't had one since june

I started a round of hcg lost about 13lbs then stalled for 2wks now I'm doing it the good old fashion way balanced diet n exercise n a gallon of water each n every day

It feels fantastic still have a long road ahead of me would like to lose 75lbs more

Have you been drinking your water? I find I get a headache when I am dehydrated! The other thing is if you are eating super healthy and that's a change for you then it might be your body in detox! Hope the weekend away was good?!

Thanks yes I had a great weekend I didn't worry about what I ate and drank but I swam every day. i enjoyed it so much I am going to look for a gym with a pool near where I live.

Well done! ..... And indeed go you!

Wow! That's incredible! Go you.

Awesome! I better go for a hike!

That's what I am going to do this vacation! Tomorrow I think to burn off the Chinese I am having tonight!

Well done! I work just by that hotel! Wonderful isn't it! I now walk everywhere in London, not only have I lost weight,I have also discovered parts of London that I would have never have seen! ..... And I am a Londoner! Revelations on more than one level!

For me it's the big suppers. I do great until my 500-600 cal suppers. I stay under, but barely plus it sits. I feel yuck!

You can do it, lil by lil...

2 pounds is great! Just keep at it & you'll get the results.

I eat like 2/3 to 3/4 my calories past 5 o clock lol i stay up late studying and get bored so I eat and eat and eat lol

Hang in there! If you're exercising like you should be it's possible that you've built some new muscle, which takes up less space. As long as you are lowering your body fat percentage everything is good!

That's my problem too I'm good all day and kill it after 7pm bc my craving kick in! Staying positive tho!

This is my same problem. Think it's the only curse of college life

I think it's the curse of being home with an open kitchen lol I get hone and rampage lol and I don't really want to build a lot of muscle yes I'd rather have muscle mass and be tone but I just need to lose inches! Lol I need to fit my pants

If you carry on losing 2lb a month then you would have lost 24lbs by new years eve!

Try walking daily, or join a gym; low GI or reduced carb diets are very effective; LS has some good pointers; the Internet has lots of info; main thing is to be honest with tracking , and you will be amazed with results; congrats on your impending wedding

Start making slow changes so you don't get overwhelmed.
(Water is the most important factor in weight loss. Drink at least 8 glasses of 8 ounces though the day.)
First get used to the app and start practicing portion control.
Next start adding healthy foods like oatmeal or whole grain cereal and breads at breakfast.
then start adding fruit snacks between meals to for nutrition.
Start incorporating fresh or frozen vegetables into your diet with lean cuts of meat/fish/poultry beans and nuts for healthy protein.
Start including exercise daily in little increments to get and stay fit.
Little changes over time add up to big rewards later.
Good luck and welcome :)

A great website is bodybuilding.com. There is so much detailed info about diets and workout plans for beginners to professional athletes. Some starting tips:
1) take advice only from qualified people
2) portion control and moderation
3) start by cutting out junk food and sweets
4) lots of water
5) do at least 30 minutes of exercise at least 3-5 times a week. Weights and cardio
6) eat a balanced diet, plenty of veggies, complex carbs, increase lean proteins, healthy fats. If your not sure what these are, google it.
Good luck, start off slow and work your way into this type of lifestyle.

How are your measurements? Are your clothes feeling looser? Weight is only one measurement of success. Great job for sticking with your goal!

Thanks for replying. I think my cloths are feeling like they fit a bit better. I never took my measurements when I started, I had heard you should wait until you are half way to your goal weight. Should I take them now even though I'm not half way?

Sometimes we're losing inches instead of pounds.
The body is a weird and wonderful machine, whereas the scale is not
LOL

I have only lost 6 lbs since Jan 4 if thats any consolation. I feel better though! And most importantly I am not giving up! You shouldn't either!

My weight chart looks like the mountains. I think if I'd quit indulging so much that it would flat line or go down. Right now I am more into the exercise. Hang in there. Look at your patterns. For me Spike up means treats and wine. Even if I am under calz.

You've already achieved a great accomplishment, and that's your choice to live a healthier lifestyle. Just keep at it! You will see results 😉

Check for some other signs of success like:
1. Start using a tape measure to measure your waist and thighs
2. Check if you fat is all squishy which means your fat cells are shrinking and your skin hasn't shrunk into place yet.
3. Also water retention could be an issue, especially if you're a female.

Thank you so much everyone for the helpful advise and encouragement. You are all amazing!!!!!!

You could also try not getting on that dang scale so often too! Lol! I have found for myself- when I dont see the results thru numbers I get more discouraged- so I keep doing what I'm suppose to and just not weighing myself as often- skipping a week or even two at a time- it decreases my stress and I don't feel so much pressure to "make something happen"

What do u mean by huge difference? Depends on whether huge is realistic. I'm frustrated with a plateau right now, but know that no matter what, I needed these healthy changes, and the only way the weight will ever come off is if i keep at it, unfortunately :/

So I'll keep at it, if u will! :)

I totally know what you mean!! I've been eating really well and working out 5 days a week since the beginning of January and I've only lost 1 pound. My measurements are all still the same as when I started. I have no idea what's going on but I feel like giving up. Sigh.....

The best thing that I ever did was take away my scale. I weigh myself maybe once a week to once every two weeks. It's awesome to see the pounds come off at once but I really judge by how my clothes that every day. So judge by how you feel when you wake up in the morning and not always by the scale. Good luck and keep it up!

Be very careful when you measure and research the calorie intake. I was guessing a lot of the time only to find out I was actually eating bigger portions than I thought. I get online a lot to double check calories when there is a big discrepancy on this app. Look out for the green checked items, they are most accurate (even though I've found those are wrong at times as well)

Speaking of calories, I had a hard workout today and earned an extra bunch of calories. Sounds great but I don't know if I feel comfortable eating so much just to be limited again tomorrow. I know I'm suppose to replenish but do I use it as treat and eat crap or do I eat a truckload of healthy even if I'm not hungry? What do you guys do??

No, go ahead and measure yourself. Watch it melt off, that will give you the motivation. I've lost more inches than weight at first, now I'm about even.

Ashbeth advice is wonderful. Measuring weight too often results in stress . We should stick to our healthy life style and measure weight say every week.

I am beginning to think Recording exercise is easiest way to error
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Thank you all again. I'm for sure going to stick it out and try to stay off the scale. But it wouldn't hurt in almost a month and a half if I had lost more than 3 lbs.

The scale can be very misleading and should not be your main judge of success. If your gonna weigh yourself, do it in the morning on an empty stomach, once a week on the same day. Also make sure your diet is in check. Falling of your diet here and there can really set you back. Make sure your eating a balance diet with moderate complex carbs, higher lean protein ( at least 1g per body weight) and low fats. Make sure to weight lift at least 4-5 times a week and do 30 minutes of moderate cardio 4-5 times a week after you work out. If you stick to this you will see results. Judge your results on how you look and how your clothes fit. Hope this helps.

Great!

Congrats!! How'd you do that?

Great job!!

Thanks guys! I eat about 1200 calories a day, and about 50-60 carbs. My exercise consists of about 14 miles of running a week and weight lifting 3 days a week.

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way to go. I've always heard weight thatcomes off too quickly is not good on the body. Be careful. Shocks your system.

I have heard that as well, so for the second month I am going to try to keep my weight loss down to about 2 pounds a week.. Which means more eating! :) thanks for the tips and support.

My observation suggests that more than likely a big portion of the weight loss is from water weight because of the low amount of carbs you are eating and possibly muscle loss. You may want to take a more balanced approach at a diet so that your weight loss comes mostly from fat. Moderate complex carbs, higher protein and low fat. 2 pounds a week is the best place to be. It's slow but you will be much happier with your results in the long run and it will be easier to maintain your new weight. Great job on all your efforts.

Honestly I do not criticize your food choices. You do what works for you. It's a good thing! But it is questionable when advice is given to others which seems not to mirror this. I looked at your diary because I was like wow! He sounds like he is a super healthy eater! No cheat days, among other threads you have started which question the actions of peoplewho diet and exercise in general. I was really surprised to see what I saw. I felt misled. I am assuming it was unintentional, and maybe I misread your meaning in other posts. but I really wanted to understand why you tell people that cheat days are not OK after seeing hour your food choices Did I read something in error in the past?

My food choices fit my lifestyle. Everyone always says "lifestyle" change. I do not understand the concept of cheat days in a lifestyle. If your lifestyle was to be drug free, would you get a cheat day to do drugs? if your lifestyle is to be sober, do you get a day to drink? If your lifestyle is married do you get a day were you can be single? If your lifestyle is vegan or vegetarian do you pig out on meat one day? The idea of a cheat day to me automatically says you are dieting.

Good for you Mattew. It sounds like you've got figured out what works well for you. In the end it's about being healthy and happy with our bodies and ourselves, so if you've got it, then great :) Now, for most of us, eating that kind of processed food is not good. There's certainly enough medical claims out there an statistics to back up the fact that fast food and soda aren't health foods -quite the contrary. Certainly wouldn't advice others to eat it...

I never advise people to eat like me. I am not claiming to eat healthy. I do not care though. Fat people die. Skinny people die. Healthy people die. Unhealthy people die. Young people die. Old people die. All at random. Does eating certain kind of food increase the likelihood you will live longer. Sure. Does it guaruntee it? No. When I die, whatever age that is, I simply want people to say he really lived.

I agree with matthew! Ive been overweight the majority of my life and once I decided to change my "lifestyle" there was no need for cheat days- all that says to me is that all the other days I'm not cheating, I'm dieting, I'm suffering, waiting for the next cheat day- I've found if I plan my calories correctly I can have "bad" choices without a specific day- using moderation- its what works for me though everyone is different

I get ur thougts but what i dont get is if ur just gonna eat what u want... Why track?

⬆ You beat me to it Derdo. Why use LS then? What's it helping with?

I can only dedicate an hour and a half to the gym a day. Or roughly 700 to 1000 calories burned. So I still need to be under 3000 calories a day on work out days. And I use it to track my nutrition intake which I do worry about. I still want 60% of my diet from carbs, 10% protein and 30% fat. I don't care about sodium since I drink 150+ ounces a day and have a good amount of potassium. And it's habit. I have been tracking everything I eat and my weight for the last 10 years. It went from spreadsheet to this app when it first came out, what 4 or 5 years ago?

Whoa. You've been tracking that long??!!

This app is actually toned down for me. When I started 10 years ago I cared more about my weight and weighted in before and after every meal, at the beginning and end of the day.

Yup, we're all wonderfully unique!

I do eat out a lot. I am pretty consistent monday thru friday breakfast and lunch. Breakfast is 1 pepperoni hot pocket, 360 calories. Lunch is chicken and vegetables and a dr pepper, roughly 500 calories. Dr pepper or two between dinner. That's 1000 to 1600 for dinner depending on if I work out. And I always have a banana and bagel post work out, which is another 450.

Thank you for clarifying. I understand your thought processes. I may not totally agree, because I cannot see how eating unhealthy foods can be compared to other lifestyle/personal changes people make, ( marriage,smoking, vegetarian) because it seems you are not really struggling to give things up, but I understand what you are saying. Unfortunately, others cannot have the lifestyle you do. It won't work for them. That was my concern. It seemed you were condemning the choices of others.

Seems alittle bit to me like u practices moderation. Eat what u want but not go crazy?

Do u do alot if physical labour?

What u r doing is maintaining a lifestyle and weight... However, many people on here must diet in order to get to the point of maintaining... Therefore a cheat day may be helpful in keeping them on that track and as you well know... If you are still working out and burning calories it is not going to be a major setback...

I like your thought process Matt I agree. I like the accountability of Livestrong it allows a transparency if you're honest. You can choose the lifestyle that suits you and adjust choices through exercise. It's a tool measure balance

I do not know how to respond other than I control the things I can and don't worry about the things I can't. I eat very little in in the morning and at lunch so I am prepared to so whatever I want after 5 pm. I have no illusions that any cares what I am trying to do in my personal fitness/weight life. All I think they care about is that I show up to dinner/drinks whatever it is and have fun. I do not believe they care or want to hear that I can't eat or drink what they are for any reason. They invited me to have fun and thats what I do. I will figure out what I need to do to keep myself in the shape I want and do not subject anyone to it.

Please ... Cheating is not tracking a food you know will interfere with your good choices. A treat is tracked and you deserve it even if it takes you above target. Tracking is about taking control, treating is motivating and a step toward a healthy attitude to food. I don't quarrel with people's choices and we are here to help ourselves and each other.

Nice ! How did you train for the half marathon ? I have one coming up in June !

Preparation is key. Good job! Made my chicken veggies and brown rice for next 3 days. Now just gotta eat it.

Don't give up there are so many factors that may come in to play. First go through your food diary see if there are any patterns that may need to be addressed like high sodium foods. Then look at the quality of your exercise. Stay committed the journey isn't always easy but it is always worth it.

I'm going thru the same problem. I'm going to try and up my workouts

I'm going thur the same thing..I want to give up also, I'm hoping my metabolism will turn on soon, and it will start coming off, very discouraging

Don't give up, try a different workout.

I've tried elliptical and treadmill at various speeds and incline levels. Also tried weights. And I really push it when I work out. I actually sweat and keep my heart rate up.

Hi guys, I just joined to begin tracking certain foods and activity. For those of you that are struggling, I am a holistic health coach and support people with weight loss and have a number of tools that are helpful to many people. If you are open to hearing more and getting some information, I'd love to connect with you!!

The first question that comes to my mind is how closely are you monitoring what you eat? Eating well might mean you are eating healthy foods, but if you eat too much of even healthy foods you will not lose weight. I found I could not lose weight until I addressed both exercise and what I was eating. I count calories. The LS app will calculate for you what you need to eat a day. I found through trial and error that I can only eat the calories for sedentary lifestyle. I don't pay attention to the calories I exercise off. In other words I don't eat those calories back on. If I did I would not lose weight. I hope you stick with it, don't be discouraged, just adjust expectations after examining carefully how much you are allowing yourself to eat.

Absolutely keep trying. Many factors could be at play here.
Thyroid, carb intolerance etc.
Do lots of research, go onto the livestrong website and check your nutrient totals for sodium etc.
Also if you don't have much to lose it will come off really slowly.
And the body takes no time at all adjusting to our dietary and nutritional changes. You have to confuse the body and muscles by changing up your routines.
Drink a MINIMUM of 64 ounces of water daily.
I hope all the best for you :)

Eat less. Eat the right foods (complex carbs, no sweets, plenty of protein, etc.). U will lose weight. It's that simple.

Pay close attention to what you are eating. Make sure to track your calories everyday even on the weekends. Eat complex carbs and and high protein. Increase cardio. At least 30 mins of moderate cardio 5 times a week after your weight training. You will lose weight or at least body fat.

Sounds perfect. Even better that you didn't go overboard on the calories.

I know what you mean I had a few treats this weekend and I found I did not eat as much as i used to and it was easy to balance calories with exercise.

Awesome (I hate you LOL)

Good job!!

Way to go! I can't wait until my scale reads that!

Thanks!

Awesome!! Wish I could say the same.
How much have you lost already?

Good job! Keep up the good work!

Very nice!

Yay way to go!

Great job!!

Fabulous ...dare I ask how long it has taken..

Is the protein a substitute for a meal?

Me :)

I haven't had soda in three years and I took a sip a couple days ago and nearly threw up!

I typically keep some amount of Pepsi in me daily to help prevent migraines and haven't had any since I started the diet, so I'm proud of me for that, and shocked how fast my taste buds have changed for that as well!!!

It's sad when you gat all ready for a treat then have to throw it away because it tastes so bad!

RIP Cheezwhizz!

How are you feeling, now? Migraine gone after your workout?

Are you on a special diet? I have horrible migraines....