You do great with whatever you do. It would be a boring world if everyone was the same. You have a great work out ethic. You certainly know how to resculpt and burn calories. Enjoy!
28 Mar 21 by member: kattay
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Princess, You have a lot of muscle and you look fabulous. Maybe 175-185 is your buffer zone, like @Lonnie? Can you be happy if you stay in that 10 pound window? Only you can answer but it sounds like an achievable goal with room to “flex”. ( omg/ look/ I made a weightlifting pun 😉).
28 Mar 21 by member: GibJig
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Destress is a excellent idea. As long as you are healthy and look in the mirror and see yourself happy. Who cares? No one but you! In my vein point, it all comes down to how I feel. Other people don’t matter. They are not in this body or mind. Pleasing yourself is the mist important thing. Hope you can get to a better place in your mind.
28 Mar 21 by member: madfoxmade
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DP — I know that this is a repetitive theme in my posts, but portion control and moderation is the key to being able to enjoy the foods we love. Deprivation and guilt do not work. I can have anything I want IF I learn to eat less of it. A 7 oz Coke instead of a 12-16 oz. one scoop of ice cream,, 2 cookies—— then STOP. I realize that that is why many people cannot manage this— because they cannot stop, and I don’t have an answer for that. You also cannot use exercise to outrun overeating havits
28 Mar 21 by member: Kenna Morton
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LOL DP, thanks for the encouragement, I'll do my best to grow taller 🤪 I have to concur with a lot of the sentiment so far on your journal. We have a number stuck in our heads (mine's 125) that is usually a random, unsustainable and unreachable goal. I agree with Wifey, that if you're in 8/10 now at 185 (🤬 I wish), then you're pretty close to your happy zone, body-wise, perhaps not mental-wise. While I realize BMI charts may have your height down near 165, I'd rely more on clothing size and overall health.
28 Mar 21 by member: CarbAbuser
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You rock!! Enjoy your food, along with your workouts and your family/life. Balance is key I'm finding for me. I recently started following the YouTube channel for Remington James. Not trying to plug anything, but just saying his views on food have helped me. I no longer feel like I even really need a cheat day. My struggle right now is getting back to tracking my calories, and logging them here 😬🤦♂️. I'm trying y'all lol.
28 Mar 21 by member: Jay2584
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A lot of really great insight here. And yep I too have a number in my head, but might do a little rethinking as I get closer to it.
28 Mar 21 by member: jazzylittleone
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Weird how we have to fool ourselves at times. I got within 10 lbs. of my goal, stalled bad and gave up. When I get there again, I will be smarter about my strategies. Following to see what you do. 💕
28 Mar 21 by member: _bec_ca
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For me it's ALL about the clothing size. So if you feel strong, healthy and sexy in size 8-10, then simply maintain. I think it's wise of you to mention that you won't be lifting an hour everyday or whatnot for the rest of your life, and injuries/accidents/illness will happen at future points. So long as you have made some good eating habits on your weight loss journey (having a cookie ≠ a box of cookies), you should be good (with fine-tuning along the way). But otherwise, yeah, check that this isn't diet fatigue, and that the scale is saying that if you want to be a size 6, you'll need to eat 200-300 fewer calories now.
28 Mar 21 by member: JustBananas
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Nice conversation w/thyself! lol As long as you're happy....Don't judge your actions. Don't ever feel guilty unless you're doing something that will endanger/sabotage your health and well-being. Live for today & don't worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes. Don't forget: YOLO Enjoy life and the skin you're in. God bless us all in all we do...all ways...Amen :)
28 Mar 21 by member: Slow Meta
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That is the most planned out- not having a plan- ever. ;) THIS is brilliant and can work! You do look fab and are a rockstar so enjoy where you are now... funny my journal today is about making goals for motivation!
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oh yeah - bodycomp is everything! This is why I still have fat to lose.
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So much depends on our bone structure and how we're built. When I was younger, my sister and I shared our clothes. I was 2" taller than her and weighed about 10 pounds more, but the clothes fit both of us. Also, in those days, I rarely stepped on a scale. If I liked what I saw when I looked in the mirror, and I felt good, what I weighed was meaningless. Be you.
28 Mar 21 by member: shirfleur 1
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Spending time with your rebel side and enjoying each other’s company sounds like a fun plan. Enjoy yourself, DP!
28 Mar 21 by member: TomLong
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I forgot to point out that a size 10 on someone 5'8"+ tall like you would look fantastic. Height is everything. Put that same size 10 on a person only 5'2" and the effect is veerrrrry different.
28 Mar 21 by member: JustBananas
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It sounds like you are in your sweet spot!!! You do look great!!! I think it really does come down to what you want! No one else can or should decide that for you! I know what you mean about focusing too much on something having the opposite effect! You're doing great recomping!!!! Thats an accomplishment to be proud of!!!
28 Mar 21 by member: bearnoggin
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If you feel good about where you are, that’s all that matters. 🙂
28 Mar 21 by member: letsdothis2021
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I'm so busy that I can't even respond to you guys but thanks for all the support! Work is so fucking crazy right now. I know that has added to the frustration for me. That day of listing everything as Ben &Jerry's because I didn't have the time to put it all in was like the beginning of the end. Stress eating and non sense. But it's 4:30 and I'm going to the gym after a cup of coffee and we will see how today goes. If I don't go early, I won't make it all all. Chris, I definitely don't want to weigh more than my husband. I hate it. It has been nice being below but once he puts his mind to something, it's on. So he'll be 190 next month and I'll be 192. 😢 No way. Not letting that happen. Hopefully things stabilize at work in the next month or so. Until then, stress is not a reason to overeat. I know this.
29 Mar 21 by member: davidsprincess
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Not giving a shit will also lower cortisol. Not giving a shit looks good on you. 165 is my leanest and I’m 5’10. It’s not a big booty or tiddies weight for me. I look more voluptuous and sexy at 175. That’s how I figured out what my goal weight was. Not what someone else was saying I should weigh. SOOoo couple decades ago I had skin removal surgery and I would do the mini abdominoplasty all over again in a heartbeat. I knew I was a skinny bitch hiding underneath all of that skin. If you ever want to talk about surgery I can let you know my experiences. But I have a very pro surgical mindset about skin removal surgeries. Worth it.
29 Mar 21 by member: KayBuckaroo
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And I’m just reading the conversation about weighing more than your husband. Well I outweigh mine by 50 pounds right now. I could probably sit on him and he wouldn’t be able to go anywhere. And truth be told we were about the same when I am not pregnant.
29 Mar 21 by member: KayBuckaroo
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