21 Aug 18 by member: rosio19
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21 Aug 18 by member: Kim4dogNite
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You’re going to have a blue line in no time!! Mine is elusive 😬
21 Aug 18 by member: crazy8cottage
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On the same boat with fluctuating. Can’t wait to see 129 on the scale! Keep it up! We will be at goal soon!
21 Aug 18 by member: tsamtos2s8
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Thanks guys! Technically I’m maintaining right now so I didn’t expect a loss. And maybe the trainer is correct. I could see faint lines for abs today!! Yet I think there’s still 1/8-1/4” of fat covering them. I couldn’t get a good picture but I could feel the indents so my eyes weren’t playing tricks on me. Gone this evening when I checked but I’d just eaten. Guess it could also be dehydration causing less covering over the abs... Who knows. Won’t worry about it as it’ll be different in 8 hours when I weigh again lol.
I hope we all reach our goals and soon! And keep to the weight/build we want! I hadn’t paid attention to line color. I’ll gave to watch for it to change :).
21 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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That’s what’s happening to me, it was fun for a while but obviously my body is telling me eat more you are active enough 💪🏼
21 Aug 18 by member: rosio19
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I have to find my balance I don’t want to be an too slim either 🙃
21 Aug 18 by member: rosio19
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You are overthinking this
21 Aug 18 by member: Kenna Morton
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Rosio I want 120 just once pretty badly. I doubt I can maintain that however as I like my daily treat too much. Will see what the dr has to say about the osteopenia and lower calories before I take 120 completely off the table. I’ll mourn I’m sure but 130 and healthy is better than 120 and in pain and eventually stopped over.
21 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Kenna, you’ll find that I overthink EVERYTHING! Lol. I like constants and dislike the unknown and change. For example, I refused to give up coke for years even though I actually like root beer better. I even refused when I started my diet and had an argument with family and a friend over it. One day I decided to go without and it became much easier. I have some here and I won’t drink it because it’s another change and I don’t know if I’ll start craving to horribly again. Plus I’ve come to like having those extra 280-420 calories a day to eat which allows me an extra 90 calorie snack most days or even a protein snack to get away from constant meat.
21 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Yes, 130 lbs and healthy beats 120 lbs and in pain everyday
21 Aug 18 by member: rosio19
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Yep! One thing cancer taught me was that it can always be worse. Pick the one you can live with and is the most beneficial or the least harmful. And I can and need to still build muscle. I’ll just add some fat with it and have to lose it slowly. I can be the size and shape I want even if I never see that magical 120 again lol.
Let me be honest, I’d love to see 110 to as that’s what I weighed at 16. 18 was 118, 120 when I got engaged, 105 when I got married (stress and a job that had me on my feet and walking a lot)... these are the ones I’d like to see again but I’ll be fine if I never do.
160 with my first kid, 160 at beginning of diet, 144 mid chemo, 136 start of chemo, 132 at hysterectomy... those are the ones I don’t want to see but I can live with the 132.
21 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Yes girl Be healthy and work it
22 Aug 18 by member: amystrimple
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Tried a salt experiment a while back and gained a lot. 30'gram one day, 40 gram the next two days I think. Certainly made the scale move up. Went back to normal intake and weight went down pretty fast over a few days. Find my scales bump up Fat% when dehydrated. The instruction book says measurements should be taken three hours after waking/eating/exercising. Another brand say 2 hours after, plus around the same time of day. I think part reason for this is to have a fairly stable hydration level at each measurement. I try to get my water% number fairly close to 58% before I give some sort of respect to the other numbers.
22 Aug 18 by member: Diddlee
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I’m probably always dehydrated. Dislike water immensely so basically only drink 1-2 bottles for workouts. But I get 1-2 pops a day and anywhere from 3-8 glasses of tea or coffee. Trying to do better on the water. Started out as half a bottle per workout and all soda the rest of the day.
22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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well if you get tea that works pretty well, I don't think that dehydrates as much as coffee can. I dislike water too but I drink a ton of it. fortunately for me I have reverse osmosis for the fish water so I have super clean water for drinking.
22 Aug 18 by member: baskington
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We have well water. It’s okay. I can’t order water in town because it tastes like pool water :/. Some days I have 4 16oz glasses of tea. Sweet tea is my favorite and I may have to go back to sugar over Splenda. Digesting everything the trainer said and have info to look through before I decide. Down to about 2 weeks worth of Splenda so I have to decide soon or buy another box of 1000 packets. 😳
22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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if you don't need it super sweet and sugar does not cause cravings then I don't see a problem. A teaspoon of sugar is not that carby or high in calories. now a tablespoon is a different thing. bottled water is only slightly better, sometimes they have stuff in them too. I can drink iced tea without anything. I buy those cold brew tea bags. it tastes just fine without anything for me. I have more trouble with the brewed tea, it seems to upset my stomach.
22 Aug 18 by member: baskington
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Try a tablespoon lol. It’s 3 packets, 1 tablespoon or one healing teaspoon per 16 ounce glass of tea or 10-12 ounce cup of coffee. 48 calories per tsp I believe. It’ll add up fast. I like flavored water so I get the fake stuff there. I can drink a ton of it but when hubby looks at the grocery bill he isn’t pleased. I feel like I need to cut something out. Low carb tortillas, beef jerky, protein bars, protein shakes and flavored water adds up fast! It’s about the same price here for chicken or shakes/bars per gram of protein. I’m trying to keep my stomach small so when we eat out it’s easier to stick to small portions so a shake or bar is easier to do that as it’s 4 bites on a bar or a whole large chicken breast or two small ones :/.
22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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Just looked at my log. Seems chicken for the breast I had tonight would be about two shakes (had just over one breast shredded). 5 in a pack for $10 so $2 each and my shakes are about $3.50 for two. Bars would be about $4-5 for the same protein. Now when we talk beef or pork loin it goes up. We butcher right now so it’s not as bad but $10 for a 4-5# loin was a lot. Priced steak and it was like $13 a pound :/. Butchering is more like $3-5 a pound average for all the beef. Much more economical and we can choose a calf based on grass fed, no antibiotics or whatever. It supports local farmers and ranchers so that’s nice as well. Tired of supporting Walmart for everything.
22 Aug 18 by member: peeperjj
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