Hi Everyone! This place looks like a great place to be when you want to lose weight!
I am 29 (30 on 03/26). I am married with no kids (hopefully someday). I started couting calories and exercising on 02/02/09. My start weight was 209. The first week I lost 4 pounds. I was so excited! Then the second week I gained a pound. I felt cheated. I have been sticking to a diet of 1400 to 1600 calories. I work out for at least 40 minutes every morning doing both cardio and weight training (weight training is only a few days a week). There has been days that I would eat more anywhere from 1600 to 2000 calories. They higher end has only been two days of the last two weeks.
I know weight flucuation could be a lot of things and I will be d*@med if I give up yet. I have been at my goal weight before and I am know I can get there again. I am reading about what my body needs and trying my hardest to give it just that. This road looks long but I want to feel skinny again and do things that I don't like to do now that I did before.
I look forward to the support of this sight and hope I can someday reach my goal as so many others have!!!
We have a WONDERFUL "stickied" thread in our Weight Loss Support forum about scale fluctuations. Bottom line? They happen! For all kinds of reasons, including those you'd expect (extra sodium, hormonal issues) and those you might not (extra exercise).
You might want to check out our "Calorie Counters" forum, or the "20-somethings" or "30-somethings" (wherever you are most comfortable...no one checks ID!).
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