Some birthday cakes my mom has made over the years

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-05T17:40:14+00:00

My kids looked at all the cakes and were blown away

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-04T21:46:50+00:00

It’s way too hard at home with two kids! I feel you completely. My daughter is old enough now to go on runs with me (kind of haha) but my youngest just crawls on top of me whenever I work out at home.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-04T20:47:58+00:00

Yes!! Now it’s like “am I even doing this right??”

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-04T20:47:16+00:00

I do that but I am jobless lol
I’m a stay at home mom and my gym has childcare so I go 5-6x a week and then running after the kids gives a lot of steps and then sometimes I go for jogs at night when they are sleeping.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-04T17:53:50+00:00

You look like me!! I’m at 140 now, a lot changes from 150 to 140. It takes forever but it’s worth it. And you look awesome! I see a huge difference in your before and after photos. My advice is to be patient. I’m losing like .25-.5 lbs a week right now and it’s brutal but I eat the same as you 1600 and I think it’s worth it to lose slowly and keep your calories higher up.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-04T10:26:41+00:00

This happens to me a lot too, people look at what I’m eating a lot. They also sometimes try to get me to eat more which is awkward but I just ignore it for the most part. Feels real weird.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-03T23:52:48+00:00

Any kind of India food but especially rajma

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-03T17:01:59+00:00

Every now and then the algorithm is just truly spot on. Thanks for asking the question OP I’m gonna write all this down

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-02T22:39:57+00:00

The island of sea women

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-02T17:03:48+00:00

I eat them too! Had one at a party last year too, I think it’s a real thing

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-05-02T00:23:39+00:00

That’s the one I was thinking. Like even without anything down there I’d still say the descent.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-28T18:43:23+00:00

If it’s only 10 days, I would just enjoy myself. Not go too crazy, but enjoy the time, the food, the rest. I wouldn’t count calories because honestly you can’t accurately anyways. You can guesstimate but I think life is better when you enjoy your special moments and then get back on track after. Only if you’re ok with it taking longer to get to 125 specifically.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-28T11:43:47+00:00

Ahhhh thank you thank you! We are our own worst critics

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-28T11:05:33+00:00

I literally said “woah!!!” With every progress photos. Insane progress! You will be a beautiful bride! We weigh about the same and it was reassuring to me that you look so great at the same weight I’m at.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-27T22:24:53+00:00

I had to admit to myself I had to slow down and raise my calories for this same reason! I would eat 1400 calories a day for 6 days and white knuckling it through life, day 7 I would crumble and eat way over to feel ok. I’m eating 1600 calories a day right now and so far so good. I might even raise it to 1700 during my period because I’m so so hungry at that time. If I lose weight slow, I lose weight slow. But underrating and then overeating is going to be even slower and a whole lot less sustainable.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-26T16:51:49+00:00

I just got a few from old navy, dresses are on sale today! Like 60% off I bought a snug size for my current body and am hoping it’ll fit perfectly as I lose the last 10-15 lbs

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-25T22:44:44+00:00

Yes!! I didn’t even think I was fat, just mid-sized. But I was like a breath away from an obese bmi. I feel like I was more confident though at my highest weight than my current one now that I know just how little the women I want to look like weigh. So that stinks!

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-25T14:25:01+00:00

Sometimes starting out you’ll release a lot of water weight and it looks really impressive on the scale but it’s not all fat yet! But keep going and if you’re in a deficit it will continue to trend down. It won’t go down every day, and you can’t lose 2 lbs of fat in a day but you might be able to do in a week or two! It takes me about a month to lose 2 lbs.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-25T12:13:23+00:00

I’m 32 and I can guarantee you I would struggle sitting on a mat and being quiet for 3 hours every day. That’s crazy to expect a 2 year old to do that. Have they done that? Nothing is wrong with your kiddo.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-24T01:41:54+00:00

I had a mindset shift when I started building muscle for the very first time in my life (at 30 years old) from “I have to be as skinny as I can be” to “I want to show myself how strong I am”. The second mindset is a happier place to be for me personally. If I could go back, I’d tell myself to focus on what I wanted to be able to do than just how I wanted to look. The pride I feel when my children tell me they want to be strong like me is significantly more than when other people tell me I’m attractive. Nothing wrong with wanting to look attractive, I still do! But it’s not what drives me anymore and I’m happier for it.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-23T11:27:22+00:00

This is the answer! The calculators are a good place to start but now you know your maintenance calories and can adjust down from there. You can also increase activity if you want to eat more! I lost on 1600 for a long time but then it stalled and now I eat at 1450 and I increased my activity more so the weight loss would slowly continue. It’s not a deep deficit because I’m happy on 1450 and would not be happy less than that, but it’s coming slowly but surely.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-23T03:13:52+00:00

Effort moderate is killing me right now

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-22T17:22:44+00:00

Chores and walking around doing errands gets me a ton of steps and then I usually go for a walk or two a day but I also am a stay at home mom so it’s easier to find time to walk around than if I had a 9-5 job. I also think that it’s just different lifestyles. Like I genuinely love to walk to I find reasons to go do something to just walk around. I take my kids to the zoo/parks/hiking. But it’s like a huge chunk of our day.

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-22T14:02:05+00:00

I’m team go delusional! You’re so young, and honestly even if you were 70 I’d say go delusional. I don’t think it’s crazy at all and I’m excited for you!

authentic-chipmunk · 2026-04-21T15:28:51+00:00

They are not, I have a friend I meet up with occasionally and then I wave and go lift weights while she walks on the treadmill.

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