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AlexandraFindsHerself1971 wrote: »And I think it's not always nice for me to post pictures or discussion of food when other people aren't eating carbs or aren't having fried foods or whatever.
Hey: I'm the *kitten* who posts candy... are you saying I should put a SOCK in it?!?!?!?!
YOUR pictures are welcome!
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Nah, you can post all the candy you want, sweetheart. I haven't been able to eat most candy in any quantity since I was about 13, so I'm used to seeing what I can't have in that regard. (smile)3
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Hi Everyone!! After 3 successful days hunger has caught up with me. What do you all do to keep from feeling hungry? I'm trying to keep my calories to 1200. But I was so hungry tonight that I added 150 calories for 3 cups of popcorn. I would greatly appreciate any ideas that you all have.2
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Timberlan127 wrote: »Hi Everyone!! After 3 successful days hunger has caught up with me. What do you all do to keep from feeling hungry? I'm trying to keep my calories to 1200. But I was so hungry tonight that I added 150 calories for 3 cups of popcorn. I would greatly appreciate any ideas that you all have.
First idea, and most basic, is that in spite of the amount of weight we want / may have wanted to lose... believe it or not a sustainable pace beats a fast but ultimately unsustainable pace.
So.....
--a) are you using a weight trend web site or phone app? They're useful as a double check because at the end of the day you DO want to see that trend head down, even if on
--b) are you actually logging everything (by weight), by preference before you even eat it, and using independently verified entries from the database (because the database actually sucks in terms of having multiple wrong items out of which you may have to pick the most un-wrong!)
--c) is the amount of calories taken in less than the total calories spent for the day? If yes, you're still losing weight just not as fast!
1200 is the minimum MFP will give out as a target because it is the minimum required for semi reasonable intake of nutrients. But getting it as a target is usually an indication that your currently selected activity level/age/weight/height combination cannot quite afford to lose at the speed/rate of loss speed you've selected.
--d) have you reviewed what you've eaten and how many calories it cost and how satiating it proved to be for you? HOW CAN YOU TWEAK IT without spending too many calories?!?!?!?
--e)... have you visited the bunny 🐰🐰🐰 thread? How many bunnies did you eat today?!?!?!
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There is a thread with potentially some interesting ideas for pretty much all of us.
I don't agree with 100% but the overwhelming majority are actually pushing out great ideas!
Main forums: "Name one weight loss tip that worked for you besides tracking"2 -
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https://support.myfitnesspal.com/hc/en-us/articles/5716717249933-Unable-to-Create-New-or-Edit-Existing-Foods-Meals-Recipes-and-Quick-Add
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PAV8888 Thank you for the response. First What is the 🐰🐰🐰 thread and where do I find it? Since I am 72 years old I'm finding that weight just doesn't come off unless I stick with about 1200 calories. But I guess because I have been eating much more than that now that I have cut back I'm hungry all the time. I will take a look at all the forums and see what I can find. Thanks again.1
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Don’t despair Timberlan! I’m 74 soon to be 75, short and trying to remain as active as possible. Had some bouts with bursitis and arthritis. But it’s been pretty much tracking food and staying in a deficit. Don’t try to be too aggressive or lose too fast. Slow and steady works best. Try to find lower calorie substitutes for what you enjoy and will fill you up.
Scroll down to the Discussions section of this page. We discuss all kinds of things that you might enjoy joining. 🤔2 -
Timberlan127 wrote: »... What is the 🐰🐰🐰 thread and where do I find it?...
Hi Timber. I'm no PAV, but I can lead you to the bunny thread.
Look further down on the page - to the discussions threads and you will see:
How many 🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰 did I eat?🙀
It is a fun thread where we are keeping track of the fruits and vegetables we are eating. The thinking is that a meal with plenty of vegetables has a lot of bulk to "fill" you up, but not so many calories. One way of avoiding hunger for a little while.2 -
And don't forget that 5 to 10 bunnies a day keep the doctor away ❣️😘
*Of course Australian bunnies are not the same as British bunnies and may be different than pav bunnies but hey it's at least a start 😹2 -
I love the 🐰🐰🐰 idea. You all have such good ideas and suggestions. Thank you all. This is such a great group!!.3
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So, @Timberlan127 did you eat your minimum protein and fiber today?! And.... how many bunnies DID you eat?!?!?!?
Actually now that I think about it.... how about YOU @MelissaAY1017 and, since we are supposedly respecting our elders... how about YOU @conniewilkins56 ??? And since we have the XD generation (almost) aboard 😍 ... s'up with YOU Ms @luxia2020 ???
And how about hearing from some of the people I've only seen one or two posts from?!?!? @mrsjenfrank @bulfrognz --hey are you from NZ???? How about you @DaddyHertz?
Are any of you 100% tracking on MFP or elsewhere? Are you or are you not using a food scale? Do you double check your food entries with second sources or are you relying on a large deficit to provide a cushion in case of missloging? Are you using scale weight values or making use of a trending weight web-site (e.g. trendweight/weightrapher) or application such as Libra or Happy Scale.... inquiring minds and all that!!!3 -
Elders?…..Elders?…..PAV it is a good thing I like you so much!3
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WARNING! Lots of Info. At Once:
Hi all! I've been reading here for many months and last posted in October of 2021. I think that was the last time I posted something. I'm friends with @conniewilkins56 and @Andreafindsherself1971. I have been using all your info. to loose 83.3 lbs so far since joining MFP. I use true weight and weigh daily. I use the Libra app. Just wanted you all to know this group has helped me so much and I want to leave more posts here. Thank you everyone. Since my heaviest in November of 2018 I've lost 125 lbs and would like to loose another 56 to 61 more pounds. I'm a numbers person so knowing my tdee and my maintance calories have made all the difference in my success. As for bunnies I love eating veggies and fruit and track my micros now too! (Yeah for premium and eating enough protein and fiber.) Before this I had no idea how much fiber played a roll in weight loss. I always ate protein and fresh fruit and veggies, but the fiber thing was a big one for me. I've been checking in here more lately sooo...
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hello @pamelar25 with the mini mini brief tiny post filled with a good amount of information! I see someone who can pack a lot of information nutrients in a tiny package... others... yup... I know some others who can easily get lost in a soup of words!
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Pamela’s I m so glad to see you here!…please join in any conversation….we are a wacky friendly group!….welcome!1
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Okay - where are you two seeing this @pamelar25 person???? I've scrolled back and forth and not seen a post
Me's goin' blind! 
(maybe me should take off the shades?) 2 -
lauriekallis wrote: »Okay - where are you two seeing this @pamelar25 person???? I've scrolled back and forth and not seen a post Me's goin' blind! (maybe me should take off the shades?)
M-EF-Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!1 -
Is that telling me she is on MFP? Or is that you expressing your frustation with M-EF-Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee making posts disappear?2
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@pamelar25…125lbs - that is an amazing amount to have lost - congratulations 💕3
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M-EF-Peeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
is a full and sufficient statement on its own and it pretty much covers half of everything in the universe!2 -
lauriekallis wrote: »Okay - where are you two seeing this @pamelar25 person???? I've scrolled back and forth and not seen a post Me's goin' blind! (maybe me should take off the shades?)
Okay....mystery solved Somehow I managed to "ignore" @pamelar25....not sure how because I didn't even know such a thing was possible on MFP. But after seeing messages responding to her post and not being able to see her post I went hunting so that I could send this wonderful weight loser a message and once I hit her profile page there was an "unignore" option. So I did that and now I can see your posts @pamelar25 .... woohoo!
Pretty impressive progress. Glad I can now read about it. And very glad you are here posting again.3 -
Hi! I never remember people if they don't post regularly, but I like people, so hi!
Today I'm busy getting ready for the work week ahead; making sure he has work clothes clean, moving the things I need to cook next week's food into the kitchen fridge, and printing out and putting up next week's menus.
I put up menus for all of our sakes. That way I don't have to deal with people asking what's for dinner tomorrow or Friday, they can just look. It lets Son figure out which meals (usually Friday and Saturday nights) he wants to come up with an alternative for, since he doesn't like Mexican and curry and things like curry. He is autistic, and does fine with knowing in advance that he needs to get something out or make himself a cup of mac and cheese, but doesn't like getting it dropped on him suddenly. So this way he knows in advance. I don't have to remember what I'm doing, I just look. And the more I can make routine and do automatically, the easier it is on my own autism and adhd.
Things are a lot better now. Boyfriend really likes his new job, his other personalities are comfortable and feel safe there, so things will be a lot less fraught. He's sleeping well too, and that makes all the difference. The only problem right now is that he doesn't get paid till a week from Tuesday, but I went to the store and have all I need, so we're good.
And the sun is out today and the storm past, so I won't have nearly so much fibro pain. That's good, as I have Stuff To Do.5 -
Enjoy the sun and all it brings, Alexandra!2
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MFP is going to be down for “maintenance” tomorrow October 18 from 8 am Central time. Supposed to take two hours but they don’t sound confident! And we may experience problems afterwards. I think I’ll do a little pre-logging and hope it’s all better by tomorrow evening 🙏.3
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So I've noticed a few people mention while posting that they belong to this and "another" group. I'm sure different ones for different people!!!
I know that I generally spend most of my "facebook time" meandering the main MFP community forums.
Frankly the connection for me in this group is closer to the one I used to enjoy with my MFP friends and the wall posts.
Quite a few of us are still around, but the wall posts became impossible for me to keep up to or respond to and a pain and chore instead of "fun".
Ads, blogs, videos, and the interminable scrolling to get back to where you were trying to respond! And the many times typing crawled to a character by character battle.
So I cut off, sadly, but in self defence. Anyway.
The question is ...
Which other semi private/private groups do y'all ACTIVELY belong to in addition to this one?1 -
None really - I am a member of Clean Eating Group but only check in there every few months. Sometimes I'll go take a look around in the other forums - but nothing consistently.1
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Well I'm a member of the Fitbit group... but I haven't even looked in it for years... so I don't think that counts!
I was more wondering about groups/challenges/this that the other that people regularly engage with.
I've noticed in the main community forums that some of the "challenge" / "private" group people are "advertising" for "new blood"
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I'm a leader in the private group Lose 1 Pound A Week And Keep It Off - I joined that group the same week I joined this one (and abandoned it for the same 530 days as I did this group). It's a group that focuses on accountability - the one 'rule' is you need to post your weight once a week, but there are also optional ongoing challenges (hit your daily/weekly calorie goal, hit your workout goals, post your weekly miles, hit your accountability goals etc...) and there's always a weekly special challenge (last week was 'Eat the Rainbow' and this week is 'Know Your Stats'). @BCLadybug888 is also a leader in the same group. It has a general chat thread that's not too active - maybe a few posts a day...and then threads for the ongoing challenges (also not too active). So membership never feels too onerous...but sometimes it does feel as if the group's simply limping along...there was talk of disbanding it, but it's had a few new members join recently who have injected a bit of new blood, so it's likely to continue for the rest of this year at least, but after that who knows? Like here, just a handful of people keep the cogs turning and sometimes I’m sure they must feel like it’s a lot of effort for little reward.
What does that group give me that Larger Losers doesn't? I guess acountability...I actively participate in every single challenge, religiously...it keeps me focused. Plus the other 3 active leaders and some of the long term members have become virtual friends, like you guys here...
The only other group I belong to is the Ultimate Accountability Challenge. This is a new one for me - I only joined it in February, and this one has been very participative for me because one of the group's 'rules' is that you have to check in every day (or at least every 3 days) and post if you exercised, hit your calorie budget and tracked your food. Plus there's a daily 'topic of the day' which encourages debate and exchange of ideas/support etc. So the daily chat is very active - several dozen people checking in every day - and that's the main selling point of the group for me.
Other that that, I don't really participate in MFP - I rarely visit the discussion threads, and I don't have any friends (my deliberate choice) so I don't have any 'wall' posts to read. So those 3 groups are my 'check in and accountability' places....1 -
I lurk around other groups but rarely post anything there. This is the only group I check in and post regularly. I don’t do the friends thing either. Private messages once or twice.
Guess I’m antisocial? 😍2
