I am counting calories. I live gluten free but not for health reasons just because I do feel better when avoiding wheat. For exercise, I cycle. I recently started to work out with some weights. How are you losing weight?

For health reasons I am eating Vegan. I started two weeks ago and have lost 10 pounds. I am not hungry at all my cravings have stopped. I am following Dr John McDougalls diet. I was put on insulin and it is about impossible to lose weight with the types of medications I am on . So I am really impressed. We will see where I go with this. I have a triple heart bypass so that is why I gave up meat.

I use MFP to keep track of my calories and I also have a Fit Bit. I use the Fit Bit and try to get in at least 10,000 steps/day. I started about 2 weeks ago and have lost 5.8 lbs as of yesterday.

I've been using MFP since November. Was starting to feel like I was starving on 1200 calories. So I found the EM2WL group. EatMore2WeighLess. I've started my metabolism reset and am sooooo enjoying being able to eat again. Check it out. I lost 72-73 pounds prior to this by just counting calories, but figured I can't go on living on 1200 calories the rest of my life. Had to figure out a way to eat more but not gain weight. Starting to lift weights next week. Been reading the book, The New Rules of Lifting for Women. Lots of wonderful information. :happy:

Slowly...but surely. I am 20 pounds lighter than last summer, but have made it a top priority to have a baseline 30 mins exervise each day and moved my calorie goal from 1800 to 1500. My new weighxt target loss is the next 8 pounds. This will move me off pre-diabetic status. I only set small goals, normally 5

Fastforlife i watch my calories 1500 a day, thats hard some days so i stay busy working on crafts etc,as i am retired i need to stay busy or would be a couch tater! just keep moving the body,walking,bending, squatting,etc. anyway u can burn calories. I am not for fasting myself. After u come off a fast aren't u starving & eat like a horse? Just saying! anyway the older u get the harder & longer it takes to lose a lb. & u want to have it stay off not pop back on.

Low Low Carb....Almost Paleo Exercise....

Lite yoga stretching.

The Shred.

Loosing more inches than weight at the moment.....

That'll work.

Hi Baby Boomers. I started MFP about3 weeks ago. Have lost 3.5 lbs. Trying very hard to stay within my calorie limits and today didn't do so well. I'm in it for the long haul for health reason.

I am being more physical. My husband is retired and because he has done all the things he wants during the day thinks when I get home I should sit down and spend time with him. I block book Zumba so prepay for 10 classes, same with horse riding and swimming too mean not to go as I have paid! Log my food on MFP, feel bad if I have to enter eaten something or more than I should.

I'm aiming for daily net calorie consumption of 1200. I set up MFP as "sedentary" .... which was/is honest so I track every piece of exercise including cleaning house, horseback riding, etc along with specific exercises of swimming and ellyptical which are my cardio of choice, and also strength training.

I don't have a scale ... I dislike them intensely so I'm going by measurements and how certain clothes fit. I have a long way to go to get back into my size 8 clothes! I was running back then, but running isn't comfortable for me any more. The tops of my feet BURN every time I break out into a jog. I figure it's an age thing.

Food wise ... I've cut out wheat and corn. It's dense, it's almost all genetically modified and I can live without it as a staple in my diet. My carbs are fruits and vegetables with occasional rice or potato. I try to eat seasonal and local as much as possible.

My meat all comes from one source ... a rancher about 1 hour away from me and he raises all his critters 100% natural. The beef is all grass fed. His pork is totally amazing. His chicken has hardly any "dark" meat ... the thigh and the breast are hard to tell apart once separated from the bones, and it's all quite moist and delicious. I get my eggs either from him or from a couple of friends who have real free-ranging chickens. There are a number of studies showing the health benefit of natually raised protein sources over commercial. The difference is drastic and compelling.

All my dairy is sourced from one place too ... another ranch just about 1 miles away from me. I buy raw whole milk and try and drink 8 ounces a day. The cattle are both Gurnsey and Jersey ... not a Holstein in the bunch and there is a compelling reason for this too. The studies are somewhat conflicting but all I know is that all my allergies to pollens and molds have almost entirely disappeared since drinking his milk. I can also buy pasturized milk product at his little store ... drinkable yogurt, cheese, butter and the most delicious milk caramel.

Just about every day, almost 50% or more of my calories comes from fat. But I'm losing because of the strict watch on calories. And I feel 100% better than I did two months ago. I'm actually looking forward to visiting my doctor, who I have been avoiding the past few years because deep down I knew I was going down the wrong road.

Sorry ... I can get long-winded on this subject. I'm passionate about food!!! If you made it this far, I'm impressed. )

I count calories do exercise and make sure to get enough proteines and Fiber, I have lost 30 prior to joining MFP but having a hard time loosing At one point I think I was not eating enough calories so after the 30 lbs lost my body went into starvation mode..so not loosing as I should. I have now upped my calories eaten per day to 1300 and I eat the exercise calories to average about 1500 calories per day of eating so I will see what happens:drinker: