Experienced MFP'er in the Home Stretch - What do I do now?

I don't try to kick my sweet tooth completely. I just give myself portion limits. I allow myself up to 1-2 bite size pieces per day. I've gone up to 4 a few times with smaller pieces but I'm pretty good about meeting my limit and even that is about half a candy bar. That's only if I have room. I allow myself to have dessert once in awhile if I split it and I have met my goals for the day. I do find myself making choices about whether the caloric value is worth it or not and now at least half the month, I don't even bother. Sometimes a single serving of Lucky Charms helps me satisfy my sweet tooth and helps me get in some iron. Generally though, the lower we go, the less wiggle room we have. But I don't have the mentality of never.

Some people do, however, have to completely cut it out because just one piece is never enough. So you have to figure out what you can handle.

You track the calories you take in, do you track all the calories you expend? And I mean all of them, even at rest. I use a Fitbit to track my movement all day. It links to my MFP account, so it gives me a more accurate calories burned. If you're not sure what a Fitbit is, its like a pedometer on steroids. After you figure how many calories you're burning, just do the math. 3500 burned calories is one pound.

I have a sweet tooth, I eat those zone chocolate bars there awesome and only 190 calories.

Last but not least, I have an office job, I sit almost all day. But whenever I get up I do ten pushups. I know that sounds crazy, but movement is movement. Need copy paper, 10 push ups, need a cup of coffee, 10 push ups. I have done this so much, other people at work now do it as well. However the looks you get while doing this is priceless. Good luck!

As for the under eating, I don't know what you're eating , I didn't see your diary, so I can't even make an educated guess. I will say that we do need to eat lose. Your metabolism has to stay in burn mode, it does this by having food in your system. I would recommend having 5 small meals a day, to fuel your self. I know for me as of today I am 201.8 lbs, I am 5'6 ( no short jokes please not many short guys are honest online about their height ) going from my dietician calculations I can have 2300 calories a day and if I did nothing I would maintain my current weight. I shoot for 1500-1600 calories a day, food intake only I don't care if MFP says I now can eat 800 more calories because of a work out , my goal is always to stay in the deficit side of the calories I intake.

As for the fitbit accurately tracking the calories we burn a day, no its impossible. I think the polar watches with the heart monitor strap would work the best, but I don't have it in me to keep that strap around my chest all day. But all things considered the fitbit is a great start to trying to count your calories out everyday.

From the outside looking in, you sound like you have done a great job for healthy weight loss, thirty pounds in a year is awesome.......... I have lost around 38 pounds and I did it in about four months and the dietician I use freaked out on me for losing weight in an unhealthy manner. She was actually mad, called me a name. Slow and study wins the race, and it does sound like you're winning.

Burn baby burn, cardio it up elliptical, run, bike, count calories and cardio good luck! Track those calories, in and out! Good luck! I got 26 pounds to go myself!