Anyone else every struggle with nighttime eating after you've been within bounds all day? That's what I'm struggling with now. Here are some links to articles I've been reading: https://www.pritikin.com/your-health/health-benefits/healthy-weight-loss/1846-stop-binge-eating-at-night.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Eating-at-Night
http://news.health.com/2013/05/02/the-surprising-reason-you-snack-at-night-and-how-to-stop-it/
http://drhyman.com/blog/2013/10/09/8-steps-stop-nighttime-binges/

As DH would say I fell in a rabbit hole while stumbling around on the internet. This is very interesting to see a BMI comparison by country and by the world.
"Where are you on the Global Fat Scale?" bbc.com/news/health-18770328#female
I found the fun fact that I am most like someone from Yemen. Also in the United States (put in that term and not USA if you query for yourself) I have a lower BMI than 84% of women in the 60-69 age range. Also, Bangladesh has the lowest BMI of anywhere.
Give it a try!

why all calories are not the same: http://drhyman.com/blog/2014/04/10/calories-dont-matter/

A little info about the Blood Type Diet. http://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/blood-type-diet http://www.dadamo.com/

I read the links and have been thinking about this since you posted. It does seem to throw a discouraging wedge into the hope of reaching and maintaining a goal. I never watched the show. It does seem that maintaining it afterward on their own would be difficult without all the attention and coaches that were part of the process to get the weight off. Also most seemed to have lost extreme amounts - though the woman in the article lost about 30% and I lost 27%. Hmm... did it matter that I put it on later in life? whether it comes off slowly or quickly? That's why I was glad to join the National Weight Loss Registry survey.

What really comes to mind is how important it is not to put it on in the first place, especially in children.
"This most recent data shows that the incidence of obesity in children and adolescents has tripled over the past 25 years." from this link: my.clevelandclinic.org/childrens-hospital/health-info/ages-stages/childhood/hic-Obesity-in-Children That is going to be a huge (pun groan..) problem in the future.

Because food, body image, self-worth, being politically correct etc. are so entwined it is very difficult to talk bluntly about the problem...with humans.

Monday I had my 3 yo male golden retriever at the vet - ACL tear in his left leg. We looked at him and said 'he's looking a bit chunky too'. Did he care that we called him fat? Nope. I cut his food 20%. Did he care? Nope- just give him his orbee ball. But he can't run around for 4-6 weeks either. Now that bothers him!

I've been at my goal of 130-134 for a year now, 132.4 this morning. Since I stopped logging last June I don't have a measure of my daily calories, but definitely more than 1200. I cook most of our food. Cooking Light is the only subscription I get. I 'm more aware of portion sizes, and check myself before avoiding mindless munching out of boredom. But I always have a bedtime snack.

I continue to aim for 60min of activity a day - my typical choice of treadmill / folkdancing / housecleaning. Perhaps research will find that reading subtitles burns more calories??

I meant to get back to this thread earlier. I certainly agree that there is a big difference with larger pounds lost. And without exercise I wouldn't be where I am today. I worry too if I can't exercise that it will all come back. But there must be something missing with the math because 700 calories is unsustainable and unhealthy.

"Unfortunately, I think like the calorie needs decreasing after a big loss and long time dieting, that your body gets used to the exercise, too." That is true from what I've read, at least in some sense... take dancing for example. A dance I know well becomes easier to do, it's all in my muscle memory. But learning the steps to a new dance means many small muscle changes - right, no left, back to right, two steps behind, nope one step behind - all that burns more calories. And that is why a dance workshop is much more of a workout than a dance party.

A new friend came over for kimchi making last week. She is married, 31 yo, 5'4" and at her highest was 280. She recently lost 40lb. but uses "Fen" (part of the phen/fen?) prescription. She already has weight related health issues. WW wouldn't accept her without a Dr note since she wanted an initial goal of 180lbs since it was still an unhealthy weight. Her Dr gave her a hard time, no support. So she found another Dr recently. All that is bad enough, but what I found discouraging was that they eat out 3x a day. She can't cook. Well, now she has kimchi, but still... Oh, and her husband doesn't eat fruits and veggies.

There are plenty of healthy eating resources online and even cooking classes. I'm thinking of group tours to the grocery store! But it comes down to motivation.