"The most important thing you can do to lose weight"

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  • SashaQ1381
    SashaQ1381 Posts: 35 Member

    Eyeballing is not a bad idea if you are true to yourself.

    Back in the day, I did not know about MFP. So I did the next best thing and just 'eyeballed' my portions, and ate as well as I possibly could (but not always 'clean'.) Then a couple of weeks later, I started writing down what I was eating, and approximately how much (1 cup, 1 piece, etc.) but not writing calories because I did not know them. But like what other posters mentioned, I was very honest with myself on the portions. My goal was to lose 22 lbs. I lost 10lbs just by self-discipline in about 1.5 to 2 months. The rest after that I lost with a combination of eating and P90X.

    After baby, I put on 30 extra lbs. (Not during pregnancy, but after, by eating at random times, and not paying too much attention due to time and exhaustion. Go figure!) But this time I am using MFP! :)
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Great thread, I'd never seen it before. Thanks for bumping.
  • JeanieWww
    JeanieWww Posts: 4,037 Member
    coming with someone diagnosed with hypothyroidism, THANK YOU for posting this!!
  • gamerbabe14
    gamerbabe14 Posts: 876 Member
    BillMcKay1 wrote: »
    For those still looking for that original video. I found it on another site.

    http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-losing-weight/

    Wow! This is great!
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    Great bump! I remember when I had a bad metabolism and didn't eat that much. Ignorance was so blissful yet painful lol
  • menotyou56
    menotyou56 Posts: 178 Member
    "Sorry this video does not exist." :'(
  • akoivisto
    akoivisto Posts: 141 Member
    Glad this was bumped; interesting read and videos! Thanks!
  • Enjcg5
    Enjcg5 Posts: 389 Member
    I had to bookmark this!
  • aliciamariaq
    aliciamariaq Posts: 272 Member
    bump
  • MissMaggieMuffin
    MissMaggieMuffin Posts: 444 Member
    Thanks for bumping this.
    So true - when I started weighing my food rather than eyeballing, I realized just how much I was overeating.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    fuzzyfrenzy02 wrote: »
    I have hypo thyroidism and when I 100% log my calories and stick to my limit, I actually loose weight and I've run into a few people who also have hypo thyroidism and they say that's why I can't loose weight and maybe they can't but also think they are not making much of a effort to either.

    The maths of CI<CO in action! Thanks, @fuzzyfrenzy02 :smile:
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    edited June 2017
    This is a new article about a scientist, Dr William Wong who is studying the difference between orangutans and humans' weight using doubly-labeled water:

    http://www.wfaa.com/life/byrons-lens-the-secret-in-an-orangutans-pee/447773445

    It also mentions others scientists, Dr. Herman Pontzer and Dr. Rob Shumaker, who are also using the water to study human calorie expenditure.

    "Even accounting for the fact that apes and humans have different body sizes, the data reveal that humans burn calories 27% faster than other primates. " Apparently due to our brains' energy expenditure.
  • pandam00n
    pandam00n Posts: 11 Member
    I'm glad there was a written summary here, because it seems that the video has been removed :/
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    @pandam00n This one is still up.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA9AdlhB18o
  • Angied725
    Angied725 Posts: 38 Member
    Very interesting! I wonder how you'd go about having this done???
    I've been very strict with my measuring, using measuring cups and measuring spoons.
    However, I know some people are even more diligent with using scales....which I had done before my food scale broke....
    If there's a link for being able to have this done, please let me know....I'd love to try it!
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Angied725 wrote: »
    Very interesting! I wonder how you'd go about having this done???
    I've been very strict with my measuring, using measuring cups and measuring spoons.
    However, I know some people are even more diligent with using scales....which I had done before my food scale broke....
    If there's a link for being able to have this done, please let me know....I'd love to try it!

    check your local area for a sports clinic or a sports doctor.

    I was able to get my BMR tested, a dexa scan, and a bodpod done all out-of-pocket and for fairly cheap.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    Angied725 wrote: »
    Very interesting! I wonder how you'd go about having this done???
    I've been very strict with my measuring, using measuring cups and measuring spoons.
    However, I know some people are even more diligent with using scales....which I had done before my food scale broke....
    If there's a link for being able to have this done, please let me know....I'd love to try it!

    @Angied725

    Here's a video about the inaccuracy of using cups and spoons.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
  • Angied725
    Angied725 Posts: 38 Member
    I need to get another scale! :#:/
  • 1beDoggone
    1beDoggone Posts: 7 Member
    Any tips for a volume eater. I would really like some more popcorn. 1 bag skinny pop leaves me wanting more. I could eat a grocery bag full right now. Any suggestions for volume eater?
  • timtam163
    timtam163 Posts: 500 Member
    1beDoggone wrote: »
    Any tips for a volume eater. I would really like some more popcorn. 1 bag skinny pop leaves me wanting more. I could eat a grocery bag full right now. Any suggestions for volume eater?

    As per the thread's OP, log everything you eat as accurately as possible. If you're hungry, reassess the deficit you're trying to maintain. If you're not hungry and are struggling to stop eating, seek help with emotional eating. None of this should be any different for a volume eater vs. any other kind of eater.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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  • Rickster1967
    Rickster1967 Posts: 485 Member
    I weigh everything to the gram or millilitre for fear of getting it wrong

    And this thread reassures that I made a good decision!
  • bernadettenz
    bernadettenz Posts: 252 Member
    Awesome thread!
  • MissyCHF
    MissyCHF Posts: 337 Member
    I have never denied that the reason I was obese and now am overweight - no, TOO FAT!! Why are we beating about the bush here? - is because I overeat. Why do others stuff their face then deny it?? I like all the wrong food, ie rubbish, chocolates, cakes, sugar laden desserts, in quantity. I can't eat only, one chocolate, one small slice of cake I stuff! The only way I can curb my appetite is by calorie counting and tracking calories plus not lie to myself or anyone else.
  • rudraseo12
    rudraseo12 Posts: 2 Member
    The above conversations has given me some ideas regarding the calorie balance.
  • tar2323
    tar2323 Posts: 141 Member
    1beDoggone wrote: »
    Any tips for a volume eater. I would really like some more popcorn. 1 bag skinny pop leaves me wanting more. I could eat a grocery bag full right now. Any suggestions for volume eater?

    There is a great Volume Eaters thread here. Check it out for some great tips. :)

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