1lb week and lost 100lb?

I'm down 40 and on track for another 60. I'm a mfp repeat customer, the first time 300->250 a few years ago now doing 330->230. The program works because it is simple math of calories out > calories in = reduced weight.

I'm going to suggest my best advice. There are a lot of smart people on the forums and plenty of idiots that think they are smart, so use judgement and keep to the simple instead of chasing fads.

First advice is learn and plan. They go together. A calorie is a calorie, but learn that not all calories are equal. For example Jiffy Peanut Butter vs PB2 is 190 cal vs 45 cal. The are both 2 tablespoons and both pass as peanut butter. There are many similar substitutes, like salad dressing 200 cal or zero cal. You just learn to like the substitutes to consume enough volume to satisfy. Part of logging early on is learning where all the calories are coming from and figuring out ways to lower them that work for you. Planning comes next and has made the most difference for me this time around. When I'm hangry (a word just added to dictionary) I'm gong to eat anything and everything and all of it. I've got to be ready for those times and I've got to eat, but instead of sitting down with a bag of iced pretzels (my last binge) I measure a serving of cereal and milk or banana and try to eat it as slow as I can to savor every bit of flavor. I log the snack and ponder how many calories it added. If I can make the process take about 20 minutes and reach the end of the snack, the hangry is usually gone and I don't have to put away half a bag of anything.

So planning is figuring out how to get enough nutrition into your calories. My wife is 100% supportive of my effort to lose and we've found a crutch I really like. We tried a free 14day trial of platejoy.com and decided it was worth $100 per year. It does all the planning for us according to our tastes, allergies, calorie goals, etc. We buy the groceries and cook the recipes they provide. I find myself wanting to come home from work hungry to enjoy the new and different exciting recipe instead of grabbing chips or candy from the gas station.

I have a sweet tooth and drink diet soda with abandon, but hoping to cut back someday. I like the zero cal powders that you add to water. I also find chromium supplements really curb my sweet tooth (enough for me to say no to free donuts)

So becoming the size we want to be is more mental than physical. Learn from the forums what tricks will help. We have to eat. We love to eat! We just got to re-learn what and when and how to eat so we eat less calories than we burn. To win, we've got to get good nutrition in almost every calorie.