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I second that, Yooly. But wasn't sure. PAV - has the beautiful one returned to her homeland????

Sounds like a good set of rules.

I particularly like the "add things I want to move towards eating more off" as opposed to deny or subtract things I think I want to reduce or avoid".

My hamsters like mental razzle dazzle so they end up sitting there happy with one or two slices or pizza instead of the whole pie when I feed it to them with lower calorie extras (but I do have to be aware of the"add ons" some salads have)

That said I've been sort of wondering what kind of total calories goal each of us is sort of trying to hit per day.

I do understand that not everyone wants to be as militantly transactional about things as I am / have become. That makes absolute sense.

But to me it would still make sense to sort of have a rough idea of whether I'm aiming closer to 1000, 2000, or 3000 Cal a day in terms of my plan. And approximately how I will be splitting it up in terms of meals and snacks

For example, regardless of detailed logging (or even not logging at all) I have a pretty good idea that if I'm averaging an intake in the 3000 Cal range I will probably gain or at best maintain. If I'm averaging in the 2500 Cal I will either at worst maintain, at this point, or lose at a variable speed. But if I were averaging in the 2000 range I would probably lose fairly fast absent a changé in activity levels.

Knowing that, and knowing that my restaurant meals tend to be 1500 to 2500 Cal each, I probably contained the past few weeks of damage to 2lbs or less (actually the post departure damage is probably more than the damage during the two weeks).

Because basically I cut off most random candy / snacks other than "official" desserts with/after/or in two cases instead of meals, and tried to limit my "day" other than the main meal to between 500 and 800 eye balled Cal (so no more than 500 Cal small meal, and maybe "a" "snack" between the smaller and larger meal. I don't day breakfast and dinner because while most of the time it was small breakfast/large dinner, on about three occasions it was larger breakfast or lunch with smaller rest of the day)

Of course dinner eating out or in calories are highly dependent on the quantities involved! A single bun as myself and Laurie both know... is not the same as loaf!🤣🤣🤣 And dipping one order of bread in a fondu not quite the same as two plus grilled sausage plus dessert 🤯🤪

I forgot about Athijade's vacation! Good memory Yooly.

I too like this general rule idea. Just sorting that out myself because I keep trying different things for breakfast. I think I have that sorted out now.

I know that at over 3,000 I gain :) at 1200-1500 I lose quickly. MFP/Fitbit is giving me around 2,500 - to lose 1 pound per week - give or take depending on how much I've been moving. I rarely eat at that level - usually well above or below. :) I'm trying now.

Why is it soooo hot 🥵 sooo early this year? We’ve already had ten days over 90F(32C) this year! Spring is long gone.

second day I was outside in a t-shirt. at midnight I was wearing double pants ;-)

Spring is definitely afoot and I' sneezing up a storm...

Yooly, too hot, sounds like hades. Thankful for AC!

Welcome back!

I had a day like that this week - next day pretty tired and heavier! :) Was thrown off by the scale and the fatigue until I remembered all the walking of the previous day. But all that aside - good for you, Athijade. Every time we bop above the average line we raise the average line and (I think/hope) our body adapts.

You go girl! Wow it looks gorgeous.

makes perfect sense, Yakky.

OK, no more excuses. K's vascular surgery was last Friday and he's already home and recovering well, and apart from a two week course of radiotherapy at the beginning of June he doesn't have any more procedures planned…so all the excuses I've been making to myself for eating too much and exercising too little now have to stop…

Tomorrow I'll be getting on the scales for the first time in 3 months…and I'm going to start tracking too…and posting on here much, much more regularly. I have sooooo much remedial work to do!

Well this is a bit selfish - but I'm looking forward to you doing your remedial work with us :)

Well we've all leapt out of bed and said it more times than we care to remember: "Right, I'm ready, I'm 100% committed now…" and by lunchtime the resolve has melted away like the morning mist…

So I hope none of you are holding your breath, because I've been there before and have the t-shirts to prove it…

But I'm keeping my fingers crossed…

Right, I'm ready, I'm 100% committed now…" and by lunchtime the resolve has melted away like the morning mist…

Help me out: describe to me what "happens". OK: you resolve to do… blah blah in the morning. But then what happens by noon? I mean you probably do NOT, all of a sudden, resolve not to care! So. Do you over-eat at lunch and then give up and say that you will start tomorrow? Do you get busy and instead of preparing your food you order take out or go out to a restaurant? Are you trying to go from zero to hero? Is there something else that happens that interrupts the process, and even more importantly, stops you from trying to re-engage during the rest of your day?