JoJoTheModern Member

Been maintaining for a year now, and I believe that continuing to track after the weight-loss stage was what got me through that crucial first year. Though my diet is full of whole, healthy foods I continue to log foods because even fruit and whole grains can get out of hand if you don't keep an eye on portions. : P It's…

Didn't think I would bother making a ticker but I did anyway. :blush:

Never done this before! Doing it now to motivate myself to keep progressing, so I don't settle into a rut. Interval running on the treadmill and fair amounts of walking should get me to the 140 mile mark (as according to my Fitbit, which actually tends to underestimate my mileage anyway). 7 miles a day, 5 days a week.

I do interval running on the treadmill, but not for long at a time, and that's all the running I do. Out in the real world a nice walking pace of 3 mph seems to work just fine. (I want to get to 4 mph.)

Lately I've been having fruit alone, an apple and a kiwi. As a breakfast it takes a little getting used to but it provides more energy than it looks.

I know this won't be popular, but I did *not* eat back my exercise calories while losing. I felt the same way you do; I burned off those calories, let them stay gone! As long as someone has a healthy total number of calories consumed at the end of the day, all should be well.

Celery! Just eat one stalk a couple times a day, and chase each one with a pint or more of water. The celery will absorb the water and do excellent work.

Wow, today I was thinking something similar. It's so easy for me to just *expect* to find a fat roll here or a muffin top there, to expect jeans or a shirt to be a tight fit. When the fat just isn't there it can be... disorienting, maybe? For only a second, but still. It might just be a matter of muscle memory, or…

I plan on logging on a permanent basis. It's just data, I'm just keeping an eye on myself, taking care of myself. ^.^

A gala apple, because I've been having apples for breakfast this week. Refreshing and light!

Most weeknights after dinner I have 8 oz. of 1% milk with a tablespoon of Nestle Quik powder, a kiwi, and a stalk of celery. Starts sweet, moves to tart, ends a little bitter. Makes me feel satisfied, but it's fewer than 200 calories.

I am kind of a hypochondriac, which means that sometimes when I lose weight I can worry that it is "unexplained weight loss" even though I know very well that there's an explanation. >.< A couple weekends ago I didn't have much of a cheat day, so over the following seven days I lost a pound and a half. (I walk a LOT.) This…

Very first thing? An iPad for my bf because he really wants one. I'd give it to him then ask him to guess how I had the money for it. :D

Yup. At some point my glasses started sliding off my nose, loose around the sides of my head. And ditto on the shoe-size loss. It's kind of amazing.

I tend to weigh myself two or three times a week, because I want to keep an eye on the results of my calorie intake and activity levels. In addition, I plan on logging my intake forever. It doesn't take that long, and it keeps me honest.

Bananas. The calories in bananas get out of hand real fast, so I only use half of one in my morning oatmeal and save the rest in the fridge for the next day. I even have to make sure I buy relatively small bananas, or just half of one will start me off with far more calories than I would prefer.

I agree with the others who say that MFP can underestimate things like this. It told me to consume around 1600 calories to maintain, and while some days I go a bit over and most days I go a little under I am STILL losing weight (only an ounce here and there). Today I set a custom goal at 1800 calories because this has got…

Pop Tarts. I used to eat them fairly regularly but the last couple times I thought I would treat myself... meh. The final Pop Tart was just such a waste of sugar, it didn't taste like much of anything. So I'm not sure what I used to love about them.

I don't blame you at all for feeling as you do. I've been in a similar place. To be honest, I grieved. I grieved when it really sank in that my way of living and eating had to change forever. I hated exercise, I loved eating, and losing my way of life didn't feel good. In fact, it made me feel sad. Like most instances of…