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I feel better and think (real or just feel this way) I lose weight better when I don't eat as much bread. If I do eat bread, I want it to be good bread...not just your basic sandwich bread for it to be worth the calories.

Earbuds...I buy whatever is around $15...then if I lose them or something happens to them, I don't really care...just go pick up another pair.

When you cook your veggies, only cook them to "crisp-tender". They will cooked and you won't be eating raw veggies, but will also still be crunchy so you don't have the soft veggie texture you dislike. I cook asparagus, green beans, bell peppers and broccoli to crisp tender because I don't like mushy vegetables either. I…

I have only been doing this a little over two weeks, but I have not paid much attention to my macros. I'll look at them at the end of the day and see how it turned out, but I am already spending enough time compiling recipes and figuring out meals each day based on calories...at this point, I'm not digging into the macros…

If I was doing the banking thing, that is what would make sense to me.

I can move the scale around in the same bathroom and it will be different. If one of the feet is hitting the grout line in the bathroom floor tiles it will be off. So I just make sure that all the feet are square on a tile. Every scale is different and even each room may be different because of the flooring. Just weigh…

I have been tracking on MFP for two weeks and I knew going into this that I would still want to snack at night. So I either make sure to save some calories for it and keep a variety of snacks around that I can pick from based on the calories I have left. I have sugar free fruit popsicles that are 25 calories, frozen greek…

Do you use a food scale? I found I was underestimating what I was eating just by measuring cups.

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Maybe try adjusting MFP to 1 or 1.5 lbs per week. 1200 seems awfully low...I'm only 5'6", 184 and they give me 1230 cals at 1.5 lbs per week and sedentary...and that is before adding in any exercise or my fitbit adjustment each day. By the end of the day, I am typically around 1400 cals.

It is likely water weight and will slow down. Is it MFP telling you to eat 1200 cals?

The standard macros (based off of what it tells me in the app, and I have never changed it) are Carbs 50%, Fat 30% and Protein 20%. Personally, I don't really plan my meals to meet these. I've only been doing MFP steadily for two weeks and have lessened the amount of refined carbs (breads, pastas) that I had been eating…

I like to add corn to a salad to give it a bunch of extra flavor. I also use romaine lettuce that has more of a crunch in the ribs throughout the salad. Sometimes I'll add mini sweet peppers, but still haven't convinced myself if I actually like it. But they do add a crunch if that is what you are looking for and like them…

I used to drink a diet coke per day and I have found that I have felt much better in the past two weeks since joining MFP and cutting back. I still have one on occasion, but it is no longer a daily thing. I find that the days I do drink a diet soda, I tend to feel more bloated. If you can, you may want to consider cutting…

I know I will want something to snack on at night so I always save calories for it. I also keep options around depending on how many calories I have left. If I don't have many, I'll have a frozen no sugar added fruit pop...if I have a few more, I might have a Yasso frozen greek yogurt bar or a couple candy bar minis (I get…

I buy fruit pops that are 25 cal if I need something sweet but don't have many calories left. Mini chocolate candies for if I am craving chocolate. If I have more calories left I have enjoyed the Yasso greek frozen yogurt bars that come in all kinds of flavors (I like chocolate and mint chip). If I have many calories left…

If you go to "My Home" and "check-in" there is an option "Edit Previous Entries" below the boxes to enter your measurements...there you can adjust your starting weight and delete any previous entries if you wish.

Many Chinese places have a "steamed" or "dieters" menu where they steam the meat/veggies and put the sauce on the side. I usually get steamed chicken and mixed vegetables with garlic sauce on the side. I find the garlic sauce to be the most flavorful when you use less of it. You can also usually get brown rice instead of…

4 oz greek vanilla yogurt, 1 tsp chia seeds, fresh or frozen fruit mixed together with a side of half of a grapefruit

I put a teaspoon of chia seeds in greek yogurt along with blueberries or strawberries. I don't really like the texture of yogurt...greek is better than regular to me because it is thicker...adding a small amount of chia seeds gives it a little crunch which along with fruit makes it more pleasing to me :) I don't know how…

You can map out your route with MapMyFitness. If you time how long it takes you, you can put that in and it will figure out your average speed and estimated calories burned based on how quickly you finished the mapped distance. You can use the app too to do real-time tracking, but if you map your route after and time…

I had gotten rid of all our plastic containers and switched to glass, but I did just buy a few more plastic containers for taking salads for lunch. The glass size that was large enough to mix didn't fit in any of my lunch boxes. But anything that needs reheated goes in glass.

I've started doing fruit infused water. Add fruit and water to a bottle the night before and let it infuse overnight...and then add water to the fruit when it is empty throughout the day. Its not as strong, but still flavored.

Mine is the same. I don't think I set it as anything special.

I'm the same way. I prefer to be with my dog (but she also doesn't always like people coming up to her so she'll bark them off...and sound mean doing it!). You could try carrying pepper spray? It could give you the little extra security blanket you need.

That look could have been because she had no comeback. I think that is a pretty good response. You could add "I am doing this to feel better about myself". You may not be able to change her opinion, but hopefully she will learn that you are doing this and her unsupportive remarks won't change it...and when she sees it…

Would love to swim, but there are very limited options around me and around swim team practices, very few open hours for lap swimming. I also have a shoulder injury (from swimming in high school that was further aggravated by squash in college which surgery did not correct) that prevents me from being able to swim very far…

Programmable slow cooker (we originally got one that was not programmable and NEVER used it...use the programmable one all the time!) KitchenAid Stand Mixer and attachments that are appealing to you (we like the grinder attachment) I've been using a stick blender a lot more frequently for making soups in the winter Kitchen…