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The best way for me is to have spirits with low calorie mixes, for example Hennessy and diet coke, tequila and light Margarita mix (10 calories, I add lemon juice and Truvia and it's pretty good), or diet 7 up and tequila. I'm trying to find other low calorie mixes. Some days I can fit in a glass or 2 of red wine, but when…

I agree, it's personal for everyone, and it's definitely a trial and error. You can have some very filling 100 calorie snacks. You could increase it to 1400, and know that you can eat that much, but you can try to see if you can make it under 1300. You'll find that some days will be harder, others easier, because of…

If there is a coffee addict, that is me. Or so I thought. I have been drinking coffee since I was 14, and I've been drinking espresso since 1999. I drink a double espresso in the morning, and in the past I took another one with me to work or had one when I came home. Part of my addiction is to the caffeine, but other part…

For me both are too low. I have lost 12 lbs on eating 1400-1450. When I actually reduced it to 1300 and exercised more (but wasn't working) I didn't lose any. You can have 1500 and still be on a deficit. If you're very hungry at 1200 and feel that you can't do it, 1300 will not make a huge difference, 100 calories is a…

I'm not much of a soda drinker, so I'm not an expert, but some diet soda will not do a lot of damage. When I drink soda, it's always diet, I refuse to drink something full of sugar and no nutritional value. If I drink something with no nutritional value, then have it 0 calories. Having said that I have been drinking more…

Those teachers who stay after school: you MUST plan a meal for right after school. Weather your job is easy or tough, you have adrenaline rushing through your veins all day long, and that gives you energy. It takes 27 minutes to subside, and then you crash. So what happens is that the kids are gone, you have still have all…

I'm also a teacher, and this is my 3rd year, but every year seems like the first planning wise, because we keep the same kids (continuation school) so I can't teach the same things for at least 3-4 years. I don't spend nearly as much time at work as you, but I know how you feel. We just started school 2 weeks ago and I…

What I started doing (this will be the second week of it, but overall I've been logging for 2 months) is to have one day (Friday or probably Saturday) to allow myself to go over my calories. It's not cheating, I'm still logging everything, and I still make good choices, but this can be a day when I go out to eat, which…

olive oil + vinegar or lemon juice. And oldie but goody :) You can also make your own salad dressing in a blender, with olive oil, vinegar / lemon juice, mustard and salt, pepper, maybe even a bit of sugar (or substitute) You can add other things, such as strawberries, almonds, etc, to give it more flavor or body. I just…

All this time I kept wondering why some of my friends do this. I couldn't figure out what would be the benefit of logging just 1 calorie. Thank you for clearing that up :)

Just fit it into your calories. Last night I had 2 glasses of red wine (4 oz each) and i was still under my calories. Maybe you can walk it off earlier in the day. The problem is the cravings or hunger that starts after drinking. I don't drink beer, so I don't know if you get hungry after that, but stronger drinks…

It's all about the number of calories. You can eat 100 calories of egg whites, or a 100 calories of eggs. You will end up eating a lot more eggwhites because it's less than half the calories. Some days you will like it, some days you won't care, and rather have the eggs. Same with everything else, have pizza, etc, just…

Every 10 lbs or every month would be good. You should also take them if you stop losing. That's what happened to me, i stopped losing for 3 weeks, but when I compared my face (see profile pic) it motivated me to keep going because I could see that I was still losing.

me, too :)

invest in a food scale. A tomato can be very different from another, some of the tomatoes I eat are the same weight as 3 of the Roma tomatoes. If you weigh it,and see it in grams / ounces, there's no inaccuracy. There is food that I would guess to be 150 calories, because it's mostly vegetables (such as a salad), but after…

I was also wondering about this when the scale didn't move for 3 weeks and I thought I was at a plateau. Everyone said different things, like you said in your first post. Nothing made sense 100 %. Then I figured this (this might not be the best explanation, but this is the most logical to me) MFP already has you eating at…

I drink a lot less than before because it was shocking to see how many calories are in alcohol - I didn't know that before. But now when I drink I want to have more, because I know I won't drink for a while, and I get super hungry :( and then I eat.

So the mystery may have been solved. After 3 weeks winter break I went back to work, and by the 5th day I lost 2.5 lbs. Maybe it wasn't the running or the added cardio that retained water. I could easily tell that I was burning so much more calories, because i was on my feet all day and even just mentally I was on…

So those of you who say that a person must be eating at maintenance if they stopped losing weight - I strongly disagree with you. - This is why: I upped my calories for the last 2 days. Some of my friends said that it worked for them. My point is that I am 175 lb, until now I have been finishing every day right under 1300…

If you do take it, you won't eat because you won't be hungry (because of those pills), not because of your self control. If you find it hard now to control your appetite / what you eat, what makes you think it will be easier when you get off of it? You might think it will be easier because your body will get used to eating…

I tried it once, couldn't take it as prescribed. It caused very dry mouth which made me drink a LOT, I guess that's good, but didn't feel good. It kept me up. And by that I mean is that one night I went to sleep, and I SWEAR, my brain never stopped thinking. My body was asleep, but my brain was awake, and when I woke up I…

light veggies such as lettuce, tomatoes. LOTS of water. LOTS, it can be other clear fluids, such as tea, but you need liquid. Apples. Walking or jogging. Sometimes coffee has a good effect, but not always.

I would get a set of dumbells and some ankle weights. I used to have two 8lb dumbells and one 10 lb one. I could basically work any and all muscles in my upper body. I would use the 8lbs one for shoulders, triceps, etc, and the 10 lbs for biceps. (I now graduated to using two 10 lbs ones) With the ankle weights you can do…

Food is not something you should feel shameful about. You ate lots of chocolate, I'm sure it was great, now don't ruin it by bringing negative connotations to it. Your body or your soul needed that, you probably haven't had anything like that for a while. Log it. (stay truthful and honest). Eat dinner. If it makes you feel…

I will :) And I don't mean I'm binge eating or pigging out. Yesterday's extra 400 calories came from a cube of smoked Gouda cheese (which I love and eat a few times / week) 2 yoghurts (1 is higher in calories so I haven't had it, but I love it), and I ended up not exercising, which was going to be just a long walk. Today I…

Well, isn't that the same thing? Forgive me if I sound ignorant, but raising my calories would be the same as sort of being at maintenance. Now I don't know how much my maintenance would be, but raising it from 1300 to 1600-1700 sounds about right. I don't want to do it for weeks though, just for a few days. Would I get…

My question is: I haven't been eating too much. I've stayed under my goal and have been regularly exercising, so why haven't I lost any weight in 3 weeks? If you look at my diary it shows 400 calories over for today because I am trying out eating more for a couple of days and see what happens. Wrong or not, I have nothing…

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The only thing I can think of is if you carry most of your weight on your upper body. If so, then you may have lost most of the weight from your arms, chest, waist and even upper hips and maybe not a lot from lower, so your pants sizes don't change. I've gained 40 lbs over the past few years, and I have always worn size…

I lost 9 lbs and it totally shows. Others noticed it as well. It shows in my face, and most of the weight went from the place I gained most: my belly, my waist, hips and back. My back is leaner again, and getting my hourglass shape back. It's about 5 % of my starting weight. Your 42 lbs should show. Something's wrong with…