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One thing that helped me was to make a rule that I can eat anything, as long as I am sitting at the table and eating it from a plate (or bowl). If you want that candy bar take it out of the wrapper, put it on a plate, sit at the table and eat it. This won't work for everybody but it's another idea to try. Sometimes it's a…

I have one of those body types where the belly fat is first on last off. I'm hoping there really won't be that much when I'm done. In any case I want to wait until I make my goal to decide. I am walking 12,500 steps a day and about a month ago started a couch to 5k program. Mid October will be my first 5k run.

I would assume so considering the calorie difference between the two. I love dirty rice but proper dirty rice should be made with finely chopped chicken livers/hearts/gizzards not ground beef.

I use the ELMM* lifesyle change diet. *Eat Less Move More.

It is suggested here as well. Many people just take the risk. I have taken food handlers courses and know the gross reasons why rare hamburger is risky when a rare steak is not. I still eat my hamburgers medium rare.

My weight always goes up after I eat out, even though I am very careful to stay within my calories. Restaurant food is always higher in sodium than what I cook at home and that leads to water retention. I would guess that both the chips and chicken kabobs you ate had a pretty high sodium content. So relax make sure your…

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my wife of 32 years about a year and a half ago. It took me a year to really begin to come out of the emotional fog. Starting on MFP is a part of my journey and has been a big help. Sometimes concentrating on the physical helps. That's about the extent of my words of wisdom as I am still…

An Ironman completion is estimated to burn between 8,000 and 10,000 calories and there is no way that a person could maintain that level on a daily basis. There is a woman whose goal is to be the heaviest person in the world. She eats between 25,000 and 30,000 calories on a daily basis. Nope, can't outrun a bad diet.

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Welcome this is a great place to find help and good advice. Friend request sent.

I started at 270 but am now 205. Still have 60 lbs to go. Feel free to add me.

I am 56 and have lost 65 pounds so far with 60 still to go. Feel free to add me.

Consider how many magazines would go bankrupt if anyone ever invented an effective and safe diet pill.

Welcome and good luck on your journey to a healthier you!

One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is check your setup data for typos. I was getting some really wierd suggestions and when I double checked I had entered a weight that was almost 300 pounds higher than my actual weight (something like 520 instead of 250).

Overall I think your best bet is to prep a double amount for supper and save 1/2 to reheat next day. I also will sometimes make large amounts and freeze several days worth in small plastic containers. Cucumber and tomato salad is a favorite of mine with salt, pepper, balsamic vinegar, and a spritz of olive oil yummy.…

I do a type of cheat day. My cheat days consist of staying within my calorie goal, but ignoring the macros. So on cheat day I can spend all my calories on a big plate of Fettucini Alfredo with cheesecake for dessert if that is what I want.

You mentioned that you put new batteries in before weighing yourself this time. Could they have been getting weak when you weighed yourself a month ago? Was your loss at the previous weigh in particularly good? Perhaps it was the previous weigh in that was off.

"its not intended to put down anybody" It was a very long post filled with nothing but put downs. "Focusing on the positive:" I saw nothing positive in that post.

The easiest place to see the difference is in the legs. Note that the feet are about the same distance apart then look at the space between the calves and lower thighs. Definate progress. Congratulations.

A great deal depends on what you want. Pretty much any of them have the basic step counting functionality. I have tried Fitbit, Jawbone and Misfit. All 3 had pros and cons. The Jawbone had a function to vibrate if you have been sitting still too long which I really liked, but I didn't like the band without a clasp or not…

Thank you for responding.

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much. - Walter Lippmann

Just make sure that you are not sabotaging yourself with friends or family. We tend to use people we trust to air complaints we would not express in public. If the only thing our friends and families hear is the negatives, like how hard it is and how miserable we feel, and they hear none of the positives, we shouldn't be…

Unfortunately there is a tendency to equate easy with simple. CICO and "eat less move more" are simple concepts but that doesn't make it easy. Quiting a drug addiction is simple (Stop taking it.) but that doesn't make it easy.

I do a different kind of cheat day (not every week). For me cheat day is staying within my calorie goal but ignoring the macros for that day. So if I want to blow all my calories on a big plate of Spaghetti Carbonara or only eat hamburgers that would be a cheat day for me.

Welcome to MFP. So far my exercise has been walking, but it has worked form.

I make an egg salad that I really like. Equal parts (by weight) boiled egg and small curd cottage cheese then I add dijon mustard and horseradish. Sometimes curry or smoked paprika as well. A 100 gram serving is 138 calories and 13g protein. That's with the full fat cottage cheese.

I smoked for about 35 years. I tried to quit several times, the longest one being about 6 months, but always started again. A little over 2 years ago I had a heart attack that I almost didn't survive (I met the EMT's later and they told me they didn't think I would make it). Now, I just keep telling myself that the next…