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I know I am late to the party...but yes, shrimp. You feel like you are getting something decadent, and they are completely low impact on your calorie/fat counts, but blow everything out of the water with their protein numbers.

Where are you getting this? 1200 is the lowest...which for those with a significant amount of weight to lose, is pretty silly

I don't log unsweetened drinks: black coffee, black tea, unsweetened seltzer...if it has sucralose/similar in it, I do log it however. I also log anything sweetened (lemonade, gatorade, diet soda, etc)

The weight comes off faster at the very beginning. I plugged in 2lbs/week at first, and adjusting to the significant calorie restriction made me give up several times. I changed it to 1.5 and found it much easier to both see weight loss, but also be able to stick to the plan and stay motivated..which I think will translate…

I would like to say that I am. But, I am not sure. I am confident that if I can stay motivated, and keep doing what I am doing, I can lose the weight. And if I can do that, it will stay off too. But, its really hard. Its hard because my family isn't working towards the same goal. Its hard because I have drastically reduced…

Because I enjoy that cocktail - and I enjoy it more than a "dessert" or "saving up." I want to relax each night, and I want to do that with a cocktail...and as long as it fits in my budget for the day, who cares whether they are empty calories.

I have a cocktail about 5 nights a week. I log my cocktails, and if they fit in my goal, great. If not, then I have to lose something else. As long as I am still eating at a deficit, I should continue to lose weight.

Last time I had a thigh gap I was 17, severely anorexic at only 78 lbs and convinced I was obese. Looking back...I was disgusting looking, I looked like a skeleton. I will take my thighs rubbing any time.

For me, super hydrating, and then having hot coffee. That will take care of the problem 9/10 times.

Don't be so hard on yourself! We all have bad days, weeks, and sometimes months. Its not how we handle those that matter, its how we move on and forward that matters!!! Life means we sometimes have vacations, or holidays, or stress, or kids, or busy schedules. Wanting to be healthier, however, is for us, not for any of…

I have hunger and then "hunger". I am hungry when I have not eaten enough, or when I have eaten the wrong proportions of fuel. Food is just fuel...so if I eat the wrong kind (empty carbs, not enough protein or fiber), then my body hasn't gotten what it needs and craves more. But...I am "hungry" when I am bored, tired,…

I take Orlistat (lower dose, OTC version is Alli), it blocks your body from processing a % of the fat that you consume, which instead just passes through your system as oil.

I always plan a snack in the late afternoon-and plan for a cup of coffee. The snack is almost ALWAYS really low calorie and fruit/veggie or really high protein: an apple and mini babybel, some cottage cheese and fruit, 12 cocktail shrimp, beef jerky...but never high carb, since that leaves me hungry only a little while…

Me too, I stay pretty steady...then its all of a sudden I have lost 2lbs.

10 days isn't enough to tell. At least in the beginning, you have to weigh your foods. You are re-learning the size of a portion. Chances are that you are significantly underestimating your caloric intake.

You can swap out nearly any of your favorite recipes. For example, I have used quinoa, lentils, barley, brown rice, butternut squash, and sweet potatoes all instead of meat in traditional dishes. I almost NEVER swap in tofu however, the texture doesn't make me too happy.

The website doesn't give a print function per-se, but the reports are all there.

I stick to something similar - but, especially when you aren't the only person in your household, it can be tough to adhere to. Often, foods of this type aren't quick. I have a 9 year old daughter who (as a competitive gymnast) is EXTREMELY FIT and has a very high caloric requirement for basic functioning, let alone work…

Exercise is on a different tab. I find that MFP wildly miscalculates calorie burns, so I don't enter exercise, and I don't eat back the calories (if I worked out extremely hard and am actually hungry, I might add another high-protein snack or something but I don't plan the "extra calories" back into my day) I am starting…

At first a weighed my food obsessively, I had to learn what a proper portion was. Now that I know what a single serving of most foods that I eat looks like, and my brain/body is used to the smaller portion sizes I only really weigh food if its something new. And logging, meh. It depends. If I am eating the…

Often, I have 4% cottage cheese and some berries on the side. Or an apple and a mini-babybel. Or a green fruit smoothie (2 ice cubes worth of frozen spinach, 2 c mixed fruit, ~3 Tb 0% greek yogurt and water for consistency. You could add protein powder too) which is 218 calories, but I can't possibly finish it.

I do a lot of cooking, and lot of eating. BUT - it just boils down to portion control. I still eat all the stuff I want to (last night we made ribs...I skipped the potato salad, only had a couple of bites of corn on the cob and had a HUGE salad and a couple of ribs, I WAS STUFFED). As long as I generally stay within my…

When I am low on calories & craving something really decadent, I make shrimp cocktail. 5oz shrimp (about 12 16-20 count) and a little bit of cocktail sauce. Only 140 calories for 30g protein and I feel like I should feel more guilty about it.

You have to base your motivation on yourself. I have a lot to lose, and I am just starting out but... My motivation cannot be based on or reliant on the people around me. Losing weight and being healthier isn't their goal, its mine. Find the little things: I felt like crap and still managed to work out, I indulged and…

No, no no! First - there is no such thing as starvation mode. Second - There is no way to eat only 600 calories per day in a healthy manner to achieve any sort of health benefit (including weight loss) without a doctor's specific order and constant supervision. Third - Why on earth would you work your body SOOOOO much…

Nope - it just doesn't work. I use bodyspace (by bodybuilding.com) to track my strength training workouts. I don't eat back calories burned while exercising, so it doesn't matter to me. The app is great though for tracking workouts, and I think you can track calories on it too.

I don't believe in "cheat days" - it makes me feel like I am doing something wrong, and if I feel like I need to cheat, how can my eating "habits" truly be habits and how can it be sustainable long-term? Every now and then, I truly crave something that is completely unhealthy (thank you PMS), and I have it. But I have it…

So I have been steadily gaining weight since my daughter was born. I was severely anorexic prior to my pregnancy, got myself to a fairly healthy place when and following my pregnancy. I got healthy after she was born and maintained for a few years between 120 and 130. Now I am 184 (down 10 in the last month) and DONE being…

So I have been steadily gaining weight since my daughter was born. I was severely anorexic prior to my pregnancy, got myself to a fairly healthy place when and following my pregnancy. I got healthy after she was born and maintained for a few years between 120 and 130. Now I am 184 (down 10 in the last month) and DONE being…

I have an IUD - but just swapped it out for the one without hormones. After talking to my Dr, it sounds like that may have been one of the reasons for my weight gain (you know, besides the obvious)