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Yes, I crave ALL THE THINGS for 1-3 days before my period. Seriously, I could eat a 5-course steak dinner with dessert and 3 bread baskets and then some leftovers and still want more food a few hours later. I've learned to recognize that the "empty" feeling in my stomach is false and although it's a physical sensation,…

My doctor noticed I lost weight, and I explained it as "eat less, move more, count calories, stopped snacking on chips and cookies." She nodded her head and kept going, totally uninterested. I thought she'd be proud lol. But I guess she was just looking for something bonkers like, "I exist on celery and fairy dust, and eat…

Sounds like you ended up at a pizza place anyway. Two slices of pizza is 500-700 calories, usually, depending on the toppings, so that's all right. Some good tips have already been mentioned, but one of mine is to cut the meal in half and take half home. That way I get to order the 1200 calorie dish but enjoy it twice. I…

I took a break from logging from the end of June to now. My mother-in-law died, we put a new roof on my house, there was my birthday, there was my step-daughter's birthday; I had cupcake decorating classes, and the roof is still not done, nor are we finished grieving my MIL. But while I was not logging, I remembered the…

I stick with it because the consequences of not sticking with it are worse than the act of just doing it. The way I see it - there are things in life we just have to do if we want to avoid terrible consequences...paying our taxes, brushing our teeth, getting oil changes, cleaning the litterbox, saving for retirement,…

I am 10 lbs away from goal so weight loss is slow. I'm lucky if it's 2 lbs per month. Usually it's 1-1.5 lbs. A few days after my period ends, I have a day where I pee nonstop. And the pee seems different...thicker, maybe? Sorry if that's gross. Then i step on the scale and magically it's lower. I'll stay at that new low…

Body chemistry is complicated. I've noticed that often I'll have a large dinner but be very slightly down in pounds the morning after. And the morning after that, the extra weight shows up. It seems out of order, as you'd expect that the literal extra weight from food waste would show up immediately but it doesn't. Also…

When I'm craving something (usually chips or chocolate or pizza), I ask myself if an apple or some leftovers from dinner will work instead. If yes, then it's true hunger and I'd probably better eat. If those don't sound appetizing (and usually they don't) then I recognize it's a craving. From there I decide what to do.…

I generally have some combination of hard-boiled eggs, cottage cheese, string cheese, fruit like a banana or apple or orange, celery and peanut butter, cashews or peanuts, high-protein low-fat yogurt with berries, or a low-cal granola bar. On the weekend I will have toast. Once a month I treat myself to a bagel with cream…

I too love chocolate cake. I don't have it but rarely (some foods are all-the-time, some are sometimes, and some are...rarely). Just for special events. True special events, not because I went to the grocery store, or the break room table has some in hand's reach. I figured out that, texturally, I love the feeling of sweet…

I treat myself to Chipotle naked burritos or Noodles & Co's penne rosa once a month. But it's easy to control the calories at those places, and I can make them fit into a regular calorie allowance without sacrificing other things. When I truly want salty, greasy, calorie-bomb fast food, I get a quarter-pounder (no onions)…

I'll have a large bagel with cream cheese and caraway seeds once or twice a month. I love bagels. I mean, I love them. But they are high in sodium, so I treat them as a "sometimes-rare" food. Bagels keep me full for a few hours, but are not quite enough to get me to lunchtime. I have accepted that if I have a bagel for…

Yes, a lot of patience! I've lost 33 pounds total, 23 of which from this past September. I have 10 pounds to go. It's .5 pounds a week, so maybe 1-2 a month. I get a new low weight once a month, generally (unless I'm sick with norovirus, which did happen a few months ago). So slow and steady wins the race!

Well I don't know what calorie budget y'all get, but mine is low, around 1420 before exercise. I'm 10 pounds away from goal and I have a sedentary job. So I use my step tracker to add calories back into my day so I can eat more than lettuce and cucumber. I work at a large office so I take lunchtime walks, and then I take…

I weight just about every single day. So yes, I weigh on my period. In fact, my weight drops 1-2 lbs right as my period is ending, so I look forward to seeing that while I am going through my period.

I see nothing wrong with logging housework. I log my yoga class, after all. I personally would not log housework because how on earth would I confirm the calorie burn? What I would do is keep my phone on me so it counted my steps, then let that give me exercise calories back. Maybe I actually earned more because of the…

I mean, some of this is common sense. Take a glass of orange juice vs. an orange. How many oranges are you going to eat? Probably one because it gets you the water and fiber that you need, plus peeling it takes time. Also it's may 60 calories. How many glasses are you going to drink? Depends how thirsty you are, but an…

I think that there's complexity to this topic that can't be reduced to a Yes/No answer. Everyone's body is different. Everyone's nutritional needs, environmental factors, and genetic history are different. Just as an example, my husband finds protein to be the most important macro. He's tall, male, and works a physical…

What are your statistics? You can have quick, but that's usually not healthy unless you are severely overweight. Or you can have healthy loss, but it won't be 14 pounds in a month...unless, again, you are severely overweight.

My father died of cardiovascular disease, and my biomarkers aren't great. I also had a taste of what poor health looks like when my back suffered a long-term injury and there were times where I was suicidal (I'm fine now) thinking about continuing to live that way forever. So now I do what it takes to stave off mortality.

There are lots of practical suggestions in here already. I keep willpower-draining foods (Oreos Cheez-Its) out of the house. When I want a craving, I go get it sometimes. Occasionally a lot of it. Not every day is a winner, but you need more winners than losers. However, there are some considerations. The first is the…

"You cannot pour from an empty cup." Means you cannot really help others if you are already spent...in other words, put on your air mask before attending to others.

Tuna salad, chicken salad, egg salad. Pasta dishes can be as big or as small as you need. Scrambled eggs with bacon or mushrooms and toast. Personally when I was single I'd make a meal for 2 or 4, eat one portion, take one for lunch (healthy and cheap) and freeze the rest. This works particularly well with lasagna or…

Only my doctor has really asked how I lost the weight. I said, "Well I count calories and I eat less and move more." As it is her business to know that, it seemed reasonable. And she seemed satisfied with my answer. I did have three people comment on my weight loss. Two seemed shocked at *how much* I had lost, which at…

Haha, you should answer them, "Well I put it somewhere safe thinking I'd get back to it later, but now I can't remember where that place is!"

Our stats are similar. I'm 5'6", started at 167 and have lost 33 lbs to now 134. I am 10 pounds away from my goal weight of 124. I have MFP set to lose .5 lbs per week, as the 1200 calories a day was unsustainable for me, even with exercise. Also, I love to eat! Currently I get 1420 as base, and then I use the step counter…

Go to a doctor, do not pass Go, and do not lift weights. I have injured my back just sitting down for a few hours (though I had a prior history of back problems) and the way back to health is physical therapy exercises, yoga, foam rolling, maybe a chiropractor, and time. For some people, it's even more than that like…

Yes, yesterday I had m&m's, and today I'm having crispy chicken with fries. It fits in my calorie budget, so I'm having it. If I want something and it will push my over my calorie budget, then I'll either exercise more and cut out food elsewhere, or I'll say, "ok, today I'm going over and it will be fine" then get back to…

Based on your photos, it looks like you have broad shoulders and narrow hips. It's a bit hard to judge for sure from the angle of the photo, though, so forgive me if I'm wrong. If that is true (i.e. you have narrow hips), you are probably never going to lose enough weight to have the "thigh gap." It's literally because…

Ha, that'd be a big weight drop, too...losing your brain. :) Yes, there's plenty of ways to lose the weight, just like there's plenty of ways to live a life. A new user may have to experiement a bit to find the way of eating that allows them to get all the calories they need, still feel satisfied, and lose weight. My…