melitosis

My stepson is a picky eater, so his choice is to eat what we made or make something else for himself. We always give him a plate and don't force him to eat it, but also won't indulge irrational behaviour by making anything else. He's a bit older (11 years) so he can make his own soup and some other basic foods. What's…

600-800 calories for after dinner snacking actually gives you quite a bit of wiggle room. I recommend stocking your cupboards with snacks like popcorn, rice cakes, fibre 1 lemon bars and brownies (90 calorie portions)...and other low calorie but delicious snacks! Find these and you could easily budget another 5-6 snacks…

Your department isn't trying to lose weight--you are! You can't let other people's bad habits determine your fate, or be your excuse. It's up to you alone whether you succeed or fail.

This is what I do. Except I also only weigh the morning weight if there has been a loss. Ahahha. MFP is my motivator and I've decided to focus only on the victories. I don't need to go feeling bad about myself on the mornings my weight jumped temporarily higher.

I recently discovered the Fibre One BROWNIES, which are also only 90 calories. Life complete.

We have a "family favourite" restaurant that I recently discovered is pretty calorie heavy. Nothing on the menu seems to be under 800 calories, including the healthy meals. When I know we're going there, I just budget for the day with lighter snacks, and then cut the meal in half (literally, using a knife). There's no rule…

I always thought my max was 150, then 160n then 170... Ahahah. My actual tipping point came when I stepped on the scale for the first time in a couple years, only to discover that I had gained 20 pounds and my BMI had gone from overweight to obese at 181 pounds. I had been seeing the changes for ages but always convinced…