atypicalsmith Member

Since one of the main functions of calories is to keep your body warm, so you'll probably burn less in a warmer climate.

I would rather be outside as well, and sometimes I can, but sometimes the treadmill can come in awfully handy!

There was a thread a couple of months ago about people holding on while on the TM. The majority said it was okay. I forgot about it until today, when I was testing higher inclines and was holding on to check my heart rate. You are absolutely right about cheating! It's not just that you aren't swinging your arms, but you…

When I was 30, I had an ectopic pregnancy which nearly killed me in 1980. My doctor let me talk him out of checking further into it because I was in no pain and had a major project at work. When I blacked out, I was rushed to the hospital and BP was 0/0 and it was amazing that I lived. Later, my friend Debbie, who went to…

You're in the right place! Follow the MFP plan and read the forums. Sometimes when we're near our goal weight, we eat a little more because we become complacent. Log all your food and drink, stay within your caloric goals eating whatever you want, and enjoy losing that last 22 pounds.

You will get more friends by motivating others. Funny how that works.

Love Dannon 80 cal yogurt. So does my doxie, who gets to lick the remains.

Easy to drink too much. Not only empty calories, but makes you hungry for junk. Moderation is fine, but if you can't give it up for the better good, perhaps that's not moderation. I know from past experience.

Well, now it's 2002. Who knows where my 2,000th post is. Silly MFP!

But if you want to uncontrollably blow out your bowels for several days, hey, go for it!

You intercepted my 1,999 post and turned it into 2,000! Nothing to get excited about but nice.

Starvation mode looks like this:

Sure. Eating more calories always makes you lose weight. Especially if you cut your exercise in half.

Just drink nothing but concentrated juice products that have been expired for at least two years, and you will be cleansed.

The same intolerance and ignorance happens to straight people who are overweight. Why does one's sexual preference have a place here? I don't get it. Should I start every thread announcing that I am heterosexual?

I'm always hearing that. "Life gets in the way." What exactly does that mean? Instead of "Death gets in the way."?

You need a peeps cleanse. It's the only thing that works.

When I quit smoking, my weight went out of control even though my calories were reduced as I stopped eating out to avoid cigarette smoke and stopped drinking wine. I read that there were a couple of reasons for this: (1) your body burns about 10% more calories just fighting the damage cigarette smoking causes, and (2) no…

But . . . but . . . but you mean my plateau is non-existent? That just because I became lackadaisical in my logging and exercising and stopped losing weight it is MY fault? Cannot be! It HAS to be a plateau!!!! (pssst kudos, NCBoiler, what a great and well thought out and executed post)

Get on the treadmill at 2 incline and 3.6 miles an hour three times a week. Or anything equivalent over how many times a week. Check back with me in four weeks.

I see people at the Y who spend more money on workout clothes than I spend on food for a month. I don't get it.

Hon, just eat less and move more.

Hah try finding one when you've had a mastectomy!

It looks like you're doing everything right, including your binges which keep you within your calorie budget. How quickly are you losing weight? Maybe you should reduce it to half a pound a week if it's currently higher than that.

Maybe when I get to my goal weight and exercise to maintain, I'll spend money at stores that sell cute workout clothes for a small fortune. Nah, I won't either, I'm too old for cute workout clothes. I'll just buy brand new stretchy pants with pockets and cuter t-shirts.

SO CAN YOU!!!!

You would be surprised at how many calories restaurants can pack into a seemingly innocuous salad.

I truly love to cook; it's the cleaning up that kills me. I rinse off all the dishes and leave them in the sink while the clean dishes stay in the dishwasher. Finally there's no room in the sink or the counters for the rinsed dirty dishes, so I put up the dishes in the dishwasher and fill them with the dirty dishes. But…

Lucky you!

Wishing MFP could let us "deactivate" stuff we only ate once . . .