duddysdad Member

You lose a lot of water weight and bloat when you first start. A big part of that is probably that, with some fat loss.

For me, I can most definitely say it does not cause sugar cravings or make me go off my diet. Maybe some, but no one I know that drinks diet soda has this problem either.

The number one thing that helped me that I never thought of when I started was to weigh all of my food. Don't rely on cups/spoons, those are only for liquids.

I was looking at a slice of carrot cake at the grocery, it was pretty small, maybe 1.5 inches thick at the top. It had 1300 calories.

You can't spot reduce. I suggest starting here. community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

I am disabled with MS, while I am not in a wheelchair, I cannot exercise either. I have successfully lost 140 pounds in less than 9 months just by calorie counting alone. Don't expect to lose that fast, but my point is, it's possible to lose large amounts of weight without exercising.

"I eat 800 calories a day and I am gaining weight. I must be in starvation mode." or "Don't eat below 1200 calories or your body will hold on to everything you eat and gain weight."

If I am off my diet for say a vacation, I can gain up to 20 pounds in that week. I will slowly lose it over the next week when I start back with a deficit.

For me, if my snack was tea with sugar, it would set me up to binge. Maybe try to have some protein with it or some fat.

You just did :)

I lost 160 pounds by not exercising, and not eating what some people consider healthy. I ate what I wanted, stuck to my calories, and boom, skinny.

When I started losing weight weighing 340, my maintenance calories were 3500. A few weeks after I started I was eating 1300 and stuck to it for almost 9 months and lost 160 pounds. My appetite just adjusted itself after a while, but it takes time.

I would have had a child earlier. My son was born in 2013 when my wife and I were 33. When he graduates high school we will be 50. I have a progressive neurological disability, so my chances of playing with grandkids isn't looking too good, and I don't want to miss it.

As was stated previously by another poster, I do not give up anything. If I want it, I fit it in my allotment. If I gave up something I like, I would want it so bad that I would ruin my daily deficit. CICO is about deficits, not food restriction, only calorie restriction.

Since no one has mentioned this, according to your diary you are not weighing your food. I don't really see anything measured in grams, and you log a lot of 1/2 pitas. You should weigh your pita in grams, and everything else you eat, yes even pre-packaged food which you eat a lot of. These things will add up and slow…

I may have some whole milk, but it's a binge trigger so I only buy a pint once a week or so. Recently i've been drinking a can of Pepsi Fire every day, but it's only 150 calories and I sip it throughout the day.

You have to continue losing by being in a calorie deficit. You cannot choose where fat comes from, and there are no exercises or anything short of medical intervention that would do so.

For a woman who is lifting weights, you will not get ripped without serious effort, you will just lose inches and "tone" up different areas.

I don't track water, as I don't drink plain water. Coffee and diet soda is all I drink. Not dead yet.

One of my main reasons for wanting to lose weight is to look good in smaller clothes. Also, to prove people wrong who said I would never lose weight. It's vain, so what. I was tired of being fat and wanted to look better for myself and others. Not because I want to impress them, just so I can shove it in their faces. There…

Ah yes. Drinking nothing but glorified sugar water with no nutrients, no protein, fiber, or fat. What an excellent way to not raise your blood glucose and not starve yourself. Let us know how amazing it is.

If you haven't lost much since Christmas, you are eating near maintenance. Are you using a food scale for all solids, tracking grams? Only use cups/spoons for liquid. Also, if you aren't weighing your foods and eating more calories than you are given, then that may be part of the problem. Do you track exercise, and if you…

Depending on what you set your target weight loss at, be it 2 pound per week or 1, you can set it a bit lower to get more calories. Half a pound less per week will give you 250 more calories. Or eat what you are given, but add in exercise and eat most of those calories back.

The thing about under-eating is you are setting yourself up for a cycle of of binging. If MFP says you can eat 1600 calories for whatever weight loss goal you set, then eating that should let you lose that amount of weight. Eating below that will leave you hungry, and while you may feel fine for a while, eventually it will…

I got down to 179 at 6'5" and still needed to lose a bit more. Everyone's body is different.

I've been obese for around 24 years. I lost 160 pounds in 2015. Despite gaining a little weight, I have kept most of it off. The extra weight is something I can lose in a few months of moderately trying. It can be done.

I started at 340, but it wasn't until I was around 260 that people started to notice. I am 6'5" Male.

I got this when I lost 160 pounds and wanted to lose just a bit more, about 10 pounds. Everyone said I was too skinny, or looked sickly even though I had quite a bit of fat to lose. People told me my face looked sunken in. Unfortunately those comments got to me and it put me into a binge eating spiral and I gained 40…

I have exactly 40 pounds to lose also. I hope to hit this by Thanksgiving. Anyone can add me! 759 day streak.

I've been diagnosed with BED for about 20 years. I take medicine for it, but it's still not enough to stop it. I've been to therapy, talked about it to professionals, and I still struggle with it. I find the best way to help me is to lose as slowly as I can so I have more calories. Knowing I can eat so many calories let's…