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Animal crackers or graham crackers. I tried sugar free frozen yogurt but it makes me feel too bloated late at night. I buy Trader Joes animal crackers and can eat 17 of them for I think 120 cals. That's enough to satisfy my munchies/sweet tooth.

I've actually found that since I cut back on sweets and carbs (junk food, pizza, cake) that I don't crave them. There was leftover cake and pizza from a co workers bday celebration at work and both were laying around in their respective boxes...if that had been before the start of my wt loss journey I would have dived…

I get that feeling from my co-workers....they don't seem to get the whole calorie in-calories out concept. I've been asked what I'm "taking", asked if the results are "from my doctor" helping me...for the most part I get compliments and my progress has actually gotten a handful of them buying a fitbit of their own...though…

When I turned 50 this year. I ignored my hypothyroidism for many years and finally got on track and consistent with taking and staying on my medication. Then realizing I was hitting an age milestone I said enough is enough...I am tired of being overweight. Started with MFP in January, then asked for a fitbit for my…

Speaking of etiquette...I used our gym sauna after working out a few day ago and damn if some lady wasn't in there on her cell phone!!! Really??????? She got off after 5 minutes so it didn't go on the whole time I was in there, thank goodness, cuz I couldn't decide on a polite way to tell her to get off.

When you can't keep your arms up long enough to do the combination to your lock on the gym locker....and you make a mental note to use a bottom locker where you can sit on the bench and not elevate your arms next time.

I work the evening shift 3 to 11 five days a week and was getting into the habit of either sleeping in or getting up early and then being a sleeping on and off couch potato til 1pm. And I knew better...I knew that I had PLENTY of time to get some exercise in on my work days. I joined a gym last week and have been setting…

Plano!

SW 240 (January) CW 204 GW 140 I need to get back into a routine exercise-wise. I went from doing 8 and 12 hr shifts to doing only 8 hr shifts so I've slacked off on my walking since I work 5 days a week now and usually only get one day off at a time before I have to go back to work. I'm a nurse on a busy floor so I do get…

Ok..thanks. The sites that I viewed were not trying to sell anything, they were message boards like this with people sharing and getting responses. The search had also brought up entries on this board from a couple years ago with people talking about getting a rash..I was just trying to get a current response.

I'm an RN on a med surg floor. I do 8 and 12 hr shifts. Going by my fitbit, I average between 5 and 7 miles depending on if it's an 8 or 12 hr day. On my off days I make sure I walk enough to get up to 5 miles just so my calories burned stays around the same each day. Started MFP in January and added fitbit use in…

Thanks, everyone. I was really surprised..I was hoping to see a drop but I thought, eh, even if it's down to around 200 it would be good. Couldn't believe it when I saw the results. Triglycerides down, also..from around 270 to 130!

It let's me see how many cals I burn at work. I'm a nurse and didn't realize how many MILES I do in an 8 or 12 hr shift. In 8 hrs I average 5 to 6 miles and for a 12 hr shift I do between 6 to 7. Before I got my FB I was using just MFP so I wasn't aware of how many cals I was burning and could eat on my work days, I just…

I've had it for a long time but finally got serious about treating it about 8 months ago. Facing turning 50 this year I decided to make a real effort in wt loss. Signed up with MFP in January and then got a fitbit for my birthday in February. Since mid January I've lost 20 pounds. My TSH has been normal for 6 months now so…

I tend to eat a higher cal breakfast on my work days. I'm a nurse and per fitbit I burn almost 3,000 cals on those days and my allowed cal intake can get up pretty high so I eat or snack every few hours at work otherwise I get home and midnight and have 500 or 600 cals "left". I really don't wanna eat that big that late.…

I have started using corn tortillas instead of bread after seeing how many cals two slices of bread add to my intake.

Just think of it as starting anew the next day. I overate and overdrank when I went away last week for my bday 4 day weekend..yeah, I gained a couple pounds BUT got back on track and yesterday the scale had me 2 pounds lighter then before my celebrations!

I started off needing to lose 100 but since then I have lost 14 pounds so I have 86 left to go. I'm trying to focus on 10 pound increment successes since I have a long way to go still. Started at 240, down to 226. I started the end of January, went off the wagon somewhat for my birthday weekend but got right back on it…

Whatever the problem was that day, it seems to have resolved because since then the steps vs miles seems to be more in line now with 10 to 11,000 steps showing up as 5 to 6 miles. Maybe it was a temporary glitch..thank you, everyone!

Thank you to everyone for the input. I have MFP set at lightly active and not active...I was hesitant to use the active option because, honestly, on my off days I can't see myself doing 10,000+ steps or running around like I do at work. My exercise schedule has been off lately due to vacation and then bad weather so I…

I just had my first cycle since starting MFP and for the first time didn't have the carb craving I used to have in the days leading up to it. Pre-MFP I would graze thru all the carbs in the kitchen. This time it didn't happen. I think it helped that I'm doing low cal snacks every few hours between meals.

No, this is not an after midnight thing, this didn't happen after midnight when I was posting..sometimes it's a beginning and middle of the day thing. Especially breakfast time for some reason.

RN here...I work 12 and 8 hr shifts in the afternoon and evening. I pack a lunch and log everything before I go to work just so I can grab and eat while there. If I end up not eating something I just subtract it at the end of the day...I don't hit the "done for the day" icon til the end of the day after I have made all the…

Having that predicament this week. I was bummed cuz I was on a roll, lost 10 pounds since starting MFP on Jan 15. Then, poof, went the scale. Even though I KNOW this happens every month, I still pouted for a while...well, I'm obviously still pouting. I just try to remind myself that when it is over I will hopefully get to…

May not be what you are looking for but I've found the repackaged mini salads at Trader Joes or Whole Foods to be a good lunch. I try to pick out a variety so I have 3 or 4 in stock...all different kinds so I don't get bored. I'm a vegetarian so I stay away from any with meat. But they do have a flavorful…

I've eaten Thin Mints. 4 of them in a serving. I think it said 160 calories. Not every day, I think that I used them as a treat to myself twice since I started MFP a month ago.

Actually, they split from McDs years ago.

I know!! I went to their website where they let you custom design what you get to help you add up the calories and mine was over 700!!! Best way around it would be to eat half and safe half for another meal maybe the next day.

I also have 100 to lose...so far I have lost 10 lbs since I started on Jan 15. So...90 to go. I just keep reminding myself that in 4 weeks (fingers crossed) I will be able to say I've lost 20, in 8 weeks 30..and so on. I keep looking at short term goals. I wanna get out of the 200s! Right now I'm at 229.4, started at 240.

Wow....amazing..so inspirational!