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I eat a grapefruit almost every day and I'm losing weight! PS: I also walk about 10 miles a day and ride my bike at least 3 times a week and maintain a 1000 calorie deficit most days. But I'm sure it's the grapefruit that makes the difference.v ;)

Yes, calorie counting can become an obsession and stressful for some people. But I have a speedometer on my car to tell me when I'm going too fast. It's just a measurement system to help me get to where I want to get to safely. What I've noticed is that I mostly eat quite well. By counting calories, I'm becoming more aware…

It's probably a feature you need to ask MFP to implement. If she enters a recipe and makes it available to everyone then she can find the same recipe when she goes to enter on the second account, saving entering the individual ingredients. I can see the utility to being able to choose two users and enter the same dinner…

I'm not a nutritionist, so feel free to ignore me. Here's what I understand: 1. Yes, sugar is sugar, but sugar that's in fruit has less impact on your body than added sugar because you ingest it mixed with other nutrients, so it is absorbed more slowly into your bloodstream. Therefore there is less impact of eating two…

We have a spiralizer and use it to create spaghetti noodles out of zucchini, so we avoid the big wheat carbs from pasta. Also it can create nice light additions to salads. My partner uses it a lot to make nutritious additions to our diet.

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Name: Peter Age: 57 Height: 6 ft 2 in Start weight (1st Feb):198 Goal weight (1st March): 188 Weigh ins: 1st Feb:198 8th Feb:195 15th Feb: 196.6 22nd Feb: 196.3 1st March: Weight loss/gain this week: 0.3 lbs Weight loss/gain so far this month: 1.7 ? Note: I bought a new scale (Fitbit Aria) on Feb 9, which added about 3 lbs…

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Agreed. I'm 6'2 and eat 1800-2000 calories a day. (It would be 1600 without exercise). I started around 217 and saw the first 5 lbs drop quickly, but since then it's been steady. My understanding is that if you eat too little, your body goes into "starvation mode" and will quickly try to save calories. It will use your…

Me too. I don't believe anything I take will make a difference, but ensuring that my body has enough micronutrients can't hurt. (Actually it's possible to OD on some, but not at my levels). The more fit I get the more energy I have. Bottom line.

I'd go with the sniff test, but frankly the people who say 3-4 days are much smarter than me.

Yes! I'm experiencing the same thing. I started by asking before I ate if it was my mouth that was hungry or my stomach. Then it began to get more clear to me that my eating was emotional. Of course, I've known for a while that when I had a challenging day at work, I would bolt straight to a store for chocolate afterwards.…

Sometimes my scale doesn't move so I look carefully at the fat/lean percentages and notice that I've got more lean and less fat. As long as I continue to keep the calorie deficit and do my exercise, it's all good. Plus I feel better all the time!

I can really identify with the social anxiety, especially at the gym. My biggest fear is running into one of my students, or any of the students from my school at the local gym, but fortunately I live far enough away from my school that those students don't come to this community center.

I'm well over 40 at 57, but I've been inconsistent in maintaining myself over the years. Despite whatever slides I've had, I'm glad my active periods have kept my heart and muscles strong enough for another try to get to and stay at a healthy weight/fitness level. Now I'm really focused on what habits I need to develop to…

I don't know how to use some of the machines. I tend to stick to things that I know.

I am a teacher and know a lot of teachers with tattoos, full sleeves and others. But we have a very strong union, so it's not an issue for keeping a job. However, getting hired always means presenting what the employer wants. Plus I'm in a high school, so the kids really like them, and we don't see parents as much. Not…

I got my first (and so far only) at around 51, which is on my shoulder, so it's easy to cover, but I'm seriously considering something on my lower arm. I might wait until I get my current contract renewed because after that my job is permanent. My sister just got her first tattoo for her 60th birthday.

On a good day, I look at it as a motivator. In less than 5 weeks I should hit my goal. On a bad day it looks like my goal is months and months away. It's a reminder that I need to pay attention to each day.

I wouldn't say that's my natural BMI because I live in a culture/society where there are lots of super high calorie foods available to me constantly. Also I eat to deal with my emotions, which is not natural. So no, I think my "natural" weight would probably be verging on underweight since I am tall with thin bones, given…

Since I've done that experiment repeatedly, I keep coming back to 215 which is a BMI of about 27. However, what I see is that number is creeping up over the years. I used to do nothing and stay at 200, then it was 210. By December last year I was around 217. Currently at 196 with at least 10 more to lose.

I walk in the morning, before I go to work if I get up early enough, or just stop at the park for a 15 minute walk on the way to work. I walk at lunch most days, and if I do that a 15 minute walk with the dog after work is enough to get me to 10,000. My work day usually involves about 4000 steps in the course of my duties.

There's going to be some guessing involved unless you want to bring your food scale. Try to keep track of the names of each dish and then when you record the dishes, you should be able to find similar ones on the database. Allow yourself as many extra calories as you can before you go to dinner. Eat moderately and listen…

I love my Fitbit Flex, but I have to look at my phone to see the number of steps. My partner has a Charge (and now more steps than me). She's happy with it. My sister broke her Charge (I don't know how), but Fitbit replaced it for her.

I'm not much into measuring, but I know that measuring is a good reality check. As long as the scale tells me I'm on the right track I'm happy. If I thought I was in a long term calorie deficit and I wasn't seeing changes then I'd work on improving my measurements to find the reason.

Can you get to bed earlier? I can't get up for my walk if I don't get enough sleep. I know it's harder if you have kids. Mine are grown up.

If you're like the elementary teachers I know, you'll be getting lots of steps in. Keep an eye on your calories and continue your exercise and you'll be fine.

Try to keep tempting foods out of the house -- I can't always do this because my partner has a teenage son who eats, well like a teenage boy. Lots of good advice above, go for a walk after dinner and drink lots of water. Change some other habits. My hardest time is cleaning up the kitchen after dinner because I'm tempted…

I feel much better beginning my day with some exercise. At minimum a brisk walk. I stop my car and walk in a park on the way to work if I don't have time to walk before I leave for work. Also I ride my bike part way and either drive the rest with my bike in the car or take the bike on the bus. Those days are really great…

Brisk walks every day. I was running 4-5 times a week, but a tendon problem was causing much pain, so I stopped for a while. I am getting back into riding my bike, too, as part of my commute to work.