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I'm within 3-5 lbs of maintenance with an open diary! Sent you a request. :smiley:

I plan snack calories in...😂 they are their own food group!!! 🙌 Work with it: pre-weigh your snacks out in those small individual snack bags so you can grab them! I find getting to the bottom of the bag gives me time to realize: I'm not really still hungry...🤗

I am mostly in maintenance..dropped into a deficit temporarily to prepare for the holidays and to slim down a little!! :wink: I too use MFP for Macros <3

32 and running a calorie count of 1300-1800..open diary. Feel free to add me!

Calorie counter here..been here since March 2014. From 183 to 128 (+/-) now. I hit maintenance in October 2015 and now I find I log back in randomly to reign it in a little when I push my weight range too far. It works...whether I'm physically logging it not, I find I tend to calorie judge items in my head now and I know…

Just for today: I'll finalize my calorie journal! ;) Been pretty inconsistent lately!

I'm not sure where to take this post... but when I hit maintenance, I was very disappointed that my ideal body weight didn't leave me looking the way I thought I should. I noticed more changes in maintenance + lifting than I ever did in a deficit, so maybe it's time to re-evaulate your goals. :) The body you want is in…

I calorie count because it's easy to forget about those tiny little things..that can over a day add up and put me in the red. But if calorie counting has simply taught you the awareness to be successful, which I think is the largest tool I have gained from being here: Great! DO what works for you. I have a lot of friends…

Open diary here..though I'm in maintenance, so my counts may be a smidge higher.

Once I was able to change my mindset from "I deserve this" to "I earned this" it helped...I can eat ANYTHING I want, but I do need to earn the calories for it.

I don't tend to eat these because they are very high in sodium...that said: actual calorie counts can differ from package to package..so I would imagine it's pretty hard to actually calculate calorie counts of what you are eating in these frozen pre-packaged meals. For example it can say 1 serving = 1 package (320 g) = 400…

Plan ahead and meal prep. If I have my meals/snacks set up ahead of time, I rarely find a quick meal when I'm hungry and over do it

Just TIME helps. After hitting my goal weight, it took about 9 months for everything to tighten up...same time it took to grown a baby!! ;) BUT the reality is: some damage can also just be simply beyond repair...and you may be left with a little extra skin: at least you will be rocking a more slender, healthy YOU!

Mine is open and I've logged consistently 1 year +...feel free to add me. :)

Honestly: all the advice above = AMAZING. I would add: friend some inspirational peeps who are here daily, logging in, struggling, but still pursuing their goals. For me, it helps knowing I'm not the only one who struggled last night and bust out the ice cream bars. Life happens...it's just about not beating yourself up…

5'4 3/4" SW: 174 Original Goal Weight: 140 CW: 121 GW: 120-125 BUT: it's more about body composition than scale readings. I'm progressively lifting, so if I put on 5-12 more lbs (hopefully which includes some muscle), then I would be really happy with that.

I set a goal based on a healthy BMI and then once I reached that point I fine tuned my goal. Along the way I wish someone had told me: YOU WILL NOT LIKE WHAT YOU SEE WHEN YOU REACH YOUR GOAL WEIGHT. I wish I had started either a strength training or progressive lifting program DURING weight loss... I have seen more changes…

I feel you. Planning ahead helps. Sunday's I use for meal preps for the week. There are certain foods that seem to hold up being reheated better than others (pork chops and pork steam = WAY BETTER the second heating!)...but I cook up chicken in the crockpot for enchiladas, chicken tacos, chicken alfredo, fajitas..you can…

Agreed with all of the above...just have patience. I have had 3 amazing kiddos..and all of my skin did eventually bounce back. :) Congrats on your little love!!

On average: mine have weighed about 110

I would look at the makeup of the foods that you eat...since you are getting closer to your goal weight, it's not a bad idea to dial in your macro intake. Personally: I shoot for 100g of protein/day and let my carbs and fat fall where they do...this seems to keep me very satisfied. Your macro intake needs may be WAY…

As you lose, your margin for error becomes narrower (smaller body and thus fewer calories to maintain on). I didn't use a food scale until I got closer to maintenance...then it became even more important. So I guess my tips would be: either slightly increase your deficit or tighten up your logging using a food scale.

You CAN lose 10 lbs in 10 days...unfortunately it will be a mixture of waste and water. (a person can carry up to 20 lbs of additional waste in their colon alone!) AND 1 gallon of water weighs about 8 lbs...so depending on how regular you are and how hydrated: the answer is YES!! Not a fat loss though. CHEERS!!! :D

I am in maintenance so I share in some of the frustration of dialing in maintenance calories. That said: switching from low carb to high carb can cause severe sways in water retention...possibly some of what you are seeing on the scale. Rather than thinking in terms of carbs, find a weight range that you are comfortable…

FR sent! :)

Are you counting your calories elsewhere? Because your diary looks blank to me on here....

Looks like you are right on target! I plan to have extra calories JUST so I can fit in luxuries: a beer, chocolate, peanut butter. :)

BUMP *Inspiring ladies everywhere to pick up heavy *kitten*

I've been here for a couple years: it works. You may not always see the results you would like week to week, but stick with it! And CONGRATS on your loss so far!

I just hit 1 year of logging TODAY!! You can add me as I'm a permanent fixture here... :)