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There is nothing wrong with snacks. I lost and now maintain with three meals and 2 snacks. Snack doesn't have to equal crap. Processed food equals crap.

I guess I'm odd woman out all I got is people at work is you look fantastic or I almost didn't recognize you follow by how did you do it... Or my favorite when I finally get motivated I want you as my coach...

Of course this presumes that you made a food and exercise lifestyle change...

I've seen this several places....maintenance is no different than dieting, you just have higher calorie target.

Yes I agree 100%.

Ditto. Don't go down the dark path of a eating disorder.

I agree with Laura3BB if you are diligent with your food log you should be able to eat back your exercise calories. With that said, it nearly impossible to eat to zero consistently so just try to make sure your negative days counterbalance your positive overage days over a week or month. Other than that listen to your…

I guess I'm doubly blest, I have a husband who has loved me at every weight and the only thing I've heard is how fantastic I look. No one has called me too skinny.

It helps with purging salt from your system.

No I don't lose in advance of vacation. I prefer active vacations so I tend to up both calories in and calories out.

You diary isn't shared. I agree with the comments about making healthy choices just larger portions.

My first thought was lucky you, most of us have seen this many times before we hit maintenance. I really think it is less common not have this happen occasionally rather than have it happen.

I think everyone is a bit a afraid of undoing all their hard work. What I did was set my mfp setting as "sedentary," turned on negative calories from Fitbit (Yes on exceptionally lazy days you will go negative). I chose sedentary because my desk job is exactly that. Active only comes with exercise. Fitbit throughout the…

I eat plenty of fruits and vegetables. But I agree you won't get there without some high fiber grains too. I like to mix Kashi Go Lean with Fiber One for breakfast. I also found a brand of wraps that I use for sandwiches (Tumarro) that pack 7-9 grams of fiber in a variety of flavors, wheat to chia, to flax, etc. Instead of…

You can't maintain a daily 1000 deficit and not lose weight if you are tracking food and activity accurately. Steps really aren't an indicator of how active or inactive you are. Someone can easily hit 10,000+ and not have any active or very few "active" minutes. Steps are not a indicator of how active or inactive you are…

I was teasing about the typo . I can't imagine what that amount of food would look like...

Mfp should have helped you set a goal to maintain your weight. Everyone's is different so you'll have to play a bit with the calories before you figure out the right target for you. Definitely wouldn't go with the number you entered, you haven't too many zeros at the end

I eat back what I'm hungry for which means I don't always eat them all and other days I go over. It works out for me over time because I typically don't go greatly over or under on any given day.

Plateaus are frustrating but normal. Changing something up like changing your exercise routine or exercise intensity (intervals)typically helps. Changing up what you eat can also help if you been in a food rut.

Totally agree, looking across the forums most people seem to gravitate to +/- 2 1/2 pounds or +/- 5 pounds. Pick a range that aligns with your natural fluctuations or you'll drive yourself crazy.

Unless I truly don't understand the meaning of binge, a soft cookie and a piece of pie is an indulgence not a binge. Everyone is entitled to an indulgence once in a while. Now if you start eating dozens of cookies and whole pies then you can start talking to yourself about binge eating. Nobody eats perfect all the time,…

Well done, hope you are very proud of your accomplishment. Keep up the hard work.

Under Armour cold gear is a godsend. Ive kind of been looking forward to hot flashes as a ice breaker...or at least as a change of pace. Good news is my husband is more sympathetic now that he's experienced coldness post weight loss.

My baseline calories is 1580. I try to make sure I get 300-500 a a activities daily.

Get over the word choice if just one person gets "starvation mode" and it saves them from doing it, so what????

People forget in addition to a good digital scale to weigh you, a good kitchen scale is a must. Kitchen scales aren't expensive. There are some things that you just need a scale to get the serving size right. Too many people confuse serving size and portion size and they can be vastly different. I think it is not uncommon…

Congrats on your weight loss. My suggestion is give you and your body time to adjust to your new weight and work on firm up activities. After you've done that for a while then you can decide if going a bit lower is right for you. Everyone has level of food and activity level that is sustainable. No reason to drive yourself…

That is a great weekend ride. I actually like the rides that are no where close to flat. Our big ride this year was Bicycle Tour of Colorado. That was great fun but lots of work.

I too like to have some protein at every meal and snack. I use protein powder and skim milk with my breakfast as a way to jump start my protein for the day as I head off to work. Carbs are not the root of all evil, you just need to make sure you pick high quality carbs instead of the highly processed, ultra refined carbs…

I'm still at the point where I treat this as a calorie bank account. I prefer not to go to far over or under. I rarely go way over so by end of week. You don't have to be a small woman. The older you get your TDEE goes down you can slow the downward metabolism with strength training but you can't completely reverse the…