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How is this still a thing? It seems to rear its head once a decade. People want to believe in anything except the fact that the only way we lose weight is by not eating to excess and, if we want, moving more to give the CO a boost. Gah!!!

Late to the game but, for me, calorie counting has enhanced my relationship with food. I'm a numbers guy and I love playing calorie Tetris. THAT ENCHILADA WILL FIT TODAY, DAMN IT. But I digress.... For me it's freed me up from the agony of the unknown. I know when I eat that enchilada, about how much it's going to cost me…

Ah yes, I had overlooked the Bovinusian Scrolls. Thank you for enlightening me. I shall await the return of the Holy Brown Cow of Antioch that I mayest once again bathe in the Chocolateth Milk.

Oh yes, or a good Korean cold noodle soup.

Well it looks like I'll be vacationing in MN come August. Nothing to do with the fair food, of course. >.> Nothing.... o:)

I weigh every day and enter that into a weight tracker. I enter my Wednesday weight into MFP as it's allowed whatever excess salt from the weekend I consumed to leave the system.

Huh? What does religious education have to do with this? I can't recall a verse in the Bible that states "On the 6th day, God created the brown cow and ordered it to be fruitful and produce a delicious chocolate beverage for all." This is just an example of people trolling the survey or being very sadly ignorant of where…

I'm a fan of weight loss challenges. In fact, a weight loss challenge with one of the singing groups I am in is what spurred my initial weight loss. I didn't win but it definitely added motivation. Now, I will agree with you that people go about them in an unhealthy fashion. The winner dropped 12% of his body weight in 10…

I used to do this and then wondered why I had so many insomniac nights. Now if I eat before 6pm, I sleep like a baby. And yes, I tried just cutting the caffiene before 6pm first but it didn't matter. If I eat food before I go to bed, I lie awake listening to my body digesting it and my mind using the added fuel to race…

Onions. Used to gag if I bit down on one in a salad or burger or tuna. Now? Bring them on! I eat raw onions in my salads, grilled onions on my burgers. Tasty, tasty.

Stinking Bishop. Oh man, I want to try that so bad.

24.3% lost but I have to lose around 56% so while there are changes, they aren't drastic. I'm hoping the momentum will pick up past 30%.

To get below 350 pounds. There's been some weird mental block with that threshold as it would be over 125 pounds lost and serves to remind me that I still have a looooong way to go. :s I get so close and then rebound. My bad habits are fighting me hard. So today starts strict recording and more movement. I'll celebrate…

Haha, I'll post one when we get them back. Yeah, it's been crazy. He's been very supportive of my health goals and given both tough love and sympathy when I needed it. Weigh loss is a tough endeavor and he's made it a bit easier. I'm grateful for that in addition to all else that he is.

Thank you, SueSueDio. :) I'm still kind of dazed by it all. I never thought I'd be married but there it is. Now to lose the rest of this weight so we have a long life together.

I love cheese, all kinds. My mother's family is German and I still get nostalgic while eating a limburger sandwich with red onion and brown mustard. Sigh....

You look great! I want legs like those someday. Thanks for the inspiration today! :)

So this morning was unseasonably cloudy and cold and my current pullover sweatshirt was dirty. My partner, now husband actually, who always seems to be the source of these NSV's suggested I wear a flannel my father had given HIM when HE was cold and needed it. The flannel, a 2XL, is ludicrously large on my husband, but…

Always in the morning, after bm. I've weighed in the afternoon before and sometimes it's lower but I figure weighing at the same time every day gives me more accurate trends, which is what I worry about more.

I've lost 116 pnds. I need to lose around 275 in total to hit my goal of 195.

Congratulations! So inspiring!

Name: Tim Age: 38 Height: 6'2 Start Weight (week of April 19): 366 Goal Weight (week of June 28): 346 lbs Weigh in week of: (Weeks are listed by Wednesdays) 1. April 26 -363.8 2. May 3 - 361.0 3. May 10 -361.0 4. May 17 - 5. May 24 - 6. May 31 - 7. June 7 - 8. June 14 - 9. June 21 - 10. June 28 - Final weight: Saturday,…

That would be amazing!

Wait, are the eggs hard boiled? That sounds amazing!

Quinoa in bibimbap? Sacrilege!!!! Also eggs are so incredibly versatile. Eat them with anything. Make a breakfast quesadilla with some tomato, onion, scrambled eggs and a dollop of sour cream or some queso cotija in a corn tortilla. Delicious

^^This^^ So much this. It takes a serious national problem and turns it into a spectacle to gawk at and shore up the esteem of viewers but assuages their conscience by saying "Look, we're helping these folks lose weight by heaping abuse on them in an unrealistic situation and system that they'll be unable to maintain once…

Where have all the good wraps gone? :) Also, only the first one is a gyro. The other two are abominations...

Tom Yum Soup and/or Som Tom as some others have mentioned. There's generally a spicy seafood salad or a beef salad with onion and lime that I've eaten and not broken the bank with. Spicy basil chicken is chicken and veggies together. Be judicious about your rice. The soups with rice noodles will be a little better than…

Again, not true. I'm just petulantly whining against an already established system and only because, right now, I don't use a lot of medical services. I know I'm a risk factor, especially if I stop losing the pounds and fail to reach a healthy weight, and the insurance companies can and should view me as such in regards to…

I've lost over a 100 pounds eating whatever type of food I want at any given time. What's changed is the portion size and how I make my choices. If I eat pizza for lunch, it's a light dinner. If I have an event to go to, I bank calories for it. I don't limit my food choices ever. I'd go nuts if all I ate were chicken,…