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I don't. First, I think MFP's calorie estimates on the high end. Secondly, while I reasonably accurate with my food intake tracking, there are always surprises...like that great lunch at a local (not chain) restaurant which seems very healthy, but then turns out to be a calorie tsunami.

Sure! I think the accountability thread is great, but I can use all the reinforcement and accountability I can find.

I don't know about adrenal types, but what I would suggest is this: Track your calories ruthlessly (I actually get up at midnight and do it if I have forgotten to do so during the day...crazy, I know.) Check your macros daily. See if you are losing weight and how you feel. I can't sustain weight loss if I feel awful, i.e.,…

May I ask: Have you had your thyroid function checked within the last year? In addition to all the other changes with evolving (cause that's what I call aging and I'm sticking to it) the efficiency of our thyroid can deplete with age. Mine is at the lowest end of normal, which doesn't mean I have a clinical thyroid…

I'll do what I have to do to maintain the body I've worked so hard to achieve. I've lost and gained hundreds of lbs over the years, and I've come to realize that certain actions keep my weight off and keep being feeling good (no small thing), and others don't. I have to: . Count calories (I do it in a little cheap…

Eat "real" food. Fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins. Think of each meal as having three parts: protein (egg, cottage cheese, chicken...that's a breakfast lunch dinner sequence). Carb: Whole grain bread, potato, brown rice (b, l, d). Vegetable:...whatever. Then have fruit in between meals. Simple, easy on the…

Also, see if any local restaurants will offer gift certificates. We were so tired for the first year of our son's life, plus stressed about money. I think a drawing for restaurant certificates would have brought us in..assuming they delivered!

1) Prenatal fitness: What to eat before you get pregnant (since many pregnancies are planned or created in the lab.) I saw a nutritionist who gave me great advice on what to eat before becoming pregnant, and my, that kid is a tank! 2) Exercise during pregnancy. 3) Post pregnancy body...what to do to cope with the changes…

I'm no expert, but what I'm working on is just one habit a month. I can't do an overwhelming number of new things, cause my energy goes elsewhere. For the last month, it has been just tracking on a daily basis on MFP. It doesn't matter how "bad" the number looks, just tracking. In February, the goal is eating more…

Lost one lb last month, but a lb down is not a lb up...so psychologically, I'm going to count that as 2! What I've observed: Structure makes it easier. In the evenings, there is far less structure and that's when I begin to wander off my plan. Social isolation makes it harder. No one in the family is committed to…

I hear you! I've always hovered around 135, and even when I went up, I could just settle back to 135. I'd eat too much, then I simply wouldn't be hungry. Well, sometime during the accumulation of gray hairs, I began to accumulate weight. And, I can no longer just have a heavy weekend of eating, then cut back for three days…

After about a year of continuous sinus infections and pretty much considering just getting through the day as a routine, I'm part of an 8-week group competition at my gym: 3 times weekly group training, and once a week personal training. (This is thanks to big-time sinus surgery to gross to describe.) I'll do the…

I always thought it was good, unless the cheer comes from a teenager (we've got one of those...) in which case it is ironic, and means something not so good. ;)

Starting: 150 Last week: 149 This week: 148.5 My goal is two lbs a month, so I have to up my exercise and reduce my carbs (carbs aren't bad, but I find my carbs tend towards the processed white ones.) I'm working on focusing and imprinting one major goal a month. This month it is to track in MFP daily and to keep…

Our stats are about the same! I understand your frustration. I'm experiencing the same thing. I'm going to take the prior posters advice and focus on accurate measuring. When I log, I always chose the lowest calorie version of the food (the smaller banana vs the larger one...it sounds insignificant, but there is an 80…

I'm 5 ft 8 and currently at 150. Most of my life, I've "settled" around 140 to 150, and my ultimate goal is 125ish. I look "fine", but I've been 130ish, and that's when I looked good to me (and I think that is what counts most.) Reading the posts above, it seems to me that the majority of us are well within a healthy BMI,…

Thank you keeping this thread going. Last week: 150 This week: 149 What I learned: Damn, it is hard to go back to healthy eating after about 6 months of daily indulgences. I'm taking it day by day and not expecting perfection, just staying at my calorie range even if that means not always eating healthfully. And, just…

Add me as well! 5 ft 7 3/4 (close enough to 5 ft 8), 150, goal of 125 by this time next year.

I tend to look at it in more of week terms. I may eat 2,200 calories on Sunday, when we have family pancake breakfast and family dinner out. Then, during the next three days, I'll eat 900 to 1,300 calories per day. I don't obsess, currently at least, about the day to day calories, but I do focus on trending weight loss. My…

After a long hiatus, I'm back! And, there's more of me. I had a tight program (working out, recording on MFP), and about 6 months ago, the program began to ease up...I'll miss this work out today and make up for it tomorrow (which I didn't), I'll just have this today and make up for it tomorrow (which I didn't.) And, now,…

Thanks all! I'll be starting next week (had a minor surgery 2 weeks ago.)

Happy November. There was some indulgence on 3 fun sized candy bars last night while we waited for the tricker/treaters, but given that it was 39 degrees here, I seemed to have burned off the calories shivering. HW: 186 Sept: 147 October: 145 goal, 145 goal achieved. November goal: 143 The past couple of weeks have been…

Dr. Roy Wolford, who is probably the biggest name in longevity (and vital longevity...not just alive) has stated that a BMI of 19 is the optimum BMI for someone who aspires to reach a maximum life span....which he says can be over 100 years old. He recommends achieving this through "CRON", caloric restriction for optimum…

HW: 186 SW: 147 October goal: 145 Current: 144.6 And, man, was that .4 hard won! I'm just happy to break a barrier I've had for over a year. What is making a difference is not eating after dinner.

Oh, and every year on our wedding anniversary I put on the suit I wore when I got married (I'm a wedding suit kind of gal). It actually hangs on me now! And, this is our 30th anniversary year, and I was pretty trim when we got married. So, in the intervening years: 5 IVFs, where your body is pumped full of baby encouraging…

I have tracked for 90 consecutive days..even getting up at midnight to do my tracking when the day got away from me. I've also resumed free weights (okay, the good-looking guys at the free weight room have always been a motivator). I've noticed how much stronger my upper body is. Though I'm not "ripped", there's definitely…

I think LDemi and I are the same generation, or close enough. I think older women find it more difficult to maintain their ideal weight. Your life becomes more complicated with kids (sometimes grandkids), husbands, ailing in-laws, work and community. It is easy to put yourself last on the list of priorities. And, then, to…

I certainly do. When I was younger, I could smash down to 130ish by living on coffee and flavored yogurt. Now, I can't sustain that, so I have to stay on track consistently. I used to resent this, but now I think that I have to view my body the way an athlete does. Athletes accept the restrictions because they want to…

I agree! Plan Plan Plan I have to plan by shopping, my meals and what I eat on a daily basis. I do batch cooking every Sunday a.m. so meals durng the week are pretty much assembling them. I pre-plan my meals on MFP. I also have a rule for myself: no sugar, no flour. I've found that the foods I'm most likely to overeat are…