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May 3, 2019 10:45AM 5'10" / 51years Ultimate Starting Weight: 221.8 Challenge Starting Weight 216.6 (April 22) April 26: 213.4 May 3: 212.0 May 10: 209.8 May 17: May 24: May 31: June 7: [Out of town wedding weekend] June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4: Challenge Goal Weight: 199.8 (under 200!) Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

5'10" / 51years Ultimate Starting Weight: 221.8 Challenge Starting Weight 216.6 (April 22) April 26: 213.4 May 3: 212.0 May 10: May 17: May 24: May 31: June 7: [Out of town wedding weekend] June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4: Challenge Goal Weight: 199.8 (under 200!) Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

Thank you everyone for your help, personal experiences, and explanations.

Since you are still losing and want to find your maintenance calories, and because the math isn't working out for you at this point, I suggest increasing 100 calories per day for a week or two (1600 calories for two weeks, 1700 calories for the next two weeks, etc) and if the trend is still down ... repeat. Eventually you…

5'10" / 51years Ultimate Starting Weight: 221.8 Challenge Starting Weight 216.6 (April 22) April 26: 213.4 May 3: May 10: May 17: May 24: May 31: June 7: [Out of town wedding weekend] June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4: Challenge Goal Weight: 199.8 (under 200!) Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

Thank you for the thoughtful explanations. I don't have a way to have a gym at home or to join one, so I'll have to look into body-weight exercises I can do at home and hope that will be enough.

5'10" / 51years Ultimate Starting Weight: 221.8 Challenge Starting Weight 216.6 (April 22) April 26: May 3: May 10: May 17: May 24: May 31: June 7: [Out of town wedding weekend] June 14: June 21: June 28: July 4: Challenge Goal Weight: 199.8 (under 200!) Ultimate Goal Weight: 145

Monday:. Body:. Stayed in bed as long as possible since I have been chronically tired. Mind:. Talked with my daughter's therapist for a few minutes about myself. Spirit:. Decided to stay present and not play any computer games. Will have to try harder tomorrow for the mind area.

I am very late to be starting for November, but I am joining because I NEED to start taking care of me, and hopefully this challenge will continue into the coming months. Thank you for this board. This morning I got up and typed in a journal to sort out some of my feelings, which I am counting as self-care for my mind. I…

I second the comment to understand that when we are eating at a maintenance level, your body weight will fluctuate up and down a few pounds based on hormones, sodium levels, how full our colons are, etc. Setting a range and using a trending app to track your weight can help reduce any worries about this very natural…

I take a couple of minutes every hour and get up from my desk and walk to the farthest bathroom in the building. There are times when life is just too hard (sleep deprived is one of those times) and working out isn't even on my to-do list, but just getting out of my chair and moving a little bit helps me feel better.

I'm sure there is more to your decision than is contained on this page, but what you DID write seems to say that you are hoping that becoming vegetarian will help you lose weight. Is that your primary reason? If so, there are many ways to cut calories and lose weight and picking one that is going to be hard for you (you…

Okay, I'm in for naming your "diet" for something you eat every day. Think I could get famous telling people I lost 73 pounds on the Chocolate Diet? :) And no restrictions on what kind of chocolate, either... plain, generic, brand name, mixed with caramel or nuts, bars, cookies, cupcakes, muffins, milk chocolate, dark…

The progress in shedding pounds is mostly because of your diet. Cutting the number of calories you eat by 500 per day is much easier to do, and has a bigger impact on weight loss, than burning an extra 100 through exercise. However, any calories burned (and not eaten) through exercise increases your caloric deficit which…

I would be stunned if my husband said something like that. I think I'd want to ask, "Then who WILL you be having sex with until then?"

While not the worst, in my opinion, one that annoys me is: someone else can give me "motivation" to succeed at weight loss. Accountability, competition, and support can come from others. But if I'm not determined/committed to do what it takes, there is nothing someone else can say or do to make me succeed.

It doesn't have to be gruelling or painful. Put your stats into MFP, choose a loss rate of 1 pound per week (or less) and eat food that will nourish and give energy to your body that fits in that calorie goal. With the amount of weight you want to lose, eating less than that puts you at greater risk of muscle loss instead…

I don't know how to make this link go to page 1, but go back to the beginning and read the initial post. It is excellent. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10303793/who-gained-weight-during-the-holidays-i-have-a-solution

Him: Do you like this shirt? It's my only nice one.

I don't know what you are eating, so you may already do this. Have you tried making a larger part of your daily food bulky/low-calorie foods (like vegetables)? If your stomach is FULL it seems you'd be less likely to keep eating ("I am a bottomless pit"). Another thought: if you usually wake up hungry, can you just plan…

It only shows changes in the direction you specified as your goal. If you are set up with a goal to Gain Weight, then your gains should show up and any losses will not. If you are set up with a goal to Lose Weight, your losses will show up and any gains will not.

A plateau is no weight loss after six weeks of eating your deficit calories. Three weeks or less is technically not a plateau, it is either a normal fluctuation due to TOM or a change in routine or water retention or more food in your colon, etc OR you ate enough extra calories/burned less calories to erase your deficit…

While I know that God can make anything happen, sometimes He answers my prayers differently than I expect. Sometimes he offers an opportunity rather than the result directly. You are here, in a place that gives you the tools to succeed and a community of supportive people. Now you need to take one step forward. As the joke…

I've only been maintaining for about six months so it's still novel and fun. :) I still enjoy my reflection in glass, I love that when I shop for clothes and something doesn't fit I no longer jump to the conclusion that it is because there is something wrong with me, and I love that I can trust the math and know that even…

I suggest you make one change at a time. You don't have to change what you eat, how much you eat, how much water you drink, how much you sleep, how much and what type of exercise, etc all at once in order to lose weight. All of these contribute to a healthier lifestyle, which is what you want to end up with in order to…

Men can think about "nothing." My mind is always on something. I wish I could think about nothing!

Sorry, OP. This is a bit off topic. Obviously I don't know anything about you specifically (height, activity level, etc) but i am suspicious in general when people say that they cannot possibly eat more because they tried it and "immediately" gained weight. The difference between 1800 (on the low end of what you say you…

I suggest you go into the "goals" section and increase your stated activity level. For example, if you are set for sedentary, changing it to lightly active or higher will give you more calories per day and slow your rate of loss without changing the setting that says ".5 pounds per week". If you are consistently losing 1…

To reiterate what @notquittingthistime1984 said, your calorie allowance doesn't change unless you manually go into MFP and update your "Goals" under the "My Home" tab. It is suggested to do this every 10 pounds or so to maintain the same deficit amount you selected, because yes, as your weight decreases you burn less…

If you are getting gifts of food and looking for ways to get it out of the house, you can donate (unopened) boxes to local churches or food banks or you can gift them to neighbors, teachers, the fire/police departments, etc.