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I'm not in US myself, so I'm not familiar with the tea shops you have there. But yunnansourcing has a US version as far as I know and that's at least one reliable source of chinese tease for you. I've been ordering through their international site and have nothing but good things to say about them. They know and love teas…

I buy mine online from yunnansourcing and occasionally some small local companies that hand pick their teas in China and import only good stuff. I find that mass market teas and especially the kind they sell in supermarkets are full of meh. You've been already advised Dà Hóng Páo and Tae Guan Yin. Those two oolongs are…

Green, white, oolong, pu-erh tears help me to lose weight because they make me busy and fill me with liquid. Some of those teas also help mental clarity and increase my energy levels in a way somewhat similar to coffee's but milder and more prolonged. This doesn't harm weight loss either. I have no idea if it affects WL in…

The only possible downside to your plan is that weight loss is not linear. In my experience biggest losses often happen after a few days of weight climbing up. You can stand on the scale on Tuesday, see you haven't lost anything or even gained some and feel discouraged for the rest of the week not knowing that your weight…

Good luck with your WL journey, Jason! Feel free to add me as a friend if it ever gets lonely on this site.

Many years ago I used to live on instant coffee with lots of sugar and cream. I would have maybe 1 normal meal during the day and the rest was coffee. Once I realized how bad it got, I've quit coffee cold turkey for near 10 years. At some point I saw no more reason to avoid something smelling so nice, so I let it back into…

That's what happens to 99% home exercise bikes I know =) They just make really good chairs and hangers for clothes, can't be helped. No hope is lost though! My old exercise bike that stood broken for years finally got a repair and my brother and his gf use it almost daily. My elliptical waited for me for a year after…

We really don't disagree =) It's just a matter of semantics. I suffer from a very bad case of perfectionism and do tend to hold myself to impossibly high standards more often than not. I don't really doubt my ability to achieve. I know I can. And I know everyone around knows I can. And it puts a kind of pressure on me that…

It's true. But we, humans, often believe in magical giants that can move mountains with a flick of a finger and feel desperate from failing to do the same. Or we try to match, give it everything we have in a short time and give up exhausted. I've done sprints in various areas of my life. They brought results. They never…

Getting to love yourself is a wonderful advice and I honestly envy people who manage to follow it. I never could. I've been overweight ever since I was a kid. I'm 32 and all those years weren't enough to learn to accept my own body. I do not hate myself per se, I'm proud of myself in a lot of ways actually, but this body…

Raw tomatoes or a veggie salad accompany my eggs in the morning. I always have a veggie salad or sauerkraut as a primary side for my meat and fish for lunch. If I have a starch, rice or pasta, they are always a smaller portion next to my veggies. Banana, berries and occasional peach get mixed into my yogurt / cottage…

Ice-cream for a dessert. Greek yogurt with banana and berries for a meal. Apple and carrots combo for a snack.

100-120 grams of greek yogurt or soft cottage cheese, 1/4-1/3 of a banana mashed with a fork on the top of it and then some chopped strawberries or full blueberries to complete the picture. It's both my dinner and dessert usually. Or today I had 60g of zander fish, 63g of baked potato and over 100g of pickled cabbage. A…

I don't talk myself out of it. I sometimes have to talk myself into it. I usually have a 150 calorie dinner planned and around 100-150 more for late night munching on fruits or carrots. But then I miss a meal or have a lighter lunch for some reason and boom! it's past 9pm and I've got 500+ calories to go.

You are an inspiration. I'm bookmarking this thread and checking it every time I have an excuse in my head. And congrats on the wedding!

Some awesome ideas int his thread so far! I’m 20lb+ down in 2 months, so loosing at similar pace more or less. * I eat ice-cream every day. Up to 3 times a day. My fav dessert cup can hold from 30 to 50 grams of ice-cream, so although I feel like I’ve never had as much ice-cream in my life as I do now, it actually never…

Just a little advice on elliptical from a novice to another novice here. It's a very nice and low risk cardio machine but the first time I tried it I thought I was dying after 5 minutes or less. I can do a proper 30-50 minute workout on it now and no, it was not my shape that drastically improved. I've only started…

I've been on 1200 calories diet for 2 months now. I felt hungry because of the diet considerations once and even that lasted 2 hours max. There was a couple of days I felt hungry because I was somewhere the food was not available or it was taking me some time to prepare a meal. But 99% of the time I feel comfortable while…

Coffee is an obvious answer. I drink mine for the smell/taste mostly. When it comes to energy I much prefer the effect of teas. They seem to give me mental clarity without making my heart race and anxiety that coffee sometimes gives me. Also their effect lasts longer and doesn't have an abrupt ending that coffee high has…

I'm getting on the scale every morning and inputting the results into trendweight.com (through fitbit) which makes a nice average graph for me. I actually expect the weight to go up on some days and don't feel down when that happens. I change my weight on MFP and update my battle journal on NF once a week, usually…

We all have different life situations and needs these situations dictate. If I had an active job and under 30lbs to lose, I'd quite likely follow an eating pattern pretty similar to yours. I'd be fine if getting to my ideal weight would take me a year or so. But my job is sedentary. I don't even need to walk to my office…

Answering the original OP question: I'm on 1200 and I do have ice-cream every day, often more than 1 time a day and it's not rare for me to have some chocolate on the day too. My ice-cream is not low calorie and I prefer milk chocolate. I don't add exercise calories and I can't remember the last time I went over. There…

At the moment I don't have much motivation. I just have a habit. I'm generally a very enthusiastic and easily excited person with a lot of interests and motivation to do things I love. I've lost weight few years ago riding a wave like this. This time I've started at the bottom. My current health and meds I'm taking keep my…

So this diet is still very new to you and naturally needs some adjustments before you settle on something that you can live with in the long term. You may feel full and excited with all the progress you are making now but not much time has passed, so there are downsides to this diet you have most likely not learned yet.…

It takes time and it's seasonal in some places of the world. I still greatly enjoy it when I can.

Thanks for all the replies, guys and ladies. I have gotten a lot of ideas to work with. Not all of them are doable right now but it's always good to have some perspective for the future. I'm focusing on exercises I can do at home at the moment. I know that having a professional to guide me in whatever type of exercise…

My breakfast is shortly after I wake up (anywhere between 5am and 11am). 99% of the time it's 2 scrambled eggs and a bit of raw veggie(s) on the side. If I'm not in hurry, I spoil myself with a cup of black coffee and a little portion of ice-cream or chocolate. I'm no addict, so this whole coffee thing is a treat to me and…

I'm having one of those days today for the first time in almost 6 weeks of tracking. And I know I should be going over with plenty of calories saved in previous days and some unaccounted exercise on the top. But it's been a while since I went over my limit. I've made it through holidays and other 'difficult' days and I…

I've lost nothing for 3 weeks @ 1200. Can't say it's a super pleasant feeling but this is how our bodies work. I've lost 1.5 pounds in a day in the end of that no-loss streak. Just do what you do and don't obsess over the numbers too much. Results will come.

I've quit smoking cold turkey over 7 years ago and that gave me a jump start to lose 25kg (55lb) in following few months. I found that the two processes complimented each other nicely. New food and exercise adventures took my mind off cigarettes and clearing taste buds, better ability to breath and smell things made…