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I’m taking an 11 hour nonstop flight to Europe in a few weeks and these tips are helpful. Any more?

Daily. I used to weigh once a week, but if you happen to be hanging onto water weight and don’t show a loss on the day you weigh it can be discouraging. I’ll sometimes go that long without a loss and then it whooshes out the next day.

I work from home, so I usually ear breakfast around 9.

I hit my goal weight and entered maintenance last week.

Chocolate hummus? So glad you like it. I’ll pass, though.

Instead of junk food, you can stock your freezer with healthier/lower calorie frozen packaged meals. Not necessarily Lean Cuisine or other “diet” dinners, but the bags of chicken stir-fry with rice type meals that take only 10 minutes or so to prepare. Could be a happy medium between junk food and cooking at home. (Just…

I think the increase in obesity is directly linked to 1) the proliferation of junk food 2) much larger portion sizes 3) the crap that is now fed to farm animals 4) more TV commercials for stuff like stuffed crust pizza, packaged snacks, etc. 5) demanding, stressful workplaces where it’s expected that you work really long…

I usually have two snacks per day; one in the mid-to-late afternoon (I eat lunch at noon and dinner at 7 pm, so need something in between) and the other after dinner, around 9 pm. My snacks are always something healthy and usually protein, like 1 egg, protein powder shake or a protein bar, nuts, sometimes a piece of…

I’ve found the Omni hiking calorie calculator to be pretty accurate.

Not just your cardiologist, but your gastroenterologist too. Studies have shown a direct correlation between too much saturated fat (as well as cured meats like sausage, bacon, lunch eat, etc.) and colon cancer.

Don’t settle! Take a diet break (eat at maintenance) for a week and then go back to 1300. It took me 6 months to lose 18 pounds. I’m also 5’4” (well, 5’4.5”) and 122 was my goal. The last 5 pounds took FOREVER, but the did come off.

Truthfully, I would choose to hike in less remote areas, or go with a friend.

It took me 6 months to lose 18 pounds and I usually did not feel hungry. If I did, I would eat something like an egg or a carrot with some hummus or some protein powder with water to tide me over until the next meal. There were a few times when I was hungry and could not seem to get full, and those days ran completely off…

I can’t eat any type of cured meat (jerky, salami, deli meat) and need to watch my intake of saturated fat. My go-to protein snacks are hard-boiled eggs, Greek yogurt, protein powder and often a Pure Protein bar. I eat a lot of the other foods in that chart (chicken salad, tuna, edamame) for lunch or dinner. Sometimes I’ll…

Fish tacos (baked) with arugula/watermelon/feta cheese salad sprinkled with a few pine nuts and topped with balsamic glaze. No pic, sorry.

You hit the jackpot in so many different ways!

I feel extremely lucky, I have only had night sweats twice and while I had frequent hot flashes my first 2 years, they were never the sweat-dripping-down-your-face kind. My hot flashes are less frequent now, yay. I did find it more comfortable to put a wool mattress cover on my bed; they help regulate your body temp. in…

With only 38 posts you clearly have not been around long enough to know how many really knowledgeable and helpful people post on these forums.

The chart has your answer in there somewhere.

I agree that clothing brand sizing varies., and that it is subject to vanity sizing. I just bought a size 2 in Macy’s store brand skinny leg pants but a size 8 in Levi’s jeans. And I fit anywhere from size 4-8 in dresses depending on brand and style. I am 122 pounds and 5’ 4.5”.

Yes, “you look great” always works. This is what Ihave heard most often, and it’s nice to have my hard work acknowledged.

I like to bake chicken with Parmesan cheese and grilled mushrooms on top. Or the spice “Montreal chicken.” Yummy.

When you binge, start the next day fresh and on track, without trying to do anything special to “make up” for the overindulgence of the day before. Unless you binge often (every three weeks may be a bit often), one binge day every so often will slow you down only slightly.

I cook and eat at home 7 days a week except for special occasions. Still need to weigh and log everything to make sure I’m not eating larger portions than I should be.

I think this post is my favorite of all the ones I’ve read on MFP ever.

Last I heard, caffeine has not been linked to cancer, high blood pressure or hardening of the arteries. Nicotine is way worse than caffeine.

- Corn on the cob plus another veggie or salad - Whole wheat rotini pasta with a bit of margarine and parmesan cheese, plus a veggie or salad - Fajitas plus a salad - Tuscan pasta salad with the chicken added to it - Quinoa salad (quinoa with a bunch of veggies and spices plus a dressing) with the chicken added to it

I make them from the Trader Joe’s mix and bake them also. I found a thin pita bread that is only 60 cals per entire pita, so I put the falafel in puta with some shredded lettuce and to ato and top with tzaziki sauce. Salad to accompany this.

This is what I am hoping.

I do both! They are hard! I actually can’t do an unassisted pullup yet. I think they are both good to incorporate into a strength program.