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I'm effectively a pescetarian when I eat out, so I'll default to a salad with not too much cheese and dressing on the sde, a grilled/broiled fish entree, or a salad with grilled/broiled fish on top. If there's a vegetarian broth-based soup, that's also a good option. BBQ places -- which several members of my family adore…

Doctors who insist on discussing patient weight after being asked to refrain, or who insist on attributing every symptom and illness to patient weight, are not practicing good patient care. I've heard many true horror stories, and I'd switch in a heartbeat if I wound up going to someone like that. My current primary-care…

Popcorn - either air-popped DIY with a few sprays of oil & your favorite seasoning, or my favorite ready-to-eat version is "regular" salted Boom Chicka Pop.

What helped me was signing up for at least one weekly class I liked - I hated wasting $$ by missing the class, so that was one gym visit a week right there, plus it got me in the door. (Of course that won't work if you hate all group classes; I also thought about signing up for personal training, but that's more…

I lost to get down to my lowest adult weight (pre-kids) and have been there for about six months. It's fun to see which of the clothes I kept from ten years ago still fit (my tastes have changed a little; so have jeans cuts), and I got really tired of tracking calories, changing sizes, & having to scramble for clothes, but…

I'm definitely not skinny: 5'3.5" and 155-157 lbs. It's what I weighed at my most comfortable ten years ago, pre-kids, so it's what I aimed for. I can even wear some of my old clothes again! (Although, not surprisingly, my tastes have changed a bit, and so has my shape courtesy of kids.) I'd love to get more toned one of…

I find maintenance (for about 4 months now) easier than weight loss because I'm less obsessed with calorie count/logging and can enjoy trying to eat healthfully & experiment with new types of exercise. Also, this morning at the gym the calorie counter on the elliptical I used wasn't working, and I didn't have to care. :)

Right now, I'm up 0.8 lb. My goal over the holidays was maintenance, so I'll take it!

Leftover red lentil soup; a small orange & a Fage fat-free cherry pomegranate yogurt for snacks. (Since I got back into town on Sunday and missed my usual lunch-prep window, I am heavily into Whatever I Can Grab Out Of The Fridge this week. Tonight, however, I plan to cook some extra chicken breasts....)

A 2.5oz packet of Chicken of the Sea wild tuna, mixed with a bit of mayo, a slosh of Tabasco, and a lot of chopped celery (this is a thrown-together work lunch; I'd season it more nicely if I were home). A tamari rice cake, some celery sticks & baby carrots, and a mandarin orange. I'm quite full.

I ordered a pair of size 12 flannel-lined jeans for when it gets cold next month. My 14s are pretty loose, but I bet the 12s will be tight. So my goal is to be comfortable in them by January.

Soup (broth- or veggie-based), big stir-fries of vegetables with a little protein, eggs or tuna or other lean protein with veg or fruit. I do love carbs, but they don't keep me full very well.

When just I want a lot of food -- and occasionally I do -- I tend to go for meals that are heavy on veggies. I can eat half a cabbage sauteed with onions, apples, and a smidge of olive oil, but I am super full afterwards. Same goes for a chopped salad. Add in some lean protein, and I'm set.

I have a similar set of questions for myself -- so far my husband's actually opposed to the third baby, and so part of my current effort is about getting back to my pre-baby weight, but if he changed his mind tomorrow, I'd have mixed feelings. I do like my body at its slimmer weight, and pregnancy absolutely made me…

I just went to the gym and weighed for the first time in two weeks (business travel + Thanksgiving = lots of time away and a bunch of meals I couldn't easily log). I lost a grand total of 1.2 pounds, which I'm counting as a major win under the circumstances.

Some of us celebrate Hanukkah. Which lasts for eight days. And the major traditional foods are fried potato pancakes and jelly doughnuts. Plus we still have Thanksgiving (well, I'm U.S., so I do) and our coworkers bringing in the Christmas goodies. Then on Christmas we go out for Chinese. (Feel better, Christmas…

A good fat-free or 2% Greek yogurt (I like Fage) with fruit, cinnamon, and a few chopped almonds. Alternately, skip the nuts & go with a cup of low-cal salted or sweetened popcorn if you'd rather have volume than fat.

There are insulated grocery bags (sold near me at all the grocery stores fancy enough to sell reusable bags - I like the Trader Joe's ones) that combine well with a couple of icepacks to keep food cold. But when insulated lunchboxes aren't big enough, I haul out my REI Picnic Cooler, which would work to store several meals…

Lots of people are healthy and happy at sizes that are considered "overweight" by BMI. Lots of people also like to complain about physical or psychological (or, uh, fashion?) issues that might not be solved by losing weight. Most of the people reading this board have (or have had) good reasons to want to lose weight, but…

At a buffet or cocktail party, I like to grab a low- or no-calorie drink, fill my plate with veggies and fruit (plus some sort of lean protein if it's available), then find people to talk to. Sit-down meals are more challenging, but usually there's flexibility even there (extra veggies or salad, share dessert with my…

I weigh weekly, and also see fluctuations. If my weekly weigh-in coincides with the day or two I feel bloated from my period, I *might* push it off a day (and I like to weigh using a scale at my gym, so once in awhile the day gets pushed off because of emergency not-a-workout). Honestly, though, I'm pretty familiar with…

Sometimes I don't want a heavy breakfast, but I get hangry without food -- I find that a hard-boiled egg or two with some salt/pepper/interesting fresh-ground seasoning blend works well for that. Basically a little protein and fat helps me feel full enough but not full -- lots of carbs tend to make me hungrier then bloated…

Hackathons are great -- have fun! I'm attending a retreat this weekend with some of the same issues: food all the time, I'm not in charge and can't get menus ahead, etc. My plan is to pack my favorite water bottle and a few healthy snacks just in case (basically fruit and popcorn, since I won't have access to a fridge),…

I eyeball and have lost 31 pounds since June -- but I also set my weekly weight loss on MFP to 2lbs/week and find myself averaging more like 1-1.5 lbs/week, which is fine with me. Also, I'm still a good 17 pounds from my initial goal, which is still quite a bit higher than out-of-the-box healthy BMI, so I have plenty of…

My kids are of trick-or-treating age, but they're also old enough to share, and I had three other adults over -- so I had one bite each of three fun-size candy bars I like, and called it a win. (Except that nobody got any Almond Joys.)

These are all so different! I'm 5'3.5" but round up on MFP. Started in June at 207, taking my time, currently 180. Aiming for 160 and then we'll see - that's the lowest weight I've been as an adult.

I wouldn't have asked if I could calculate it myself - it is store bought.

(Oops, double post.)

Almost all the places I eat are non-chains, so not in MFP's database. I just pick somewhat reasonable-sounding database entries and keep going. It's slightly annoying, but better than never dining out, only eating at chains, or not logging anything. I'm waiting for someone to invent a pocket-sized nutrition analyzer. :)

It's getting easier, yes. [Although my brilliant plan to avoid so-so bought desserts at kiddushes has foundered because now my house is full of awesome desserts I made or people brought for RH. Time to get off the sugar kick again.]