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It took me 2 months (6/29 to 8/30) of workouts 2-4 times a week, really tight logging and 1200-1400ish calories a day to lose 10 lbs, going from BMI 23.1 to 21.6. It's slow and frustrating. I learned I had to pretty much avoid restaurant food because even if it was lower in cals, the salt made me gain water weight which…

I lost at least an inch off my waist : ) Was 30-ish (was in denial and probably not measuring properly) . . . then 29 a while ago . . . then 28 this morning.

I make a stew with cannelini beans, diced tomato, garlic, onion, and thyme. I use very little olive oil to saute the garlic and onion before adding the other ingredients. Beans are the best! Ground flaxseed also has fiber and protein and really makes foods filling. I add it to stews and smoothies.

I don't know your insurance situation, but would your insurance pay for physical therapy for back pain? I mean if you really are in pain I think it's legitimate. I would at least do something to try to make sure you are okay, just to avoid actually injuring yourself badly and making everything so much more difficult.…

If I notice that I've bought something twice or so and not eaten all of it/let it go bad, I don't permit myself to buy it again. I tell myself, "You think you want it, but you clearly don't because you didn't eat it the last few times." It works pretty well! I'm also extremely picky about food safety. It's probably…

Ran 600m and it didn't even feel that hard! Yes, it's not far but when I started 200m almost killed me. For the first time in my life, jogging actually felt kinda good instead of total misery.

I'm not eating 800 every day! Like I said up top, it's only when I go to my fitness class, which is fairly recent, and I'm trying to figure out a way to not do that. It does even out because I eat more when I want. A lot of days I'm at 1400.

Congrats to you as well on the comments! Even if they don't realize it's weight loss, they clearly see a difference. I think if people know someone, they get used to picturing someone as looking a certain way and then don't bother to really look at the person after that. Their brains just kind of mentally assume that "Oh,…

Yes, I weigh my food very carefully, as I am just that kind of OCD type person (except the rare occasions when I eat out with friends, you can only do your best with those)! Weight loss is not a problem, it is happening at the right rate for me when my total weight loss goal was 22 lbs (lost 8 lbs since the last days of…

Yup! I was at 156 pounds for much of last year, got down to 152 by the start of the summer. At the end of July I started using MFP and joined a fitness class. Now it's near the end of the summer and I'm 144, and I have more muscle than I did before. I got my hair drastically cut (to a pixie) over the summer and people who…

Also, I'm basically at my fat goal for the day (41/46 grams) so I don't want to eat tons of fat . . . that doesn't seem like it will get me the right nutrition even though I know fat isn't bad.

I'm making mostly stuff I cook at home, which I guess is the problem because it's just so much less calorific than the processed, takeout foods I used to eat. I can have basically the same meal I would have ordered as takeout but you know how takeout/prepared foods can just have astronomical calories (like how does…

I'm interested in this Onreltea - what is it? I've experimented with reintroducing trigger foods and I don't think eggs or wheat trigger my rosacea, but I think milk actually does (or at least it gives me zits). Did your doctor recommend avoiding eggs? Mine didn't, but there is so much conflicting advice out there and it…

This is reductive. Yes, people make their own choices but their environment shapes that choice. If you were living in Ireland during the potato famine, you literally wouldn't have access to a McDonalds or most foods of any kind so you can't make that choice, obviously. If you live in a city area with no grocery stores…

Yes, environment shapes behavior. I took a class on this in college called Environmental Psychology. We don't make decisions in a vacuum. Obviously if your work and other stuff of interest are an easy 15 minutes' walk away, you will behave differently than if your work is 30 minutes' drive away and everything else is…

Seconding planks - bridges are good too. Or the exercise where you're on hands and knees and you extend opposite arm and leg. At least this is what I did for PT on my core. (I'm not any kind of certified medical person though.)

I agree on all of this. As I assessed my fitness over the past two years, I was shocked by the fact that some days I got in the car, went to work, got in the car again, and went home. I barely was outside and barely walked at all. My home actually has sidewalks near it, whereas many places in the US don't, but there's…

Said no to chocolate, and to unhealthy brunch choices! Passed up the breakfast burrito (so tempting but those big flour tortillas and all that cheese was going to be soo many calories) and got the eggs benedict which was the lowest option (although still blew most of my budget for the day, but it was good).

I complete my diary entry right after dinner (or even after I've weighed the raw components and it's cooking). For me that's an incentive to not eat more because it's nice to see the total and the "if every day was like today" message at the bottom. You could do similarly but just pre-log a healthy snack and then complete…

1. Fit in my "small" jeans that have sat in the drawer, comically too small for me, since at least 2007. (We all have those, right?) 2. Went to Urban Outfitters, got skinny jeans, fit perfectly and bought them!

I use 2 tbsp of ground flaxseed in my smoothies or sometimes just mixed into casseroles. I find it makes me feel really full, sometimes to the point where I don't want to finish my meal (which is actually good because I struggle with feeling full). I also like how it bumps up my protein a bit. The fiber is also a bonus.

From my physical therapist, I do a bridge (not a yoga bridge) where I grip a pillow between my knees and hold for 10 seconds as I do the bridge. If you grip hard, you definitely feel it working the inner thigh muscles, plus the bridge works a lot of other stuff too. You can reverse it and do outer thigh by tying a band…

Also, don't feel like you have to eat breakfast foods (such as cereal) for breakfast or lunch foods for lunch. If you want scrambled eggs for dinner, have them. On the flip side if you want lentils for breakfast, have that - whatever fits best in your day.

I totally agree with those above about upping the protein and healthy fat. Those are huge factors for me in how hungry I feel. My question is, are you living in a dorm? Are you at a college where you have dining halls? I think it would be good for you to try and make plans for how you'll eat/cook, so that you don't end up…

I actually got like . . . over an inch taller from last year's physical to this one, according to my doctor's office . . . :o I'm 27 so I doubt I actually grew, although it could be. I think it was because now I have muscles supporting my back/shoulders and am actually standing straight and upright, rather than hunched and…

I guess that's what I'm doing too! I didn't intend for this to be a cheat day : (

Anyone else have advice?

Seconding many of these . . . light popcorn, broth type soups, boiled eggs, baby carrots with a little bit of hummus. I've started steaming vegetables - today I had some steamed greens and steamed sweet potatoes. I'm also always an advocate for low fat low salt cottage cheese, maybe with a bit of pineapple. You can have a…

It's actually quicker to weigh everything. Basically: Put your plate on the scale, "tare" the scale (giving a weight of 0 on the scale). Place first food on the plate. Take note of the weight of the first food. Tare the scale again (taking it back to 0). Repeat until all foods are logged! Plus, this way you don't have to…

You want stuff with lots of water, fiber, and/or low fat protein. Seconding soups and stews as said above, particularly soups and stews with beans and veggies. Popcorn is good although you have to look at the nutrition label and find one that might be lightly flavored but isn't soaked in fat (or make your own). If you…