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I really struggled with why I wasn't losing even though I was exercising and eating healthy foods until I got a good scale to start understanding the actual calories associated with what I ate. All the advice everyone has posted is really helpful. I'm bad at eyeballing portions, so food scale it is.

I drink a few Coke Zeros a day and have kept a 100lb weight loss off for almost two years. I did step away from soda (diet and otherwise) during my early weight loss because sweet was definitely a trigger for me. I've worked past that and now enjoy diet soda when I want a sweet, bubbly beverage.

I weigh myself daily, log it in an app, and move on with my day. As long as my overall trend is downward (or maintaining, depending on where I am), then I don't worry about it a bit.

It's a big decision. I know a few people who have had it done, and the weight came off fast and has stayed off, but they have a lot of food restrictions. I count calories and lost 100lbs over the course of a year and a half. I have maintained it for two years and I eat all kinda of foods as long as they fit my calorie…

I love my calves. My running group makes a habit of photographing the calves of the person running in front of us because our calves are <3 .

Icelandic yogurt, banana, Kodiak Powe Flapjacks, sugar free syrup.

How long since you've lost? Can you open your diary?

Sometimes. Or I just decide to go over for the day and enjoy myself. Get right back on track the next day, and those events won't matter much at all if they are really only occasionally.

Cereal and chips. Sometimes cookies. Snacky foods like that. Occasionally I can moderate them, but typically I just avoid them unless I have chosen to go over my calories for the day.

I drink two Coke Zeros per day and I've lost 100lbs and kept off for almost two years.

1. Food Scale 2. Meal Planning 3. Garmin 4. Whatever foods I'm digging at the moment 5. Running

I eat higher carb and protein because that's what is the most satisfying to me and keeps me most compliant to my calorie deficit.

Let's see. Cottage cheese. Blueberries. Kodiak Power Flapjacks. Bird's Eye Veggie Pasta. Siggis Iclandic yogurt (9% fat lemon to be specific).

Time helps. I lost about 100lbs and the first year, everything was pretty loose. It's tightened up over the next two years. I still notice it a little, but definitely not as much. If it's really severe you can look into plastic surgery.

I use Less Mills On Demand. It has three different types of spin classes. All are loads of fun and a great workout. I pay $12.99 a month.

That 4am alarm comes early, but I do my best to have everything I need for my workout ready the night before so I can stumble to the bathroom, throw on my workout or running clothes, and just get it done. If I have to fumble to find anything in the AM, I lose motivation quickly.

Everything you need is right there. I'm a distance runner also, and it's definitely a challenge finding that balance between deficit and fueling the runs. I actually had more success dropping weight training for 10k type distances than anything else and walking, but ultimately it came down to the accuracy of my calorie…

Package portions and database entries are only accurate if you're using a food scale to weigh/compare them. It's unlikely you need 1500 to lose weight (I'm a 44 year old woman at 5'6" tall, weigh about 160 and lose about 1lb per week if I eat 1500). Get a food scale and weigh your portions and verify your database entries…

Just take the medicine while you're not feeling well and don't worry about it. It's not going to have an affect on your long-term success.

The only thing that should change after 5 days is your expectations.

I'm 5'6" and at 158 I'm closer to a 10. Right now I am in the low 160s and still a 10 and a solid M in most tops, unless they button up because I'm busty and need a L. I guesstimate that I would have to get down to low 150s or high 140s to see a size 8. I store all my fat in my front belly and have muscular legs, so tiny…

I absolutely love it. There's a great Facebook group that is very active and supportive, too.

I log it as cardio. Les Mills Body Bump has an entry in the cardio database. When I log it on my Garmin watch, I select cardio. It's not an ultra high calorie burn, but it's SO MUCH FUN. I subscribe to Les Mills on Demand and do BP (and other LM programs) at home several times a week.

Me. Look at my diary.

I use Less Mills On Demand. It gas programs like Body pump, BodyCombat, and other strength and cardio programs. Lots of new content gets released and a great online community.

MRSA is a *kitten*. See a doctor. Get some hibiclens. Stop touching things that other people touch.

Popcorn. Sunflower seeds. Kind of high-calorie but a process to eat. Not necessarily easy to measure, but I find them extremely satisfying.

Yep. Coke Zero. 1-2 per day.

I never knew before I started that losing the weight is far easier than maintaining it!

Walk.