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Op, I was a pretty heavy drinker before I started dieting. I don't know how I pulled through it cold turkey but I did. Whenever I had a craving I just remembered of how sick I felt the next day and I questioned myself as to why I was drinking in the first place. Truth is I still don't know why I was drinking, I guess I…

Exactly, plug your stats into MFP. I'd suggest starting off slow, get a feel for it. If you want to lose more adjust your goal on MFP and it will adjust your calorie intake for you. I tried losing weight time and time again but what really worked for me was buying a scale to measure my solids. It's super important you know…

I know a lot of things affect electric scales. There's a video in YouTube somewhere about it. Temperature affects it also the decimal place is usually randomized apparently too. Not sure how trustworthy the source was but he weighed a 20lb weight on 3 different scales all came up with different numbers.

Yeah that's what I was thinking, doing it intuitively and if you aren't seeing results or seeing opposite of the desired result to log for a while again and see where you might have gone wrong.

I guessing all depends on how bad your eye sight really is. I legally don't have to wear my glasses while driving and I don't when I'm driving the same route I'm used to but when I need to read street signs (like the names of roads) I toss on my bad boy glasses

No I just wanted to hear people's thoughts.

I don't need to weigh them, I know roughly how much they weigh in g's from experience. Like when I eat cheese I know roughly what 30gs of cheese looks like (although I always cut 5-8gs less than 30 but I always put 30gs when I don't weigh it)

Well I feel comfortable enough were i don't think I need to log to lose weight - if I stopped losing or saw a gain id of course start logging again to see if maybe I'm miscalculating. Anyways, i think once you reach your goal it might be a good idea to switch your goal on mfp and then track your calories for maintaining…

Not always eat the same thing, I just eat the same foods because I like routine. So I stick to basically the same foods each week. I dunno I never really thought why I eat the same foods. I mean I switch from minestrone to vegetable depending on what's in stock and sometimes my mom will make me homemade soup that I'll take…

My abs are starting to show again and the skin ain't sagging. Also I got stretch marks before I gained weight from lifting, they don't bug me that much. It'll take a long time for my lower abdominals to show and to lose the love handles but I don't think I have enough fat to lose to make my skin sag. Thanks for the…

So far it's been the same person measuring me and I will be measured again in a month, I guess I can use he trend to make adjustments then.

Sounds expensive haha, I'll look into finding someone who can track that stuff.

I have someone doing measurements at the gym and I know they aren't accurate I was already told they are usually off by some degree. I don't think I can afford to get dunked frequently but would measurements not at least give me a better idea and I could make adjustments then?

That's awesome. Someone freaked at the yogurt I was eating saying they'd never heard of yogurt with such little calories but it's so delicious and I knew it had a natural supplement for sugar so I was like this sounds good.

What's a good ratio to lose? Fat to lbm? If I keep tracking how much fat I'm losing I can make adjustments so that I'm not losing as much lbm.

I'm wondering how much of the 22lbs I lost was water weight and how much was lbm? I know I lost roughly 14lbs of fat give or take 1-3% (so I was told.) My arms stayed the same size so I'm thinking that's a good sign? And I'm seeing progress when I'm lifting as well. Is it impossible to not lose lbm while dieting? And I…

Have you heard of the natural sugar supplement stevia? I've done a bit of reading but I eat yogurt with that. So delicious.

Absolutely! I let myself go when I was in college. Basically said screw the healthy lifestyle I made and did a lot of binge eating. I've learned now that a busy life doesn't mean you can't have a healthy lifestyle it takes a lot of planning. By planning ahead I think I made it so much easier this time around. I never…

Lot's of people did provide me with great tips and I did listen to them. There were many more who said I'd burn and fail without providing me with any kind of feedback as to what I should do. There were a lot of people who responded what I can only assume to be in response to the subject header. My goals were always to…

Also lack of nutrition and over exercising wasn't meant to be taken in the context in which you're quoting me as. What I meant by what I said was I'm not lacking nutrition and I'm not over exercising. Sorry for the confusion :)

I've improved my eating and reduced the amount I've been exercising since then. Also moderation has formally apologized for closing the posts to me via email as after further investigation they realized the reason the thread was closed was a mistake.

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Yeah, I've noticed I had to make slight adjustments here and there already. From first week to now I'm eating more and exercising less but losing frequently and steady. So happy :)

Yup, I'm starting to fit in my old clothes again :)

So for those interested I did my four week measurements today. I lost no inches in my arms, 4 inches in my hips, 4.25 inches in my waist and 1 inch in my thigh. I don't know if that's a better indication of what type of weight in losing (also measurements were done by a professional) but that's some definite progress if I…

I do a lot of reading and gather lots of opinions. I know why I gained weight it's because I stopped caring about what I ate because eating became more of a "okay I have 10 minutes scarf down as much of whatever you can get your hands on and get back to work." I was busting my *kitten* off in college and I stopped caring…

I eventually will get to it but I didn't get to reading it because it was super long and I assumed your premise was on a misinterpretation of what I meant in an earlier post. No worries I'll get to reading it eventually.

If you guys are interested I'll share my measurements tomorrow (before and after) on average I'm losing 3lbs a week (a little over) there was a lot at the start but it's starting to be normal like mfp plan says it should be

I didn't even read what you said because I said I hope I don't let outside influences dictate the lifestyle I live - that was a reference to how I used school as an excuse to binge eat and drink (energy drinks and alcohol.) I was essentially busting my *kitten* in college (graduated with honours and awards) but I…

I lost and maintained for a long time before I fell off the deep end and gained again. I know the journey, I know how hard it was the first time around but this time around just felt so easy. I just hope I don't let outside influences dictate the lifestyle I live. Times will get hard again at some point and I can't let…