Ashtoretet Member

For me it's the amount, way it's presented, and whether or not it can be eaten later and taste the same. Donuts go stale, and people tend to buy them by the dozen, if I get more than one I'll eat way too many of them in a short time. If I get a full size sandwich I'll want to eat the whole thing at once because the bread…

When you increase fiber you have to also increase water. Generally women need 11 cups of water and men need 15 cups, if you're active then you will need to replenish what's lost.

Generally a person can absorb anywhere from 33%-75% of calories before vomiting, it's why bulimics generally aren't underweight.

A lot of stuff, my diet is pretty different than before. Mostly it's baked goods made with shortening when it would be butter if homemade, what's the point of it lasting long on the shelf if it tastes bland?

Some of dieting is just dealing with being hungry, it sucks but it is temporary, it gets easier the longer you do it and eventually you'll be back at maintenance and not having to do it anymore. I think many people tend to have one meal bigger than the other. I usually eat all of my calories before 6 PM, and I've tested it…

Rate of weight loss is something they cover in nutrition classes, I know because I'm a student looking to become a certified nutritionist, so I'm not sure what you're looking for us to say..you know dipping under 1200 calories is risky because that's when most people start compromising nutrition, and since you're so thin…

It didn't take me long to want to start wearing fitted clothes, but I still had to wear a lot of baggy stuff for the monetary reasons. I hated my old body, as soon as I started getting near a normal weight I could just tell that I objectively looked better and no longer had a reason to hide. I know my body image is…

I love certain types of sheet cake. My work will tell us when "cake day" is coming up and I'll save calories just for that crappy sheet cake. Worth it.

It's when my stomach is at its emptiest and then I can shower, do my hair, and be ready for the rest of the day.

I'm 5'5 and wore between 8-12 when I was 145.

I didn't. I just kept doing it because I had self-discipline. It was either lose weight or doom myself to poor health forever, failure wasn't an option.

What is your age, sex, height, activity level? You lost water weight, it's impossible to lose fat that quickly.

I got to my goal and put back on 3 pounds because it didn't look great.

F 30 5'5" 119 It seems to be 2100, but I've been a lot less active because of an injury and I'm healing a surgery.

Weight loss generally happens over the course of a week. It's better to think of your calories as an ongoing weekly total and the day goal is just a way to make tracking easier.

Eat at maintenance if you have a cold/flu, supplement with a daily vitamin if you're having trouble keeping food down or having GI distress. This is a lifestyle change, there will always be days where it's just not practical to eat at a deficit.

I don't tend to count dark greens or celery for their calories, just for the nutrition. I count everything else.

Suppressing your appetite isn't the same as making you feel full. Caffeine suppresses appetite, a meal that has a lot of fat, protein, and fiber makes you feel full. I eat fast food several times a week and did that while I lost all my weight. every fast food place has calorie counts on their menus, just stick to those and…

Working out can cause you to retain water. You can't weigh yourself at different times of the day with different conditions.

It's math. Take what you need to eat in a normal day and subtract it from the 3000. The number you have left is the number of fewer calories you need to eat to get back on track. It doesn't matter what you eat, all that matters is how many calories it is.

I ate very unclean to lose all my weight because I didn't need the added stress of eliminating all my favorite foods. Now that I'm maintaining I'm tightening up things but I'll never just give up all processed foods, it's just about eating less of them. Anyway, I've been active on MFP for 500+ days straight so feel free to…

I work evenings so usually I only eat a small breakfast, big lunch, then only have snacks the rest of the day until I go to bed around 12 AM.

Everyone's best time is different. I have to eat a small breakfast before I work out or I get acid reflux and/or very cranky.

The good news is most weight loss is a result of dietary changes and not exercise. I typically only burn 100-200 calories each time I go to the gym. A typical "dieting" deficit is 500 calories, some will go as far as cutting 1000 calories. You would have to be in great shape to be able to burn 500 calories a day with…

I put dried fruit in mine, but I've always liked the taste of Quaker oatmeal since I grew up with it. I do love McDonald's oatmeal, as was mentioned earlier. Even with the sugar added it's only 290 calories, a perfectly good breakfast for most people's deficits and maintenances.

I love to game but it's something I've had to give up doing as much in order to get 8 hours of sleep and it really sucks. But that's life, no one said it wouldn't suck. Better to be healthy than indulge every whim like so many people do nowadays.

Eat meals that you can identify individual components of, Google some calorie estimates, and pick the one that seems the most accurate. If that's too hard then just eat fast food which has all the calories listed on their website/Google.

Like rhiannon said, you can't rely on motivation, you must have discipline. You have to keep up healthy habits even when they're the furthest thing from your mind.

I think most people will always be slightly hungry at a large deficit. But once you've lost the weight and go back to eating at maintenance, your hunger levels will eventually adjust (it probably won't be instant..don't get discouraged.) Getting 8 hours of sleep and hitting your protein macros will help a lot with hunger…

Pizza. It's so easy to make a day a cheat day when there's a whole pizza in the house. I'm usually fine, but there will be some days I just can't resist eating more than one serving.