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I maintain eating a salad lunch and a big dinner. That works for me. I do exercise though. Really a person can have as big a deficit as they will do exercise for. My average TDEE is about 2700kcal. That does give some room to eat more than just a little.

Very nice on 70 down!

Eating carbs causes glycogen storage. I've read for every gram of glycogen stored, you also store about 4-5 grams of water. That is why you gain a lot eating carbs. Most of it is water. If you go LC for a day you can also drop about 2-3 lbs due to not storing the water. Then if you eat carbs you will gain that water right…

Well I think I turned the corner with the gout. It didn't hurt this morning so what did I do? I went skiing of course! Didn't hurt there so was glad of that. Also ran 1-mile later in the evening but that was it. Will try a couple of miles on Mon. Last week wasn't a good week for weight loss for me. I fasted Fri, Sat,…

The trend should be a little bit more of an accurate state because its a moving average. That last week will get it moving down. The slope of the last part of the solid line goes down more than the trend line. They must use a longer average for the dotted line than the solid line.

That was one fantastic week! Congrats.

That's normal. Just plot it and look for the smooth trendline amongst the noise.

I love portabella mushrooms!

In that case, I would eat that but just watch the high carb stuff. I think that would help. High fat doesn't seem to effect me near as much as high carb stuff.

Some days that just happens. I think how you handled it is the way to go.

Sounds reasonable, just be careful and good luck!

Still have it today and the 5k got canceled due to rain (I couldn't have done it anyways) but i was able to get in a 45-min bike ride without much discomfort. This is a moderate flare up. I've had it so bad that I could feel every heartbeat in my big toe before and that is not fun! This is in the top of my ankle and I did…

You can do it! Don't sell yourself short. Just wait a bit so you don't get injured and then start off real easy. You will get there.

I've tried to eat salads if I have to eat lunch. I figure that is the least damaging.

Yikes! Glad he is ok

Just be careful getting too aggressive. Sometimes that backfires!

You can quit it if you want to!

That is right! I spoke a little too soon though. I'm having a moderate gout attack right now in my left ankle on the top where it connects to my foot and it HURTS! I'm supposed to run a 5k tomorrow. It will have to get better overnight or it's not going to happen. I lost my water bottle at work somehow and haven't been…

We usually eat raw spinach leaves with pizza. It's good!

Congrats on the consistency!

I bet you that there is software involved that doesn't allow it to vary much. Some scales are higher quality and will have a smaller uncertainty but there will be some variability no matter what even though it can be very small.

Welcome all!

You have to stop yourself, no one can do it for you. Realization of what is going on and buying into that is the first step. Doesn't sound like your in denial. Now you just need to act on what you know! This goes for all of us. I'm certain there are some ways of thinking about it that are helpful and we can all share these…

I bet if you stand on your scale 5-times you will see a variation of at least .2 lbs in it all. Scales are not that accurate. You really can't tell with certainty what is going on unless you plot it and look at the trend. I have an analog scale and I can barely read it in the morning ( I don't do fractions of a lb cause I…

Maintenance is good! Losing is better but maintenance is not bad!

Stress is the hardest thing for me to deal with. Don't have time for dealing with dieting when too stressed is how I feel. Anyways there are other days to deal with it!

Nice!

Thanks all!

Far from amazing but I am happy with being a little active. I am a long ways away from where I was 2.5-years ago when I could maybe jog 1/4 mile (I could hike though) and would huff and puff to put on ski boots because my stomach was in the way! The best part of getting thinner for me is being able to do things!

Way too much! I'm not sure but I think I ate all the cals back. I was probably doing ok tell I discovered that my wife had bought a bag of dates. I love those things and ate a bunch of them! Still it was nice to be able to have a large meal.