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I don't have specific recipes, as much as strategies: Very, very few prepared foods. -Jarred marinara as a base for a vegetable soup (spread over 24 servings). -Canned tuna or salmon rarely, 2-3 oz. per day when I do. Low sodium beans or home cooked beans. I have 1/3 cup dished out already for dinner which I sprinkled last…

I don't have Meniere's but I eat less sodium than most to stay off BP meds. How much sodium can you eat a day?

I was there and little more around your age and lost and gained over and over. I have had my most successful efforts in the past two years and am currently at half my heaviest weight, and am learning how to stay around this weight. Feeling shame is understandable but will not help. Setting too ambitious a goal in the…

Good luck with your surgery! Re the food portion: Feed your freezer with cooked foods, starting weeks before your surgery. I have had good luck freezing well-wrapped cooked chicken, beans, quinoa, and the like.Don't leave it until the last few days as you will have pre-surgery tests and physicals. If you can, measure your…

Howdy. My strategy is to cook in advance and portion out. It can take a bit of time to set it up, but I save a great deal of time over the course of a week. Measuring cups and a digital scale are alway accessible in my kitchen. Then, the last thing I do at night is log in my food for the next day. Examples, 1) I make…

Hi! 61 and short here and sort of at goal for several months. (Goal kept getting lower as I slowly reached interim goals within the healthy weight range for 5'2".) I have been at my absolute low goal for a couple of weeks now and intend to stay here until COVID is "over." My 3 month glucose indicators are within the…

I'm very impressed you have accepted this as something to be worked on rather quickly! You've done it once and you can do it again, slowly. Maybe five pounds in 10 weeks so you can learn your maintenance strategies back in an in-person work environment? Then reassess whether and how long to get to a lower end of you…

Hi, you can do this! Set small goals and reassess where you want to go as you go. I think you have some really good ideas of what to do. Maybe pick two of them and wait a couple of weeks to add more as you have success. For example, you can cut the wine in half both in amount and days, and try crunchy snacks such as…

You can do this! My only caution is not to focus on 15 pounds in a month. If you stop gaining and lose 5, 10, or 12 you’ve still won. Slow but steady. Some disappointments but mostly success. Log, log, log. Balance your diet and aim for nutritious filling foods vs. empty calories. Can you find a positive motivator instead…

Hi, a woman posted just this morning that she too had success with Noom and now is trying this for last few pounds/kbs. Look for "Just finished Noon. Giving MFP a try."

Hi, I responded earlier to a different question you posted as well. 30 grams of carb can be risky and seems way too restrictive for a regimen you can enjoy and maintain. Sugar should never be 2/3 of your carbs. If you are in the US, the most helpful dietary advise might be to go the the American Diabetes Association pages…

@sandit60 Hi! I would set a goal for the month of October of no more than 10-12 pounds. Then reassess and set another goal for November. You've got the complication of Halloween, Thanksgiving (US), Christmas/Hannukah/other and New Year's Eve that you will have to plan for and accommodate. By January you should be able to…

Can you motivate to slowly lose 10 pounds? Then you set another goal after that. Log, log, log. Learn from both successes and the not-so-much. I found my motivation over time. First was not to gain more as my knees were starting to hurt. I lost some, and then my goal was to lose to continue feeling better while I became…

Best wishes to you. I've lost half my heaviest-ever weight (I'm more than 100 pounds lighter than my heaviest) and am now ten pounds above the lowest limit for being in the "healthy weight" range. I'm learning to maintain, never having managed it before. My heaviest was 20 or so years ago, and two years ago I started my…

Hi! Sounds like you want fast results. I think many people here will tell you slow but steady wins the race. Set small goals, maybe 10 pounds every 2 months. Log your food. Wear supportive shoes to make your walks as comfortable as you can. Celebrate your victories. I’m only 5’2”, so 1200 calories a day was a good goal for…

I'm lying on my back (orthopedic cushion cradling my tush as otherwise my tailbone hurts) with my legs crossed at the knees AND MY LOWER LEGS ARE PARALLEL not crossed.

Yes to the chia. I take 1 tablespoon of chia, one tablespoon of cocoa power (not dutch process--personal pref), and a packet of sweetener. My favorite desert!

Hi! Yep, I lost 60 pounds a few years ago and then gained back most of it. A few months before COVID started, I decided to stop gaining. It's not that I ate the right foods for my health, but I stopped eating chips instead of dinner and milk chocolate candies that offered no value in my nutrition. I lost a bit in that…

I wonder if you have selected poorly entered foods in the MFP database. Check the fiber in the entries you've selected against the USDA database values as you may be getting more fiber than you think. I am diabetic and do not go overboard on my carbs, but do select those with plenty of fiber. I love beans and legumes and…

Hi @suelynnes2, congrats on the progress you've made--that is a significant accomplishment. Your question about Cushings is understandable and one that I believe (as a MS prepared health educator) requires expertise. Do you have access to a high quality registered dietician and physical therapist who work in a health care…

dear @mytempleisloved, Welcome! I'm 60 plus as well. You can get healthier! Although I was never as affected as you in my mobility, I have lost half my body weight over time. I believe that if you can be honest with yourself about the choices you are making you can slowly change to healthier behaviors. Most people will say…

Hi @BookishCatLady, I understand that you are scared, but I am proof that you can do this! I'm likely considerably older than you, but also 5'2" and limited in how active I can be. I am now half my highest weight of 226. I'm not going to stay this small once COVID is over, but I intend to stay below 120. I was probably…

Spiced Oatmeal Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day. Even if I was going into restaurants right now I would order coffee, fruit, and yogurt and come home for my oatmeal! My dog and I both get very excited for our breakfasts about an hour before we eat. She gets 1/3 Cup of kibble and a 1/2 teaspoon of yogurt (6.5 pound…

@Ladybugloveremily — I used my understanding of how devastating a Covid infection likely would be for me to keep going with weight loss. I’ve now been below goal for months. I believe focusing on the negative rarely results in long lasting positive health behaviors. Thus, I think the key for me was to frame my fear of a…

I have been below goal for several months now, and have a huge taste for chocolate. I figured out a way to have it at breakfast and dinner every day through cocoa powder and find that I am never truly tempted to have additional treats. (I find a small whisk helps incorporate cocoa powder into fluids.) I set up my breakfast…

@callsitlikeiseeit I enter my own recipes based on my own dietary manipulations. Sometimes it takes some time to find the appropriate database item and I have to double check the nutrients against .gov (US) tables, but I've made it work very well for me.

hi @agapi10 -- I'm using the free version and am not sure what you mean by the "recipe discovery tab."

Hi @tess77h -- I'm 61 and type 2. I like your plan to set a series of small goals--this really worked for me. Two years after I set a first goal not to gain any more I am down to significantly under where I ever thought I would be--well within my healthy weight range. I think I have lost around 70 pounds. Bit by bit by…