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I haven't really eliminated anything either. If I want Doritos, I go buy a small bag of them. I have naturally quit eating so much sugar because overly sweet foods give me heartburn, as well as all kinds of chocolate. I don't keep sweets, or snack foods in the house at all. If I want something, I will purposely make the…

Tuna, chicken, greek yogurt, cottage cheese are all good sources of lower calorie protein. It shouldn't be that hard to find lower calorie protein sources.

MFP = MY FITNESS PAL - the website you are on......

You lose fat everywhere on your body by eating at a calorie deficit. Exercise is good for your overall health, but to lose fat, you need to eat in a deficit which when you set MFP up, it should have given you the calories you need to eat.

Kidney infections ARE UTIs. I've had many over the years, and have never been told I need to eat a certain diet. The only thing I started doing years ago is drinking more fluids to keep hydrated and keep urine flowing out to keep bacteria down. If you have only had 2 UTI's in your life, you are most likely just fine. I've…

I would just add that there are healthy frozen dinners also, in a pinch, or premade salads, yogurt is good to keep on hand. I suffered from depression so badly about 25 years ago I could hardly function. I was sleeping 12 hours a night and so tired at work that I could barely walk to the bathroom during breaks. If your…

Another question for OP, are you tracking your calories? If so, how?

Wow, I drink a lot of fluids, but I drink about 90 to maybe 100 a day, not just in the morning. I think unless you are sweating profusely and it is 100 degrees out, you don't need to drink 100 oz in the morning. Space it out over the day otherwise it's a good way to deplete your electrolytes.

I quit having the junk food in the house, if it is there, that is what I eat. It was hard for a few weeks, but now I don't miss it. I can go months without chocolate, or cookies, or whatever. I still occasionally have them, but it is a deliberate decision and I have to go out and buy the candy bar, or the pint of ice cream.

Have you recently started any new medication? My dad started on some meds one time and got really constipated, and it was the new med causing it.

You may be confusing micronutrients with MACROnutrients. Usually, diabetics need to watch their calories and number of carbs. Carbs are a macronutrient, as is fat and protein. Also worth noting, each person will have different nutrition/macronutrient goals, even as diabetics. It all depends on age, weight, activity, etc.…

Calories have nothing to do with how healthy a food is. How healthy a particular food is is more dependent on how nutrient dense it is, not how calorie dense it is. Nuts are high in calories, as are avocadoes, but they are way more nutrient dense than say 3 cups of lettuce, which has far fewer nutrients and calories.

I also find it motivating. It makes me realize how few steps I get on some days, and motivates me to go out and walk more. I can't think of a reason it would be demotivating, but if it is to you, don't use it.

Just have to pipe in here that it is unusual to see 2 Tami's spelling their name that way. I am a Tami also!

You aren't in the US though are you? Maybe there are different protocols in different countries. As far as I know, and this was fairly recent until she died in February, she was supposed to track her carbs. (she didn't, which is part of the reason she died, quite frankly).

Usually Type2 diabetics have to track their carbs. Everything else just falls into place. You need to talk to your Diabetes Educator or doctor to find out what your carbs per meal should be. My mother was Type 2 and she was supposed to stay within 45 carbs per meal.

You need to get your diet in order. As they say, you can't out exercise a bad diet. You need to lower your calorie intake to lose weight. Not exercise more.

I don't find winter any worse. I eat consistently throughout the year which helps me keep losing/maintain weight as needed. I have the habits I have, which are just as easy to follow in the winter as summer.

You will have weeks you won't lose weight. You need to learn patience and slow down your weight loss. Otherwise you will get frustrated, burned out and quit, again.

You need to adjust your current weight, because it will lower the number of calories you need. You need to lower your calories to lose the last few pounds. However, you could also be retaining water due to increased exercise which may be part of it also. You need to adjust your weight loss rate to .5 lb and put in your…

How are you tracking your calories and your exercise calories? Exercise calories are usually inflated, so most eat back only half. Tracking calories correctly is important. Weighing foods on a food scale and measuring liquids is the most accurate way. It sounds like you are eating at maintenance and need to cut a few…

Working out isn't going to make you lose back fat, or any fat for that matter, if you are eating too much. You need to be in a calorie deficit to lose fat.

OP, please don't listen to this advice. This poster has several posts where she says she has an eating disorder. This isn't a good plan. Just track your calories and lose the weight slowly.

You aren't always going to lose weight every week. Some weeks you may gain several pounds due to normal fluctuations. There are hundreds of threads on this site that talk about this. You need to be patient. And I would say you need to be eating more than 1200 calories if you are walking 10,000 steps a day. You are…

I went to an allergist for the testing, and yes they did the proper testing. I do not have Celiac disease, it is a wheat allergy.

I went once to an RD as I had tested positive for several food allergies, one of them being wheat, which I seemed to see in almost every single food I was eating, so I went to her to find out what to look for, different foods I could replace things with that didn't have wheat. It was just a conversation about what to eat,…

Never heard of a millet.

You lose weight by creating a calorie deficit, the easiest way to do this is to eat less. But, you need to set up MFP, set it to lose 2 lbs a week, and eat to that calorie level it gives you. It sounds like you have more than 50 lbs to lose, so you should be able to lose 2 lbs a week safely. But you also need to change…