dlcshan Member

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I weigh and record every day at https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/HackDiet Gives me a trend line so that even if my weight fluctuates, I can still see that it's steadily moving down. Minimizes discouragement if my weight goes up a pound overnight.

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People having a habit of hearing what they want to hear and pay more attention to what they see. I would suggest writing a letter to your parents, maybe including a couple of pictures of other females your age, height and weight side-by-side with pictures of other females that are your previous height/weight, asking them…

We had Famous Dave's Feast take-out. That meal alone was over 900 calories and the entire day's sodium but I planned ahead and walked 5.5 miles on hilly terrain to make sure I had enough of a cushion. On the up side, I ate more protein in that one meal than I often have in an entire day. All in all, I think it went pretty…

I prefer cheese torte which is a non-baked, egg-less version that is pretty similar to Sara Lee's french style cheesecake. If it's going to be a baked cheesecake, it is soooo much better when it is lemon flavored with some raspberry drizzle. Applebee's had an amazingly delicious one back when they had Weight Watcher's menu…

I'm a 35yo stay at home mom. In the 10 days tracking on my own before starting MFP, I lost 7 pounds. In the past month while using MFP, I've lost another 10 pounds. My initial goal was to lose 27 overall (20 since starting MFP) by July 4 (3 months). I am well on my way to annihilating that goal which I attribute to mostly…

Specifically with the burrito, having the beans would be better since they give protein and fiber. Outside of that, specifics are hard without without knowing your specifics.

I try to eat lighter in the morning so that when dinner meal comes, I can make sure I have enough left for the cooked meal I make for everyone. I also estimate the amount of calories in the meal while I'm cooking it before the official tally afterwards so I know how much I can take, usually leaving a little left to fit in…

I just discussed this idea with my mother last night. Shaming people into doing something better is basically just one method of telling them what to do. If someone tries to tell me what to do, regardless of what it is, it is a sure trigger to my stubborn side kicking and and me digging in my heels against whatever it is.…

Honestly, I hadn't heard of the TDEE thing before now, but my exercise is variable anyway. I have MFP set at sedentary (because I don't work and mostly stay home) and goal of losing 1.5 lbs per week. Then when I do exercise (which has been every day because of MMF's darn challenges encouraging me) I often just ignore the…

As someone who would also get frustrated with the ups and downs and no changes, I stumbled upon mention of trendweight.com which graphs your weight and adds a trend line. On that website is the mention of where they got their graphing method which is something called The Hacker's Diet. It is a relatively short book that is…

I didn't completely read all the other replies but from another post I read last week, I stumbled onto the trendweight.com website which takes your weights from fitbit and graphs them on a trend line. Very heavily statistic-based calculations, the designer used the weight tracking mentioned in The Hacker's Diet. A big…