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I would go to the doctor and see if you have some thyroid problem or something else that could cause lots of hunger. I will also note that I get very hungry when I don't have enough protein in my diet.

I have hypothyroidism and I eat tons of cruciferous vegetables and soy, and my thyroid levels are remaining stable and I'm losing weight. And you can have gluten unless you have celiac disease or an allergy. I would just eat what you like, try to mainly have foods that give you good nutrition for the calories, and have a…

I'm having shakes or smoothies twice a day with one meal (and a small snack or two if I want) and I'm doing well and not having any problem with binges. This is the first time I've tried to lose weight without having issue with binges. I have been too short on protein in the past, and the additional protein in my shakes…

I count everything. Even if I didn't count it, my body would. Those calories are there regardless.

It does take a few weeks of being on the medication before it really fixes things. I'd give it a bit more time, but if you are weighing everything, tracking everything that goes in your mouth, and you're sure you should be losing weight based on the number of calories you're having, and you still aren't losing, get your…

I have Hashimoto's and I'm not having any trouble losing weight. I'm losing a bit faster than MFP predicts based on the number of calories I'm having, so I'm considering increasing how many calories I eat. I must be more active than I accounted for. If your condition is being treated and your level is good, then you should…

I want to be healthy. I have kids and I want to be around for them for a long time. Also, I want to have mobility into my old age. Weight can cause you to lose mobility even if you stick around for a long time. I was thin and I know how it feels. I'm not a vain person and I don't particularly care if I look overweight, but…

I have a hard time getting my family to eat soup, which drives me crazy as I love it and it's such an easy thing to throw together. I have a butternut squash on hand so I could use that. My favorite soup is potato-leek.

Oh yeah, I use a pressure cooker too, and there is a pressure cooker group here at MFP if you search in groups.

This is my life, except that I don't work very much (just a few hours a week.) But the evenings are so crazy between marching band, robotics club, and art and piano lessons. Ugh! My kids love keeping busy but it keeps the whole house busy. I try to cook extras of everything so we have leftovers. My family will eat…

I have a bad thyroid and hashimoto's, but I have a good doctor who keeps track of my levels and they are in good shape with medication. I'm losing without too much trouble so long as I keep my calories where they should be. If you are weighing everything on a food scale and tracking everything that goes in your mouth and…

I find myself very skeptical. I will follow this thread because I'm interested in whether my skepticism is well placed.

My daughter who is old enough had had it. Less chance of cancer? Heck yes. Vaccines have made the world a better place. My kids are getting whatever is available.

My husband had no interest in losing weight or eating well until literally yesterday. Until then, I took care of my own food needs and ignored the potato chips as best I could. I like it better now that he's on board - it makes it fun somehow - but try to manage anyway. It's like Dory the fish: just keep swimming. Maybe…

I use a high protein meal replacement shake because I wasn't getting enough protein before, and it's made a big difference for me. I was hungry all the time and had a hard time sticking to eating plans, but now it's pretty easy for me. It might not help everyone but it definitely does help me. It isn't magic - you still…

I was very thin until I started having kids and my thyroid went bad. I didn't have to work at being thin so I didn't develop good habits.

It's easy to quit but they charge an annual fee, and if you leave before the annual fee has been charged, you have to pay it anyway. So you either leave in a February or you pay an extra annual fee (which is about $30 I think? I'm not sure if that's exactly it, but it's a chunk of money but not a huge amount.)

I agree with the suggestion to check out a Planet Fitness. It's possible that you could outgrow what they offer at some point if you get really serious with weight lifting, but unless and until that happens, it's cheap and has the atmosphere you're looking for.

Set yourself up here at MFP. I think there's a place to enter calories for breastfeeding, but if not, it's 500 calories a day if you are exclusively breastfeeding. If not exclusively, figure from that (if half breastmilk and half formula, then 250 calories, for example.) And don't set yourself up to lose too quickly or…

Hmm maybe an omelette? Or some rotisserie chicken plus some veggies? You could even eat some of the skin and have a potato. It sounds like maybe you want something easy. There are tons of options for 500 calories though.

Either the cheeseburger, or eat ahead of time and just nibble.

Do you have a food scale and use it when portioning out your food? And yeah did you weigh yourself on your boyfriend's scale both times, and at the same time of day? Also, remember that there are natural weight fluctuations, particularly if you are a woman. You need to look for trends, not day-by-day comparisons.

I'm 5'10" and until having kids I was 140 pounds. I was very thin at 140. I can't imagine trying to get down to 133. That's outside of a healthy weight range, isn't it? You might feel a lot better with just a few pounds lost.

You could look at what is suggested for maintenance on MFP, and then add 500 calories for breastfeeding, and get used to weighing your food and logging. And then when your beautiful baby (I see the pic) is 6 weeks old, put the calories back to what MFP recommends for 1 pound loss a week (but add the 500 for breastfeeding.)…

If you are exclusively breastfeeding, that will burn 500 calories a day. It takes about 6 weeks to recover from birth and for your milk supply to get pretty well established, so wait that long to start dieting if it hasn't been that long yet. Then use MFP to calculate how many calories you should have, but remember you…

You could try cutting back on soda separately from cutting back on caffeine. Like find a different caffeine source (without sugar) and have that instead of the soda, and then when you're not craving soda anymore, slowly wean yourself off the caffeine.

If you're breastfeeding exclusively, you're burning an extra 500 calories a day, so you have that to work with. What works for me personally irt weight loss is to add protein, because it makes me much less hungry, but you might have to tweak your diet a bit here and there and find what works for you. Get a scale and weigh…

Artificially sweetened things don't give me cravings for sweet things. They satisfy a craving if it comes up, but I don't get hungry for sweet things often anymore.

I did gain weight when I as on birth control pills, but it was also around when my thyroid started going wonky. More likely the thyroid. I use the hormonal IUD now and I'm having no problem losing weight. I've heard that can be a side effect. If one type of birth control pills aren't working for you, there are tons of…

I track on vacation but I realize that it won't be perfect and I just do the best I can so I at least have some rough idea of what I'm taking in, and if I don't lose over that period of time I will hopefully at least not gain.