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I like to eat at a higher deficit during the week (200-250 calories below goal, set for 1 lb a week loss) in order to leave room for more indulging on the weekends (generally a few alcoholic drinks and/or takeout/restaurant food). I still log on the weekends and stick to my weekly calorie goal.

I generally sleep better when losing weight, because I'm not drinking as much and I tend to go to bed earlier to avoid late night boredom snacking.

What is your goal weight/how much are you trying to lose? You're very close to a "normal" weight (by BMI standards) already, so your weight loss will be slow. 1 lb per week might be too aggressive for you.

I'm doing Dry January as well (well, since 12:30am on the 1st or so). Drinking has been stalling my weight loss for months, I was drinking a bottle of wine most nights, not good for my waistline or health in general... When January is over, I plan to go back to drinking only on the weekends again. I was doing well with…

I really like the cookbook "Cook Once, Eat All Week." The meals are pretty family-friendly and while it's not a diet book, many of the recipes are fairly low calorie. It's also easy to make substitutions (like using ground turkey/chicken instead of beef, etc.) to reduce the calories or just skip those weeks. It gives you a…

When I was pregnant with my first, I naturally lost weight during the first 1/3-1/2 of my pregnancy due to cutting out alcohol (had a few glasses of wine most evenings, so a fairly significant number of calories) as well as not being hungry; wasn't nauseous per se, but nothing ever sounded appetizing. I would speak to your…

Do you mean use a recipe you already created (your low-sodium soy sauce) in another recipe? I haven't been able to find a way, how I got around it was to enter the ingredients as a meal and save the meal. I had to do that for lasagna - I made a recipe for the sauce and then couldn't log my sauce recipe in the lasagna…

I got my IUD (non-hormonal, Paragard) placed 5-6 weeks ago which is also around when I started tracking to lose weight and have lost ~10 pounds, so no, it has not affected me, I am losing as expected. Actually a little more than expected, but part of that is likely initial water weight loss and I'm breastfeeding so still…

I have the Cook Once, Eat All Week cookbook by Cassy Joy Garcia which has a weekly shopping list and 3 meals per week (covers dinner for 2 for 6-7 nights or 3-4 if you eat the leftovers for lunch, can double to make enough for 4 or she also has bonus meal options). I find the ground beef weeks to be a bit high in calories…

I'm only 2 months PP with my second but in the same situation... starting to put weight back on after the initial loss so I'm back into dieting to get back to losing.

If you are into meal-prep, I have a cookbook called Cook Once, Eat All Week by Cassy Joy Garcia, all the recipes are gluten free and she includes easy subs for dairy free and other modifications, like Paleo/Keto.

herbs de provence for chicken/pork old bay for seafood, potatoes (tons of stuff really, so yummy!) taco/mexican seasoning for ground turkey/beef (make my own with chili powder, cumin, cayenne, paprika, salt) S/P/rosemary for roasted veggies sometimes just make stuff up with whatever's in the spice cabinet LOL

Since no one else has mentioned this, I'll ask: you reference net carbs above, are you subtracting fiber from your carbs? I understand this may be important to you for tracking, but those grams of fiber still have calories, so the 4% may be coming from there. Look at your total carbs for the purpose of % tracking. Could…

I'm 30, 5'7", lightly active, and currently losing 1 pound a week on 1700 calories. I get 200-300 additional on days I exercise, which I eat if I'm feeling hungry. I usually eat ~1400 during the week so that I have extra banked for the weekend so I can indulge in some more caloric meals and have some wine, which I try not…

My daughter is 21 months now, but I lost ~25 pounds on here in 4 months while breastfeeding in late 2017 (she was 4-8 months in this timeframe). I didn't do IF, but I set my calories to maintenance and let BF create my deficit (~500 calories). Ate a semi-low carb diet, as I find protein and fat provide me with more…

My easy go-to is olive oil, salt, pepper and herbs de provence, bake in the oven at 400 for ~40 minutes (depending on size of chicken breast). Last night I had that with roasted baby red potatoes (olive oil, salt, pepper, rosemary) and roasted broccoli (olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic, onion powder). Easy to prep and pop…

I weigh daily and log it into a trend weight app (Happy Scale). I log my weight to MFP once a week (currently Wednesday), gain or loss.

If you have a Trader Joe's near you, I love many of their frozen meals - Indian (my favorites are the chicken tikka masala and lamb vindaloo, they have frozen naan you can pair with it too depending on your calorie allowance), burritos, tamales, taquitos (I LOVE the black bean and cheese ones), bunch of stir fry type meals…

Did you change your rate of loss, say from 2 pounds per week to 1 pound per week? That would reduce your deficit by 500 calories per day (so add 500 calories to your daily goal). And since your weight is less, your NEAT has gone down, so your goal did not increase by the full 500 calories.

I have never undergone chemotherapy/cancer treatment so I won't comment on that, but you have said this to a few people: I’ve been stuffing my face for the last two weeks and haven’t gained a pound so at this point I’d rather watch my calories and not be nauseous then to force myself to eat! If you've been eating more and…

I have the same thing (I think a lot of women do) but unfortunately there is no way to spot reduce. It's just eating at a calorie deficit to continue to lose fat, it will come off where it wants to based on your body/genetics. Here is a good post to help:…

If you are making your own rice, measure it dry. Rice should always be measured dry because the cooked weight can vary tremendously depending on how much water is used and how long it is cooked. If you are getting rice from a restaurant, you'll have to use your best guess for measurement assuming they don't provide…

I think Nordstrom is the best if there's one near you, but I think most major department stores do it.

@katlyngronwoldt85 Very similar story to me! I have an 8 month old as well and have about 20-25 more pounds to lose, though I've already lost 41 since my highest weight from before I was pregnant.

I'm 29 and have lost 41 pounds in the last 1.5 years (plus had a baby in that time! so only ~8 months of purposeful weight loss) and have 20-25 pounds to go. Always looking for more accountability partners and motivators, feel free to add me!

I just set my goal to maintain instead of lose which gives me about a 1 lb a week deficit since breastfeeding burns ~500 calories a day

Congratulations on your baby! I have an 8 month old and am also on the path to getting my body back. One thing I'll ask since it hasn't been addressed yet is, are you breastfeeding? If so, you really need to take weight loss slow and eat more (about 300-500 calories) and shouldn't lose more than 1 pound a week. If you're…

This is really more of a relationship issue. How do you guys normally co-parent? Are things going well or is every conversation a struggle/argument? Assuming things are otherwise good, how do you normally communicate? Text, email, phone, in-person? I would just bring it up in a casual way. Maybe "Hey, when you have some…

I haven't 100% decided. We're flying across the country to visit my parents and will be there a week and a half. If it's not too much of a hassle I'll try to keep logging but if I can't keep it up I'm not going to beat myself up about it. I'll continue to be mindful of what I'm eating, watch portions and try to stay in a…

STARTING WEIGHT WITH MFP: 200 DATE: 5/23/16 CHALLENGE STARTING WEIGHT: 184.2 (Did a Whole 30 in September) Sept. 4 - 184.2 Sept. 11 - 177.4 (-6.8) Sept. 18 - 174.6 (- 2.8) Sept. 25 - 170.8 (-3.8) September goal - 175 September loss - 13.4 Oct. 2 - 171.6 (+0.8) Oct. 9 - 170.4 (-1.2) Oct. 16 - 166.0 (-4.4) Oct. 23 - 166.4…