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So, the way to find out is to try it out for a couple-few weeks. If you’re losing an average of 0.5 per week or thereabouts, it’s right.

While I was losing weight I’d guess I drank an average of 4-6 diet beverages per day. I did that into the first five years I was at goal. I then was overseas for a few weeks where the diet beverages tasted different (bad aspartame, I suspect B) ) and I stopped drinking it. Upon my return, I just never went back to it. I’ll…

I think the important part is the analysis. And the decision about which list is more resonant. Because that clarifies your reasons for losing weight and allows you to move forward knowing what’s important and what you’re willing to give up to get what’s important. I have mentioned this approach on the Motivation and…

I remember about a year or two before I got serious about losing weight looking at a photograph taken at one of my kids' soccer games. I was about to ask my wife who the fat guy was who body blocked out most of the game. Then I realized I was looking at a picture of myself taken in a rare moment when I'd let my guard down.…

Well, let's talk terminology for a moment. Weigh less: a state of being in which one's weight is lower than it once was. Lose weight: an action by a person in which they make changes necessary to create a caloric deficit in their bodies in order to weigh less. You clearly want to weigh less. Perhaps you need to weigh less.…

What is/are your goal(s)? This is a very important question. Because 'fit and healthy' is pretty vague. We all want that, but how do you develop a plan and follow it if you don't have a strong sense of where you want to go?

Perhaps the easiest, fastest healthiest weight loss you could do would be to jettison this a-hole from your life. You will have much more success if you are comfortable in your own skin, focusing in what you need to do for your body and enjoying the process. And you can. Enjoy losing weight. The quick approach you mention…

Here's a sad detail: frequently, my first thought of the day is about weight management. Otherwise, it occurs between getting out of bed and arriving in the bathroom. Where the scale is located. I will often give a 'first pass' to the prior day's 'performance' quality before weighing myself and then a second, more…

You just do. You consider your reasons for wanting to be on the rails then get up and go. I will also spend some time pondering what happened that led to the derailment. If I can figure it out. And how to pick up on impending danger signals so as to try and prevent that particular set of cause and effect from recurring.…

I'm impressed. Mostly that the cardiologist takes off five pounds for the shoes. I've got to get the name of that doctor. I have two weigh-modes: at meetings it's work clothes, sans shoes, empty pockets. At home I wear a suit. Of the birthday variety.

If I weren't here I'd be there. I'm not exactly sure where that is, but definitely a place of less self-respect, more anger and lower overall energy. It isn't weighing less that makes me feel this good (although I'm pretty dang happy about that). It's the success of accomplishing something so important to me. Even when the…

Only 80% mindset? How lucky you are. B) Funny you used the word magic. There's a book entitled "The Tyranny of Magical Thinking". Speaks to how we allow thinking there is a magic fix to our problems to interfere with progress.

To me, this is a bit of a 'tell'. Of course you can physically eat over 2000 calories a day. I know this because if you couldn't eat that much you wouldn't be needing to lose weight now. It leads me to wonder if you are just not acknowledging what you eat or just don't accurately account for what you eat. In any event,…

Okay. If two months has passed between when you returned from your vacation and when you posted, this ain't water weight. You shouldn't assume a direct relationship between caloric intake and weight. So if you packed in an extra 3500 calories today, you might or might not see the one pound on the scale tomorrow. (who among…

Cool on the down 146. Welcome. This is pretty much a 'no-bull' zone. If you've had this much success, I'd guess you'll welcome that approah.

I don't know that I want to eat 'less' when I have a drink in the evening. But a good glass of wine, sipped, can last long enough that I don't resort to crapfood to alleviate boredom. So, for me, it's a weight management tool.

Here are a couple of supplements that really work: Boil one dozen eggs. Allow to cool. Peel, slice, and discard yolks. Consume. Take one pound boneless skinless chicken breasts. Trim off visible fat. Poach. Cut up and add to salads, soups, flatbreads. Lots of protein. Take one container nonfat plain greek yogurt. With…

This is what I do when I don't really want to do the work of losing weight. I don't record. Funny what you can miss that way. Perhaps you're better than I am about remembering everything you eat. In any event, if you're not losing weight, one thing is for sure: you're eating too much. Recorded or not.

I dunno. I've had to work hard to train myself to resist a bevy of things. From fritters to not logging to magical thinking. Must. Continue. Resistance.

Depends. Why do you want to start? And do you like jogging?

So, what do you see as the difference between this plan and, say, counting calories?

So, let's see... You have a teenager who isn't overweight but who has now been told she is. She also happens to have some concerns with body image, per your report. She exercises fairly vigorously. You are micromanaging her food consumption down to the nth calorie. Perhaps there is a medical issue impacting metabolic rate…

Also, some 'rules' help. In our house, there is no food allowed at the computer or in the bedroom. Ever. So, yes, retiring to one of these areas reduces mindless snack consumption. I know somebody who took up crocheting because she can't crochet and eat at the same time.

It's possible. But many night snackers eat mindlessly. They're getting plenty of calories but, for whatever reason, get pleasure out of nibbling the night away. I'm all for allowing myself to have some chips here or there (or, sometimes, everywhere), but chips are not the answer here. I generally will have a snack at…

So, the numbers may be a bit fuzzy, but the message is crystal clear. Which is it doesn't take much to go from 'loss mode' to 'maintenance mode' to 'put on the pounds mode'. Even just gaining 2-4 pounds per year adds 30 pounds per decade.

We can all relate to some degree or other. In that, we all have motivation that comes and goes. And that we have all had periods where we have not made optimal choices. In the end, though, this isn't about motivation. It's about immediacy versus delayed gratification. Fritter lovers (such as I) always want that fritter. We…

I got a bit of a kick out of this. Seems like we live in the Golden Age of Irrelevancy, so why not WW, too?

Time for a new trainer? Seriously, on what planet does increasing caloric intake promote weight loss. OTOH, if you reread your own posts you may come upon the [potential] roadblock. When you stop losing weight AND you have stopped tracking religiously the correlation between these two should not be dismissed so readily. It…

I gotta have that put onto a bumper sticker. What the eff does that even mean? In the meantime, the food scale is a great step. It’s a very helpful tool in getting those caloric counts accurate. Also keep in mind that those supplements can contain calories and just ‘cuz they’re medicinal they still have to be counted.

If it took me 30 minutes to put together a salad, I’d have to give up salad. I’ve never used a food scale during weight loss. I don’t necessarily recommend this, especially if results of the ‘diet’ aren’t there. Not having a scale was a bit of a concession to my wife who hates gadgets that have to sit on the counter (or in…