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You can't manage what you can't measure... so track things!

I just buy normal old fashioned oats (supermarket brand), and add some cinnamon or fruit.

Not sure if it will help you, but I set a simple rule to not eat anything after a certain time (usually 8 pm). Sometimes I'll remember this and eat something right before the time, but won't eat anything after 8. Even if I do snack on something right after dinner before 8 pm, if I just tell myself no food after 8, it…

Oil... I used to cook with 1-2 tbsp oil always, but that's extra 200-300 cals I was routinely adding to my dishes.

There is a lot of good advice in this thread (and I agree with anubis609 that severe calorie restriction can be safe and effective, but generally should be done under the supervision of trained professionals). You've already passed the first hurdle, which is being motivated to make a change. But the second is much harder…

I try to pre-log my actual meals (and snacks as meals), and only log things by adding meals. This also means I have a ready supply of healthy pre-set snack "meals" that I can choose from (and I try to keep around the house). So instead of eating some random cookies I see lying around, if that's not on my pre-set options, I…

Echoing other people, the trend is what matters! I recommend looking at the last 14 or even 28 days to get a sense of how fast you are actually losing weight.

Since it sounds like you're super busy, I think the most efficient way to lose weight would be to take a closer look at your diet. You mention you're eating very healthy, but even so, you might be eating slightly more than you should be given your activity level, leading to the slow weight gain you describe. I'd recommend…

Agree with others here, just be consistent -- if you are used to logging calories from the label, just do that. If you are used to computing calories with total carbs, then do that. At the end of the day, calorie counting is just something you do to help you understand how much to eat to lose/maintain/gain weight, what…

I try to stop eating after dinner. I love snacking late at night, so setting this rule for myself is helpful.

lol @filbo132 - I agree with you, I dislike when people say hand-wavy things like "this diet will help you focus on fat loss". Losing weight is hard as it is, and it doesn't help when people are inundated with all sorts of nonsense. I wanted to share a recent study that was published about alternate-day fasting -- it's…

I've been maintaining for the past few months, and definitely encourage you to 1/ keep logging calories and 2/ weigh yourself daily. Ignore the daily weight values, but you can look at the trend, like some others have mentioned -- ideally it should be flat over a timeframe, like 14 days, but if it isn't, then compare that…