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I allot myself 1450 calories most days, but 1850 on Fridays and Tuesdays (or change it up if we have particular plans on a different day). On my higher calorie days, I'll make our more calorific meals, which include homemade pizza, pasta with pesto, or breakfast for dinner (pancakes with butter, bacon or sausage, eggs,…

Traders Joe's Sriracha Ranch dressing. 80 calories per serving, but I usually use half a serving. Also, for extra heat, Trader Joe's Green Dragon Sauce.

Coffee and a square of dark chocolate...and then more coffee

^^This. For chips, fries, m&ms, etc, the best thing for me is to just not start. That being said, I do try to limit how much of those foods we have at home, anyway. Like someone else said, I also provide the kids with some snacks that appeal to them, but not to me (such as goldfish, pretzels, cheese sticks, granola bars).…

I have no personal experience with keto, but I would ask you why you'd consider it, since you're obviously losing weight fine with just logging your food. Why limit yourself to only being able to eat certain foods? If you want to keep the weight off, whatever means you use to lose it needs to be sustainable. Do you think…

Not really, only when sick or really stressed by something major going on. Otherwise I pretty much think about food and want to eat.

I log most vegetables but don't necessarily weigh them all--like lettuce and cucumber. I just approximate and throw in a few calories for them. I don't log vitamins or the splash of orange juice I add to my magnesium powder. I figure total it's about 45 cal, so I'm not that worried.

I'm sorry, but lol regarding the idea that people not desire to eat filling foods, or that it "doesn't work". Just...what??

It's a food question in a food forum, and not pointless at all in my opinion. If you're not after filling or low calorie, why even open this thread, much less answer here? In answer to OP's question, many on your list would be on mine. I would add Greek yogurt and baked/boiled/broiled seafood to the "Filling" list. Boiled…

Quest bars, specifically cookies n cream and cookie dough flavors--advertised as actually edible!! :lol:

"Lower sugar" jelly for my kids. Turns out it was lower sugar because they used Sucrulose instead. Thanks, but I'll take a little more natural sugar, and no chemical junk that tastes like *kitten*!! ETA, as long as I'm asking, just give me jelly that actually has less natural sugar but no artificial ones either! Peanut…

Shorter term: 1. Run a sub-7 minute mile (or faster) 2. Re-gain flexibility. I used to be able to do the splits, many moons ago! Could I again?? Long term: 1. Stay fit and active into my older years. My dad and stepmom are in their 60s and run, bike, swim, hike, with no sign of stopping. My heros!

I began running about 19 years ago, and still do, but I'm not consistent. Currently I'm working on losing a few more pounds before increasing mileage again, since I hate running with extra weight. Hubby and I did a half marathon almost a year ago, and a 10k in November. We've done a couple of marathons and about 12 half…

I ran barefoot for a while about 18 years ago. I really loved the minimal shock to the joints, and the lighter than air feeling. I tried to ease into it, but wound up injured from doing barefoot speed work at the track (duh). That was a tendon injury that took quite a while to heal. I'd had flat feet to begin with, and…

Ok, I'm going to need to know what this is... please? :smiley:

On the flip side, I can't imagine getting up and eating breakfast at 7am or earlier. I get up at 6:45am on weekdays, but don't eat until 1pm. High protein snack around 4-5, then dinner at about 7:30, maybe 8pm. Late night snack of about 100 calories with wine or beer, then bed around midnight or 1am. I don't get as much…

I just bought a package of fresh zucchini from Trader Joe's. The package says it's 18oz, or 510g. For fun I weighed the zucchini on my food scale--633g! Granted, since it's zucchini it only makes about 20 cal difference, but it does say that the weight is very different than what is stated! I guess for these it's…

All of this for me, too!!

Yeah, I was thinking I shouldn't get too optimistic--every time I've thought I figured something out, something changes. But I guess for now I'll be happy with this result, and hope for the best next time. I do think it gets harder as you get closer to goal.

Me too! I can eat that stuff with a spoon!

I was in pretty good shape in my 20s and 30s, but even now in my 40s I still feel pretty good. A few extra aches and pains here and there, but really, not that different. My dad and my stepmom are in their early 60s and in fantastic shape. Seeing them run, bike, swim and hike encourages me to stay active as I get older.

Actually, 1houndgal reminded me – – another motivation for me is extra calories!! I used to use a calorie goal based on TDEE, and I did not add back exercise calories. Now I use the MFP method, where I get fewer calories unless I exercise. This really does make a difference for me in motivation for working out!

You don't have to work out in a gym to get exercise. Is there any way you can take a good walk during your lunch hour at work? Or do some sort of walking in place or other exercise in front of your TV shows in the evening? I found that as I've gotten older and my life has gotten busier, it's just not practical to get to…

Another vote for dark chocolate! We've also had Girl Scout cookies around lately, and ONE of those isn't too bad--65-ish calories. Or a different small cookie, such as Trader Joe's mini heart cookies. The trick is to have just one!! But really, my go-to is 85% dark chocolate, weighed out.

Last night I had some calories still left to eat, and when checking my macros, I saw that I was low on protein for the day. I thought briefly about eating a small bowl of chicken breast with black beans...but in the end I opted for a few bites of dark chocolate :lol: So, low on protein for the day, but I ate what I wanted…

This is exactly what I do! Little chocolate morsels to go with my coffee! :smile:

OP here, with an update. My mom was here for 11days, and she went back home yesterday. While she was here, I increased calories by about 500 calories each day, and mostly stuck with my activity level, adding back half of any exercise I did (all walking). We ate lunch out 4 times, and went to a wedding reception while she…

Except that "skipping breakfast" is only one IF method. There's also 5:2 and 20/4 (skipping breakfast, snacks, and lunch?), Fast 5, Eat,Stop,Eat, and others. I began doing IF years ago when people looked at you like you were crazy, and the word "fasting" instilled fear and anxiety. I did it because it helped me immensely…

I drink decaf now, but I do find that if I use too much sugar I'm antsier and hungrier. I try to keep it to 1/3 teaspoon for each cup I pour.

Yes it is... see below, but there is more information if you Google 14/10 IF. This tends to work better for some women than 16/8 or longer fasting intervals. http://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/diet/diets/diet-wars-is-the-1410--the-new-52/news-story/e02789a67c1088ebea8029a8054be5ab