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Hi! OP here. I saw a lot of posts about me vanishing. Honestly I posted this when was browsing the forums and saw a few comments about losing too fast and never checked it again. Oops. To clarify - this was ABSOLUTELY not about me. I’d love to be able to lose 3lbs a week on 1800 calories a day, but I’m pretty sure thats…

138lbs with calorie counting! I love the variety it gives me. Some days you just NEED a chocolate chip cookie and calorie counting lets me have that flexibility.

I don’t think one of these would fill me for dinner, but I take one to work for lunch a few times a week. Some are really good, others taste really bland. But I like to variety and low calorie options with minimal effort! I say enjoy

I tend to eat a lot of "quick" meals and believe it or not there is more out there than you'd think! I actually LOVE subway. Here are my go to stops! Subway - Turkey with Provolone on a 6" Italian bun with tons of veggies - it's 300 Calories and pretty filling. Wendy's - I LOVE their salads. Depends on the season but I…

Thanks everyone! I'm going to take your recommendations and implement them. For those who asked my stats are 5'4, 212lbs, 28 years old. My goal weight is 152lbs, so I have about 60lbs to lose. I'm not trying to rush the process, I think 2lbs a week is a good rate for now and as I get closer to goal I can lower it to…

So I’ve been losing for about a month, and it seems to be an average of 3lbs a week. I’ll hit around 14k steps every Monday-Friday from now until September 9th, then I’ll go back down to around 3k again for a couple of weeks. I’m wondering if I should change my activity level on MFP...but I’ve tried to research and I can’t…

I weighed myself on Saturday morning and again on Monday, went up 4lbs in just two days. I know it’s just water and bloating but wow

I'm 5'4, 27 years old, and when at my goal weight of 154lbs I maintain right around 2200. I eat 2000 usually to try and make up for days I know I go over, especially during holiday season.

Honestly you remind me a lot of myself... I was caught up in a cycle of binging and not eating repeatedly for like 15 years. Don't feel like you're failing, it's just a normal, typical part of the process. This may sound weird, but the only thing that helped my binges was eating MORE. I know, to us dieters it sounds weird,…

Oh how I wish I could get up early enough to workout before work every day. That is a dream of mine, one day...

I don’t think I’ll end up tracking on Thanksgiving. I have been thinking about cutting my calories by about 200 or so during the days leading up to it. I was leaning towards Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday....

You look stunning before and after! Congratulations on your weight loss success!

All types of yogurt and oatmeal are gross. Store bought baked goods are mediocre at best and are not worth eating. Avocado reminds me of green slime...and Jello and pudding have consistencies that are too weird to eat.

I agree with the others who stated that walking is a good idea. I hate exercise and honestly dreaded it when I started. I already lost the majority of my weight and I’m 20lbs from goal (125lbs lost so far) and I only recently started working out. A few months ago I started with 3 miles a day 2 days a week of walking at a…

I go out to eat quite often. I always do my best to research the calories ahead of time and have a game plan. If I need to eat a smaller lunch and breakfast for the sake of getting what I want at a restaurant, then I do that. For example, many times on Friday nights I know I'm going out, so I usually have just coffee for…

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred....

This might be helpful. https://www.livestrong.com/article/314404-how-many-calories-do-you-lose-per-mile/

I only weigh myself once per month because I get discouraged when I see normal daily fluctuations. It helps me to see a drop rather than lose one day, go up the next. I know it’s perfectly normal, but it drives me insane. I’m not scared of the scale as much as I am discouraged by it, if that makes sense.

Diet soda with liquor of your choice. Honestly the lowest calorie way. I like diet sprite and flavored rums.

I would say you are exactly right here. Congrats on your success!

Haha, I am 5’4

The best thing you can do is log and track everything. If you don't have a food scale, I would invest in one. Things like honey, butter, and other condiments are shockingly high in calorie. I try to avoid mayo, honey, anything like that. If you need your oatmeal a little sweeter, why not try going gradually lower with it,…

Thanks for the replies everyone! I actually did map out an exact mile to see how many steps it would take. It took 2183!

Almost everything has some calories in it, even things listed as zero calorie. Diet soda has 1-2 calories, coffee has 1-5 calories, mustard, tums, mints, and gum all contain 2-10 calories per regular serving. Perhaps the worst offenders of this that I’ve found are artificial sweeteners and cooking spray. The calories in…

Thanks everyone, I suppose it does really vary. The reason I asked is because I like to track my activity in miles, not steps. So I generally aim for 5 miles a day, but it takes me 13,350 steps to reach that!! It just sounded like a ton...I was thinking 13,350 steps would be close to 6.5-7 miles. I guess I was using the…

I could not be trusted with zero point foods either. Hopefully you find success with MFP. I prefer it greatly over WW, because I'm a "sweets and carbs" type of person, and WW seemed to punish me with those things. Meaning, I got 26pts per day...one piece of chocolate took 8 of them! At least on MFP if I can fit them into…

Yes, it is HARD at the office. Prior to my current job, I worked in retail and was constantly walking around the store all day running to various departments. I was easily walking 20K steps a shift. Now I sit on my butt all day at my desk. I never realized how much of a difference that would make in regards to my overall…

I really enjoyed this article. It kind of put it in perspective in regards to how many calories are burned at various speeds walking/running. https://www.verywellfit.com/walking-calories-burned-by-miles-3887154