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What do you imagine is going to help if not accurate knowledge of how much you are eating vs. how much you should be eating? How do you imagine you can accurately know how much you are eating other than by using a food scale? What sort of advice do you imagine is going to help you here?

If you're short on protein, I would eat even if you're not feeling hungry--not red grapes but something to get your protein up to target of course.

Dairy. Tons of dairy. Yogurt, cottage cheese, brick cheese, whey protein, milk...you get the idea. It’s not all I eat but it does comprise a serious percentage of my food.

Why bother? Because a regular soft drink has something like 150-200 calories in it. If I drink a diet pop, that's 150-200 more calories of FOOD I can eat. How is that even hard to understand? People who ask that question haven't really thought it through and should just keep their stupid pieholes shut until such time as…

It's no good if it's so thick that the heat of the toast doesn't get it all melty

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/223390/spicy-slow-cooked-chili/?internalSource=hub%20recipe&referringContentType=Search I make a big batch of this every couple of weeks and freeze it so I always have it on hand. It's great with a slice of toast and a glass of milk to cut the heat but that makes for a rather large meal--I…

Hip dip strikes again. Can't really change it any more than you can change the length of your arms or the size of your skull. If you slim down, the appearance of bulk will be diminished but you will likely always have that little indent that is driving you nuts. I have it too so I feel your pain.

I'm surprised by the number of people saying a tbsp of peanut butter is much less than they thought. I use bread slices that are smaller than normal (Silver Hills Little Big Bread) and I find I have a hard time getting 15g worth onto my toast. I estimated for the longest time, then decided maybe I should be weighing it,…

I do my crossfit on weekday mornings before work so my schedule goes like this: protein shake, crossfit, yoga, breakfast, head to work, lunch, walk the dog, head home, snack, walk the dog, dinner, snack before bed if I have calories left, bedtime, rinse and repeat. Weekends are the same except no crossfit or yoga and…

Only on MFP really. I've closed my diary as a result, like others have mentioned. Sometimes people comment when they see me eating "junk food" but it's usually surprise rather than condemnation. We have cake at work once a month but I only have some once or twice a year or if the doughnuts are going around and it's one of…

Check out Convict Conditioning. Paul Wade has a progression building up to hanging straight leg raises that will get you there if you put in the time and reps. It’s ten steps and you won’t even go near a bar until step six but you’ll be ready for it when it’s time to graduate from the floor. There book also has good…

I had already decided while walking the dog that I’ll add 100 calories back and see how it goes. Your suggestion makes me all the more confident that it’s worth trying ^.^ Cheers!

Either is fine depending on your personal preference. Some people like to exercise fasted, some people don't. Nutrient timing is really only a consideration if you are an athlete competing in some sport. It's not a concern for most of us regular folk just looking to get fit and maintain a healthy weight.

That's exactly the sort of suggestion I was hoping for, something I hadn't considered on my own. Thanks for that. Based on the responses, it's starting to look like I'm just inexperienced and what is going on is fairly normal. Less calories = less energy; maybe it really is that simple. Recomp is sooooooooooooooooooooo…

@kimny72 When I started cutting, the only thing I did was drop 250 calories off of my daily allowance--no change to macros. I only drink one (large) cup of coffee early in the morning and don't do any caffeine at all after noon otherwise I have a hard time sleeping. This has been my habit for easily a decade so no change…

@sijomial I've only been working a small deficit for about 7 weeks now. Could it already be time for a maintenance break? I was eating at maintenance while recomping for close to 2 years prior to that. I'm also not sure it's exercise fatigue as I'm only doing what I have done since June of 2017--7kms of dog walking/day and…

Fruit is sugar. It makes very little sense to suggest she stop eating sugary midnight snacks and then in the next sentence recommend a fruit snack, especially if you meant fruit snack like fruit roll ups or such rather than a piece of fresh fruit. Cheese is a good suggestion though. Could also try a single piece of toast…

For weight loss, all the matters is that you burn less calories than you consume. As the poster above alludes to though, it is important to pay attention to what you consume for nutrition and satiety. These things work hand in hand but, for strictly weight loss, it's all about CI<CO

I broke my tailbone on a toilet seat after losing some weight! It was awful, embarrassing and took forever to heal to a manageable state. I’m still not 100%; not sure I ever will be as there is just no way to cast or isolate a tailbone to promote proper healing but at least I can do sit-ups again after 2 years. Prolly not…

I'm good for a small cut's worth of calories in exercise each day (~250cals). When I'm maintaining, I don't eat those exercise calories back during the week. This gives me ~1750 extra calories to play around with on the weekend. When I'm cutting, I eat the same amount of food during the week but I don't have those extra…

Diet Root Beer is my go to these days.

I exercise unless I’m really sick but I will wimp out of CrossFit on weekday mornings when I didn’t get enough sleep the night before. I need at least 7 good hours or I’m miserable for the entire day and my work really suffers. It’s just not worth it to force myself to get up to go to CrossFit if I’m not feeling rested…

Toast with peanut butter and a glass of milk

Eh, it doesn't have to be any particular sort of clothing, just something that you know how it fit a while ago so you can compare to how it fits now. How about your belt? I can see that mine is getting tighter and tighter even though my weight is changing very little. Most of all, weight loss isn't linear. Fluctuations and…

Progress pics and taking regular measurements help to ensure confidence in the process when the scale is not moving. If you're not particularly overweight, there can be long periods where your weight doesn't change but the shape of your body does. Also take note of how your clothes are fitting. Sometimes when I'm…

Be patient

Tacos. Chop the lettuce and tomatoes while the hamburger is browning. Grate some cheese to go on top while the hamburger is getting saucy (I use the Old El Paso seasoning mix—takes 10 minutes to reduce). Makes enough for four days for myself or two days if husband wants to share.

It is unhealthy to lose too much weight too quickly; your body plunders your muscles for the energy it needs when you are not eating enough. And before you say “It’s cool, I’m too big everywhere and losing a bunch of muscle will just make me slimmer” remember that your heart is a muscle. 21lbs in a month may feel very…

Someone I respect recommended fasted exercise in the mornings so I gave it a go. It was awful. I barely had enough energy to get through my CrossFit class. Afterwards, I was confused and could not for the life of me remember the stretching routine I have practiced after class for over two years now. I went back to…

I have relatives that I have unfollowed but not unfriended. It would not do for them to know that I am disgusted with how god-bothered, racist, homophobic, politically conservative and generally unenlightened they are so I have them as friends but never, ever look at or respond to the awful and/or delusional stuff they…