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Are you eating some carbs (fruit, rice, Quinoa, oatmeal)? If you are just doing the low fat, try to add a day or two with some of these carbs.

I do overnight oats, also. There is no end to the possibilities!

Sounds like a great plan! I agree! Unfortunately, when I don't chart... I under eat! Way under. And that isn't helpful either, because then I lose my muscle instead of fat. Grr. Not saying I never over eat... I do. But I definitely have the best results when charting. I eat a lot of the same things so charting is fairly…

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After a while of eating healthy, your tastebuds change (at least mine did) and the food you want and crave change, too. Now I crave healthy snacks like peanut butter and cottage cheese. Or an apple and a protein bar, or I make ice cream with my Herbalife protein and formula 1 and berries. There are so many healthy choices…

I would like to do this challenge and then more months to come. I am going to have to start slow (hurt my back at work) so I will start with a slow walk... But will bump it up to running. So I will say walking : 20 and running 20. Maybe next month I can set it higher.

One of my go to lunches is eggwhites with feta cheese and vegetables of choice.

This sounds great and super easy. Am going to try it for sure! I might even tweak it a little by adding some protein.

Feel free to add me too. I have been living a healthy lifestyle for the past year consistently, but was stuck in a platau for a little bit, and decided I just needed to start charting again. I still want to loose 5 pounds while gaining more muscles. I love working out (last week I hurt my back at work falling off a ladder…

And we all agree that muscle weighs more then fat... and if you don't eat enough calories it can take your muscle instead of your fat, right?

I think the quote of 5 ingredients is for the ingredients on a package, not something a person prepares themselves.

Pre-menopause is what I was thinking also.

You could have her make the recipes on your MFP log. That is how I cook now. It is super quick and super easy.

So, coffeeNCardio are you saying that a person who doesn't eat all day and just eats a handful of peanuts here and there Or popcorn handfuls here and there will lose weight? Because I know someone who does that... and low and behold hasn't lost a pound. And... another case... My husband was following my guidelines and…

I forgot to say how much I eat per day. I eat 1360 cal per day before counting any work out.

A lot of the time when I hear "I'm not hungry, so I don't eat" is because your metabolism is at a stall. Do you eat enough protein?

Not only that... your body will adapt to the 1200cal. per day and adapt. It will start to save the fat and eat at your muscle, and is very hard on your heart. I would say (like the others) go back to the 1500 cal, and try it for a while. I have learned that my body chooses to have like a base weight. I started at 183#. I…

I am 53 years old and am going through menopause. I am at a lower weight then what I was when I was 19 (and the rest of my life thus far). For me the biggest part is knowledge. Logging in definitely helps, too. I always read about if you have a calorie deficit... you will lose weight. Sorry, that statement is not entirely…

I meal prep, too. It makes it so much easier. I also started logging my meals in here ahead of time. That way I know I will have the right amount of carbs, protein, etc. I even log in my excersizes ahead of time. Kind of locked in that way. Great motivator . ;) My hardest part was when I would put combinations of food…

So, why then do I gain weight (or plateau) if I don't eat enough but still work out hard and eat clean? That really doesn't make a lot of sense to me. If I don't chart, I think I am eating too much... but in reality I am eating way too little.

Pinterest has lots of protein recipes. I get a lot of ideas there!

I have worried about having too much fruit, also. This discussion actually helps. Another thing about calories and calorie deficit... for quite a while I wasn't tracking my calories (and I eat very clean and work out quite a bit). Since I wasn't tracking, I thought I was eating enough and my weight stayed the same at 130…