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I have always used MFP to prearrange my meals weekly. It not only takes the temptation out it allows me to have variety while meeting my macros. Best yet it really streamlines my grocery list. I have had great success with it. When I just log what I eat I don't get in enough protein and I ended up to short or to many…

I started my journey to live and not die. How It began ended up being the most petty reason that I showed myself to this person. I worked for a company 18 years in management. Never missed a deadline, never missed a goal or a quota. I gave them 60+ hours a week out of guilt they had a fat woman in management. I knew the…

I'm over 50 and according to my Dr. we loose slower. However I have lost my greatest amount of weight after 50. Find how many calories you need to live there are calculators online. Then decide how many calories you can stick with. The difference will add up to weight loss. Yes it may be slow but if you can live with that…

I been doing this for two years now, the daily weigh in always hoping for consistent change. It doesn't happen like that. Weigh in the morning and only once! Everytime you step on a scale you could be teetering, not standing still enough, a foot an inch to far here or there so the scale will fluctuate. It's not broken it's…

I cook for two and we have both successfully lost weight. I use MFP to plan meals in advance so I can control the calorie and macro content. It also takes the stress off me grocery shopping and preparing. A good chicken vegetable soup is low calorie and will carry you over for a while or even freeze so you have options.…

Been there and I have my A1C down to 5.3 now. It's what you eat and how often. Mix in a controlled calorie diet and if you need to lose weight that will happen to if you follow it. It all helps there is no one isolated solution. Your A1C reading also has a lot to do with your risks if you are recovering from something. The…

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I qualify as that person. However I didn't wait to recover I just adjusted my work out to let that part of my body recover. Only once did I stop due to my knee being so bad but the moment I could I went in and did exercises that focused on other parts of my body. I have had to give up athritis medicine and it's so painful…

I gave up soda. Replaced it with crystal light not that I was excited. Then I found a infuser and pitcher now flavored water has replaced it all. I never have liked water but there is something really clean and refreshing about cucumber and lemon water. I use to drink soda as my only source of liquids even diet the only…

I have had to have that IUD and I'm 55. I did have a child but honestly I really don't think that makes a lot of difference. When I was put on Provera weight maintenance or loss is impossible so the IUD was my only option. I was told since it is medication that is directed to an area and not the entire body it wouldn't…

I take quite a few vitamin supplements but they are based on blood work that shows what I am deficient in. Due to massive weight loss I have to stay on top of it. I would think they help if your deficient if your holding your own wouldn't your body be on it's natural path? I have no idea just curious.

Use the profile set up and it will tell you how many calories to eat and how much exercise to lose the number of pounds you want. Then just follow it. You can do it without exercise but it helps.

I used vegetables to increase the amount of food I could eat. In time your stomach shrinks. However there is a difference in truly being hungry and your mind telling you that you are. That is going to require you to find something else to do not to dwell on it. In time you will learn to be satisfied instead of full.

This by far is not a fix but for me if I drink something like chicken broth it helps. The salt and savory satisfies me and the liquids for a period of time makes my stomach feel like it's had something. To say the least I drink at LOT of chicken broth. In fact I drink a LOT period. Sure I need to get 64oz in a day but most…

I feel your pain. Stahls are super head games! I had a trainer suggest something to me so I gave it a shot and either it worked or timing was impeccable. I began HIT recumbant biking (I have a bad knee so I use the recumbant bike). I warm up for five minutes spend twenty minuts at thirty seconds each going back and forth…

Add honey to it and then you can eat it as a flavored yogurt. I also use it anywhere there is to be mayo or sour cream. It's fantastic to use with low fat cheese in recipes so it seems and tastes more cheesy for so few calories.

Sorry I misunderstood and didn't read through the pages. I fell behind on your story! Though I did find your weight loss and congrats! The weight I loss on my own before surgery I averaged 12 pounds a month. You are doing great! Don't lower your calories to fast or to much I did that and my weight loss went to a stand…

That is very typical for bariatric surgery. They like you to lose 10% of your weight. The loss will help your liver to shrink some which makes the surgery easier and possible in heavier patients. They also use it to guage the commitment you can put towards such a drastic surgery and change of life. BJ I am six weeks out…

Hey BJ if you got the scale I use it's digital. Let it call out your weight and look straight ahead and stand still. You will get different readings for all the reasons people said. Weigh once when you wake up after going to the bathroom and before dressing in heavy clothing. It may be different then the doctors but it's a…

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Hi BJ, October of last year I was in the same situation as you. However I weighed 543 pounds and basically other than caring for myself at home I really never left. I wanted Gastric Bypass but even that was a LONG shot between my health and insurance. I did move forward with a Doctor but my post is not about GB. In doing…

Medications can affect weight loss regardless of the deficit. I'm not sure of that one but if you find it is making things harder for you let your Doctor know. There are many medications out there that may not have as much of an impact. The medication I took for whatever reason and there was plenty of medical documentation…

Fitbit as SoulRadiation said is a win. Even if you don't do challenges just it on wearing it and tracking me makes me feel accountable to it. Best investment ever for me. Next investment digital food scale!

I started out counting calories. Found where the deficit would be. There are calculators online that can help you with it. Then I used MyFitnessPal to plan meals, I only order groceries at Walmart and pick them up so I never am tempted. For the first six months I never ate unless I cooked it. I spent a lot of time cooking…

I have the same problem and I do the recumbant bike. I started out able to ride for ten minutes now I'm up to an hour or 10 miles. It's made a big difference. I work out at a gym and they gave me strength exercises that leave that leg alone as much as possible. They also gave me things to do to for cardio that I can sit,…

Find an activity you like instead of an exercise you don't as long as you are moving it doesn't matter what it is. For me it was dance exercise that progressed to seven days a week in the gym doing what I thought I hated which I now enjoy. I found social interaction in the gym not a workout. The workout was just an added…

This little calculator will give you an idea of what you burn just by existing basically. http://nutritiondata.self.com/tools/calories-burned

When I started my weight loss I didn't go to the gym. I pulled up some exercise on the net and stood in front of my computer. When I worked a white collar job and had a young child I faced your schedule. I would do some desk exercises at lunch and walk when I could. But somewhere along the way someone convinced me that I…

I've lost 138 pounds and only one month was low carb. I was fearful my weight loss may slow so my Doctor suggested lowering carbs and uping protein. I researched, it seem easy and decided 50 or below. I struggled through a month and went back to counting calories. For me it didn't allow enough adjustment to regular…

Light cheese sticks. Took me a while to actually enjoy them but for whatever reason they hold me over. 50 calories a stick and I always eat two as a snack. Your body does adjust after a while and you won't feel the hunger. Lots of times it's more mental then physical.