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Yes!! I have to carry Tums around like I have some sort of weird addiction when I'm not eating right, and gaining weight. When I'm not overeating and I'm either losing or maintaining weight, I don't have that problem. Whoda thunk it? :)

You can make another option, or you can just use some math if the serving size doesn't match what you ended up eating. For instance, if the serving size on a piece of cheese is 21 grams, but the slice ended up weighing 25 grams, you'd divide 25 by 21 to find the number of servings you actually ate. Math would look like…

You say you're addicted to soda - what is it about the soda that you find addictive? I have never had success with completely cutting out something that I enjoy. What about replacing it with something else? Two liters of soda per day is a LOT. Can you buy diet soda instead? Or replace the soda with a flavored sparkling…

For some reason I tend to have panic attacks when I run, so I walk on an incline. I love hiking in the mountains so I use my cardio time at the gym to train to support that. It does burn plenty of calories but I do it because it's what fits into my life the best. I lost 52 pounds so far and I attribute that to calorie…

Personally I eat normally. But then I don't totally pig out and stuff myself when I go out, either (not saying you do this!). If you know you're going to eat higher-calorie foods that will likely put your weekly deficit in jeopardy, then eat smaller portions or cut back on your food intake through the week to save up…

What are your current stats? How much have you gained during your pregnancy so far? And most importantly, have you discussed this with your doctor?

Agreed with the red delicious apples. Not delicious. I don't like raw celery, can only eat raw tomatoes in the summer, otherwise they're nasty to me. Liver? GROSS. Mushrooms are disgusting and the texture is horrific. Raisins are eternally disappointing and if you bake them into anything it turns that yummy cookie into…

First of all, 5-6 pounds in a month is really great, healthy progress. You say you've stalled, how long are we talking? Weight loss isn't linear and you can't always expect your weight to go down like clockwork. A plateau or stall is generally described as around 6 weeks with no loss. Be patient, log accurately, eat to the…

Ok is an arbitrary idea, and really depends on your personal goals and health. From a purely weight loss perspective, you ate McDonald's twice during the week but stayed within your calories, so if your tracking is accurate, this is fine. However, given the amount of sodium in most McDonald's food, you may see some…

I understood the original post to mean 2 pounds in the month of February, so .5 pounds a week.

That means that in the past week, you have eaten 1627 calories total over your goal. The net average is basically telling you that that's an average of 1368 calories a day, which is 168 calories per day over your daily goal of 1200.

I weigh absolutely everything except for some liquids (coconut milk when I'm using it in a recipe, wine if I'm having a glass, etc. - in those cases I use a measuring cup). I find entries that have the option of 1g as a serving size and add however many grams I'm eating. It's important to cross-check the entries from the…

What I heard is that eating it will totally negate calories you eat within an hour and a half afterwards, so be sure to eat a gigantic breakfast because it's essentially free food!

Yes but how many calories are you eating every day?

1 lb a week is a healthy rate of loss, although at your size you may be able to lose a bit more at first. I don't see any mention of your daily calorie intake in your post - have you plugged your stats into MFP and gotten a calorie allotment for each day? Is it set to lose 1 pound per week, or higher? Are you weighing your…

Thank you! I was eating slightly more over the past few days (just adding around 120-130 calories per day) so I will see what happens after a few weeks of that. This is great information, thanks so much!

Thanks, everyone! :) I feel a lot better!

Do you have a family history of high blood pressure?

Thanks for your input! I already have a bunch of loose skin on my lower stomach (that's where I retained water during my pregnancy, what a JOY that was) and I'm really trying to minimize the amount I get from losing all the weight, so that's why I've had MFP set to lose a pound a week since I started. I work hard to hit my…

Thanks! That's what I'm hoping, I think I just needed to hear it from someone else. :)

You're going to have to make a shift in how you think about food. Food is fuel, and is necessary to fuel those workouts. If you don't eat to fuel your workouts, along with your daily living needs, then you're going to be not only undoing the good you're doing at the gym, but also causing yourself wayyyyyy more issues than…

I have a Mirena and one of the reported side effects is weight gain. I've lost 42 pounds so far. CI<CO is king.

I chew gum and drink a ton of water. Helps a ton with the bored eating, for me.

How's your sleep? I was having similar issues for a while until I really started focusing on the quality and amount of the sleep I was getting. Exercise helped, plus I meditate before bed, and I also received this aromatherapy oil diffuser thing for Christmas that I find totally amazing (you put essential oils and water…