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If you take it slowly, in 4 months that's another 16lb that you'll potentially have lost. That's quite a bit and you'll be starting to look quite different to how you do now. If you try to persist with losing more, quicker, there's a high chance that (as well as being miserable) your body will rebel and you'll end up…

I pre-log to see if I have any wiggle room for a snack (and, if so, what?) / how long I need to spend in the gym! My focus is on carbs with protein being of secondary importance, but I batch cook and, of course, everything that's in my freezer has different cals / macros. I usually have an idea of what I want to eat…

You tried to lose 10lb in 5 weeks, but "only managed" 5. Look at that another way - you're already 5lb lighter than you were 5 weeks ago - fabulous! As yirara says, you may find it takes longer than expected to get to your target weight, so focussing on "I'm x number of pounds lighter than I was when I started" is much…

I do a weight Check-In almost every day. When I was losing, I'd go in to the Guided Setup and just click 'Save' every so often and it would recalculate my calories based on the latest weigh that I'd recorded.

^^^ This. Also, with only 9lb to lose, don't try to go faster than 0.5lb per week. Losing slowly and steadily, whilst learning how much food / how many calories you should be eating per day, will help you in the long term. Otherwise, if you just resume eating as you did before, when you reach your goal weight, you'll just…

Start by congratulating yourself on wanting to do something to help yourself, not just accepting the diagnosis and thinking "that's that". Where to start is like asking how long a piece of string is, so I can only give you my experiences. Also, is it Type 1 or Type 2 as the two are very different? I'm assuming T2. My…

I'd have found it motivating if, in 5 weeks, I did indeed weigh whatever it had said. But, as said above, you'll only weigh that much if you eat exactly the same, drink exactly the same, move exactly the same, every day for those 5 weeks, and didn't have a menstrual cycle to scupper the best laid plans. It gives you an…

If you're going to do a comparison, compare where you were 9 weeks ago to where you are now. The first week will have mostly been water loss, but you've still lost almost a stone over the subsequent 8 weeks - which is fantastic. Slimming World (and other such clubs) can sometimes make people feel bad for not losing…

No idea which thread you're talking about - I only come on here every so often now as, similar to above, I'd had enough of reading the same questions over and over - but it's possible that I also commented (I know I've recently said that it's feasible that your calorie counting is out, if you're using data entries that…

I'm not Asian, but I do cook a lot of different curries and stirfries. I always use considerably less oil than the recipe calls for. I also bulk out all dishes with lots more veg than the recipe suggests - where a recipe may say it serves 4, with all the extra veg I usually find it's enough for 6 portions. That then means…

I went straight in at 'diabetic' in January 2018 with a reading of 60 (which seems to convert to 7.6) - it was a shock but gave me the push I needed to actually do something about my weight / diet. Although my weight was stable, I was 'overweight' per BMI. I'd also been eating a lot of cakes, pastries etc in the six months…

If you can find time in between chasing kids, having pre-portioned, batch-cooked meals done already should be really helpful - you can't then just add another spoonful / empty the saucepan onto your plate because there's "not much left". You could also pre-bag your snacks for a few days at a time. Presumably the kids eat -…

I've never tried shakes, but getting more protein into your diet could be a great help to you. Do you know that you eat enough protein now? For many people, that helps them feel fuller for longer. (suggestions I've read on here says you should eat 0.8g of protein for every lb that you weigh) Is the 'eating the wrong…

Firstly, congratulations on losing such a huge amount of weight. However, as you're finding, transitioning into maintenance and not going back to old habits can be difficult. Have you gone through the Guided Setup and put in your current info / stated that you now want to lose 1lb a week? If not, that should be your first…

Stir-fries would be my main suggestion. Cook a large mound of veg (you can buy bags of stir-fry veg if you don't want to chop your own) and add some protein - diced chicken, diced pork, diced beef, prawns. I sometimes add sauces but usually just sprinkle a spoonful of stirfry seasoning (5 Thai seasoning mix, 7 Chinese…

I can't add to the snack ideas, but if you're starving I would suggest you change your goal and eat a little more with your main meals. If you fill up with more veg / salad or add more protein such as eggs or tinned fish, you may not need so much in the way of snacks in the middle of the afternoon. You don't mention your…

All of the above. Start with one change at a time. And you don't need to exercise to lose weight - it can be done entirely by eating less. In what way do you over-eat? Is it at meals or snacking? If it's meals, could you start by reducing your portion sizes a little? A smaller amount of pasta or one less potato or a…

Like others, I didn't find it hard but then I'd just been told I was diabetic and the shock of that diagnosis was sufficient to jolt me into reality. My weight (overweight, per BMI) was clearly a factor and I HAD to do something. Instead of thinking you need to lose 50lbs, how about trying to lose 5lbs, to start with? If…

Are you overeating out of habit, boredom or because you feel you haven't eaten enough? If it's habit or boredom, find something else to do that distracts you. If you just feel that you need more food, satiety is something that differs from person to person - some will feel fuller if they have more protein whereas for…

One binge, and regaining whatever you've lost, is potentially a short term blip of water retention. Just get back on track the next day. Like you, I tried a few things over the years - I always gave up because it was too restrictive so I went back to my old way of eating. Since joining MFP, I got to goal weight (it took 2…

I pile my plate with stirfried vegetables or sauted white cabbage as a base to most dinners now. It's very rare that I have pasta, potatoes or rice these days. I almost never eat bread as I'm intolerant to yeast. For lunch, I make vegetable soup, butternut squash soup or chicken & vegetable soup in winter (a very large…

As above. Like you, and many others, I've lost a bit of weight then put it all back on, usually because I was following a 'diet' then went back to my normal way of eating. This time round I continued to eat things that I liked, but in smaller quantities. It took me two years to lose the weight I needed to lose, but the…

In addition to all of the above, until you can get the bingeing under control or figure a way to accommodate evening snacks into your daily calories, perhaps ensure that you have low cal snacks to hand so that the impact of bingeing is reduced.

For various reasons, I tweak something in my set up every so often, so MFP recalculates my maintenance cals based on the last weight I logged (which, of course, fluctuates). I'm also female, 54yo and 5'1 and a bit, so very close to your own stats. With my last recorded weight of 56.2kg, which is apparently 123.9 lbs, my…

My motivation was being diagnosed as diabetic. Not as bad as having a heart attack, but also not recommended. I wish I'd known I was even close - getting a full blown diagnosis was a huge shock and a wake up call that I needed to lose weight and take a closer look at what I was snacking on every day. I was going to the gym…

I'm 5'1 (and a little bit) and, when I initially set myself up on MFP, I got allocated 1200 cals. It didn't matter what rate of loss I selected, I got 1200. When I selected 'Maintain', MFP calculated that, at my weight at that time, I needed 1450 cals. Choosing to lose at 0.5lb a week takes off a 250 cal deficit, ergo 1200…

When I started out, my gym sessions remained the same and I just reduced portion sizes. I've tinkered with things over the years and played around with substitutions such that I now don't eat pasta, potatoes or rice very often as I get sufficient carbs (and fuller) from having a plateful of veg instead, but mostly I still…

As above. It depends on the person's height, age and starting weight as well as their activity level. When I first came to MFP, after putting in my stats I got allocated 1200 cals. However, I noticed that it didn't matter what rate of loss I selected, I still got 1200 cals. I then played around and changed the setting to…

I wouldn't even bother adding a new database entry. I'd find a 'bloomer' entry and select that I've had two slices. It won't be 100% accurate, but it'll be close. On the rare occasions that I have bread at home, I use Hovis' medium sliced wholemeal (smaller slices of bread / weigh less than most) but, for most breakfast…