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Starting weight: 281.6 lbs (04 Feb 2017) Current weight: 232.0 lbs (15 Jun 2017) Total loss: 49.6 lbs Loss last week: 1.2 lbs Goal loss rate: 1 lb per week (MFP kcal goal is set to 2 lbs per week) Next milestone: 225 lbs (03 Aug 2017 target) 100 lb loss: 181.6 lbs (03 Jun 2018 target) Goal weight: 180.0 lbs (14 Jun 2018…

Just gotta plan ahead, dude. Think about how much you're likely to drink and make sure to leave that many calories left so you're good to go. If that just doesn't work, go ahead and do your drinking, and log it all. Then you can reduce your caloric intake and/or do some exercise the next few days to make up for it.

Trufax, I have on occasion mixed up a creamy dressing using nonfat greek yogurt, but in my opinion those need to rest in the refrigerator for a day before they're much good, and I'm not really a plan ahead sort of person when it comes to food.

Usually I just use vinegar and spices and herbs. If I want something a little richer, I make a modified vinaigrette. Instead of the traditional way, I use equal parts oil, acid, and emulsifier. A common version is equal parts red wine vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, and French-style Dijon, with whatever spices or herbs…

Good job on not gaining despite the accident! As far as weight loss? It's all about making sure you eat fewer calories than you burn. You're in the right place for that, MFP is a great tool for tracking calories. Just log everything you eat and drink accurately--weigh solids, don't use volume measurements like cups or…

I love my scale from Balance. Eighteen bucks, attractive, no frills. Perfect. ETA: It's surprisingly difficult to find scales that don't display previous weights if the change is under a certain threshold. That's a supremely annoying "feature".

Ohh. Okay! OP, I bet you're totally losing weight. It took me maybe a month before there where any signs I could recognize of physical changes, even though the scale told me I was losing progressively. So. First, don't fret, you're almost certainly losing. And second, take care of yourself and do this right! It's worth it!

I don't subscribe to the idea that it's cheating to allow yourself to indulge once in a while. If it fits in my goal, then there's literally no problem. If it will cause me to go over goal and I decide it's worth it, then that's a choice, not a cheat. If I can do it seldom enough that I still lose weight at a rate I like,…

If you don't want to eat into your exercise calories, why do you bother logging the exercise in the first place? Don't log it, problem solved.

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Honestly I wouldn't want it to happen any faster than it's happening for me. If I was losing more than 2 pounds a week there's no way I could keep myself dressed! Clothes are expensive and I'm broke! ETA: I have my MFP goal set to 2 pounds a week, and according to TrendWeight, my average weight loss is 2.1 pounds per week.…

Nyquil and grape cigarillos.

Cookie tins full of sewing supplies. And a pillowcase full of cookies.

Does anyone else track calories??? Y.O.N.E.E.

You've found a really good tool in MFP. Be diligent in logging accurately, and try to be within 100 calories of the goal MFP sets for you. How often are you weighing, by the way? And are you doing it under similar conditions? Wearing the same amount, same time of day, etc?

What you're eating is really irrelevant for weight loss (although nutrition is another story, of course), what counts is calories in versus calories out. Are you logging every single thing you eat and drink? Are you weighing it to get the exact amount you're actually consuming? Don't trust packaging, don't trust volume…

I weigh every morning regardless of what happens in the bathroom. Sure, it's a variable, but it averages out. No big deal.

Yesterday was Week 4 Day 1 for me. I was afraid of those 3 minute intervals but I did it!

Eyy I ate very low sodium yesterday and I guess the combo of that and my normal diet and exercise did the trick? As of this morning I have lost over 50 pounds!! 51, to be exact--I'm almost halfway to goal!

Now that some time has passed, maybe an update is in order. I'm still weighing daily, and I love it! It tells me so much more than a once a week check-in would. I can really see how my body responds to food and exercise. I do sort of consider Wednesday to be my official weigh-in day, but only because that's the day I do my…

I'm not keeping it a secret, I'm just annoyed with explaining it to person after person. It gets tiresome.

haha, no problem. I can take a mean selfie and I know my angles. If I wore clothes like most people I could probably find pants easier, but unlike most big guys I always wear my pants at my actual waist instead of under my stomach. This means I wear a much bigger clothing size than most people the same weight and build as…

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Thanks, I'm more proud of the running than I am the weight loss for some reason. Because it's harder, I guess. There are some Goodwill and other thrift shops around, but I'm still unable to find anything that fits me. I'm just not there yet, but it'll happen. Also, and this is totally unrelated to weight loss and clothes…

Although burning calories through exercise is common and can be helpful, the others in this thread are right when they say that it's not at all necessary. Limit your caloric intake so that it's less than you burn just by living your life, and weight will come off! MFP is a great tool for that, so by being here you've taken…

I love a cold pasta salad for picnics. You mention you're not eating bread but not the reason; if it's not a carbohydrate thing, that would be a nice idea. I believe if I were going to have a breadless picnic today I would have a salad of farfalle with roasted veg (tomato, broccoli, garlic, and onion sounds nice today),…

Others have given the advice I was going give--set your calorie goals in MFP, eat what you like, log carefully, don't exceed calorie goal--but I am curious about what you mean when you say you don't like "plain types of chicken such as only seasoned or plain". If you don't like it seasoned and you don't like it plain,…

Not doing so great, tbh. The scale is actually a little higher than it was this time last week, despite being under on kcal every day except one. I've read that sometimes water weight from sodium can be delayed, and I had a ton of sodium earlier in the week, so maybe that's all it is. But I'm feeling discouraged. So the…

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