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I have a goal of having leftover calories at the end of the day and ALWAYS tracking my calories. If I wanted to splurge for my birthday I would change my calorie goal FOR THE DAY. If I'm trying to lose a pound a week, I might change it to maintaining my weight. Then the next day I would change it back to losing 1 pound a…

I am trying to get below 200 by Christmas. Merry Christmas to me!

I have two kids that are overweight, ages 9 and 7. What has helped me the most is the ChooseMyPlate website. https://www.choosemyplate.gov/ You can go here to find out the recommended calorie range for any age. https://www.choosemyplate.gov/MyPlate-Daily-Checklist-input Here is a chart that gives you calorie breakdowns by…

Every morning after I use the restroom, also naked (because I like the lowest number I can grt ... LOL!). I only record the lowest numbers so that it always looks like a downward trend. I ignore the in-between weigh-ins. I weigh every day because I want to see the scale only on the day the new low number shows up. I know…

I found a blog post about this! From the app, if you turn your phone sideways, the nutrition data shows up, totalled per meal! So handy!

Thanks. I'll have to see if that works for her.

I just reached my lowest weight in 18 years! My next goal is to lose 5 lbs. That'll take me out of "severely obese" and put me into plain old "obese." Who ever thought I would be happy with being obese! (47 lbs ago I was morbidly obese!)

I had to find a different way to measure success. Those stalls come, and YES, they are discouraging. I hate them a LOT. Before I started losing weight I decided that I needed small goals that I could reach every single day. I knew that diet and exercise are the recommended "things," so I made a goal to exercise 10 minutes…

I have 135 lbs to lose in all. I have lost 46 lbs already. I have never considered surgery an option for me, probably because I'm scared of surgery. As far as what is working, I use MFP to record everything I eat as well as my exercise. I knew that for me to stick to ANYTHING successfully, I had to make a habit that I…

I'm 6 pounds away from being "obese" instead of "severely obese!"

My SIL is exactly the way you describe yourself. I'm still too overweight to have that experience. In my SIL's case, she really did lose too much weight. SHE says so, not me. One thing I have read over and over again is that people who hear the comments about losing too much weight usually don't hear those comments after…

I'm in Houston and want to thank you. The devastation is great here and your help is so appreciated.

What works for me is creating a streak and sticking to it. I have exercised 10 minutes or more for 3 months straight. At first I just wanted to get in the habit and I reasoned that I could probably do 10 minutes every single day. Then I started tracking calories every day, even if I was ashamed of what I ate. From there I…

I have fears about losing weight, too, that stem from childhood sexual abuse. I was curvy at 12 and blamed myself for the abuse. Hiding behind extra weight has made me think that I can prevent abuse again. I can recognize this as illogical, but that doesn't always help. One thing I have had such fun with is manipulating my…

I do. I use that to be flexible with how I eat. If I want to eat more or higher calorie foods, I exercise more. If I don't want to exercise more, then I choose to eat lighter. I have a lot of weight to lose, so as I get closer to my goal weight, I may choose to eat back less. We'll see.

A better question might be, "how is the weight loss going?" I am eating a low calorie diet with about 45-55% calories from carbohydrates and succeeding for the first time in my life. I finally understand how out-of-balance my portion sizes were and believe that paying attention to that has allowed me to have success at…

I also encourage you to keep logging your food. It can be helpful for your doctor as you look into timid. Plus (for me) it's hard to start up again once I stop.

My first thought was also thyroid. Don't let yourself forget to see if that was tested. An u derivative thyroid can cause you to gain weight, too, so the fact that you slowed your weight loss is also a red flag.

I started on May 6th exercising 10 minutes a day. I made it a goal to never miss a day (because the day I skip is the day I quit). I started with the Simply Fit Board and am now using a hula hoop most of the time. I exercise inside and often when the kids go to bed. On my best days I now exercise an hour or more (10…

Exactly this. I ran across this YouTube video recently and realized he blows a lot of excuses out of the water with workouts like this one. https://youtu.be/QkLFPGuF-tQ

I have been morbidly obese for over half my life. For the longest time I wouldn't tell anyone that even though I overate I was still hungry. It wasn't logical to me that I was chronically hungry and 100+ pounds overweight. About 7 years ago I went on a diet with a super high vegetable content. It was unsustainable for my…

I just saw this. We're you asking me? I just weighed in and I've lost a total of 30 pounds (in 13 weeks)! My measure of success is whether or not I exercise and come in under my calorie goal, but the weight loss is so rewarding!

You are amazing! And you have given me hope!

I have 127 pounds to lose total (and have recently lost 29, so 98 more to go!). I have been overweight since before I had kids, so I know what you're after! I just want to encourage you to go for it. It's so easy to find excuses not to commit once you have kids. And trying to reverse the bad habits we have taught them is…

Oh ... and I have been exercising inside (it's hot in Texas right now!). I have a hula hoop and a Simply Fit Board. The hula hoop burns ~70 calories in 10 minutes and the Simply Fit Board burns ~60 calories in 10 minutes (that's an estimate based on random info online ... it doesn't seem like anyone has studied it yet.

When I started (May 6th) I had 127 lb to lose. I was very sedentary and not motivated to exercise. I made diet and exercise goals that I thought I could keep. First, I have a 2-pounds-per-week weight loss goal. If you don't want to be that aggressive, don't. Do what you WILL do. Second, I made a commitment to exercise 10…

Thanks for posting this! I have lost 19 with 108 more to go. I look forward to saying that myself! Thank you for helping me to believe it really does happen!

To lose 11 more pounds so that I am no longer in the "morbidly obese" category!