ellie7187 Member

5’9-1/2” 172 lbs (goal 160) Size 10/12 pants/dresses Size L (or XL) tops Side note: I hate how hard it is to say your size (or know your size!) because every dang store has their own sizing scale

Thanks for all the advice! For me I know it’s important to log as if I don’t I risk the slippery slope of not logging entirely. So I’ll look for something generic in the database to make sure I’m still accountable, even if I’m not entirely accurate. Also, I WISH I could suggest a salad or veggie dish to share but this…

Never tried a Garmin but had two different FitBits fall apart on me. Both times they still “worked” but completely delaminated from the wrist strap and became unusable. So I second not replacing the FitBit

I have the sudden urge to shop at the grocery store on my way home and pick up some Nutella...

I agree with Ann; I can eat 1/2 a spaghetti squash in one meal/day no problem. It’s a nice alternate to actual spaghetti for me since I’m still trying lose the last 15 pounds. I also agree that 1200-1250 does seem low maintenance. FWIT I recently wrongly thought I was eating at 1100-1300 calories a day (most days) and was…

Replying to this so I can track it. You know, for the days in the summer that I internally whine to myself about “why I can’t see my abs yet” haha. Great reminders in this post!

I gained 10 pounds on a 12 day vacation last fall. It was almost all water weight though, as 7 of those pounds were gone within 2 days. The rest gone within a week. But ya, seeing the number after vacay was shocking!

There’s no doubt in my mind they are (today is a perfect, terrible example) but unfortunately if I want to keep my job I have to go to these events. I need to figure out a way to get the higher-ups to consider “healthier” restaurants....that’s an uphill battle!

Thank you! I guess my biggest problem is just eating more than I remember (selective memory hahah). Going forward I’ll try harder to stick to my goal intake, not eating any exercise calories back, and I need to objectively over-log restaurant foods since MFP underestimates. Thanks all! I think this case is closed!

Update on meal service! I’ve only done two of the meals so far but they are shockingly accurate. First one was stated as 800 calories per serving. I omitted the walnuts (just preference) and mine was 784 per serving after weighing everything. If I included the walnuts it would have been 854. Second was stated as 570 per…

As soon as I get my meal service for the week tomorrow I’m going to start weighing out the ingredients (including liquids) as I make it. I’ve wondered for a while if this was the culprit but I naively thought “they can’t just make up info!” After reading a few posts from those who have tested meal service calories I’m also…

I’m going to try logging the meal service meals individually next week because it’s the only things I currently do not measure out before logging (I measure out the oil, etc, that it tells me to add but I also wonder if their calorie calculations takes those “small things” into account). In my mind it HAS TO be this…

I use “happy scale” for almost daily weight tracking (I was curious about seeing trends) and it shows right now a trend of “0.18 pounds per week weight loss”. So I guess I’m losing...but my CICO indicates it should be at a much greater rate. ETA: I just noticed it also shows a trend of “0.4 gain over last 7 days”.

I currently use a scale and I measure out all liquids as well, for meals that I plan. I use a meal service (they send you the recipe and all ingredients pre-portioned to prep and you cook the meal) and I’ve wondered if maybe their calorie labels for the meals are wayyyyy off. At the gym I do group exercise classes - 3…

Thank you!

SW: 187.0 GW: 165.0 LW: 175.0 TW: 176.6 Difference: +1.6 (overall -10.4) Oops...

SW: 187.0 GW: 165.0 LW: 177.4 (two weeks ago) TW: 175.0 Difference: -2.4 (-12 overall) Woohoo!!!

SW: 187.0 GW: 165.0 LW: 180.2 TW: 177.4 Difference: -2.8 (-9.6 overall)

SW: 187.0 GW: 165.0 LW: 178.0 (2 weeks ago) TW: 180.2 Difference: +2.2 (-6.8 overall) Was on a cruise and took full advantage of it. When I came back the scale read 10.2 pounds more than when I left. So to be down to only 2.2 more than when I left...I'll take it.

SW 187.0 GW 165.0 LW 180.8 TW 178.0 Difference -2.8 (-9.0 overall) Will be shortlived as I'm leaving for my cruise today!

No, I got it. Unfortunately my winking emoji did not post. I guess these forums don't like emojis!

Well, not if you're within your calorie limit or deficit for the day ;) (Edit to add sarcastic winking emoji...)

Most important thing in this whole thread is that I'm now jealous of estherdragonbat and that Cherry Coke Zero. Can't get it up here (sad face).

SW 187.0 GW 165.0 LW 183.6 TW 180.8 Difference -2.8 (-6.2 overall) Finally!!!

Hahahaha "No (with 5 citations)"

Wow, all these the responses are great! I would like to clarify a bit (defend myself? Haha) and say that my Coke Zero is also my coffee/tea. I've never liked coffee or tea (I can drink some herbal teas that are basically just warm fruit water) and can't force myself to like it or drink it. So, admittedly, Coke Zero is my…

As observation that heavier people drink diet drinks and skinnier people drink water is not the same as saying "diet drink cause weight gain/obesity". My issue with the articles I was reading was they were making that connection. They didn't say "people who drink diet drinks over water tend to be heavier than people who…

Awesome replies. And fits to what my common sense was telling me: if you track calories and know you have a deficit there's no way a zero calorie drink can cause weight gain. It also reinstates the fact that I hate "weight loss studies" as they're often biased and pushing one agenda or another. Also, probably a lot of…

SW: 187.0 GW: 165.0 TW: 183.6 LW: 182.2 Difference: +1.4 (-3.4 overall) Disappointed, obviously, but given how bad I was on the weekend for Canada Day (and then how I let that stretch to the rest of the week) I'm not at all surprised by a gain on the week.

That graph is super, SUPER motivating! This week will be terrible (long weekend, lots of food and drink) but I'm going to kick my butt back into gear so next months can look just as good! Thanks so much for putting this together!