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Today I just ate a banana and a lara bar because I was going to an exercise class and it was either don't eat or eat something light that will digest in 40 minutes. My usual breakfast of eggs, bacon and oatmeal wouldn't. On light days I will drink a smoothie made from 1/2 cup fresh almond milk, 1 tbsp peanut butter, 1/2…

What do you normally eat? Just eat less of it. As mentioned above, fish and chicken. Start there. Then you can add potatoes, rice, or pasta and some vegetables. Although with only 1200 calories you probably cannot each much pasta or rice. Easily you can make lunch and dinner some combination of protein and vegetables.…

I eat between 1500-1600 net. But with exercise calories usually around 1800-2000 daily. I'm set to lose 1 lb. per week.

To me, that is what a size 6-10 was in the 1980s. She has a gorgeous figure in that photo, with a bust and also developed legs. There were no 2s or 0s before the 1990s that I remember. At my thinnest, I was one of the smallest sizes in college (either 3/4 or 5/6) and it was VERY hard to find sizes in those clothes. Many…

I have a friend like that on MFP. I debated about saying something or deleting him/her. S/he has an open diary and it's obvious that they are undereating. I decided not to say anything because after all I don't know the person in real life. I considered deleted them just so I wouldn't have to see it. Now I just don't look…

I don't agree with this 6 meals AT ALL. Each person is different. I do much better with consistency if I just eat 3 larger meals a day. Small meals and snacks, or this "6 meals a day" makes me hungrier and eating more. Also this "don't have to eat a burger?" What's wrong with a burger? That isn't even an unhealthy food…

I usually have one per week. When I was heavier I'd have a cheat DAY, and eat whatever and log it, but now it's more like one day when I have an excess of maximum 500 calories, which is essentially eating at maintenance now. It didn't affect me at all when I first started since I had a 1000 calorie deficit per day. I may…

There were a few chubby kids in my area, but from K-8 (I was born in 1965) I only remember one obese boy, and NONE in high school and I went to a highschool with 3200 students. Although my mother had a car, I did not learn to drive until 25 (and still haven't ever had a car) so that had something to do with it--I grew up…

Well, reading all this and the OP's response, could it be that she lost about 10-15 lbs. water weight? And then lost 25 lbs. of fat in 2 months? I don't know anything about her condition, but maybe it makes her retain water? 25 lbs. in 2 months is still a lot, but that would only be 12 lbs. per month--3 lbs. per week. If…

Thanks. Just curious. I must be an outlier!

Got 7 hours last night (12:00 a.m. - 7:00 .am.) with no sleeping pills or lavender. So that's an improvement. I do wake up to go to the bathroom, but had no problems going back to sleep last night.

I usually go to bed between 11:00 pm and 1:00 am. I try to get 8 or 9 hours of sleep but unless I take some kind of sleeping pill, I usually only get about 4-6 hours, which sucks. I did take something last night so I got about 9 hours of sleep. Ever since perimenopause I have not been able to get enough rest, which was…

I have had a colonic before (I might have had a series of 2 or 3--it was about 20 years ago) and also have done juice fasts. If you are into new age type stuff, you might consider the colonic a way to get rid of some negative energy. After I had mine a lot of changes happened in my life (none of them physical) --positive…

Active37, when did you stop growing? Do you remember? I know I didn't stop growing until my twenties! I'm 5'4" now (52) and was 5'2" at 17.

I have also seen "homeless" people getting picked up in nice cars at the end of the day. Now that doesn't mean anything. It might not be their car, a friend could just be helping them. I don't judge these people but I rarely give anymore. Sometimes if I'm coming home with groceries I'll give a banana and usually I have…

Honestly, I'd be using SUGAR if I weren't trying to lose weight. But sugar is also the "devil" so either drink it black or die from some sweetener, artificial or sugar! ETA: Obviously you people who "wooed" don't recognize sarcasm!! LOL. Carry on.

Ok. Thanks for explaining. If they were that loud then I can understand you paying attention and responding as you did. Passive-agressive definitely. Most of the time if I'm in a coffee shop (I'm boycotting Starbucks, so not there anymore) I'm not even thinking about or listening to what other people order. A lot of people…

The thing is that almond milk at Starbucks probably comes out of a box and doesn't even have enough almonds to even count as "almond milk." I don't drink soy milk anymore because of that propaganda, but I also make my own almond milk from almonds at home. Everything is poison somehow so it's all irrelevant. I wouldn't have…

I'm losing weight, eating carbs and I'm getting a sex drive (which honestly I have not had in about 15 years!) Part of that was due to perimenopause. (I'm 52 and it's been over a year since my last period--I had one when I was 51, so I think I'm done). I think obesity was definitely a factor, along with hormones for not…

I used to eat a lot of snacks. I found that if I ate bigger meals then I didn't have the desire to snack.

I eat 1/2 cup of rolled oats, 150 calories. I will add 10 g of sunflower seeds (60 cals), 1/4 tsp maple syrup (about 5 cals) cinnamon and some kind of fruit. Sometimes I'll add raisins, blueberries, pomegranates, whatever is in season. Lately I've been adding 1/4 cup of applesauce, which is 25 calories. I also eat 2 fried…

Another response could be. "Oops. Are you offering to buy me another coffee so that I don't hurt myself drinking this one with Splenda? How sweet. My name is..."

To me it's weird she would say anything when Trivia is not pure stevia and has additives. I used to use Splenda all the time then I got off it when they started saying it was bad. I ate regular sugar for a long time. I use pure stevia at home now but since I'm dieting I use Splenda when I'm out and there is no stevia. I'd…

I tried it. Recipes are easy with few ingredients. I did 2 weeks. For me it's too expensive for what you get. But if money is not an issue then use it.

Stash Mango Passionfruit tea is good. That's one of the few bag teas that I might still buy. The loose herbal teas are more expensive but have much more flavor overall. Although Tazo and Mighty Leaf are pretty potent for herbal bag teas.

I understand. I don't know if the average woman was a size 8 back then. I actually don't think so--I think the average size was 14. The average teenager/20 something was probably a size 8-12 though. Size 14 was considered "plus size" back then. But that is not "today's size 14", but a woman who probably weighed 140-150…

I was drinking Capital Teas loose teas but lately they don't have the flavors I like. My favorites from them were the Lemon Drop, Purple Potion and a few others. I ordered some Adagio Tea samples (loose tea) and so far my favorite is the decaf vanilla. It is a black tea. I also tried the berry tea this morning. It is good,…

I wore a size 8 in the 1980s and I was about 120 lbs. When I weighed 140 lbs., I was a size 14.

You can eat more unless there is some kind of medical issue. My starting weight was 237. My current weight is 192. I've lost 45 lbs so far. I cut currently eat 1500-1600 calories daily plus most of my exercise calories. This is a 500 calorie per day deficit. I'm 52. When I started on mfp I was eating a 1000 calorie deficit…

I was in a store several years ago (about 50 lbs. ago for me). and the saleslady was telling me that tops were now looser and a different shape because of more overweight women wanting to hide their bellies. This was not in the "plus-size" part of the store but in the regular sizes. FWIW I don't wear jeans anymore because…