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I started "buying ahead" staples a few weeks ago and so by the time this week's frenzy started we were in pretty good shape. My husband had a stroke last weekend (is home from the hospital and doing really well) so my focus now really is on staying as healthy as possible for as long as possible. This means that I am not…

It "counts" and for what it's worth, I find that my hunger schedule tends to follow whatever my eating schedule is so that a longer window before the first meal of the day is completely fine for me. Now, the research about benefits from IF beyond helping fewer calories feel satisfying continues to be pretty mixed at this…

"Food is not the boss of me" :smile: Make sure your deficit is moderate - it's not a race to lose 6/7 stones in the shortest time possible. Look at your nutrition and eat enough protein and fat, get micro nutrients, and at the same time realize that not everything that you eat has to fall into the "optimal nutrition"…

If you put this search term into Google (I usually use Go Duck Go but Google sometimes yields a wider result) you'll find some interesting links: research deficit eating immune system

Your mileage will vary regarding the link above which is 4 years old. WW is constantly tweaking what goes into the points designations. It's more tedious, but might be more accurate, just to log what you eat the usual way on MFP.

Either can work - I've done both over the years. The current WW designations do help some folks focus on more whole-food products, which can be both more satiating and contain a wider array of essential nutrients, and less on hyper-palatable calorie-dense food, but won't necessarily be helpful with "carb management"…

If you are menstruating, it's totally normal to have a scale gain of 3-5# thanks to hormones. The scale also reacts to the amount of food moving through your gut, and the amount of water being retained to assist that process (and do all the other stuff). Just keep doing what you have been doing for another month. You'll…

So where I live in Wisconsin, the local public health department has been issuing regular updates and urging sensible supply prep like we would do for a big snowstorm. I haven't noticed anything besides hand sanitizer being bought out at the store. Over the last couple of weeks I have been sure to keep "one ahead" on the…

Not on any particular diet, but I find it easier staying within my calorie limit to eat mostly whole (minimally processed beyond cooking, freezing, etc) food, skipping breakfast, and eating out only once a week or so. As the weather moves toward spring, I move more myself so this helps, too :)

I think a goal of increasing stamina can be quite motivating, but that doesn't mean you necessarily need to spend more hours. You could work on spending the same amount of time on the cross trainer, but increasing the resistance, and the same amount of time strength training, but increasing the weight. Now, the "mind-set"…

It might be tough to eat all your allotted calories in an 8 hour window, depending on what you have for an allotment. If you find that happening routinely, so that you are losing weight more quickly than you are aiming for, you'll want to take steps. It's not that hard to add a couple hundred calories - an oz of nuts here,…

Unless there is an important medical reason to drop the weight fast, I'd counsel aiming for the upper end of your doc's recommendation for the first month and see how you do - especially if MFP's # was 1800.

I've been making it since the summer farmers' markets ended where I could get jug refills easily and cheaply. I don't view it as a magic elixir - I just like the taste and the fizz, and the fact that a gallon costs less than a buck :smiley:

My maintenance calorie requirements have gone down a lot, and I need to be constantly mindful of eating less than I might be naturally inclined to.

When I finally got serious about losing the excess #50, I just slammed into a calorie deficit that was reasonable from an objective standpoint (sufficient nutrition, moderate deficit) and was *keenly* aware of feeling hungry the first couple of weeks. After that, I was good to go - I would feel "I could eat now" but not…

Someone hit "disagree" when I posted that I, personally, found it impossible to meet my body's nutritional requirements drinking regularly. I just wanted to expand that if your calorie limit for modest deficit is ~1400 (set by MFP for .5 #/week) as mine is, then getting essential nutrition via food just about takes up all…

Personally, I find it impossible to drink regularly while in a deficit and still get the nutrition I need.

The way it was explained to me is that the problem with coffee is not that it is too acid, but that it stimulates acid secretion - regardless of whether or not it's caffeinated.

It was strange - I never really identified it as "pain" until I'd had months of what felt like hunger pangs after eating and even then probably wouldn't have sought treatment (I grew up in a "this, too, shall pass" family), but it turned into a bleeding emergency event. I don't know what it is about the yogurt - the…

I expended calories on Godiva and red wine. It was a lovely evening :) and the morning is not so bad, either.

I didn't have H. pylori either - but after the endoscopy I had a diagnosis of chronic gastritis and a duodenal ulcer. The treatment was 2 months on a PPI and since then, a histamine 2 blocker (used to be generic Zantac until that was taken off the market and now it's generic Pepcid). Eating doesn't usually cause pain any…

If that comes from food, no worries at all.

50g protein from lentils = ~692 calories 50g protein from chicken breast = ~320 calories

I look at several, non MFP, sources now, for things I am entering the first time, and double check entries when using the "recipe" function as they are often wildly erroneous. It's a pain. If I were starting logging for the first time, I would find another app, frankly. Once you have been logging for a time and exercised…

Get more sleep.

That kind of shift work is really hard. Do you have a fixed sleep schedule down? The meal prep thing was the hardest for me when I was working nights. Basically I would have a largish, carb filled meal in the morning when I got home, potter around quietly and try to be asleep by 9:30-10 AM, and then get up between 4-5,…

Heme iron is the best absorbed - comes from animal products - so if you're not eating much of that you're fighting an uphill battle. That being said, combining non-animal sources of iron with vitamin C will improve absorption.

I, for one, am very pleased that you posted, especially since you have achieved such good results from eating in a way that promotes general health and can be easily maintained (assuming you like the food you are eating). That to me is a double win. Congratulations on finding a good path!

+1 for maintenance eating to the point that you are able so that your body has adequate nutrition (micro and macro nutrients) to heal. Having some experience with maintenance is also good practice for when you get to goal. (Note: a scale gain of a few pounds is totally normal as your body is moving more through your gut…

I agree with the input above. There is no need to drop more weight. I think that if you now eat at maintenance and maintain a reasonable training schedule, you'll be noticing some changes in the right direction. You may never achieve a "washboard" given age and skin elasticity issues.