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I weighed more frequently when I was losing 2 lbs. per week and trying to get on track. Now I'm down to 1 lb. per week I still weigh a few times a week...first thing in the AM as suggested... but usually only log it once since it jumps around too much otherwise. Sometimes to my chagrine I find it is still up, although I…

I'm doing fine. Haven't noticed any negative affects and I take 2 kinds.

Congrats on staying under your calorie goal. The first thing that jumps out to me is there are no vegetables which will be your number one friend. Your sugar is very high; watch out for things like dried cranberries that are high in calories and sugar and not real filling. Also, as the numbers point out your carbs are high…

I too have a very bad back with herniated disks and other anomalies in both my lower back and neck. Even so I manage to do mild exercise several days a week such as yoga, Pilates, and low-impact aerobics. You have to pick and choose what you can do, but there are many DVDs that offer multiple levels so even those of us…

Obviously you have some pretty severe health problems other than losing a few pounds. Please take care of yourself and don't try to lose too much too fast by jeopardizing overall health. Maybe try 1500 calories (minimum for males) to start and see how you do. Best of luck to you.

My macros were also terrible eating a traditional turkey dinner. Moderate carbs, very high fat, little protein, and very little fiber. Good thing it is only one day.

I hate bras and only wear them when I have to get dressed up formally, and not always then. I wear tank tops, some actually have cups. I do have some sports-bras but they are rather hard to put on. But then I'm from the era when women were burning their bras. Like the others say, buy some cheap bras and celebrate your…

I pretty much tried a tablespoon of everything, plus even broke down and had a sliver of homemade pumpkin pie and a sugar cookie which I should have skipped. My plate really wasn't that full and although not hungry, I wasn't stuffed. I was amazed how quickly it added up when I came home and guessitmated my logging. My…

I find that most of the time what I feel is not really hunger, but desire to eat/taste a food I like. Even eating doesn't always help. When I actually get hungry and my stomach starts to growl, which does happen before bedtime especially if I stay up too late, I find a glass of warm cashew milk with cocoa and stevia seems…

Make sure your numbers are correct, both what you inputted in the beginning including activity level and what you are logging in food everyday....use a scale, estimating does not work. With a drop of 1000 calories or more in your diet, you shouldn't be wanting to under-eat even though foods with protein & fiber and…

As RodaRose said, all excess calories are stored as fat. Sugar (blood glucose) is the body's primary source of quick energy and therefore is a good food to consume when you are active and burning lots of calories. When you are sedentary you really don't need much sugar (or starch which quickly gets broken down to glucose).…

No, I haven't and it is sad if you do. I guess there have been long periods where I've been complacent and ignored my weight and weight gain...sort of a state of denial and maybe apathy, but not malice. Sometimes negative feelings about ourselves can be motivators to make improvements, but when they become self-destructive…

I too am 5'6, and although I barely remember it, 125-130 was my best weight....under 120 and people started telling me I needed to gain weight. As for the poochy abdomen, have you tried exercises that work on abdominal core muscles like Pilates? I bet if you did the exercise they call "the hundred" in Pilates twice a day…

I'm still starting slowly with exercise. Not at all ready for the gym....may never be. At one time I had my family room set up with so much exercise and weight lifting equipment it looked like a gym, but found I used it very rarely. I used to be quite active and did a lot of hiking when I was younger and raising kids, but…

Like others have said, start out concentrating on your calorie deficit by watching the foods you eat and logging everything. Keep within that magic number and you will start dropping the pounds Sounds like you chose 2 lbs/week, which means you will be eating 1000 calories less per day than you need to maintain your current…

I just added to another one of your threads about over-eating for the day if you want to check it out. I've been doing this for 2 months now (second time around I'm afraid) and adjusting to a regular routine that works for me. Give it some time. As for emotional eating, I think we all do that, but need to learn to control…

I'm on 1200 calories and doing fine with it, but am older and retired therefore mostly sedentary. Perhaps 1200 is too low for you especially since it appears you are a nurse, running your touche off. We are about the same size, but you are probably younger, needing more calories for your metabolism. You might want to…

I'd be starving and feeling deprived with a diet like that. I'm older, therefore on a 1200 calorie diet, which seems low to many but I eat well. I have small, full breakfasts (around 300 calories) with large omelets, bacon or sausage or hot or cold cereals and fruit, today was a waffle w/butter heaped with blueberries and…

Beer would not be my drink of choice because of the high calories...some of the good ones are several hundred calories apiece. I like wine, but even that adds up quickly. You'd be better off to ask for a one ounce drink with diet soda of some kind. I've been making real Margarita's with an ounce of tequila, fresh lime…

I weigh the oil in my wok before I fry and weigh it again after I fry, then divide it by how portions I fried. It does add up especially for things with a tempura type coating.

I try to have ice water and lemon or sparkling water open near me all day long so I remember to sip. In addition I drink a couple cups of coffee in the AM, 1 diet drink around lunch, and various herbal teas all day and evening long. I find drinking also helps me stop snacking so much. If I feel a little hungry I add a…

I record all my liquids like coffee, tea, cashew milk, and diet drinks under my foods for no particular reason since they don't add many calories. Then at the end of the day I count them all and enter it as water and feel OK as long as I reach my usual 6 cups.

I use low fat cream cheese for lots of things including cheese sauce for vegetables and love it on celery, although I use the 1/3 less fat for that because it is creamier. I have some frozen and think I will try the protein cheese cake maybe with pumpkin, but need to buy protein powder. Seems like a waste though if I don't…

Your goal is quite reasonable. Previously I lost 30 lbs. in 3.5-4 months, but put it back on after I quit logging and slipped back into old, bad habits of overeating. This time around I'm down 15 lbs. after 2 months and losing about a pound/week. I did it/do it just by meticulously logging my calories and staying within my…

You mean food scale? I bought a cheap one off of Amazon and it is fine. In fact out curiosity I just checked it against a small known weight (5g) and a 5 lb. weight and it was right on.

I'm with you. The skin is the best part. I'll give up a couple extra carrots.

mL is a milliliter, 1/1000th of a liter. There are 5 mLs in a teaspoon which comes in handy if you are taking liquid medicine. 1 ml of water weighs 1 g. so something like water will be the same on mL and g. Maybe countries using the metric system use it but I never do. Mine also has fluid ounces which I occasionally use on…

At lunch I eat around 250-300 calories for a meal of 2 oz. meat & full plate of vegetables. 200 calories makes the protein more challenging, but for volume I'd stir fry (w/ only a wisp of spray oil) a mixture of bulky, low cal vegetables like cabbage, kale, spinach, bean sprouts, mushrooms, broccoli, onions or whatever you…

That is certainly a personal decision and depends on whether you are doing it totally for environmental/animal welfare reasons or health benefits. I eat all kinds of meat/poultry/fish and eggs and consider it healthy for me even though I know our food doesn't always come from the best environments. I have a friend who has…

Usually I skip dessert since I don't eat sugar or maybe I'll have a tiny bite each of a few things that look good and take the hit. For dinner I will eat as normal dividing the calories out so I can taste everything: 3-4 ounces of turkey & cranberry sauce, 1/4 cup of potatoes and gravy, 1/4 cup of stuffing, 1/4 cup of…