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Just because the topics popped back up I’ll share my changes. I’ve been eating rice Cakes with peanut butter and also been having them with my fish. Today for my Dinner I had them with my noodle soup which was pretty bodanging. @Fire usually fruit and veg are a big part of my diet and something I count on to give me enough…

Thank you so much for the kind words, you’re an inspiration to us all. I hope my journey can be as successful as yours as been. I definitely will be checking in with you for regular updates.

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I’ve been drinking coffee from a early age and energy drinks to so my caffeine tolerance is very high I was just unsure about the sweetners they used because of what I heard but I can say I’ve had them before and never had a issue. I’m still drinking around 25oz of coffee a day and maybe 3 or 4 monster ultras a week. I’ve…

@TavistockToad I just thought protein was better than having carbs and fats but from what I’m learning that’s not the case. @livingleanlivingclean See I had no idea about any of this I’ve always just thought anything with fats and things like breads, pasta, noodles all was really bad for me. When I get home to say I’m…

@livingleanlivingclean Yeah sorry I should of mentioned I had the low calorie discussion on another thread the reason behind that is I’ve gone from eating 1 really big unhealthy meal at night to 4 / 5 little healthy meals and the change as had me so full. I’m guessing because I wasn’t use to eating throughout the day my…

Thank you all so much you have gone above and beyond with answering my questions and even giving me helpful tips on how to make it easier in the future. It’s still early days for me but I can say I owe a lot to you guys for the success I will have in my weight loss journey.

Yeah seen that this morning I’ve got 57Kcal for the medium but I also had put skimmed milk in it so it’s fine I’ve just added the large twice and mark it up so it definitely covers the bit of skimmed milk. It should be well covered with my exercise so I’m not to worried now. :) Thanks for your help.

Hey @GrumpyHeadmistress I just got that figure off here but I’ll post a picture of the results I got. What I ended up doing is going with a large one I found and doubling it just to be sure and now I’ll know not to get anything from there unless it says the calories exactly for that product.

They asked if I wanted some syrup and I told them no and milk wise it didn’t have much it was more black coffee than anything else.

From what I understand MFP gives you a calorie amount where you will lose weight as long as you stay in that range. Any actives you do extra is a bonus and you can either eat them calories or also save them to go towards the calories you haven’t eaten. So if MFP recommend 2150 you probably would need around 3000 to…

I ate a lot more today guys and I’m working on fitting more in as the days go by. I’m so thankful for everyone’s opinion it’s been such a great help.

I can honestly say it’s an addiction that I will have to one day work my way off. I’ve been drinking coffee, tea, energy drinks from such a young age I get headaches if I don’t have the caffeine throughout the day.

Thankfully I only have maybe two a week since starting my diet so with all the responses I’ve come to the conclusion I should be alright.

@Strudders67 Thank you for the great advice I’ve just had my last meal of the day and I’ve boosted my calorie count with some healthy options ( well I think ).

Oh yeah that’s definitely for sure I’m getting there slowly and I’m doing all I can do to make sure everything is going well. My plans for now is to have a bigger breakfast, lunch and around about the same kind of dinner so I’m not left with so many calories at the end of the night.

Was just for the question because I didn’t wanna close the app and find mine after I’d already started making the topic lol. I’ve gone from eating a pack of cookies, a bag of crisps/chips and some monsters once a day to eating meals a few times a day so it’s been hard on me because I’ve felt bloated and very full all the…

Ah ok that’s more understandable I really wasn’t sure but what I’ve been doing is not eating any of them back so I’ll try to just start eating half and see how things go. Thank you.

Ok so let’s pretend I won’t be having a snack later just for the benefit of the question. I’m done doing any “real walking” so the steps won’t be going up much more. How much more calories should I be eating according to my diary today? Anything else I’m doing wrong ? I’m 5’10 and weigh 384lbs I’m pretty active and the…

Thank you for the honest reply I have gone ahead and set both apps to sedentary and in regards to the calories I’ve been eating a enough where I’ve not been hungry the at any time of the day. I’m still learning to eat healthier options with higher calorie counts plus have little snacks in between. I’ve now been able to…

Oh I definitely will be eating more because I don’t want to get that thing what people talk about where it stores your fat? I’ve been doing my diet this way for about two weeks now and only recently started tracking it with this app. I’m just so scared of eating more because I want nothing more than to start losing weight…

Ok guys so a quick update; I definitely need to eat more and figure out more healthier calorie rich meals for on the go.

Thank you everyone for the advice and the great discussion that is going on. Just because people was asking I’m not hypertensive or diabetic I’m generally in very good health for a person that’s overweight. I walk a lot do to my job so overall pretty active. I put on a lot of my weight by drinking mass amounts of sugar…

See I wasn’t sure because I hear a lot of people saying their just as bad and people shouldn’t be drinking diet soda/pop or energy drinks for one reason or another.

Additives? Caffeine ? Why do more people not drink them if they’re just craving something sweet?

I’m off shopping tomorrow so I will buy a couple different kinds of meat and look for the ones with the lowest sodium so see if that makes a difference. The pack of meat I ate today was pretty high I would assume ? I mean I’m still learning about what’s good and bad so it’s all a learning curve and now you have told me…

Yeah I weigh everything I eat to make sure the package is correct. I’m really in to this and I’m tired of being overweight I’ve got two beautiful kids I need to live a long life. I might just need to see a doctor then if you’re eating that much and losing weight fine. If I ate much more I’d just be maintaining. I’m…