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Greek yogurt is a great substitute. I use Greek yogurt in ice creams. I also drain it for a couple of days til it’s very thick and dry, and use it as a cream cheese spread, or a base for a very low cal “cheesecake”. what about Paneer? I made mine using a tofu press. Super easy and delicious. Telemea? Farmers cheeses or…

I stopped paying attention to BMI. I got to the low borderline of “normal”, but lost a ton of muscle. Being “thin” or low normal-range BMI was not a happy place for me. I’ve intentionally put back on 20-25 pounds, and am often spiking within a few pounds of “overweight”. Yet, I wear the same size 4 clothes I got at the…

Talk to your doctor instead of random folks on the internet. See if they can refer you to a PT, or give you suggestions themself. Have never broken a rib, but had a pulled lat I was sure was a break. I could walk and that was about it, but even swinging my arms was painful. all the trainers in my gym have Masters in some…

I’m going to assume you’re fairly new, since this is your first visit to the boards. it could be any number of things. The first month or two, people’s weight can swing wildly. Heck, I’m in maintenance and often see a three pound swing overnight. You’ve presumably changed your diet. Ever switched food for a pet? It takes…

welcome to MFP! Something that really helped me was speaking to myself in kind loving words, and really meaning it this time. I grew up with a morbidly obese mom who would stand in front of the mirror and cry, literally slap herself, and say,”you fat, ugly kitten” on repeat. And then she’d turn to underweight me and shout…

While “down” to a size 18, I found a size 8 pencil dress at TJ Maxx that I loved. I hung it sideways in the closet so I had to move it every single day to reach the clothes underneath. I talked to it every morning. “I can’t wait to wear you”. “Soon, real soon.” “What fun we’ll have”. “You sure are purty.” it sounds so…

No. I did not get by using the app. When I use the app, I’m simply sitting on my butt, entering data. I got “fit” by using the app to actually think about what I was putting in my mouth, paying attention to that, and subsequently making better choices. I got “fit” by getting off that same butt and exercising. MFP is a…

pfffft. I’ve had so many days and weeks of going over. Shrug and get back to plan. I still lost a ton, and have maintained even with fairly regular calorie blowouts. . My diary is open. You’d be shocked if you looked at my snacks last night. Am I worried? Naw. It’s the mentality of “so what” and going back to plan. No…

you lost a lot, quickly. 23 pounds in two months or less, and that was starting from a comparatively low weight to begin with (you don’t state your height, but profile pic isn’t looking short). First of all, you’ve been hammering it. Get a reasonable, nutritious plan in place NOW to not return to the higher weight. Second,…

Send him screen shots?

I’m laughing because yesterday turned into one of those blowouts. Our doughnut shop has closed and we’re still trying to figure out what to do for Sunday breakfast. I ordered some of those doughnut pans and tried baking an own-version , higher protein model of the Ina Garten baked doughnuts. Lordamercy, were they AWFUL.…

and PS- don’t forget, that three pounds includes a very heavy rind. It’s not all edible. You only count the edible bits.

what’s wrong with cubing them, refridgerating them in a bowl with Saran Wrap, and eating them for the next few days? If it were me, I’d cut somewhere else to enjoy more of them. Even if I just cut a pretzel rod (3=110 calories) it’s totally doable. I could eat watermelon 24:7. It’s the cutting of it that I absolutely loath…

you are amazing. I hear so many people with “I can’t, I can’t”. Pat yourself-long and hard-on the back for being an “I can” kind of person!

if you are looking to alter or tweak recipes, save them as “meals” instead of saving as “recipes”. You can see all the ingredients, and you can “copy” the meal. This way you have the copy to play with and make substitutions. Quantity changes etc. mit also saves the original meal, unaltered, so that if the experimental…

that’s a hella goal for 90 days, give or take. 36 pounds, or 17% of your starting weight. How are you going to talk to yourself if you can’t get there? Are you going to criticize, hate, mentally bludgeon yourself. Goals are great- was necessary for me- ,but goals need to be safely and reasonably attainable. To your…

this was my approach to weight loss. Instead of berating myself for overeating or the dreaded “falling off the wagon”, I shrugged, told myself it’s a darn sight better than it was before, and carried on. There’s no such thing a a “perfect” weight loss or exercise program. Why waste time grieving for something you can’t…

First of all, sorry for your loss. I’d like to point out that your loss must have been fairly recent, since holiday plans changed radically. And then you got sick enough to need care for an entire month. And then your caregiver cooked as they knew and wanted to cook. Out of your control. And, if I had to stay with my…

is it just me, or is “Warrior Babes” innately silly? It just smacks of some gamer sitting in his parents basement, fantasizing, versus a program to help women succeed.

welcome to MFP! You’ll want ti check out the Success Stories boards, then. I particularly recommend the NSV (non scale victories) thread. That one kept me going even when the scale was stubborn.

oooooh or an excuse for a caprese salad?

well, obvs, a pizza. Melt it in a quesadilla? dice into a salad? Cheese toast? Melt it in a pan til crispy and eat as a cracker? (Does that even work with mozarella?) That’s all I got. “Leftover mozarella”’is never a problem in my house. 😂 I’ve been enjoying the cheese of the month club so much, I’ve been treating myself…

thanks for your insightful comments, @Hayes1521 I hope they’ll help someone else out in the future. Two comments on this thread really struck me. The very first OG mentions “investing” in this program. If I mention weight loss and investment of cash in the same breath, so many red flags go up, it’s blinding. Second,…

and PS, your gym will have a 35 pound bar somewhere in the building. There’s no shame in using it, or using dumbbells on a bench, either, til you build some strength. I bet you’ll find some niche you can do well. I could never bench press any significant amount, but when I did bamboos with dangling weights, my yoga…

You know, once upon a time I was the obese woman in a yoga studio full of svelte (or so it seemed to me) practitioners. I couldn’t do twists, couldn’t do binds, and didn’t have a hope in hell of doing arm balances. But I tried, oh boy did I try. Got a giant bruise on my forehead when I was doing a forward fold, standing on…

I’m a boredom eater and a stress eater. When I gnaw on perceived slights, irritations, anger etc, I follow up by gnawing on food. I eliminated the sources of stress in my life. Sounds easy, but wasn’t, since it involved major life decisions, but the single best thing I did for my health. I also either keep my hands busy…

let me rephrase. In a perfect MFP world, where one would assume that MFP would keep the projection in sync with any recently revised calorie goals, one would assume that one would not get that message. however, assumptions that a perfect MFP operates perfectly in a perfect world, are…..perfectly imperfect? 😬

true enough. I was shocked to find myself “obese”, although I don’t know why I was surprised. But it did make me angry, and more eager to at least get to “overweight”. Mom was obese. I certainly couldn’t be, could I? 😮

@AnnPT77 🤷🏻‍♀️I dunno? I haven’t closed my diary in years. It drove me mad. As numbers driven as I am, it was just another level of perfection I’d never achieve, so I stopped closing so I’d stop getting the utterly pointless message. Haven’t noticed any change in the activity factors myself, although, to be fair, the…

hi, Lana. Welcome to MFP. I’m guessing you must be very short? I’m 5’7”, and never got into morbidly obese range, even though I initially lost almost 100. After packing on some muscle, I have a net loss of about 75, and am firmly in normal range. I only mention this because- again, unless you are very short, we can beat…