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Eggs, especially hard boiled (I like a runny yolk) with a little soy sauce. Umami flavor, protein, and low in calories.

I saved my calories for the day and had the half pounder from the Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder.

Coffee, water with gas, diet soda

I am with you right now. The last 15 for me. I feel lucky if I see a 1lb loss on the scale in two weeks time. I also am very hungry. So I’ve resorted to eating at maintenance much more, just to keep my sanity. Exercise is a must, thankfully the weather is warmer so I can walk more. I am hoping to hit my goal by the Fall.

I skip breakfast and drink two cups of coffee with 4 tbsps of half and half pretty much everyday. I’ve continued to lose weight but that’s also because I hit my calorie goals, not because I skip breakfast.

I don’t even look at carbs. I shoot for meeting my calorie goal first, then protein goal, and lastly 25g fiber.

Yes! I’d be extremely hungry if I didn’t. Just make sure you don’t over estimate the calorie burn.

Yes. I’m starving if I don’t.

You’ll have days where you eat more so it eventually balances out. You just don’t want to consistently be under your target...you’ll lose weight of course. Two tablespoons of peanut butter also wouldn’t be a bad idea if you’re too low...

I focus on calories and then protein. If I’m under my calories for the day and hit my protein goal (100g) than it’s a great day.

Age is not an issue. You’re losing weight so you’re in a calorie deficit just not as quickly as want. 1/2lb every 2 weeks isn’t that bad. You might be eating more than you think though if you’re not using a food scale to measure your intake.

Weight lifting!

Yes. If you don’t than you’re just steeping your deficit which can lead to binging, being moodiness, and low energy.

My husband and I both use it. We also use it for baking so it’s not unusual. My girlfriend stayed with us and she was like is that how you lost all that weight? And then she bought one herself.

Doing this today and tomorrow. I’ll be in surgery tomorrow and won’t be able to eat until 1 or 2 so eating 500 + calories today to curb some of my hunger in the morning and eating 1000 calories tomorrow. I don’t get hungry when I’m pumped with fluids all day.

How long have you been on this plateau? How long have you been in a deficit for? How do you measure your current food intake, using a scale? Did you recently up your exercise regime? Need a bit more information.

Their “too thin” comment might say more about them than it does about you.

This happens to me too. I don’t usually have my phone with my when I’m playing softball or volleyball so the steps aren’t counted in that exercise I manually log. So instead, I will manually log my steps walked as an exercise alongside it. I know I’m not double dipping and I am usually pretty hungry and want to eat those…

The diet you can stick with for a long period of time (years) is the good kind of diet. The bad kind of diet is the one you can’t sustain.

You can insert any macronutrient into this question and the answer will still be the same. No, it doesn’t matter. All that matters is being in a deficit for loss.

I do cardio on non lifting days. If you must cardio, probably best to do it after heavy lifting.

Also, the lifespan a couple hundred years ago was like 30-40 years. We can can expect to live much longer than that now, even being obese. We aren’t exactly the same natural beings as we were back then. I think modern living is more ideal, even if that means I have an abundance of food and need to count how much I consume.

My n=1 experience...my back pain was strictly due to weak abdominals. I went to PT for 10 weeks and we did mostly abdominal exercises and some back stretches. I still have to work hard on my ab strength but it’s made a pretty big difference. I can’t say for certain of course if that’s your issue though.

I believe your body can only absorb so many vitamins before it just stops absorbing it. You end up with vitamin rich urine.

Multiple your weight (+the weight of the pails) x distance in miles x .33 Might give you a decent estimate.

I really don’t find tracking my calories as unnatural. I look at it like I look at my checking account. I’m trying to keep things in balance. And ‘back in the day’ we use eat meat, potatoes, corn and food was scarce so it can’t really be compared to modern times.

Do more cleaning at home, take the stairs more often, do more laundry, take more grocery trips, walk to the store, walk around when talking on the phone, lots of little things you can do everyday to increase your activity.

When I was 225-170 I lost 2 lbs a week. Now at 160 I’m lucky to hit .5 lbs a week. I simply cannot sustain the steep calorie deficit to lose faster than that.

Not to mention the calorie burn from trying to avoid runners, walkers, and dogs on the Lake Shore Trail. And sideswiping the potholes. I feel like the potholes in Chicago are more awful than usual after this winter.

All of them. I do underestimate some exercises though when I input them into MFP (cycling and sports). I also typically use the following formula for my walk calories burned: weight in lbs x miles walked x .33