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Homemade keto butter chicken on riced cauliflower!

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time. You've done such a great job so far. 72 lbs! That's amazing and you should be proud! As for looking the same in the mirror, that happens to me a lot. When you watch yourself change so gradually it can be hard to see the difference, especially if you're wearing all the same clothes.…

I'm not an expert in anything and I'm not going to knock someone's whole career I haven't had any personal experience with... That said, I kind of chuckled that the dietician poo-poos the accuracy of calorie counting and calls CICO "oversimplified" and in the same breath tells you to use the "hand portion" method. 'Cause…

Slow and steady is the healthiest way to do it for your long term success. Congratulations, I'm proud of you!

By most charts, I'm about 8 lbs. away from 'Overweight' BMI and out of 'Obese' for the first time in my adult life. I should hit it sometime in October!

Lots of discussion on the why here, I'm just going to stick to the question. I do low-carb. My net carbs are usually around 70-100g. Today I was 91g net carbs. - I drink water or unsweetened tea, no drinks with calories or sugars. - I don't eat fruits generally but it's not a hard line, I'll make room for the occasional…

I'm a woman in my mid-30s, I've had no surgeries and taken no weight loss drugs, and I've lost 137 lbs. (62kg) so far since January 2019 on a CICO low-carb diet. It is definitely possible.

As someone who has lost a lot of weight with Keto and low carb, three pieces of advice: 1. Keto will not make you lose any faster than any other CICO diet. Speaking from experience having one failed attempt at Atkins years ago and now my success with Keto, it's not a magic bullet, some people will even say you can just eat…

The body is like that sometimes... I keep all of my weight in my hips and butt, so you'd think that would be where I would lose since there's so much of it there, right? Nope, 9 times out of 10 when I do measurements the number going down is my chest! Thanks, body. :# You said that your stomach has been reducing in size…

Wow, you look great!! Doing it for your health is so, so important. It sounds like you've got excellent priorities, which is a great foundation for a lasting change. Just keep doing what you're doing, it's working!

Thanks! I love it too, definitely going to see about tailoring it or reusing it in some way once I'm at my goal weight.

Thank you everyone for your wonderful encouragement, it's such a boost! @ManlyMutt Congratulations on the milestone, that's amazing. We can do it, we just have to keep going forward! :smiley:

Today I entered the world of selfies. I nearly cried. I took a picture of myself and thought, "She's pretty. The girl in this picture is pretty." Not "as *close* to pretty as I'm ever going to get", not "my hair looks okay I guess" or "this could be worse". I actually feel like, at least in this picture, I'm pretty. I…

I had an amazing opportunity that I wasn't able to take full advantage of because of chronic pain, either originating from or at the least exacerbated by my morbid obesity. I pushed myself hard during that time because I didn't want to have regrets, but there were things I still wasn't able to do because of my body holding…

I plan to log. I feel like it's worth the minimal effort to do it. Rather, it's just not worth the risk to let it lapse and be part of the statistic of people who gain it all back.

Before I started on myfitnesspal, I used a keto calculator to get my TDEE and macros, and on it was a projections forecast. I hadn't paid it much heed but I seemed to be going at around the same pace it suggested, though I managed to pull ahead of it, as it were.

Thank you! It's so exciting, I feel so energized now for the next year and the next goal! :blush:

I'm a proponent of structured cheat days. I give myself 2-3 days (I say 3, but sometimes I'm just over "bad foods" by 2 and ready to get back on the horse) a month at the same time every month, and I personally feel like they keep me on track more than they hinder me. I can't eat as much as I used to after sticking with my…

If you have a menstrual cycle keep in mind that this will make you gain water weight even when eating a deficit! I'm in deficit and I still have peaks and valleys every month that are easily tracked to my cycle. While eating out frequently never hindered your weight loss before, also keep in mind that you had more wiggle…

The inches I've lost in my butt and hips have made me sit further back in the car. I noticed the other day that where my knees were digging into the glove compartment before, now I've got at least two inches of extra space! :lol:

Rosemary chicken and brussels sprouts in cream sauce. Very good, though I went a bit heavy handed on the thyme thinking it was the rosemary. :#

Thanks for the insight and support! It's hard to lose the anxiety even when things are going right. I've been down this road before too many times, and I want to make sure I do it right this time.

To be able to shop anywhere instead of going to a specialty store or the three racks pushed in the back at Wal-Mart. :neutral:

EDIT: Ah, I misread your post. Agreed with the poster below!

Weight loss doesn't look like a diagonal line moving steadily downwards, it's more like a rollercoaster track of ups and downs as your body adjusts, as you digest foods throughout the day, as you gain temporary water weight. If you are a person who has periods, this will affect your weight! I gained almost ten pounds of…

Measuring bodies is also not a 100% science. Maybe they measured a little higher on your thigh this time, or maybe they pulled the measuring tape more taut last time. I can't even get consistent results on my own body.

The good news is you don't have to exercise at all to lose weight. I have back problems that make even light walking difficult, and I have just hit 60 lbs. lost doing *no* extra exercise. The necessary things for me were: - Figuring out my base metabolic rate and daily energy expendature (MFP can help with this) - Eating…

Congratulations!!! Speaking as someone who has been fat since my earliest memories, can I say that I am so so proud of you?? I feel like it's a little harder for people who have lived with childhood obesity, because we don't even know what healthy eating habits are or what a healthy adult body feels like. We have to train…

That's your problem, then. It really is important to use the scale.

1. Weigh everything on a food scale. So many times I thought my calories were accurate but measurements like cups are just too inaccurate. 2. Weight fluctuates. Remember that you're not always going to go in a straight line down. As long as you're on top of your calories, don't stress! Right now you might just be carrying…