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MFP's default suggestions often drops the calorie level as low as it will go (especially for women) at 1,200 - and even then because that's as low as the site possibly allows. Many people select 2 pound a week loss and burn out because 1200 is sincerely difficult to stick to. It can be more useful to check out how many…

Sometimes there's a little hunger in the beginning, especially when you're cutting calories. It's natural for the mind and body to go "Hey! We are used to eating more! What's going on?" It doesn't mean you lack willpower. It just means you're human.

Because I am lazy, too.

If you feel compelled to weigh daily, hold those numbers (maybe write them down somewhere) and then at the end of the week, average them out. That will give you a more realistic idea of what you're losing. Also try keeping track your measurements. That can help keep you going when the numbers aren't budging. And as MikePTY…

I would NOT leave 600 calories left, even if it's from exercise. If you are exercising that hard and not fueling your body, it's going to crave cheap sources of energy: sugar, fats, and carbs. You will end up eating way more than you would if you ate sensibly and fully up to your calorie limit (which means eating back your…

It is. Also carrying around a bottle of food laden spit is kinda gross.

I am not, but this sounds like a fantastic idea. I guess I do get more mindful when I have to decide between eating 500 calories of candy and be full for, like, a half hour or a 500 calorie sandwich and be full for several hours. I think your chopstick idea is awesome and very creative!

My browser shows the blue bar on the top that says "Home Food Exercise" etc. I click on Food to get back there. But I am on a laptop with Windows 10 and using Chrome. What are you using to access it? It might be different on mobile.

Necro'd, but since other people read this: That's a lot of work to save like 50 calories. Easier to just shave off a scoop of sugar in your coffee than to perform surgery on your food.

Oh dear lord, this sort of thing drives me absolutely bonkers. I've lived with two people like this who perpetually managed their time like toddlers. It drove me mad.

Calories in, calories out. One guy did the "Twinkie" diet where all he ate were Twinkies for over 2 months. Literally just Twinkies. He lost significant weight. Granted, that is NOT recommended. Weight loss that causes severe nutritional deficiencies will bite you in the *kitten* and screw up long-term weight loss. (I…

While we might not be able to see it ourselves, 10 pounds is a big deal. I found this on a website and I always thought it was funny AND inspiring. You've lost the equivalent of a bag of Russet potatoes. Next time you're at the store, grab a 10 pound bag of those potatoes and feel just how heavy that is. Imagine carrying…

This is exceptionally relieving and also very true. I need to remember this. It's so easy for me to get focused on one part - and it's often a part of my body that no one but my boyfriend and doctors will see! The world is not judging me on my wrinkled skin or poofy belly. They can't even see that. I'm the one judging me…

300-400 usually. I take a metric *kitten*-ton of medications and without a decent morning meal, it messes up my stomach. Sometimes I wake up late and log it as lunch, though.

Oh goodness, absolutely no. As another poster above mentioned, it sounds like this person has no boundaries and it will be up to you to set them. A couple of scripts I've found are useful "I'm sorry, but that doesn't work for me" or "I'm happy to help you out, but I need to make sure I don't over-extend myself so I can be…

I like this. *ganks and adds it to my personal repertoire of sayings*

I want to make my nephrologist say "Good job" the next time I see him.

I wish I'd understood this in my 20's. Would have saved me a lot of aggravation. "“You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.” - Elanor Roosevelt

It's good that you're back! But yeah, a lot of time thinking that certain foods are good or bad winds up to a person thinking THEY are good or bad, depending on what they eat. That can be destructive mindset to approach this with. Remember, this is not a test and you will not be graded.

I worked housekeeping at hotels for a decade. After I was done with that industry, I had no choice but to realize that a great deal of the population feels flushing is optional. I always shuddered to think about what went on in their toilets at home if this was the way they left them publicly.

For years people complained that I was one of those people who could eat whatever I wanted and stay skinny - to the point where I believed it. But the truth was that I was working manual labor jobs that burned tons of calories. When I quit working manual labor jobs but didn't change my eating habits, it was then that I…

I only like it when it's paired with something sweet, like some kind of sweet salad dressing or fruit dishes. It makes for a nice juxtaposition between the bitterness of the kale and the sweetness of the other foods. But on its own? Do not like.

You look amazing! That is some FANTASTIC work you've done!

The sound of my boyfriend playing Star Control, so spaceship sounds and oddly modulated alien voices?

Evening in. Wild just ends up with me drunk crying in a toliet stall and holding up someone who just wants to do their coke and get back to the dance floor. WYR have lasting and guaranteed immortality or just an unusually long life span?

I did not know this before earlier today, and that's a shame because I think i wooed a couple of really good posts before that. Maybe mods should make a quick pin explaining each of th reacts, just to cover this?

My youngest cat, who usually ignores me, came up demanding cuddles and pets. I felt very loved and accepted.

Regret-eating the cheese and JALAPENO bread I bought instead of the cheese and DILL bread I thought I bought.