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Welcome! Feel free to add me. I’m new here as well. Looking to meet fun and interesting folks who are kind and supportive but also don’t mind debating and discussing things that we disagree on. I am looking for lots of different perspectives to keep me interested and motivated! I'm 58 lbs down, with 100 to go!

Thanks so much to all who shared!! So fascinating to read about everyone’s different experiences with their pets! I’m awfully lucky with my pets, who are all so easy. Even tho my pug is blind, he’s so chill.

We sure aren’t! ;) That said, 3 meals a day didn’t become standard until the industrial revolution, and grazing and +3 meals per day is a 20th century invention. IF and calorie intake fluctuations have been shown in many studies to increase BMR. There’s even some interesting studies regarding longer fasts, but I’m not…

French press coffee with half and half or cream. Sometimes I throw in a sprinkle of almond or vanilla extract. Could get you that flavor you’re looking for without the sugar/sweeteners/chemicals.

I misspoke. Actually what I meant was I have a hard time eating more than 1200 in my window. I’m not trying to stay under a certain amount. That said, as far as calorie consumption on IF, if you are not fasting every day, it is natural (and good) to fluctuate your calories. Many people eat either no calories or under 500…

I will tell him you said so! He certainly seems to be happier and healthier. He was attacked by another dog last summer and is now totally blind. So we just put him on a stricter diet since he was pretty much laying around all the time. But I trained him to walk with me (listen to my steps, follow leash direction), and now…

That's wonderful! Congratulations :)

Congrats!

That's amazing! Congrats :)

Go get'em girl!

It Follows Oculus

Welcome elizabetht264! Thank you for this. I am loving the site!

Welcome! I have had excellent luck with cutting sugar, flour, and alcohol. I was not counting calories nor was I eating low fat. I also did not eliminate all carbs, just sugar, flour, and alcohol. For me, I found that without sugar and flour, I obsess about food way less, and I am less hungry. I think my blood sugar was…

My goal calorie limit is higher than that, but I easily stay at 1200 calories when I do the 16/8 intermittent fasting trick. Basically I stop eating at 7 or 8 pm and don't eat again until 11am or noon. This helps with hunger and cravings as well. I don't do the 16/8 every day, more like 3 times per week. But it might be a…

Lorenzo's, baby.

Thank you to all for your kind words and encouragement. It's great to see what a nice community is here on MFP! With regards to my further weight-loss goals, vkrenz, that 100 lbs is not a hard and fast number for me. Maybe I should update my goal to be smaller for now and adjust later if I need to. I'm just going by…