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My suggestion is to go back to tracking but weigh everything and be vigilant and patient! Our bodies don’t like change, so allow yours time to adjust. 🦋

@Katmary71 @cindyscott4834 @Lietchi @bold_rabbit You all raised a very interesting point; that "whoosh" as Lietchi called it, of cumulated weight loss all of a sudden. Personally, just the thought of that happening after a "progress drought" sounds wonderful, and is very motivating. Gives everyone something to look forward…

@manderson27 You made me laugh with the "gob" remark. Glad you're back on track! @Duck_Puddle Yep, sloppy logging is often to blame. I've just gone through my logging and found some issues I need to correct myself. @AnnPT77 You're lucky! Some people have them, some just don't. Everyone's different. @aimjolie Yep, it's just…

Personally, I don't like them for me because I would rather my weight loss success be because of my own work and than pushed artificially by an outside force. Also, I'm cheap. lol :wink:

I'm 5' 5" (though much older than you!) and 144 is my end goal, so congrats on being where you are already! I have 7 pounds to go to get to where you are, and it's tougher now than it was for me when I started this at my peak of 173. I feel your frustration. But if this is the first plateau you've hit, then that's…

Great responses so far. Keep 'em coming! @mydogisthebestdogever WOW, that IS a long time! Glad you rode it out to victory. Good things come to those who wait (and weigh). 👍 @sardelsa That's interesting. I have also noticed that when I do more strength training or climbing, I seem to "gain" weight due to muscles retaining…

I think that’s called maintenance 😉

First of all, @zoehend congrats on your weight loss so far! Nice job. 🤗 It's easy to look at our inevitable plateaus as frustrating set-backs, but they really aren't. I look at them this way. Our bodies are always seeking balance; homeostasis. Because of our amazing evolution and ability to store fat for times of famine,…

Agreed. I have a few neighbors who were BIG Mountain Dew addicts, lol, and they all got together and quit. They said that after the caffeine-withdrawl headaches stopped...the weight started rolling off, to a point, plus a ton of other health benefits like not wrecking their teeth anymore (soda is really acidic, especially…

I used to LOVE Diet Cherry Vanilla Coke back in the early 90s...wow, like cake in a can. My brother-in law and I could not get enough of it! But once they stopped making it, my love of all things soda died. But whether full sugar, low sugar or diet, soda is a bad one for anyone's diet for so many reasons. When even the…

To your comment on women "blaming" menopause. It's well-documented that men in their 50s and beyond begin a sort of male menopause phase where their testosterone and androgen start to fall off dramatically. Theirs is simply lacking "markers" (like the cessation of a period or hot flashes) as with female menopause. But that…

Speaking as a person who has been there, done that per menopause weight gain, it IS a real thing! (My doctor agrees.) Once you start the menopause journey for real, sans periods, your estrogen levels, progesterone and testosterone levels as well, start dropping off dramatically and what used to work for weight loss or…

Hi, Chris! Speaking as a person who has been there, done that per menopause weight gain, it IS a real thing! (My doctor agrees.) Once you start the menopause journey for real, sans periods, your estrogen levels, progesterone and testosterone levels as well, start dropping off dramatically and what used to work for weight…

Speaking as a person who has been there, done that per menopause weight gain, it IS a real thing! (My doctor agrees.) Once you start the menopause journey for real, sans periods, your estrogen levels, progesterone and testosterone levels as well, start dropping off dramatically and what used to work for weight loss or…

Menopause can be a liberating time of realization and the start of a new outlook....if we listen to our bodies and our minds. For my own journey, I got back to the real me, ditching the excesses (coffee, salt, alcohol, negative voices of others, etc.) and never looked back. I wish all of the ladies here happiness and…

I used to be in love with coffee. The ritual of making it, the sipping of it, the jolt and sharpness I got from it, all were a deeply ingrained habit, and I had no real issues with it at all. I had tried quitting coffee off and on for years, mostly to see if I could, but always drank tea too, so my whole adult life, I had…

I weigh every morning, no clothes, before I eat or drink anything, and after first "major" bathroom visit of the morning, IYKWIM. :smile: That way, I get a truer number.

I realize this is a very old thread, but it's an important one, so I'm reviving it! Yes, getting rid of the excess salt in our modern diets is VERY important, not just for blood pressure and bloating, but in my case, it was undermining my MFP efforts because it was making me SO HUNGRY. When I finally cut out the chick fil…

You are an inspiration, Janet. :smiley:

Yep, we definitely have to remember to eat enough and throughout the day. Nice job on your bike! And I agree on the dijon mustard on food. It can help almost anything! LOL

Welcome, Theresa! You are in good company. I have used MFP off and on over the last year and it wasn't until this past October that I finally buckled down and got serious and really started making some positive changes for myself. Only then did the weight start to budge and come off. As you said, back to basics! For me, it…

WOW! That steak looks perfectly cooked. Nice job and yes, great self-control. LOL :wink:

The last thing I cooked (as in not from frozen or cans!) was a batch of turkey chili yesterday. I use Jenny-O extra lean ground turkey, fresh yellow corn, red sweet peppers, organic no-salt crushed tomatoes, sweet Vidalia onions, fresh garlic cloves, olive oil, oregano, basil, and parsley. I store it in my fridge fresh,…