wunderkindking Member

Yeah this is exactly the sort of thing I mean. I log wherever I last put the food/can find it closest. There's a lot of stuff I don't log at all - always my morning coffee, but when traveling or out for an event, that's it. I don't tend to log a lot of condiments, spices, or fruit veg anymore (personally). I'm pretty…

November 2 - 126.8 November 8 - 126.4 November 11 - 124.7 (period arrival) I've been inside what I would like my maintenance range to be, but I get to go into the holidays/winter (less active) at the low end of that range, and that feels good. My weight will probably continue to drop some this week because I can never…

I've looked at someone's diary once because they asked for feedback. Otherwisw, nah. Mine stays closed because I log weirdly and nor most of what I eat, and I really am not interested in what other people are eating.

I'm eating a Reese's cup for dinner. It's fine though I hit my protein and fat targets already and saved the calories. It's fine. (Guac + tuna with tortilla chips for easy lunch. Do that. 10/10 highly recommend)

There's no reason you have to make your range 10 lbs and lose every few months. That makes it a big thing/undertaking -- though I personally would be okay with it, but 5 or 6, maybe? Hit the top end of the range, tighten things up some, slowly lose, repeat. But as I said that's... basically my definition of what…

And this is the crux of it for me. I've said before that I would rather still be obese than never eat another cookie - and I mean it - but it isn't literally the cookie (or the pizza, or a beer or whatever thing). What is IS however is the recognition that food and sharing it is steeped into our species as... a BIG part of…

In absolute fairness I wasn't gung-ho at the outset. I am incredibly, hugely, to the point of rigidity, anti-rigidity and find 'go big or go home' attitudes in life in general toxic as heck. This is because I AM OBSESSIVE AS HOLY HECK so I had to be slow and easy and, uh, pretty gung-ho and rigid about not being gung-ho…

Okay but I went from 190 pounds to 125. I have already reached my goal. I've been maintaining it - as have other people who posted here - some of them for many years. So, you know. You're wrong. Sort of. Because no one said it didn't take 'discipline'. It does, in the sense that it takes consistency for a long time -- as…

I am 5'5 and somewhere in the 125-128lb range (and 5'5"). When I'm particularly active, I eat something like 2500 calories a day. When I'm not overly active/just going about my lightly active live it's somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000. I acknowledge full well that calorie needs are individual - but calorie needs are…

Water has sodium. Its a naturally occurring mineral. It will literally exist to some degree in nearly everything on the planet.

It's extra skin but also things meant to be tight are made with negative ease. Meaning to stretch to fit and unstretched smaller than what they're meant to go on.

It's still not terribly unusual, I think it's just a different sort of cycle. I think sometimes the 'fat' gets replaced by water weight almost for a bit, and then allt he water weight gets dropped in a short period. Wouldn't hurt to check with your doctor if you're concerned though.

Yep exactly what everyone else said. My weight drops once a month and then it's everything my deficit says I should have been losing all along.

oh heck yeah, lean into whatever makes you feel good. I ultimately just finally got 'used to' how I looked and internalized the confidence I think. Also I got cold. I am so cold. I am living in hoodies until May.

But all joking aside I finally mostly evened out so while my size is all over because clothing companies are stupid, once I find my size in a brand they fit more or less right. I just don't care right now because I AM COLD and I am going to live in hoodies until like May, probably.

I did. Because fall happened. Stretchy jeans or leggings, hoodie or flannel shirt of the tentish variety, and uggs. It goes nicely with "WHY AM I SO COLD, WHY IS IT SO COLD WHY IS EVERYTHING COLD ALL THE TIME" stuff. If I feel like being cute I braid my hair and wear mascara. :P I... will worry about it again come spring.…

I have come full circle with clothes. When I was obese it was 'is it clean and wrinkle free' + too big because I thought it hid my fat. When I was starting to see results, finally, I became really anti-'this is a tent'/wearing oversized things because I was proud and also because I COULD -- and because I felt like the…

Honestly, the best advice I was ever given and give others is to work on establishing patterns and habits in small ways that aren't things that feel like major work/sacrifice (logging is a habit, calorie 'ceiling' is a habit, some kind of movement') then live your life normally around those things, letting the 'weight…

I AM SO COLD. WHY IS IT SO COLD? OH MY GOD MAKE IT STOP I HATE IT.

This. I have only used a kitchen scale for baking and checking out of curiosity to see how it measures up against my volume/eyeball guesses (usually either I OVER estimate a serving size or it's about dead on). The scale makes me obsessive and unhappy so I use cups and spoons. Or well, used cups and spoons. At this point I…

First of all, your actual numbers are probably never going to align exactly with MFP - it's just using an average. So your actual knowledge and math about what you need to be eating to maintain is probably what you need to use to set your calorie goals. It sucks, but sometimes those numbers are overestimates. Secondly, I…

1500 a day is about my typical loss calorie allotment. I used to just skip breakfast - almond milk in my coffee was it - but I'm about 2lbs from the low end of my maintenance range now and I starve, fast, if I try that now. So for me I front load HEAVILY now - 500-600 breakfast, 300ish (light) lunch, and the rest just…

Sometimes IF of some form works for me - from 'just skip breakfast' down to OMAD - sometimes it doesn't. When it does it's a very good calorie management tool for me. When it doesn't, it's pretty clear and I've learned not to try and 'tough it out' and just eat. Truthfully the lower my BMI has gotten the less well it…

Your heart BEATING burns fat. Every movement you make burns fat. If you're eating fewer calories than you're using to stay alive, and keep staying alive, you're burning fat.

I was at an agility trial and a woman who hadn't seen me since I was 200 lbs walked up to me and told me I looked sick and I'd lost too much weight. I weighed 128ish pounds. Smack dab in the middle of healthy BMI for my weight. I just turned around and walked away. She wasn't trying to be mean. She was shocked and…

Sorry. I'd just gotten some creepy guy I auto-added (then removed after this) sending me messages of fairly explicit nature. I was not in the best frame of mind reading through the threads.

5'5", 44 years old. Getting myself on a Monday Schedule, here. November 2 - 126.8 November 8 - 126.4

There is absolutely no reason or benefit in logging it for tomorrow. It just means you'll be extra hungry day after tomorrow, and more likely to go over then. Log it, forget it, move on from it. Those days happen. ...and don't blame the wife Arc2arc. She made a suggestion, she didn't force him there at gunpoint and…

It's very similar to a kayak without any sides. So, I think you'll be fine. The balance thing really is just a learning curve but it's not a steep one. Just a matter of figuring out where you need to be. ...bonus: My dogs LOVE it.

2 eggs + 1 slice of American Cheese + 3 turkey sausage links = 290 Sub the sausage for a tortilla, toss in 10 calories (2tbsp) of salsa and make it a breakfast wrap Turn 2 eggs and 2 pieces of bread + margarine or light mayo and make it a sandwich Kodiak Cakes Chocolate Chip Protein Oatmeal = 200 (add greek yogurt (about…