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Have you seen the clip from the West Wing where Leo McGarry talks about alcoholism and drug addition? "I don't want one drink. I want ten drinks". That's what sugar addiction is like for a lot of people (including me). I don't just mean white sugar. I mean white flour, rice, processed carbs of any kind. The good thing is…

Honestly I'd go for moderation. Eating a head of lettuce (which you can't afford easily anyway) may just stretch your stomach and get you to expect huge meals. Then if you go off your diet, you may not feel satisfied unless you have a stretched stomach of higher calorie foods. So I would try to eat now what you plan to eat…

Changing that for shorter, older women (who TDEE is very close to that, mine is 1300) isn't going to make a difference to those with eating disorders. If they are willing to starve themselves to serious bodily injury why would an app limit make a difference?

I bought size 16 lee "insect shield" jeans a while back during a sale. I live in an area with lots of deer ticks spring through late fall and I practically live in insect sheild clothes during tick seasons. They were tight enough that while I could get them on, I didn't want to stretch them. Figured I would fit into them…

It will close out the day for me at 1000 calories, not 1200 but I find it annoying anyway. It's rare I don't eat at least 1000. But there are the rare days I'm under that, and don't feel like eating more. It more than balances because there are days that I eat close to 1500.

I lost 40 pounds three years ago. Gained 25 back over those three years. Went on a diet in October and lost those 25 pounds. So it can be done. In fact, once you start eating more healthy, you'll feel better. The desire to eat things you shouldn't does entirely go away, but there are compensations, like moving more easily,…

I met my last goal of 167 today (166.8), and set a new goal of 165. I am (according to government BMI tables) no long obese and am just overweight :smile Further I set a goal of 2 pounds a week weight loss back in October and I am only .8 pounds over that goal, in spite of several 2-3 week plateaus where I just stayed at…

Fitbit has added a new "Feature", cardio load, that you can't turn off and it sends you an annoying message when it thinks 'you are in danger of undertraining" and urges you to hit a mythical cardio load. Fibit already has active zone minutes of various degrees. I am 68, I walk 5-7 miles a day, which I think is pretty darn…

I have heard from people that a low carb diet can reverse prediabetes. I am trying the same thing, so I wish you good luck. I am 68, and my BS has gone down some in the last two months, though it is not normal. I am hoping in another two it might be. I am mostly low carb, most days around 50 grams of carbs, some days…

Why can't MFP give us an algorithm where we can put in our steps and our activity points and it can give us the approximation of the exercise calories to add? Since either google (who owns fitbit now) and MFP can't get their act together to update them automatically? Just give us SOME workaround Hello MFP? Are you paying…

It has reappeared for me too as of Dec 26. It may not have shown up for me before because if you walk more steps than the day before it starts working again for that day. What is wrong that this keeps happening??????

this was cute. Not inspiring, but cute. Thanks for posting.

Congratulations and Merry Christmas. You have given yourself the best gift, of health.

this broke November 9th, was fixed a few weeks later and was working fine until Dec27. Today it is showing my steps from yesterday, with zero exercise calories. This is the same error as Nov. 9th. It is REALLY frustrating that Fitbit/Google and MFP can't work this out.

So many people find it easier to lose weight than to maintain. one good outcome for this plan is that it teaches you, once a week, how to eat at maintenance, and that when you reach your goal weight, maintenance requires discipline, just like dieting and reaching your goal weight will not be a free for all return to old…

Next time have one egg scrambled with a slice of cheese on whole wheat bread. It will give you some protein to attack those cravings and it will satisfy you at relatively few calories.

I am 68 and I am doing the sedentary/track the exercise calories. I generally just get exercise from walking, and I walk about 5 miles a day in 4 or so walks. It gives me between 500 to 700 or sometimes more exercise calories to eat back. I generally don't eat back the exercise calories, or at least not most of them, but I…

Re keto, most days I stay under 50, but there are days when I hover around 100. I get most of my carbs from carrots, sometimes a little potato with dinner. I try to stay away from carbs that quickly spike blood sugar. So keto doesn't have to be absolute deprivation. It's also true that when you are off sugar, a little is…

the sugar free chocolate supposedly doesn't trigger sugar highs and lows, which cause cravings. so that's the reason. Some individuals are sensitive, but others aren't. If someone has a chocolate addiction, it's a way to get some chocolate without the additional sugar rush and crash. I don't agree that they don't taste…

1. if you go on a keto diet, you can break the sugar addition habit. Once you are off sugar, those compulsive cravings will go away. Bad news is, at least for me and others, going back on even a little sugar may mean you have to deal with cravings again , so you have to break the habit again. 2. If you have to have…

I'm logging but I allowed myself a cookie yesterday. Still stayed within my calorie goals. I may have another tonight, still trying to stay within my calorie goals. I'm low carb, low salt. So while I may deviate from the low carb, I will try to stay within my calorie goals.

I also like to eat at night. I don't like breakfast. So I eat my breakfast at noon or even later, lunch at dinner time and I have a light "dinner" before I go to bed. I'm doing a low carb, low salt diet, so that takes care of most of the carb cravings, because I'm eating a lot of protein that kills the carb cravings. A…

I have crossed the BMI from being obese to being just overweight. now on to eventually being a normal weight.

If you wean yourself off sugar, for the most part, the cravings for junk food should lessen a lot. Regard it as a project in honor of your mother, who would want you to be healthy. Have you even tried a low carb (50 grams or less) diet? Maybe this is a time to try it.

1 egg scrambled (70) with 1 slice of cheddar cheese (80 cals) on one slice of sola low carb oat bread (60?) 1 net carb. around 210. And a cup of tea with lemon

It's good to know there's another person who went from pre or diabetic to normal in three months with diet and exercise. I hope in 3 months to join both of you in that achievement I'm being very strict, but I'm wondering if it can be accomplished even if i fall off the wagon and eat a couple of cookies at Xmas? Did you…

Supposedly it is fixed in "known issues". However, the lack of communication and accountability throughout the last 2-3 weeks ticked me off.

I have seen some report that these drugs can permanently paralyze the stomach, and some people have died. Or they are made unwell even after they have stopped taking the drug. So i would try anything else. I'm short (5.3-4) and post menopause and i've lost a lot of weight the past month on a low carb low salt diet. About 2…

Thank you so much for posting this. I have been on a 'new' weight loss journey for a month, and have gone on a low carb/low salt diet, (usually in mild to moderate ketosis), and about 1200 calories and 5 miles walking a day. I've lost 20 pounds so far, and I have an appt for a new A1c test in February. I am REALLY hoping…