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Yes but also no. In my life, I (deliberately) lost in two rounds. The first 7.5 kg I lost for good (about 11 years ago). Then, some years after, I decided to lose other 7 kg, but these I regained. But I understood the difference between these two losings: the first 7.5 I lost very slowly (in a year), and introducing only…

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Not so much for bread in sé, in my opinion, but for different foods. When eating something different from my usual things, I always vary a lot (sometimes up, some times down). But it's always temporary, after some days everything realign. PS: also, a change of foods usually changes a little bowels's movement and bladder's…

Till now, as @zebasschick and @spiriteagle99: moreover, I lost weight (more than 10 kg, from 63.5 to around 53, in these last 10 months). And I have none of usual peri symptoms. But, me too, active and paying attention to my foods (since always, not only now). I'm in peri since a couple of years, I've always eaten very…

Sorry, another addendum: to move from losing to maintenance, I updated MFP minimum in this way: during losing I set it on "sedentary", while now it's on the first level of activty (in English I think something like "light active"?). This + walking calories (I add them by hand, entering walking minutes registered by Fitbit)…

I don't trust my Fitbit, it exaggerates calories burnt. For walking, instead, I found MFP fairly reliable. Simply, to be even on the safer side, I register always "slow pace" also when I walk faster. Don't know for other exercises 'cause I only walk. (Note: I started eating back half of my walking calories, but I was…

Starting with this week, I’ll consider only the week average weight + the calorie deficit of the previous week as stated by my Fitbit. * (November 27-dec 3: average day deficit: 697 cals) Kilos from 55.8 to 55.1 * (December 3-10: average day deficit: 701 cals) Kilos from 55.1 to 54.7 * (December 11-17: average day deficit:…

Wait for opinions of people more experienced than me, but here my two cents (obviously don't know about your habits, so perhaps you already do these, or you tried and wasn't useful; in thi case, ignore me). I lost and kept losing by 1) walking every day (10k steps for ten years; then, lately, I went up to 20k - no other…

Thank you very much, @wendsg!

Ditto for me, no friends. People who is still looking for the right path would have been even counter-productive, to me; and successful/experienced people's comments I read in forums and taught me a lot (as Ann and Yirara above: you have no idea how much I learnt from you both, I'll never thank you enough, if I reached so…

(Pardon my intrusion, but seen this challenge only now. It will be on for 2024 too? Thanks and happy cycling :smile:

Yes, walking is really magic. I did and do only this*, 10k steps/day for 10 years (lost 7 kg in the first year, and for good), and about 20k in this last 9 months (lost other 10 kg, eating my usual foods and calories, only paying attention to not exceed with sweet things for health reasons, but still eating them, only in…

(ETA: I noticed now this thread is dated August) My tip is: if you don't like a certain vegetable cooked in a certain way, give it a chance in a different way. My experience: I don't like zucchini as stand alone, but I really love them in omelettes, or patties; I don't like eggplants as stand alone, but really adore them…

Why vacuum sealing? Have you got little freezer? (Asking because I'm the queen of meal prepping, but I store everything in normal disposable plastic boxes for foods, no vacuum. Now, I know I'm lucky, I can use simple boxes 'cause I have two giant freezers - bought specifically for this purpose, I cook two meals/day for 5…

Sorry, I've seen this only now and okay, about it I don't know (my goals are all about health, so I find interesting and satisfying don't have to take medications, and, in general, having higher immune defenses: sincerely, I hope it will keep so boring :smile: )

It's me, perhaps, but I really don't understand: maintenance is never a fixed thing, in my experience (nine years with 7 chilos lost for good). I mean: 1) I have no fixed exercise routine (it changes depending on the season, but also on the spur of the moment, desire etc. Edit: I only walk, but walking by the river, or…

Amen to everthing @tryamiss0c7873 wrote. Little steps, and above all only things you like. I hate exercise, but I love walking: started 10k steps/day (9 years ago) and never ceased. Only by this little trick, I lost 7 chilos and never regained (9 years) because it's a sustainable life, it's enjoyable and it's no effort.…

You don't have to live bad for losing weight. About ten years ago, I started betablockers: in three months, I went from my usual 47 kilos - I stayed there till 43 years, have a son etc etc, and there I was - to 71... added more than a third of my weight!). But: everyone said me the only choice was eating two thirds of what…

9 versus 68 is nothing, don't worry, you're definitely on the wagon! Bravo, great job!

Starting with this week, I’ll consider only the week average weight together with the calorie deficit of the previous week (it’s from my Fitbit, so no precise at all – it really overestimates burnt calories – but it’s useful to me to have a comparison of weeks: if with the deficit of the previous week I lost too much, it’s…

Meal prep/batch cooking (I have some points in common with you: high glucose / a family to feed / job etc, so my foods should be ok for you too). I stuff my freezer(s) on Saturdays/Sundays (see examples below) and in week days I only take out things and reheat them in microwave while adding the last touch with something…

What I've seen in myself and in many others is addiction to "ease". Yes, if I have around a six croissants box I'll eat all of them, but only because that's more easy/quick than, let me say, peel an orange. So, as Loulee above, I don't renounce to any food, but I 1) made more difficult to reach some things (for instance, I…

I have 4 alternatives, depending on the mood: * espresso and croissant, if I wake up with the desire of going out/walking to the cafè; * espresso and slice of (homemade) cake or (homemade) lemon or blueberry or apple or carrot or other muffin, if I want something sweet but have zero desire to go out; * espresso and toast +…

No photo, but eggplant (meat)loaf for lunch and onion soup for dinner (cold weather calls soups :smile: ) PS: I have always hated eggplants "alone", but in omelettes and loafs wow (in a loaf for 4 servings there were 600 g eggplants, 50 g grated parmesan, 100 g smoked scamorza, two garlic cloves, 250 g breadcrumb and 1…

Yes it was a typo for this forum ('cause in Italy we use comma), sorry. Thank you Ann :-D

What Lietchi means is that 1 kg is "about" 2 lbs, not "exactly" 2. (It's a little more: 2,204 lbs)

Not exactly looking for that but yeah, I'll happily read them, thank you! I thought to sugar/carbs because of two reasons: first, I didn't change a lot in my way of eating; simply, I cut the excess of sugar (candies, a bunch for day; and croissants, that I however eat, but now it's one every breakfast, before I ate from 3…