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I lost well over 100 pounds almost five years ago. All I did was count calories. I paid zero attention to sugar or fat or carbs.

56 years old here. Lost 118 pounds 4 years ago. The most important thing that I learned was that losing weight doesn't require adding particular foods, or restricting others. To lose weight you need to eat fewer calories than your body needs to maintain weight. It doesn't have to be complicated. Use this site to figure out…

There is only one kind of diet that will work. A diet where you are eating at a caloric deficit. Simply, put, you have to eat less than you burn. Whether you do this with Slim Fast, Slimming World Weight Watchers, or counting calories, they are all a form of portion control. Do what works best for you, by that I mean eat…

Ok. Being real. You will not be able to eat the same amount of food that you did before. You can however eat the same foods. Just smaller portions of them. In order to lose weight you have to eat less calories than you burn. It’s really that simple. The burger and fries for example, maybe you’ll have enough calories in…

Just chiming in to sing with the choir. 55 years old and lost 118 pounds 5 years ago. Once I understood CICO and applied it, I lost the weight.

Amazing!!!

It was a true light bulb moment for me realizing all I had to do what count my calories. Knowing that I did not have to eat eliminate any foods, eat raspberry ketones, take a diet pill to stop eating after 7 o’clock was a wonderful moment.

5’4, 55 years old. 268 to 150. (Also my profile pic lol)

This. There were plenty of times I was motivated and plenty of times I was not. I was always determined. There will probably be times when you just want to give up. Just don't, and lose the weight in a way that is sustainable for you in the long run.

I knew going into maintenance that the majority of people tend to gain their weight back, at least that's what I had always heard. I was never a yo yoer, I was thin for 25 years, then fat for 25 years. For me, I just knew I never wanted to be that heavy ever again. Its been almost 4 years of maintaining, and I still always…

Me too, although I don’t comment all that often I do sometimes feel like a fraud. Yes, I have maintained my weight loss and not regained, but it is a struggle almost every day. I sometimes still have huge binge days, when the urge just becomes overwhelming. It amazes me the amount of food I can still consume and then I…

I am 5'4 and 1/2. I maintain at around 1700 to 1850 depending on my activity level. I am not really active and I also use a fitbit. Like its been said, we all differ and it took several weeks of maintaining and tweaking before I knew my average. I am 150 pounds.

I’m 55 years old and I lost 118 pounds, eating all things in moderation. I’ve been maintaining for three years. I love carbs

I think though that for some of us the “urge” just never completely goes away. For me, it’s kind of like quitting smoking. Even after several years, I still struggle with the urge sometimes. I’ve been maintaining a large weight loss for a few years. I still have days where the urge to binge is over whelming. Like Kris…

This is my mind set also. I've been maintaining for over 3 years. I don't think of it as obsessing, but I still plan my meals for the most part (not so much on the weekend) and I still log. I also worried about regaining, especially at first, but I realize now, that I am the only one who has the control on whether I regain…

Tomorrow.

Our family makes a chili/cream cheese dip every holiday. You take two cans of chili with no beans and heat it up with two packages of cream cheese. Dip with tortilla chips or frito scoops. So yummy!

I have to add, that for some reason all three Walmart's in my area have been out of all frozen hash browns for about 3 weeks. I love my hash browns and ended up going elsewhere lol.

I've been in maintenance for almost four years, but still have occasional struggles with emotional or stressful eating. I'm still able to maintain because I don't let my occasional bursts of happy/sad/worried eating lead me into a defeatist mode, like it would have done before. Yeah, I admit it, to myself and others I…

Caloric deficit, however you choose to get there.

Although I understand the validity of this statement, I always tend to somewhat disagree with it. I think there should be a middle ground. I personally don't nor do I want to view food as merely a necessity in order to live. Food brings me enjoyment, I love tasting and eating good food, and I love socializing and eating…

If what you are saying is the truth, then please explain to me how on earth I lost 118 pounds over three years ago, while not paying any attention in the least to my carb count? I love my breads and rice and potatoes and ate plenty of them. Still do. How was I then successful? How are the other hundreds, maybe thousands on…

Another one who looks at their weekly calories instead of daily for maintenance I've been doing that for almost four years.

What a great post!

I know it seems like people on here are just trying to rain on your parade. It's just that so many of us have already gone through all of this. Myself, I tried every fad diet known to man kind. It wasn't until I realized it was about calories in/calories out that I was able to be successful. I've been maintaining for over…

I can relate. I've been maintaining for almost four years and still work hard to maintain that balance. I find it still as challenging as weight loss. One thing I do is to look at my weekly average instead of my daily, since my calories vary wildly for the week days to the weekends. Just the other day my husband asked me…

I lost a ton of weight without ever paying one bit of attention to how much sugar I was consuming. I did however pay attention to my calories. Sugar does not make you fat.

I met my husband when I was 28 and married him when I was 29. We've been together for almost 27 years. I had pretty much stopped trying to find someone when I met him. That is of course when it happened lol. I do remember feeling lonely and wondering if I would ever meet anyone.

Voodoo doughnuts in Portland get my vote!