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First, quit eating like a rabbit! It does not work. Just follow the MFP Guidelines, enter everything you eat and I enter before I eat it so I can stay on track. Make sure you eat a little of what you like - that is what keeps you from burning out. If you exercise a lot, most MFP folks say add your exercise calories back in…

I have been dealing with it for five years. I do take a daily medication. I tried everything to just stop gaining weight and nothing worked. The doctors really were no help. I found this site Sept 1 and have lost 9 pounds. Good Luck

3500 calories equals one pound. If you five up 500 calories per day you can lose 1 pound a week. If you over eat 500 calories per day you can gain a pound a week. A pound of lean beef has less than 1000 calories so no way is your partner's theory correct.

Hi, Please get your thyroid checked. If you have a thyroid problem you will keep gaining weight no matter what you do - at least that's what happened to me. Now that I am on medication, MFP is working for me. Good Luck

Basically what everyone else said. I eat something I like everyday but I make sure to stay within my MFP guidelines. I don't feel like I am dieting, just making a change in my eating habits and I have still lost weight. I do enter my food before I eat it to stay on track. I know that every Friday night we are going out to…

Do you have access to a refrigerator or freezer in the homes? If so, maybe make up things like pots of chilli, soups even meals similar to tv dinners but lo cal versions and keep in the freezer. You can get a thermal bag in the camping section at Walmart that will hold several containers. Also, greek yogurt, Laughing Cow…

Hi, If you stick with the MFP guidelines, you can lose weight without exercise. I have health issues so I can't work out but I am still losing weight. I have seen threads asking if you can lose weight withot exercising and a lot of people responded saying they have lost weight without exercising. One poster said they did…

In the short run, put on one of those ace bandage type knee braces you can pick up at the pharmacy and then go to the doctor. If you have torn something you don't want to cause more damage.

You are at the right place. This site is amazing and the support is great. Last week, a young female had posted her story and it was amazing. When she started, she weighed over 500 pounds - yes - over 500 pounds and she was brave enough to show her starting photos. She set her goals in terms of getting into 400 land then…

It is your choice but you should really be under the care of a doctor before taking any pills - prescription or over the counter.

I have not tried this but a friend of mine has and she says it is very good. Take a chocolate cake mix, add one can of diet cola and bake per directions of the cake mix. You can also do it with yellow cake mix and use something like diet 7-Up. The only calories here would be the actual dry cake mix so you could get larger…

Ha Ha - I don't know how to do the fancy little weight thing either. About your digital scales - I bought a set two weeks ago. When I weighed, it showed me weighing 7 pounds more than my old scale and I was so disappointed. After recovering a bit, I just reached the concusion that it is just a number and readjusted my…

This is an amazing site. You will learn so much about food and calories which helps me make better choices. I really don't feel like I am dieting, just changing the way I eat. I do log food before I eat it. It helps me stay on track. Unlike a lot of fad diets, if you have a bad day, tomorrow is a new day and you can get…

I love this site. Good Luck

Judging from your photo you are doing something right! If it works for you that is all that matters. My spoiled doggie wakes me up in the middle of the night to get a treat. Sometimes I treat myself a little. If I do, I just add it to my breakfast calories and it all works out.

Very nice post. You are right, we do need to love ourselves no matter what. Your doctor gave you some great advice. I hope you will try this site with or without your diet pills. I have learned so much about food and calories not to mention I have picked up some great tips and really good recipes. Good Luck

Forgot to mention that I enter my food before I eat it. It helps me stay on track. It takes a lot of planning but it is well worth it.

I can relate to what you are saying. However, you are at the right place. I love this site and I have learned so much about food and calories. To be honest, I don't feel like I am dieting. I am going with the steady goal of 1 pound per week and so far I am on track. I think you will find this site to be the same way. Good…

Don't beat yourself up. We all got here one way or another. In my 40 years of dieting, thanks to MFP, I finally feel like I know what I am doing. I think you will be able to meet your goals by using this site. I have learned a lot abot food and calories and I love reading the post. I get good tips and great recipes. It…

I lost one pound my first week which is my goal. Mine differs from week to week. I think everyone does. Don't be disappointed no matter what the results. I have read where some people actually gain the first week. Like you say, everyone is different. Just keep trying and it will work for you. Good Luck

You may want to talk to your doctor. Having a C-Section may require a different approach.

You are setting your goals very high. I have to agree with the folks that say quit one at the time - your choice. Once that is accomplished, tackle the other. I don't know if you like celery on the quit smoking thing but my doctor told me that celery takes more calories to chew than actual calories contained so it has…

I love this site and I am sure you will too. I don't feel like I am dieting, just making different food choices but still losing weight. Good Luck

OK - If there was a cockroach in you meal box, there are cockroaches all over the place that prepared that food. I hope the other folks didn't eat their food. The business that prepared the food should return all of the cost and be shut down until the roaches are gone gone gone!

I love this site. I can't believe it is free but so happy it is. I tried WW briefly a couple of years ago but the point thing was confusing to me and I just could not get into it. A friend put me on this site and I just love it. I finally know what I am doing after 40 years of dieting!

Sorry to hear about your situation. My daughter's over time was cut out two weeks ago as well as her regular hours being cut and it does put a financial burden on you when this happens. I don't have much to add as there are so many helpful post here that I will be trying some of them myself. I buy marked down bananas and…

I buy marked down bananas pretty cheap and then I put them in the freezer, peel and all. I use them for smoothies and they are so good. I divide up a gallon of milk in 2 cup jars and freeze because I can't drink or use a gallon before it spoils and a gallon isn't much more than a half gallon. You can do a lot with a bag of…

I not only have a sweet tooth I have sweet teeth. Sweets have been my main stay for years but fortunately I moved enough to keep off the weight. Then, out of no where I was struck down with some major medical issues so the weight has crept on the last 5 years and now I need to lose it because it is driving me crazy! These…

Thanks - Will make great winter meals! Can hardly wait to try.

Live in the US. You will love this site. Don't get bogged down on things in my opinion. Just stay as close as possible to the MFP guidelines and you will be fine. I do enter my food before I eat. It helps me stay on track. The net in and out stuff has to do with adding your exercise calories back in. If you exercise and…