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Maybe food. :) When I started, I was very lethargic. I increased my calories and felt better right away. ...Also the things Tamim said.

I'm not sure if I am in control enough to lose it, since I generally succumb to cravings. :smile: My philosophy is that it should be healthy, but I ain't dead yet and what if I die tommorrow? I would wish I'd eaten that ice cream, that's what. Thing is just making up for it a bit over the next day or two. It's a one day at…

You probably don't need the colon cleanse, either. Some people seem to be into that, though.

Sounds like an entree from my own menu

Hey, kj! I'm finding it easier to skip that kind of stuff, but at the same time, I was getting cravings I never had pre-diet for sugary junk food. Based on some postings, I found I was taking in too little fat. I didn't make a connection between the two, but when I increased my fat intake (what a juggling act with the…

See a doc. And a nutritionist. Personally I think losing 3.4 pounds per week (based on 68lbs for Sept - Feb) is way too much.

http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel_health_features_details.asp?health_feature_id=273&article_id=898&channel_id=1055&relation_id=17520

Maybe you can take heart in this: It took about 2 months of always feeling hungry before my body decided it was ok with the new regime. Since then, I occasionally feel hungry (of course), but overall I've adjusted and can't possibly eat like I used to. Last time I tried in quantity, it actually hurt. Last time I tried in…

WHIP that SOIP, buddy! You can do it! ERA, yeah!! :bigsmile:

Don't eat them. If you are hungry, eat. If not, don't. If you really feel the need to meet that target, then go ahead and eat some brownies or something. I've watched this debate for 4 months now, and I've decided it is largely bullsh*t. No offense meant to either camp. :) There is certainly something to be said for…

Agree 100%. As I see it, that is a successful perspective because it took years of lifestyle to put it on. It's more important to take it off in a way that you can stick with for a lifetime, than to get it off asap. For myself, I'm finding that balance where I don't have to work hard at it, but the weight loss comes…

As your weight reduces, so do the calories needed to maintain your physique. Try recalculating your goals. You might be having a calorie target a bit less than when you started.

I think you have a few months to prepare.

I like "bad" dreams. They are like getting a free movie rental. :) It's amazing how emotionally charged one is afterwards.

Good idea. Only a small percentage of users would ever look, though. The posts are inevitable. Only instead of posting "www.myfitnesspal.com/faq", you'd be posting "Hey, the FAQ link is up there." It's true, and you know it. :laugh: But it should be in every header nevertheless. It's just good design imo. As I think…

I personally just let it go when days or even weeks are less than perfect. Because it IS a lifestyle change, I know I must do things in a manner I will be able to maintain... at least until I have no choice and am still able. But I don't stop weighing. I don't stop keeping an eye on myself. Even with my debatably slack…

You need to ask that? Society has conditioned us from our earliest days! Were not your first tests in elementary school marked as a percent of 100? Were not those who acheived the highest percentage given the laurels? (Or gold star as it were.) Mistakes marked with a big red "X"? I believe it starts even earlier than that…

Just like everything else on the Internet. It's got truthiness at best. :laugh:

It looks to me like you might be on some kind of exercise binge. Clearly you weren't that active when you were gaining weight. :) One aspect of successful exercise is having a schedule you can do over the long haul. Not saying it's the same for everyone, but for me I couldn't do hours of exercise every day. I need an…

For toning you will want high reps. 8 - 12, 10 - 15, something along that line for upper body. I generally go higher reps for leg exercises. [edit: and a lot higher for abs.] Eventually, those weights are going to stop being any sort of challenge (Here's to your health! :drinker: ) and you will need to upgrade. I agree,…

I bet that is true. I don't drink diet GT myself. What is the point? It's already 0 calories. :smile:

I would count it. Green Tea is excellent for you and everything I've seen recommends it as part of a good diet (weight-loss or otherwise). Also, Green Tea is an antioxident and is used in diets meant to flush the body of toxins. The debate comes in as to whether you can count anything that is not "pure" water. If that was…

Calories burned don't show up under Strength Training and are not included in the food calculations. You have to enter it under Cardio. When you can't find a specific exercise, you can enter it after finding the calories burned on some useful website, like http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc. I don't think that one…

You assume we are women. :smile: Anyway... I have been at a plateau for the past month. I couldn't break 200 since before Xmas. I actually took this past week Off from exercise, maintained relatively good consumption habits and, bang! I am 198. It is said that changing routine works when you hit a plateau, and it seems to.…

6 small meals per day. I don't bother with that, but some folks swear by it. (I actually gained trying it.) Part of the joy of the 30's is finding out your metabolism slowed (I don't care how many meals you eat.), that you don't heal as fast when wounded, hangovers are worse... Enjoy!

Don't give up! I've been at a plateau so long I am almost getting discouraged myself, but it IS worth it. It can't last forever. I've seen my weight go up and down nearly 4 pounds from one day to the next, presumably from water retention from what I read. It's possible you first weighed at a "low" retention, then happened…

You should be trying for the Net amount. I see this all the time and the question I have is: if people have trouble even eating the minimum calories, then how can they possibly be needing to lose weight?

I'm partial to the Stouffer's Lean Quisine entrees that come in a bag and that you heat up in a frying pan. I can have a "growing boy" meal (ie: a whole bag) for only about 600 calories.

The longer I do this the more I can identify with folks who have trouble eating all thier calories. At first, it was unbeleivable. How not to go over seemed to be the question and I thought the rest of you were just a little bizzare. (No offense. :wink: ) These days, I can relate a bit more. There are days that I just fall…

Libido, eh? * Razbo "Googles" unsaturated fats * :smile: