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I have to agree, driving yourself harder isn't the solution to a plateau, I've been there done that, failed to lose more and given up too many times for it to be the solution. Though perverse backing off and slowing down appears to work. When it comes to my calorie allowance and those I gain from exercise I don't see them…

I use skimmed milk, but then again for mashed potatoes and scrambled egg you can't beat using real butter for flavor. I do think that the body looks for the carbohydrate hit to go with the sweetness in foods, and as a result you end up seeking out calories when you eat artificially sweetened food. Rather than sweetening…

I have always got stuck in the past, but this time around I have gone through the barrier without stalling. The difference is that I have not pushed my weight loss this time around. Without seeing your diary it is difficult to tell what you are doing but my suggestion though it might seem perverse is to not try harder but…

To each his own but I have come to a slightly different a slightly different view point: My basic philosophy is: 'Don't do anything I can't sustain permanently.' ie. I will not: • use food substitutes - waste of money and teaches nothing about diet • use diet supplements or drugs - ditto • adhere to a 'special' diet plans…

We avoid everything marketed as low-fat/fat free/artificially sweetened where they are versions of a higher fat/sugar product rather than being naturally low-fat/fat free/sugar free. The biggest issue I have is the what the manufacturers add to maintain the flavor whilst lost due the reduction in fat, often this is salt…

What has worked for me is eating the right thing at the right time and in the right amount. So three meals a day with my calorie allowance and some of my calories gained from exercise spread reasonably evenly across the meals, a mid morning drink, a mid afternoon drink and an evening drink. Also keeping myself busy helps…

Don't kid yourselves that this will truly reduce your weight, or that there is something special or magic about it, dandelion is well know as a diuretic and your are forcing your body to expel water and potentially dehydrate itself leading to all manner of serious medical issues. Unless you have a medial condition in which…

Having yo-yo dieted for nearly 30years I finally come to a simple conclusion as why the diets have never worked, or not worked for me personally, they are disconnected from (my) reality. Eating different foods to everyone else is more difficult than eating what they are eating and I learn nothing about the calorific value…

I've done WW lost weight, plateaued and gained the weight plus some back again. The biggest problem with WW is their proprietary points system which I could never fathom nor successfully apply out side of WW , plus I found it geared to women who didn't to loose much more than a few pounds if any weight rather than people,…

From your ticker you seem to be doing really well so far, keep at it. I'm currently 31lbs down 84lbs to go. Having tried and failed many times in the past, one thing that is keeping me motivated this time around is sticking to eating normal food but in more appropriately sized portions. After three months of sticking to…

You are weighing yourself too often, stalling for just three days is nothing. Over the course of a week my weight fluctuates up and down but overall over a week I will have a loss thus I only weigh myself once a week. Eating salty foods can cause water retention, and it will take several days to lose the water: litre of…

Hello from Hertfordshire

I happily give up my seat to the elderly, disabled, and pregnant and people with children, but having received abuse for opening doors for women and letting a women have my seat and been told that I was a chauvinist, misogynistic pig for doing so my position has become that unless a woman clearly needs the seat I will sit…

Hi, I'm from Hertfordshire.

Then left MFP guide you with your initial calorie goal arbitrarily picking 1200 is unrealistic and unsustainable, Enter your details into MFP decide how much weight you want to loose each week and see what it provides as a calorie goal, as I said initially mine was 1980 calories based on my height, weight and sedentary…

My exercise philosophy is not do anything I can't sustain permanently. Previously I have tried regimes which I fallen by the wayside because other commitments have come in the way, and the fact that I begrudge spending time exercising for its own sake. So my exercise is now simply what I can do in my daily life: walking…

I have to say I think your attitude is all wrong, and given your posts elsewhere regarding the use of supplements etc to speed weight loss, you appear to be looking for unrealistic instantaneous weight loss. After years of yo-yo dieting using all manner of special diets, recipes, supplements and substitutes I have come to…

Yes you will loose a significant amount weight using supplement sand accelerators, but only in your wallet. Save your money and stick to exercise and a balanced diet.

I'm with itsuki, do it once a week ideally at the same time in the day wearing the same clothes. Your weight can fluctuate by lb or more during the day and day to day, (you can gain or lose a lb simply by having a drink of water or having a pee and with some domestic scale you can make your weight fluctuate by more simply…