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Obviously I wouldn't be asking if the package said if it was a cooked or frozen weight. And like I already said, for several of the foods I've tried, I've weighed before and after cooking and the weight is drastically different. Just one example, last night I made some sweet potato fries as a side and they weighed about…

I don't log cleaning or other regular activities. I do wear a fitbit, but I find that cleaning doesn't really give me a ton of extra steps, which backs up the idea that it's not really burning a ton of extra calories either. If you're losing at the expected rate logging stuff like that, by all means keep at it. But if you…

For years I bought into the myth about breakfast being the most important meal of the day and forced myself to eat breakfast even though I wasn't hungry. It was very freeing when I realized it doesn't really matter when you eat your calories! I don't start eating until lunch and I'm less hungry throughout the day than I…

This is how I feel as well. It seems very unfair that some people just don't have to work at it all! I work with someone who is a size 2 and eats more calories for breakfast and lunch at work than I eat in 2-3 days. Her breakfast is often 2 doughnuts and she eats a dessert with every meal. She just laughs and says, "Oh…

It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out that small meals throughout the day don't work for me. Logically, it makes sense...if you're eating 5-7 times per day, how can you be hungry or have cravings? For me, the problem was the little meals/snacks didn't fill me up at all, and I was pretty much never satisfied.…

At one point I was trying a system where I had 1200 calories 6 days per week and 2,000 calories one day per week. I wasn't even eating particularly "healthy" on the 1200 calorie days...just smaller portions/less food. Obviously on the 2,000 calorie days it wasn't a binge, because I had to stay under 2,000 calories, but I…

I also tend to weigh more during the week and less on the weekends. For me, I think it's specifically tied to sleep. I get a lot more sleep on weekends than I do during the week. I have trouble falling asleep and am a huge night owl, which is problematic when I have to be at work at 7:15 AM. On days where I can hardly…

Yes, I did this. I wasn't going crazy either...just going with the general idea of eating when hungry, stopping when full, having treats but not stuffing myself, etc. I maintained for awhile and was super proud of myself. Then the weight started creeping on, and then piling on. Three years later I ended up at 10 pounds…

I like that my fitbit encourages me to move more even when I'm not doing dedicated exercise. For example, today was an off day for me for the gym, but I still got 12,000 steps mostly just from marching in place while I was watching TV. Before having the fitbit, I would have just said, "Oh today's a rest day" and been a…

Based on what you posted, it makes perfect sense to lie about weighing. I get wanting to be vague with people. I have learned I don't do well under pressure at all- if I'm feeling really under pressure, I feel like I have to be 100% perfect and end up binging/falling off the wagon entirely when things aren't exactly…

I will echo what some others have said- I don't want or need judgments from others, and I'm more likely to be honest if I know I'm the only one looking at it. I know that a lot of people like the increased accountability and if that works for you, that's great. I've never been someone that can do well under pressure. Last…

In the past I tried little rewards for every 10 pounds- things I wanted, but likely wouldn't spend the money on otherwise. Honestly, I find the best motivation is being able to fit in clothes I haven't fit in for awhile, buying a smaller size, doing an activity I previously found difficult (due to being out of shape) and…

MFP Food Scale Youtube fitness videos- got rid of my excuse that the gym is too expensive Weighing daily Trader Joe's- super cheap, low calorie foods that actually taste good and require extremely little prep/cooking on my part. Basically wipes out any excuse I have for not sticking to my calories.

For me, the scale keeps me accountable. I also weigh daily because I feel that it keeps me on track. When I know I'm not eating well, I avoid the scale like the plague. I also feel that the scale helps me measure smaller changes. I know some people prefer to go by how their clothes fit; that just doesn't work for me. I'm…

On most vacations I do so much walking that I probably end up burning more than my regular workouts anyway- I usually only workout for 30-45 minutes at a time anyway. For me, it depends on the trip. I've only traveled outside of the country a few times in my life, and given that those experiences are so rare and special,…

On a regular work day, I tend to save at least 900 of my calories for the evening. It's when I'm most hungry, and I like to have my calories when I can relax and enjoy them over having to shove something in at work. I either have a big dinner around 7, or a slightly smaller dinner with a dessert or snack around 9 PM. Like…

I don't know about mine. I have a fitbit alta. I'm a teacher and I'm pretty sedentary in the summer- on many days I have to spend some time pacing around my living room just to get my 10,000 steps for the day, so many days I end up with right around 10,000. Fitbit generally says my TDEE for those days is around 2200…

No, but I've never been to the doctor for a weight-related issue/something that could potentially be caused by my weight or fixed by losing weight. I once had a doctor ask if I wanted to be weighed backwards/not be told my weight. I was normal weight at the time. I know people who don't want to go to the Dr. because they…

Like others have said, you have to put it in perspective. I am working on this myself. When I feel guilty, my go-to is to then just binge because I've already "ruined it" anyway. I think I'll start over the next day, after the weekend, maybe even the next week. I truly believe that this was the cause of most of my weight…

Right now I'm mostly just walking, so I'm just getting a little bit of extra calories from my fitbit- usually around 100-150. I just use it kind of as an extra cushion- if I go over my 1200 calories by a little it's not that big of a deal. I don't purposely plan to eat each extra calorie back or anything. I used to do…

I was doing this long before I realized it had a name. For a long time, I ate breakfast because I thought I "should" and believed the nonsense about it being the most important part of the day/jump starting your metabolism. However, I'm not at all hungry in the morning and was basically forcing myself to eat, and I…

I agree with the pp who said there's a larger difference between larger sizes. For me, the difference between a size 14 and a size 12 was about 25 pounds (to be fair, the 14's were getting quite snug when I started). The difference between a size 10 and a size 8 was only about 10-12 pounds. I also agree that different…

Same here. I avoid the scale like the plague when I know I'm overeating. OP, good thing it was only 10 pounds!

1) Personally, I have realized that I simply cannot take "breaks" from logging and weighing in. If I'm not doing well, I avoid the scale like the plague and I can get into pretty strong denial about how much weight I'm gaining. Then I fall into the trap of eating all of the things before my "diet" starts again. In the…

If MFP was around when I was a teen, I wasn't aware of it, but I did start tracking calories my senior year of HS to lose weight. I'd always been thin, but my weight crept up with gaining a few pounds every year and by my senior year I was at the very top of my healthy BMI range (as in, if I gained 1-2 more pounds I'd be…

I definitely think your metabolism adjusts. My mom went from a size 3x to a size 4. While "dieting" she ate 1300 calories per day with about 1.5 hours of very low intensity exercise most days (mostly walking, so although that sounds like a lot, it'd be similar to someone getting their 10,000 steps on fitbit). She also did…

I did very well on the WW points plus program for awhile. It was easier in the beginning because since I was so overweight, I was getting more points. As I got smaller, I of course got less points. Towards the end of my time with WW, I realized that with exercise I was often only netting 800-900 calories per day. No wonder…

I agree that it depends on a lot of factors. The first time I lost weight, nobody said a word until I lost about 25 pounds and then absolutely everyone noticed. I'm a teacher and had lost most of the first 20 pounds during the summer (I started when there were just a couple weeks of school left). I was a little offended…

I don't think that's necessarily a red flag for an alcohol problem, but if sees that as normal and you see it as a huge red flag, it probably means you're not compatible. I probably wouldn't drink that much on a first date (definitely not a dinner date, it would depend on what we were doing) but wouldn't think anything of…

I would go with 2.5. I walk on the treadmill sometimes and 3.0 is faster than most people would naturally walk outside, even when walking for exercise, IMO. I think mfp does tend to overestimate for calories burned, so I wouldn't suggest eating all of them back. You can see if you're losing at an appropriate pace and…