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You look great and are a normal weight. My recommendation is to log your intake and exercise. If you like food, then focus on strength training (to build/retain muscle) and cardio exercise (to stay within your maintenance calorie zone). You probably crave food because you have high energy needs. Don't worry too much about…

Homemade baked goods. I try not to bake much these days, even though I'm the only one in my family with a weight problem.

I haven't run for years. I've always hated running but for a time was decently good at it. Current goal is to run 1.5 miles non-stop by the end of January. And hit 100 miles walk/run.

You can eat everything you want. Just not all on the same day. Set your calorie budget. Log and track all your food and exercise. Then you'll know how much you can eat and still lose weight. You don't have to eat salad. But it's a good idea to find vegetables you like and try to expand the range you can tolerate.…

There are two approaches to calorie counting. 1) The daily target approach. You start with calories burnt in your standard activity level, then measure exercise. That's your daily burn. Subtracting your desired deficit gives you your budget for the day. That means you can eat more on the days you work out or exercise more.…

McDonald's burgers. Absolutely vile. White bread Baked goods from a package Bologna (anyone else remember olive loaf?) Mac n cheese (even my kids won't eat it) Ramen noodles (ate too many in college) Bad french fries (still love good ones, but I'm fussy) Bad chocolate, like Hershey's Basically, I'm no longer interested in…

Save some calories for evening and have a decent snack. If you find that you're running low on calories, try veggies or fruit.

For me, anyway, weight loss is about appearance, not health. I'm overweight, but am already healthy. I'm concerned about how others see me. As you say, there's nothing unusual or wrong about that. But in your case, you are already slim. You look healthy and great. Since you have a history of being underweight, I'd approach…

Good for you for figuring it out early and making a change! I did the same as you on low carb (lost 40 lbs), but gained double that back! My belief is that very-low-carb (fewer than 30g/carb day, or little enough to put you into ketosis) is unbelievably effective. It actually creates a metabolic cheat where you excrete…

Given what you describe, yes, ignore the sugar counts and everything else except calories until you get more used to the idea of calorie counting. The sugar is completely irrelevant to your goals. If you're under calories for the day and you're hungry, you can eat what you like and still lose weight. If you eat all your…

One possibility is that you're eating too many carbs. Starchy foods like bread and potatoes, and sugary foods like hot chocolate, will make you feel hungrier due to the insulin release. They'll give you energy for your runs, but the hunger is a given. Another possibility (likely given your weight) is that you're already…

If you're there for 6 days, the only thing that matters is what you do on Day 7. Once you're back home, get right back on the wagon. Yes, that'll be easier if you don't go crazy on sugar for a week, but it'll be WAY easier if you don't feel wracked with guilt. Don't worry too much about one week. This has got to be a…

They lost me at "avoid bacon". Don't they know bacon is delicious?

It's very simple. As you say, fitness clubs, books, and experts make it seem complicated. It's really not. As for your target: the numbers look low to me if you're really tracking everything. You don't need to starve yourself to lose weight. Focus on a long-term sustainable eating plan. Most people find that mean lots of…

Yes. Ordering off a menu without calorie information is like ordering off a menu with no prices given. It costs them money to set, publish, and stick to a fixed price for their menu, but we expect that. And we wouldn't expect people to be able to stay out of debt and live within their means if nothing had a price tag on it…

My opinion is it's ok if the goal is burning calories - if you keep the weight really light, it's not that different from running or doing the same cardio machine or calisthenics daily. Not as good as separating your days, but better than not going at all. But if you must do Sat/Sun, then a split program (or strength…

I've also been known to do a long, intense workout and basically fast on a Saturday or Sunday in anticipation of a nice meal that night. It sounds deranged when I put it that way, but it actually helps me enjoy the meal more because I'm really hungry, and I know I can afford it.

OP, I agree with you. On a very low calorie "budget" like you and I have, restaurants are really hard to navigate. You could easily blow out your entire daily budget. If you don't eat out much (less than once a week), it doesn't matter. But if you eat out more than that (the "it's only one meal" people here clearly don't…

Congrats for getting back to it. If I remembered you, I'd think it was awesome you were back. And if not, I'd think it was great that you were getting some exercise. But I definitely have a "forget what anyone else thinks" approach to the gym. I bring headphones and dance music and actually DANCE on the elliptical and…

^^ what GiveMeCoffee said Use calorie counting as a guide to tell you how much food you can have and still meet your goals. Please be patient and kind to yourself. You can definitely lose weight, but don't worry so much about "I have to be this size by this date". Think of it more as establishing new habits for your newly…

Track everything so I know how much I'm eating.

Remember that study where they took a group of hotel maids that cleaning rooms was all the exercise they needed to lose weight? That's all they did, and the group LOST WEIGHT. The control group (not told anything) didn't lose. So, if you think you're doing something good for yourself, you'll continue to make good choices…

Hi, welcome back and congratulations on your new family member! Feel free to friend me.

"Higher risk of certain medical conditions" is not the same as "unhealthy". We need to stop confusing the two.

Welcome! Start by using the tools here to track everything you eat. Get yourself a food scale and measure/weigh out portions. Don't worry too much about goals right now. The big thing is just to understand where the calories you're taking in are coming from. Then you can make better choices. You can eat anything you want…

I have stuck with it for my entire life. The difference is that now I know what things do and don't make a difference to my weight. Does make a difference for weight loss: track what I eat, track my exercise, set my goal correctly, aim for my net calorie goal every day, start each day fresh. Doesn't make a difference for…

Cool. Now you know your maintenance level! From however you're measuring today, cut 250 cals/day (or burn that many extra, which is like 30 minutes moderate cardio) to lose 0.5 lb/week.

Use BMI as one piece of information to set your goal, but only you can say what your weight goal is. Also, BMI is a range. With a large frame and a lot of muscle mass, you'd be underweight at 97 lbs, but I doubt you'd be underweight at 128. If you're interested in losing, maybe set your goal to lose 10 lbs from your CW and…

My recommendation is to cut the simple carbs way back. I know you feel like you need them, but they make you hungrier by raising insulin. Try replacing the morning bread and toast with sources of protein and fat. You may feel worse for a few days until you get used to it. Also, your diary shows very few vegetables. Maybe…

What the heck does that have to do with it? My weight loss goals and progress are in my profile. Yes, I had unwanted bulking due to following bad advice to focus on the gym instead of diet for weight loss, but that's not even the issue here. A particular user (not JoRocka) thinks it's unhealthy if I go to the gym "because…