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Trick #1: Replace the processed, refined sugar treats with lower calorie, healthier treats like apple slices, frozen grapes, pineapple, etc. Trick #2: If you have the calories to spare, don't give in to the urge still. You can fill those calories with a treat that's still way better for you and tastes like sin. Peanut…

I'm ALMOST 5'0", currently 123 lbs, want to be 100-110 somewhere, depends on where I think I look good, I guess :)

I'm a rum & diet girl. It's only 60 cals per 1 oz of rum, so if you plan right, you can take down a few of 'em :)

Breakstone's - Cottage Cheese 2% Milkfat Snack Size Four Pack Apples - Raw, with skin General Mills - Fiber One 90 Calorie Brownies - Chocolate Fudge Brownies Quaker - Breakfast Cookies - Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Oddly, it's been MONTHS since I had either the first or the fourth item.

The scale is kind of ridiculous and not a good way to track small amounts of fat loss (which is what you're probably actually looking for). Eating at a deficit is the way to go, but you can't always see the progress in any gratifying amount of time, especially if you're not exercising. Rest assured that if you're eating…

Yes, last year I had surgery that required me not to do anything strenuous for a month. I ate at a deficit with 0 exercise and lost weight. Last week I pulled a muscle in my back and I'm not yet up to even doing cardio yet. I'm eating at a deficit and losing weight. The whole eat-less-than-you-burn science behind weight…

Eating healthy fats helps with health.

1200 is 380 calories under my TDEE. :P

Man, if someone ever asks me what the best way to confuse someone about weight loss would be, I would say to send them to the MFP forums. :P

I've been back and forth over the years. My highest weight was in 2006 at 170 pounds. I'm 4'11" for reference. :/ After a year, I was down to 140, then slowly got down to 127, then down quickly to 110 lbs. That was my low weight, and I'd like to get back to there. I went up again VERY slowly to 139, got busy again. I was…

I'm on roughly 1200 (net) to lose right now :)

Sometimes I just eat it right out of the skin, I love avocado so much! You can mash it up on toast, add it to brothy soups (like tortilla soup), mash it up and add black beans and put the stuff in a tortilla, put it in a protein smoothie (with milk, a little sweetener/sugar, vanilla whey, it's nice). Heck, I don't even get…

Nope, my gym is heated and I get warm working out. (I think most gyms are heated...?) If you're worried about sweat, dry it off. If you're worried about how cold it is outside, wear long johns and a big coat and boots! Of course, I'm in Texas. My idea of being cold is a lot like your idea of spring. But I've lived in…

Morning workouts never worked for me. Not only was I a complete zombie and unable to burn as many calories that early (I just don't move as fast), I was basically the worst person to talk to all day when I tried. I vote lunchtime workouts. Those worked very well for me in the past, though now I do after-work. I would…

As a five-footer who is just barely at the top end of normal, this is terrible news!

If you use a scale while lifting, use one that tells you your body fat % Muscle can make your weight misleading, but body fat % doesn't lie. Additionally, start tracking with measuring tape!

Absolutely. When I first began to lose weight, I did the elliptical for 30 min a day on weekdays when I worked and ate 1200 calories and lost quite a lot of weight. I've never regained my original weight, either, and I can easily maintain as long as I keep up the elliptical. Burning extra calories NEVER hurts.

I'm having a turkey jalapeno sandwich with swiss cheese, mixed greens, and horseradish mustard on orowheat 10 grain bread. As a side I'm having a mixed greens salad with feta crumbles and tomato with sesame sticks and balsamic vinaigrette.

Not much annoys me. If anything probably 1) Standing in front of my locker naked and not moving or acknowledging me when I say "Excuse me, sorry, I just need in my locker" 2) Talking on the cell phone in the toilet, but this is everywhere. This is when I flush excessively or turn on the hand dryer >.> Talk somewhere I'm…

Counting calories is tough to start, and it's a great way for beginners to get into this lifestyle change thing. It's true that there's a lot more to being healthy than just losing weight. Counting calories helps you lose weight, so it's a definite starting place for someone who's not great at dieting and making healthy…

I hate asparagus, but yesterday I stir fried it in my szechuan and it was AMAZING. Highly recommend.

Honestly, with a BMR of 1390, dieting on 1150 isn't going to be a big deal. Those 50 calories aren't made of magic and fairy dust. Just be careful and make sure you're getting adequate nutrition, which is good advice for anybody eating any amount of calories.

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You can do this! Don't forget to avoid calcium and iron for four hours BEFORE your pill and AFTER. If you're on birth control, take it on a different time table. BC pills can interfere with absorption! You might try avoiding raw goitrogenic foods like broccoli, cauliflower, etc. (Just google "goitrogens" to find a more…

I'm 4'11" and 123 pounds, so if I PUSH, I can burn 300 in 45 minutes (that's an Insanity level workout for me). I usually only go 30 minutes. On an elliptical, that's about 250 calories. On a Jillian Michael's DVD, it's only a little above 200, even if I'm dripping sweat. Being small has drawbacks :(

I'm hypo, and it was mild (high TSH but normal-low T4) for years. Last check up was the very first time T4 was below normal. I'm on 100 mcg Levothyoxine and 5 mcg Levothyrinine (T3). Interestingly, it was also the first check up since I dumped my usual eating-for-my-thyroid thing, too. What and when you eat matters, IMO,…

It's not easy! Especially when the other employees take it personally that you're not eating the food they picked out for everyone. Sometimes it's possible just to have a little. Like on Greek day I had a little salad with feta and tomatoes, or on hot dog day, ONE hot dog is okay (but I have to take it super easy on snacks…

You can do it! Don't be too hard on yourself with the number of starts. Everyone falls off the wagon sometimes, the point is that you get back on as soon as you can! Take as many starts as you need to get the job done :) Someone on my wall today said to keep your eye on the prize. That'll help you fall off less often, for…

IMO logging in everyday and recording crap somewhat around your calorie range is FAR better than not logging in at all, or logging in and not recording. All of which I'm guilty of. Changing your lifestyle isn't easy, and it's not like flipping a light switch (at least, not for most people. Congrats if it is for you.) Worry…

Yeah... this is annoying. Luckily I don't have to deal with this from many coworkers. In fact, I have largely the opposite issue, where they bring in sweets and extra foods I'm trying to avoid and instead of leaving them in the breakroom for people to scavenge, they bring them around to everyone. They don't, THANKFULLY,…