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How does it go so far?

If a friend/colleague tells me "oh you lost weight"...I say "thank you" and smile. It is usually it. If conversation has to come into it, I usually tell the story of how I gained it, like I was a bit stressed, anxious and took bad habits due to work and available junk food but now I am ok. Most peope if you tell them about…

I do not talk about it with anyone...I mean I hardy see how I could go to a friend and tell him/her I eat less chocolate or how I reduce fat (I am a man). To me it would be like telling them how many times I go to toilet actually...not of their business. The first time I talk about my food is on MFP and I talk so much…

It is possible...though going too fast would mean getting them back. Consider that somewhere on the journey, you will already be satisfied and losing weight will become fun rather than effort oriented...my dreamed ever objective was to reach 68kg but I was already very happy at 75. I went to 68 for a couple of days…

Brussels, Belgium...let's say that if you say it is raining, you have 90% of chances being right...but there has been sun for 10 min and temperatures increase to 6° C, so I will not miss that chance to go for a run :laugh: By the way, if Belgian or other western european read this, please make your food products…

This is what I do...as long as it works. As somebody said, this is a hard time of the year. I will feel more in control in January. There was a misunderstanding about "cheating": I log everything all the time, even a bit too much than a bit less (for example if my wife takes 15g of the peanuts pack, I consider I eat it…

We will get there all together...slowly but for sure! We will all have a success story topic by 31/12/12 :tongue: I hope your diet will conter-act the desease Please everyone, add me.

I suggest you never do: "dieting" means you will not eat normally to lose weight...you would get the pounds back as soon as you would get back to normal. I believe we just have to pay attention to what we eat....and maybe try to spend the calories we take. The site recommends to lose 1 pound/week....so you actually succeed…

Exactly what happened for me...I was eating healthy all day long (I mean my meals are healthy, my wife is skinny and eats the same than me), having 2 dark chocolate pieces (500 cal) here and there (once per day if I work, 2 or 3 if at home) and a 500g yogurt (500) when hungry. The other probem was on weekends: some…

I am on my third week on run (outdoor) and bike (indoor) for 120min/day average, 6/7 days . I feel ok as long as I have my daily carbs and proteins. I only want to lose fat (I have a year of chocolate, peanuts, beer...belly) and decided yesturday I would tempt a marathon in 2012...maybe a triathlon. I hate to run less than…

It is one of many indicators...I use it to know approximately where is my healthy level (otherwise I would not tend to lose weight)...but I am not too strict about it. My goal is to reach 89kg only because it is the highest healthy BMI for my eight. Making a lot of sport, I wish more to lose fat than weight (muscle I…

I would eat much more salmon (dioxine and mercure problems) and eggs (cholesterol). Pasta with pesto is definitely a meal I have to avoid because of the calories but that I find delicious. For the third choice, I would eat peanuts, pistaches in cashews full packs between every meals...why do my small pack of peanuts 1500…

I go for a long run as soon as the weather is ok for it. New on MFP, feel free to add me

Hi, this is courageous to make them together...but for me it actually made things easier. I was 112kg when I quit smoking 10 years ago(even though I had quit smoking and been on diet every week for 3 years:tongue: ). As I took the heavy decision, I went running in the evening because I was becoming crazy. I run for…

Me too. I mainly run outdoor...I never understood why I was exausted after 25 min if I have no music and could run 2 hours and a half with my classical music into the ears (same with bike). There are plenty of 100 classical master hits out there if you do not know what to pick. I have 2 or 3 songs out of 500 classics taken…

Get it easy. Keep on asking yourself "what should I do to come back tomorrow" every time you run. Resuts come very quickly...and so does satisfaction

Same for me...wel I started by 20 min trainings but I am now more into 2Hrs run. I run not slowly and not fast for the entire distance (about 15km I guess), giving this little more that makes me sweat like hell. Well, my 2h became 1h40 yesturday...and I had 30 min bike before. Though it was after my rest day, I am proud of…

Maybe the challenge to change this food is very easy for you but quite impossible in this friend mind. Instead of "telling" you could ask rather the results match with his/her goals. As an example, you could see 500 cal of chocolate, 1500 of peanuts, 500 of yogurt, 1000 of cashews or pistaches in my diary....but these are…

A couple of years ago, I succeed to get from 95 to 68 kg (I took it back since) thanks to many runs in my favorite sport suits: I was once running and the pants went down in front of a 3rd age couple :blushing: . I catched it at my knees and got the elastic changed for the next session

Hi, I see a lot of myself in your journey: I was once at 112 kg...some muscles but mostly fat. I started to run and quit every 2 months for quite some time but I least I stopped smoking. A couple of years later, I was in hospital for a week and I decided to get on sport more seriously. I was about 95 kg and started to run…

Hi, I am 2 weeks old:tongue: and stick to my plan, so, anyone, feel free to add me too.

Thank you for your answers. Instead of having the bad news when entering food at the end of the day (though I changed my bread and had a nasty surprise), I planned it in advance so that I would not fall into this "impulsive" way to eat like last week end. My planing includes my peanuts with a beer at the end of the week as…

I never saw anyone (I mean nutritian or doctor) but I have this feeling sometimes: whatever I eat, I am hungry and I always want more. I call this phenomenon "bulimia crisis" (when I was a teenager, I could eat 5 balls of cereales and 1 complete bread to get this feeling out). In such case, I could have a dinner 3 minutes…

Do not take it too simple: if the calories you add are fibers for example, no problem...but if they are fat, you will not like your shape after a couple of weeks. I like to eat normally, and without fat. So I do exercises to lose weight. What is happening is that, because I eat proteins (mostly chicken, fish and…

My wife is skiny (I mean I know all her bones and she would fall into unconsciousess if she would jump a meal) but loves this nasty stuff (understand by this that I hate the taste of this sh**** :wink: ). On the other hand, this is too fat for me. By the way, I look for some cheese having less fat (I am on Gouda)...or what…

And a study showed that a group of people drinking 1 liter every morning BEFORE EATING and three other liters through the day for 40 years had approximately 90 % less cancers, stress, depression, back problems, etc.... drinking before eating get the best effect from water and between 3-4 liters a day is just perfect: I…

Great posts and congratulations. I can not pass in front of a mirror or a window without looking at myself:noway: ...I was so used to my previous shape :laugh:

Same for me. It would also be impossible for me with a BMR of 2000 cal and exercises of 2500 to switch so much from a day to another. My goal is to have a healthy BMI, increase my metabolism by eating all the time (to the question "what time is best to stop eating for the day?", I would therefore tend to answer NEVER) and…

Hi, If you increase your exercise (compared to last year average lets say), this is completely normal: you are gaining weight (muscles) while losing fat. As long as your poucentage body fat is decreasing, your diet is ok. If your goal is to stay healthy, do not change anyhting then but if you have to decrease your weight…

I had a "fasting period" a year in my life. The first thing is not considering fasting as a way to lose weight (I started with this objective while doing 2 hours sport/day). No need to explain that as soon as you get back to food, you get your weight back in 100% case (with extra in 85%). The fact is that fasting get your…