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10 my first week, then it slowed down to a 4 per week for the next few weeks. Been at zero or slight gain for over a month now, since then.

If my body wants to sleep, then I sleep (when I can). Your body needs the sleep. We generally need to obey what our bodies tell us. Try to arrange your schedule so you get enough sleep. You can also go to bed earlier in the evening.

I've been steadily gaining. My weight loss is down to 19 pounds. I lost 21 the first month, now there is either no movement or a slight gain. I did start exercising this month and also started eating between 1,200 and 1,400 calories. I had two doctors and one nutritionist tell me that I should only eat 800 per day and take…

Yes, all SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) cause weight gain. I'm on Wellbutrin which does not work on serotonin. It works on dopamine and norepinephrine. It does not cause weight gain and also helps with pain (the norepinephrine part). I also work graveyard shift and get little sleep during my work week.…

If anything that you buy over the counter worked, it would be bought out by a drug company. Drug companies spend millions of dollars each year trying to find a weight loss drug. The latest offering was not approved by the FDA. There are a couple of others in the works. If anyone loses weight while taking a supplement, it…

I log my weight here every Wednesday morning. I do weigh myself daily. I sometimes lose weight and then gain it back by Wednesday. Anyway, once a week for tracking and daily to make sure I'm not gaining too much on a single day.

Yes, that's true. There are many weight loss myths out there. Weight loss is a huge industry and everyone is trying to make a buck. Nothing you buy over the counter, or at a vitamin store, will make you lose. Exercising by lifting weights with my arms won't spot reduce my "wings". Weight is calories in - calories out.…

Poo can weigh half a pound. It's best not to weigh right after because you will just build up more.

I just try to keep under my goal by about a one or two hundred calories instead of logging every little thing. My coffee cream is about 30 calories. I'm not going to get a measuring spoon to see if it is exactly a tablespoon. Same with salad dressing. Mine is 40 calories for two tablespoons. I drizzle it on and probably…

I was much smaller when I was at uni. I did a lot of walking and bike riding to get across campus to classes. That is the big difference on why we gain after we are done with school. Once we have jobs, we generally sit most of the day. I don't think I stopped moving at school except for sleep and classes. I was always…

Don't get too worried about that starvation mode stuff. For starvation mode to kick in, (according to the ONE study done in the 1940's with lean men), it kicks in when you eat at less than 50% of your lean body resting metabolic rate. Then, it has to be sustained over weeks at a time. In the study, the men's metabolism…

I really like the Special K Cereal Snack bars. (not the protein meal bar). The snack bars are only 90 calories and are really tasty. I like the chocolate pretzel flavor. The protein bars have that weird, protein bar taste and also have 170 calories. I use those only for a quick meal replacement.

I have huge fat rolls on my arms. Shirts don't fit. I wear big, baggy shirts to hide my fat rolls on my upper arms. I don't have fat rolls on my waist and could actually wear a smaller shirt size. My arms look like sausages stuffed into shirts if I don't wear something baggy. I had lost 70 pounds on an 800 calorie diet…

My 20 pounds lost had no exercise. During my work week, I sit at a desk most of the time and occasionally go pull something from the narcotic vault or check IV admixtures. But I'm sitting on my butt for 9.5 hours. Then my commute is 3 hours a day sitting on my butt in the car. Then I sleep for 8 hours. This leaves me about…

My husband started running and has to drink protein shakes to keep from losing anymore weight. I wish I had that problem. You should be losing weight. My husband's Polar HRM shows a large calorie burn which keeps going about an hour afterwards. I'm not sure what your problem can be, unless you are just taking in more…

I do the same. My gummy vitamins are 10 calories, coffee cream 40, calories. I don't log those. I just try to stay under my goal to compensate for those.

I have a blog on this site, but haven't used it much. I am on Twitter and people may follow me at @Dr_Wildebeest which is my Twitter handle. Anyone else have Twitter?

You may want to adjust your calories. MFP is only one website. I got better luck using calculators on body building web pages. The seemed to be more accurate for me. I gained weight using the calculator on this site. It obviously works for many people, but not all bodies are the same. Try reducing your intake by 100 or 200…

I understand nutrition. I have 4 years of pre-med and 4 years of pharmacy school. I used MFP to track my food before dieting, just to get an idea of how much I ate. It revealed that I ate between 1800 and 2000 per day. This amount of calories kept my weight at 240 pounds on my 5'2 frame. People who are meant to be petite…

Anything bought over the counter will not help with weight loss. If anything like that actually worked, it would be patented by a pharmaceutical company and sold as a drug. Then the pharmaceutical companies would not have to spend millions of dollars doing research on weight loss drugs. Speaking of that, there are a couple…

I'm a hospital pharmacist and we do not treat blood pressure unless the top number (systolic) is consistently over 160 at rest or the bottom number (diastolic) is over 100. Yours is going up when you exercise which is normal. Stop if you feel dizzy, otherwise just keep at it. It will not cause a stroke. In order to have a…

I just count calories and try to eat balanced. All fad diets really just reduce your caloric intake. Low carbs keep you from getting an insulin spike, so you don't feel hungry, and therefore eat less. I think that is a good plan for people who were large eaters in the past. I eat carbs but try to make them whole grain. I…

I don't look at this as a diet. This is how much I can eat if I want to stay at my goal weight. I used to eat 2,000 calories per day, which which is why I am fat. So, I don't think a binge day is a good thing. It's okay to have a treat now and again, but don't think of this as a diet and then reward yourself one day a…

You can still ride a bike. It won't look stupid. Don't get so down on yourself. I have 3 bikes and I don't care what people think of me. Actually, people will probably think that it is awesome that you are out getting some exercise.

I motivate myself by clothes shopping. There are a lot of nice clothes that I want to wear when I get out of plus sizes. Plus size clothing has improved, I can find nice stuff at Dillards, but there is a lot more selection for slim people.

A lot of times depression leads to weight gain. It also makes it hard to lose the weight. This is because of a nasty hormone called cortisol. There is no magic remedy to reduce cortisol levels. My doctor just started me on Wellbutrin. Many SSRI anti-depressants cause weight gain. Wellbutrin does not act on serotonin which…

Did you eat anything high in sodium that could have made your retain fluids? Are your shoes fitting tighter? That's an easy way to test water retention. Muscle weighs about 4x more than fat, but it is not going to appear overnight. Did you have a really good night's sleep? Sometimes, I sleep poorly and weigh myself then go…

It's not that your weight loss slows down, it's that you are now eating the amount of calories needed to support that weight. If you calculated your caloric needs based on your old weight instead of your goal weight, then you need to update it with your new weight.

Never heard of it, but I would assume it is a waste of money. There is nothing to cleanse out of your body, other than poop. If you want to clear out your intestinal tract then take a 255 gram bottle of Miralax and mix it with 1/2 gallon of G2 gatorade. Drink an 8 ounce glass every 15 minutes. This is one of the cleaning…

If you are on a very low calorie diet (800 or less), then it should be through a physician. They need to monitor labs and cardiac function.