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I think it is very likely you are not eating enough calories for you. Why not just taper it down more slowly? If you were eating 2500 calories per day before drop it to 2000 and see if you lose. If you don't lose than drop your calories more. Wait a week and see if you are losing. Your body is telling you you're not…

Weight last Wednesday: 180 pounds (still) This Wednesday: 179! :bigsmile: After being sick most of this month and not being able to workout most of the time I am relieved to finally be back to my routine and to lose anything! Hopefully next week will be even better. :happy:

I can't use the artificial sugars. I have switched to agave nectar in my coffee. It's supposed to have a low GI index. I don't think it gives me cravings for more sugar like when I use refined sugar. The drawbacks are: It has about the same amount of calories as sugar (I just try to use it sparingly); It is pretty…

Last Week: 181 pounds This Week: 180 pounds. I know I could've lost 2 pounds if I had stayed more focused on my eating this week. As it is, with an extra day off of exercise I took as well as a few days of being over my calories- I am so relieved to have lost anything! :happy: Hopefully this week I will stay more focused…

How much cardio do you do and how much strength training? Maybe just cut back on the cardio and focus more on the strength training? They're both important for health, right?

I've used it lots of times to replace the butter/oil in banana bread. It tastes different than it would otherwise, more of a nutty flavor, but still delicious! :smile:

I usually have two Nature's Path Flax Plus Waffles (which have 200 cal, 6 g fiber, and 5 g protein for both) with 1 TB. jam with no sugar added (sweetened with fruit juice). I love the Trader Joe's brand of jam! Only 30 calories for 1 TB! (plus it's organic too). I love this because it's so quick and I am always too tired…

This sounds awesome! What are the amounts? We need the recipe! :flowerforyou:

I truly believe we will always have to think of our calories, because otherwise we will gain the weight back! However, it just becomes a part of you after awhile and not something you have to be obsessed with. You pretty much know after awhile of counting calories how many calories are in things and what better choices…

Weight last week: 183 pounds This week: 181 pounds :bigsmile: I am sooo happy I seem to have come out of my plateau I had been in for a few weeks! I have changed my workout routine so I think that has helped a lot.

About the almonds, they are high in calories but they also have a lot of nutritional value. I count mine out, 12 at a time and that is about 80 calories. With a glass of water it is a very filling snack. Also I love to have apple slices with a Laughing Cow light swiss cheese wedge (35 calories) for a great 100 calorie…

Last week: 184 pounds This week: 183 :glasses: At least it's something. I've changed my workout routine some so I'm hoping for a bigger loss next week.

Okay, so I haven't done a lot of research on this. I avoid all artificial sweeteners like the plague, mostly because I don't like the idea of them, secondly the times I have tried them in the past they've given me a headache (even when I didn't originally know what I ate had Splenda in it, so I don't think it was…

If you are having heartburn so frequently you really need to see a doctor to rule out more serious things. This could be important so I hope you'll get it checked out! Also, you might need a different medication than Tums. I used to have heartburn every evening but after losing 24 pounds it has gone entirely away. The only…

Last week: 184 This week: 184! I hate staying the same. Although it was that time of the month (seems to be going around here!) So it could have been much worse. I have given into my cravings this week a little too much! :blushing: Next week should be better. By the way, I'm sure once the contestants agree to be on the…

Hi, I have a (possibly stupid) question: "tuna in brine"? I've never heard of this. Would you need to add something if you just used plain tuna in water?

Hi Connie, I think you have made a lot of interesting points on this topic. Thanks for getting me to think more about it! You said: "I am the main cook in my house and what I put on the table is what my sons and husband will be eating for most meals. All of us take this responsiblility very seriously. I put out margarine…

Netflix is a great idea! I think I'm going to have to sign up. I keep trying to try out fitness videos from the library, but 9 out of 10 are scratched or otherwise not in working order when I try them out. It is so frustrating!!! I always tell the library, but that makes me wonder why the last people did not tell them and…

I don't eat anything with partially hydrogenated oil in it. It's not real food. I don't think butter is that healthy either, so I very rarely eat it. However, if I'm going to use one or the other I will use butter rather than margarine. The food industry and medical industry's opinions of what is healthy is always…

This sounds like an awesome recipe! Thanks!:love:

I don't think you are overreacting, rather, under-reacting... if I found out something I was feeding my children had 2 grams of trans fat it would be in the trash no matter what I paid for it. That's just me. I would get that junk out of my house and not let my kids eat it either. Your wife might not be on a diet, but if…

Hi there, I just wanted to say that if I thought I had to starve myself (or tried to lose weight by starving myself) I would want to give up too. If you don't feel like there are enough calories just keep track of everything you normally eat for a few days and cut it down by 500 or so and then see what happens. I have…

Last Week: 187 pounds This Week: 184 pounds !!! :bigsmile:

Kashi GoLean Blueberry Waffles are great- 2 waffles= 170 calories 33 g carbs 6 g fiber 8 g protein My other favorite are FlaxPlus waffles which have omega 3's and similar nutritional info to the Kashi ones. I think they are slightly higher on the calories and a little lower on the protein, but I think the Flax Plus ones…

Thanks I am going to check it out at my library. :smile:

Are you eating all of your calories each day? I always eat all of my base calories. I have switched in the past few weeks to a higher calorie base (1400 instead of 1200) by claiming to be very active- after all of the debates going on here and researching it. I was afraid if I plateaued I would have nowhere to go. Adding…

Thanks for the list. May I ask where it came from? I think it will be great to review it periodically and work on one point at a time until I am eventually doing most or all of these things. It's great to have a summary of goals to shoot for though! :bigsmile:

I think the key is to change things a little at a time. Cut back on sugar in a definitive way that is doable for you instead of giving it up entirely (this is just an example) so that you are only changing one little thing at a time, which doesn't require as much motivation as changing everything at once and completely…

Last week: 187 This week: 187! I hate it when I stay the same! I have slacked a little on workouts, though and only did 4 last week instead of 6. So I am going to go back to 6, plus add 5 minutes per day. I don't want to be at the same weight next week!

how many calories are they?