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I do a cheat meal once a week. To me, that doesn't mean a meal where I am trying to eat everything I can, just a meal where I can eat something that would be hard to log -- i.e., going to a local restaurant where they have a unique dish -- and eat it without worrying about it.

@vanityy99 Those look more like henna than a tattoo — henna isn’t permanent (only lasts a couple weeks) or painful (it’s painted on) so I think if you like the look, you should give it a try for awhile! :) I had a bunch of fancy henna done once when I was a bridesmaid in an Indian wedding, and it was very cool. I have two…

So, when I first started losing weight, this time a year ago, I had grilled chicken and squash from my building's cafeteria every day for lunch. It wasn't hard at first, but as time went on I started to get bored and resent it. Around January, I fell off the wagon and lunch was a huge part of it. About a month ago, I…

Trying to lose, for example, 1 lb on 6/2 and 2 lbs on 6/9 seems extremely arbitrary to me. Like so many others have said, setting all of these very aggressive microgoals seems like you are setting yourself up to disappointment, which is one of the easiest ways to get sidetracked. I am a big fan of smaller goals to break up…

The newest addition to my workout playlist is Sia's "The Greatest"!

I have PCOS! Last December my gyno told me I needed to lose at least 15 pounds to see a reduction in symptoms. I mostly ignored her until spring of this year when I finally decided to get serious about my weight. I've lost 45 lbs in 6 months just by cutting calories, no special plan, no foods explicitly outlawed. I've…

Some of the best weight loss advice I ever got was think of eating at your calorie goal the same way you think about brushing your teeth. If you forget to brush your teeth one day, do you freak out and brush them so hard your gums bleed? Do you say "screw it" and give up brushing all together? No. You pick up your…

I've been on Yaz before but don't particularly remember the side effects. I'm on Ortho-cyclin now (no real reason for the switch, just a different Rx from a different gyno), though, and my first period on it was BRUTAL. Worst cramps I've ever had, sobbing on my couch moody, and a worrying amount of blood, and I decided I'd…

I've lost the 31 lbs since May, so about 4 months. It's a pretty fast pace, but I'm not expecting it to continue. I am very prepared for my pace to slow the lower I go. I'm also not going to be upset if I can't lose 90 lbs in a year... I just set my end date to be May 10, my 31st birthday, as more my "evaluation point." I…

You said you were hoping to lose 10-25 lbs a month...at the higher end, that's almost a pound a day! That's a ridiculous goal. I'm nearly the exact same weight as you (I weighed in at 186 this morning, actually) and my end goal is 127, so I'm 59 lbs away, and I'm aiming to lose it by May! You can try to do it, but my worry…

Great! Thanks for the help

I'm not close to my goals yet (31 lbs lost out of 90 I'm hoping to lose) but my aha moment was stepping on the scale for the first time in years. I had been considering starting a weight loss program for a few weeks, but hadn't started yet. I decided to step on the scale, thinking I'd be around 185, maybe 195, which was my…

To specify, then, I am 5'4, 186 lbs (down from 217 in May) and aiming for 125-130 lbs, and I'm planing to be doing this for about a year. 1350 is what MFP gave me when I started, for a 1.5 lb per week loss, and that's held more or less true (though I'm a "woosh-er"--I might go a week or two with no significant loss, and…

I eat just below 1350 almost every single day, and here's how I do it: Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs and a banana, about 250 calories Lunch: a grilled chicken breast with onions, cilantro, banana peppers, tomato, and salsa (enough of each to fit in those little to-go condiment cups) and a side of cooked veggies (usually…

I eat them because it seems to make my Restless Leg Syndrome better!!! I'm willing to admit it might be a placebo though, lol

I feel like I've seen several "don't eat bananas for breakfast!" articles lately, and as someone who eats a banana for breakfast every day, I always get suckered in. The basic understanding I've gotten isn't that bananas are bad, just that they don't keep you fill or give you energy as long as other breakfast choices do.…

I don't think it's possible, not in a healthy way. I've always heard you shouldn't aim to lose more than 1% of your body weight per week, which means you'd be looking at only about a pound per week. My advice to you would be to eat reasonably (I'm personally a fan of simple CICO, with nothing restricted so long as it fits…

I'm IBS-D, but I've been incredibly successful on medication (Immodium once per day) so far. I might go low-FODMAP in the future, but right now I'm managing really well.

I'm in! I was challenged to lose 50 lbs by December 31, and since the end of May I have lost 30! I know I can lose 20 more and get there by the end of the year--if I do it, the person who challenged me will give me $1,000!

I use an app called Happy Scale, where I enter my weight every day. I've been doing it for several months now, and it allows me to see the trend of my weight: sometimes I'm a little above the trend, sometimes I'm a little below, but all in all I've lost 30 pounds since the end of May, so what happens on one particular day…

I was officially diagonosed with PCOS at the end of last year. My doctor put me on the pill but suggested I try to lose weight, she said even 15 lbs would help. Well, I've already lost nearly 30, and hope to lose at least 50 by the time I have my yearly checkup! I'm willing to bet most of her patients she tells to lose…

I eat two hard boiled eggs and a banana nearly every day for breakfast. I love hard boiled eggs because I know I'm getting just the eggs--no extra calories from cooking oil or whatever. Though I eat breakfast only two and a half hours after I eat lunch (my office takes a VERY early lunch) so staying full for long isn't…

I'm with everyone else saying that if it feels good to you, keep doing it. We have a similar calorie goal (I'm at 1350) and I do eat breakfast every day, but just a small one: two hard boiled eggs and a banana (on Fridays I mix it up a little with two eggs over easy, a piece of toast, and a banana). But my preference is…

Make sure you have the mindset that no matter what happens, you will return to your plan when you get home. Even if you overindulge, a few days won't ruin you! That's always my mindset when I go on vacation. I plan to do well, but even if I don't (I went to a wedding this weekend where I drank more than I planned), as soon…

I use the app Happy Scale, where I enter in my daily weight and it shows me the trend line. I find it super helpful to always put each day in context and know that even if I have fluctuated that day, my overall trend is good

What concerns me isn't the drinking soda, but the lack of water. We need it! If you've never had it regularly your whole life, you probably don't realize what it's like to not be dehydrated, which effects you on both the physical and mental level. I REALLY REALLY think you should try to learn to drink it, even if you start…

I've lost 25 lbs from 5/27 until now with only sporadic, light exercise and all focus on reducing overall calories without cutting out of any particular food or food group!

You can check mine out. I don't eat any special diet food, and stay under 1350. My whole strategy is to eat in a way I could eat for the rest of my life, just in smaller quantities. A note, though: I'm having a colonoscopy tomorrow, so today and tomorrow my diary is gonna look super weird (and the last two days I had a…

I experience this, too, but I have lots of "urgency" issues and actually am headed into the doctor tomorrow for a colonoscopy which I suspect will end in an IBS diagnosis. Good luck to you!

Hey we're pretty similar! I started on May 27, and am down 22 lbs! Looks like we had our realizations right at the same time! Mind if I friend you?