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I don't know the answer, but I'll tell you my recent experience. I weighed about 204 for EVER. I finally got disgusted and sat down and added up all my calories for the previous 2 months, added up all my exercise calories burned for the previous 2 months, and then calculated, using MFP, what I SHOULD weigh. It said 196.5.…

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My husband and I are doing this together. He has lost about 50, and I've lost about 105. He's down to 11% BF! I'm still above 32%, and have another 10 or 12 pounds to get down to "overweight" instead of "obese". But I started at morbidly obese. :) I have 3 children. The oldest has lost about 10 pounds, but he is too…

This must be true for most folks because I see this all the time. But it wasn't true for me. I was just telling my husband today that I think there were some advantages to being over 300 pounds but being able to eat what I wanted to without thinking and to being about to sit around all the time and not think about…

When I started, I was stubborn about what I would do and I wouldn't do. Looking back, I think that is one of the things that has made me successful. Another thing that also helped has been gradually willing to do some of the things I said I wouldn't. Well meaning people just didn't understand how some of their suggestions,…

The grilled chicken ceasar salad with the Newman's Own balsamic vinegar dressing is really good! When I go to McDonald's I usually get that, with unsweetened tea. I also like the yogurt parfait once in a while. The premium grilled chicken wrap is supposed to be okay, too, but I haven't looked into that But I agree that you…

My husband and I have noticed this same thing at our gym! We joined 15 months ago. He has lost 50 pounds and has gone from 32% BF to 11%. I have lost 108 and gone from 49% BF to 32%. But in those 15 months, many of the people there don't look like they have changed much. There is one woman who has trimmed down a good bit,…

Amen.

There was some research a few years ago that said that sometimes frozen is the best option. For all I know, it may have been paid for by the frozen food council! But the argument is that frozen food in the grocery store is flash frozen as soon as it comes in from the field, or even in the field. Fresh fruits and vegetables…

My husband switched from a life long soda habit to brewed sweet tea (not the canned stuff, but real tea). Then after a while he started cutting the tea that he buys in restaurants with half unsweetened tea. He is weaning his way down. He wasn't successful going cold turkey on the soda. He has found that the transition to…

This is what I got out of that book, too. And the interesting thing is that years ago when I read it, I wasn't sure that aspect of it applied to me. However, I can see glimpses of it now that I've started shedding pounds. It dawned on me one day that maybe the reason I've been successful this time, but never in the past,…

I started doing this, intentionally, a few months ago. So far it hasn't changed the rate of my loss at all. It has made it a tiny bit easier to not "cheat" on other days. I don't have a specific day of the week I use... I just hold it until I need it, and it comes out to about 3 days a month. As far as the stall in weight…

14 months. And I cheated most days. There are pictures on my profile. :) I'm sure there must be an easy way to add them here, but I'm old and without motivation right now. I'm supposed to be vacuuuming. (shhhhhh...)

I have a thought... could it be that you have a food sensitivity that is being made worse because you are eating a whole lot of that food? If your fiber is mostly coming from wheat, it could be a slight sensitivity to gluten that was never an issue when you were eating less of it. Also, as some mentioned, the more fiber…

Well, that depends on how seriously you are going "clean". I've been unwilling to use a non-stick pan for many of the same reasons that I aim for cleaner foods. For me, though, this isn't part of any dietary change... I've been eating what many people would consider "clean" for 20 years. I use cast iron cookware for most…

The hardest part is starting. The first 2 weeks are really, really tough, but you can get through them!! I think my first non-scale-victory was going to the gym and not wanting to cry. It is so hard to start making those dietary changes, but pick a small change you think isn't too scary, and stick with that. Things like…

I have learned that for me, I manage splurge type foods and meals MUCH better if I eat a small, high protein snack just before I leave to go to the splurge. If I am overly hungry when I get there, I eat too fast, don't enjoy it as much, and eat more than I normally would have. Also, what happens ONE day isn't what matters…

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I started taking it for PCOS and lost about 40 pounds. Then my body adjusted to the dosage and I started gaining again, and my dosage was upped. Then my body adjusted again, but I was already at the max dosage, and I gained the weight back. I was advised to continue taking it anyway. About 2 years after all of that, I…

I put some of my "most used" things that weren't showing up on my other lists into the "meal" category, especially if there are several things I often eat together. That I way I don't have to sort through so many incorrectly entered foods to find the exact one I'm looking for.

I took that into account when I tried it on. I stared in the mirror for a while trying to decide if I was supposed to look like a lumpy sausage link... and not just lumpy... lumpy with new lumps, created by the clothes, that aren't even part of the lumps that I have everyday. I tried on UA that was a size larger than I…

I'm sure you probably already know this, but don't buy anything without trying it on. The plus sized Under Armour is cute, but runs really small! Walmart does have a big selection, but the stores around here tend to only have one style in the largest sizes, BUT if you can determine your size by trying some stuff on while…

I cried, happy tears, in the dressing room when I finally got to a size that I could wear "real" exercise stuff. It was particularly frustrating because the sizes for workout clothes are all over the place, but it all started to fit about the same time... I bought XLs, 2Xs and Larges from different companies, all fitting…

I went to the doctor and had labs in December. I had lost 90 pounds at that point and my cholesterol was UP almost 40 points. My A1C was the same as it always is, though, which is normal. I have always had a total cholesterol around 200. The last few tests have been in the 190s. So I was shocked to see 234. I've been…

AWESOME lessons. I'm going to print that out and put it on my fridge.

That's how I used to feel until I tried the Trader Joe's uncured turkey bacon. My kids even like it. They won't eat other kinds.

Usually, I want the real thing. But I'll try reduced calorie versions of things IF they don't have artificial crap. I'd rather have sugar than pretend sugar, and fat than pretend fat. But I'm willing to consider variations that substitute real food for a higher calorie version of the same thing. Like I usually use…

I added a section in my dairy called "supplements" and another one called "Crap I shouldn't have eaten". I typically have more frequent entries under the "crap" section than the "supplement" section.

One of my MFP friends posted this today: 1/2 c. pumpkin puree 1/4 c. egg whites (from an egg or carton) Sweetener Cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice Directions: Mix together all the ingredients. If you prefer a flan-like texture, add more pumpkin; if you prefer a cake-like texture, add more egg whites. Microwave for two…

Oh, and someone mentioned berries for fruit... this is a good idea. I used to eat an apple or two everyday, but now I'm having blueberries or strawberries more often. They seem to be higher fiber per calorie and they are lower in sugar. I find that strawberries, especially, can squash my cravings and up my fiber pretty…