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My fiber tends to be the highest on days when I eat black beans or pinto beans, and popcorn. My favorite bread is the Sprouted Wheat low fat bread at Trader Joe's. It has 5 g protein and 5 or 6 g of fiber per slice. But recently I've been eating Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious tortilla wraps. I can't recall the fiber…

I'm pretty big, with a long history of being the woman who could pick up the most (I'm not talking among weightlifters here) and I've always weighed at least 20 pounds more than anyone guessed I did. I'm building muscles pretty fast since I started lifting. And I have been stunned that the weight has come off, pretty much…

Female 44 5' 7" Start weight: 304 pounds Goal weight:164 pounds (and then I'll see) Current weight: 207 pounds 12 months to lose 97 pounds Calories: started at about 1800, soon dropped to 1500. Currently upped to 1650. Calories changed. I used to eat back exercise calories. When I started lifting weights regularly, I upped…

I wonder if we eat fruit if it is even possible to stay under the suggested sugar limit... and even worse, I've seen many medical websites that suggest that women shouldn't eat more than 26 grams of sugar a day, which is less than what MFP calculates. If we tried to stay under 26, that would rule out almost all fruit!…

I have found that fiber and protein are key for me to not feeling hungry. And the odd thing is that my breakfast choices make the biggest difference of all. I don't know why that matters, but it makes a huge difference in how hungry I feel the rest of the day. One thing I noticed recently that surprised me... I was trying…

I haven't tried these yet, but I plan to soon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe25ikI_MWU&feature=share Easiest cookies ever!

I just tell people I'm trying to get rid of the parts of me that I'm not using. Why take it with me everywhere I go if it isn't doing anything for me.

Thank you all for your responses! Jacksonpt, I actually talked to my current trainer about doing more weight lifting with me and she said she doesn't feel qualified to do any of that. She is awesome at the things we do, though. Lots to think about.... Thanks! Shannon

I like to spread it on Wasa bread crackers with slices of tomato, sprinkled with seasoned pepper or season all or something like that. Yum... I haven't had that in years... I might need to go find some!

I can't remember exactly where, but I know I've run into this same sort of thing at the online nutrition calculators of other restaurant chains. It is exactly the sort of thing I tend to obsess over, but my husband said to me "It's all an estimate anyway." That helped me to let it go. But it seems sloppy to be…

I talked to my doctor about this last week. She agreed with the weight training and drinking adequate water, but also suggested something I haven't heard anywhere else. She said that eating at least 30% of calories from protein, along with the exercise and lifting, will help the most. She said that if I did these things…

That was my goal, too! That and to not get injured and to show up at the gym.

I've had very good results with the MFP calculations. Actually, I've been shocked by how accurate they are. In any given month, I may lose more or less than MFP calculates I'll use, but averaged over the last year, it is almost perfect.

I typically can't wear women's watches... and if I can wear them at all, they usually pinch. I have wrists that I would consider bony.. I can see the dents between the bones and see the tendons when I flex them, so I don't have fat wrists or wrists that are retaining water. I can't wear toe rings because my toes are too…

It seems to me as if the difference betweeen sizes is very inconsistent. But after reading this, I'm wondering if it more an issue of where the weight is coming off at any given time. I'm not exactly sure how much weight there was between sizes... I started out at a 26 when I was around 300 pounds, and now I'm in a…

Thank you for that, too. That is actually part of what I'm trying to figure out. Out of the 86 pounds I've lost, if I can assume that the BF% calculators are consistent, even if they aren't exactly accurate, about 15% of each pound I've lost has been lean. I'm pretty happy about that number considering I've heard that I…

Thank you very much! So assuming my numbers are correct within 5%, (I suspect they are in the neighborhood of 3% to 5% off), my goal of 164 is a perfect ballpark number. It's a reasonable place to start, anyway.

Thank you all for your input! Great ideas. Next time I'm losing sleep over silly numbers, I'll check those out instead of trying to run the numbers in my head. :) Probably tonight. LOL! Thank you! Shannon

I'm 5'7", and I'm sure that I was actually more than 50% BF when I started. I don't doubt that. But as I said, I think I'm a linebacker and not a quarterback... as much as I'd like to be dainty, I just don't think it is in the cards for me. I'd love to be wrong about that!!

I found this: http://www.acefitness.org/blog/112/what-are-the-guidelines-for-percentage-of-body-fat Is that an accurate way to predict how much I would need to lose?

I think it is scary, too. People really are much larger now than they used to be. But on happy note, it is working for me! For the FIRST TIME since I was 4 years old, I can buy almost all of my clothes in a "normal" size women's department. :D When I was in high school, in the 80s, I wore a size 14/16... and it was about…

My husband is 14% BF and according to the BMI he is overweight. His BMI is 26.5.

A few weeks ago i posted my "before" and "so far" pictures on the success forum. I also posted my thoughts on how to use MFP. As someone above said, a "zen approach" seems to work for most folks who have a long way to go, and who stick with it. Here is a link to my other post:…

Thank you! I'll be trying these!!

I've had MFP friends that went for months without losing weight. I don't know if this counts or not, but I plateau EVERY MONTH. I lose weight the day my period stops... usually 5 or 6 pounds. Then I lose a few more pounds over the next 3 to 6 days. Then, for the rest of the month, I waffle between my lowest weight +1 pound…

AMAZING! You are so beautiful!!

Thank you everybody! :) And I think Pathologically Imperfect would be a great autobiography title. :D

You are so beautiful!! Great job!

The 7 FAM Bootcut Happy Butt picture in the blog is a perfect demonstration of what I consider a fairly unattractive fit for a pair of jeans. The mom butt beside it is round and girly. The happy butt is strange looking, awkward, and just all around unnatural. That is the look that made me wonder if our food was ruining our…

I don't get it at all. I wear mom jeans. I like mom jeans. And for the life of me and I can't understand HOW they became unfashionable. I go to the mall and see the muffin tops and the awkward looking bodies and I don't understand WHY people like the jeans that are popular today. Honestly, I thought the problem was the…