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While I haven't quite progressed to actually dreaming about fast food, I've definitely been missing it lately. One of my coworkers made a comment today about how easily I've been losing weight, to which I replied "Easy?! Are you kidding me?! I feel like every moment of every day I'm two seconds away from going to the…

As a (soon to be formerly) fat vegetarian, I can tell you simply not eating meat didn't help me lose any weight. In my personal experience, I found I ended up eating a lot more often because I didn't stay full as long. I was the only one in my family who didn't eat meat, so I would usually eat sides instead of a proper…

Hi! :happy: I take frozen dinners to work for lunch. I like Smart Ones, they seem to be lower in calories, fat and sodium than a lot of others, and their three cheese pizza is freaking awesome :smile:

This might be an incredibly silly thing to say, but you said you woke up, went pee, weighed yourself, waited a while, went pee again, and weight less? If you didn't eat or drink anything in between the weigh ins, I would assume going to the washroom would result in some kind of weight loss, wouldn't it? Pee has to weigh…

I believe how it works is MFP estimates the calories you would use living your day to day life, including the basic moving around you do during the day, and creates a defecit based on how much weight you want to lose and how quickly you want to do it. Your BMR is the number of calories you would use in a day if you were to…

I like the way you think!

I wouldn't get discouraged just yet :smile: If you can see results on your body that's a sign that things are going well! My scale is moving, but my body looks the exact same. You'll see the numbers change in time.

I think most people will understand "muscle weighs more than fat" to mean "a sample of muscle will be heavier than a sample of fat of the same volume." While the first phrase is technically incorrect, it's a lot less cumbersome than the second and nearly everyone will understand the writer's intent. A little unnecessary to…

I was in my second year of university before I filled an A-cup. I hit a B during my last year at school, and that was before I'd gained most of the weight I'm now trying to lose. I think some people just "fill out" a bit later than others. It could be that your girls would be the size they are now regardless of any weight…

Like others have mentioned, I don't think when you eat has a very big impact on gaining or losing weight as long as you're under your goal. If not eating past a certain hour is helping you keep within your goals, though, then that might be a good option for you. I've found when I'm starving something warm always makes me…

Could your height also be affecting how quickly you see changes in measurements? I'm 5'11, and I've lost 16lbs so far, but I don't see any change. I assume it's coming off my entire body proportionately, and since I've got a tall body it doesn't show up very quickly.

Oh, I thought of another one As you can tell, I'm easily irritated lol . I don't think I've come across it on here, but I have a couple friends who tell me you HAVE to eat within a certain number of hours of waking up and CANNOT eat after a certain hour. Not, "don't skip meals" or "don't start snacking on junk after…

Thank you. Thank you thank you thank you. My second biggest pet peeve are people who say a pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat. Well yes, yes it does. A cubic inch of fat, however, does not weigh the same as a cubic inch of fat and you knew darn well what I meant! My biggest pet peeve is when I proudly…

That's what I had thought. So if I were to stay the exact same size but, through some Wolverine-style experimental surgery, replace all the fat with muscle I would weigh more, right?. Unless I went to space which, as far as I've been able to tell, is the only instant weight loss solution ;)

I'm a little confused... I completely agree that a pound of feathers weighs the same as a pound of bricks, and a pound of fat weighs the same as a pound of muscle. Only the most stubborn people will try to argue that one pound weighs more than another pound. But, that doesn't necessarily mean feathers weigh the same as…

I'm in a similar situation. I went from eating out all the time, getting fries with EVERYTHING, and drinking more Coke in a day than many people consume in a week to eating what I figured was "healthy." I'm vegetarian, so that cuts out a healthier foods that are filling, and I was literally eating celery and melba toast…

My best friend's six year old has two friends at school who are girls. We were all sitting in their living room watching tv when he suddenly said "When I grow up I'm going to marry Ashley, but I'm going to go over to Caitlyn's house."

I've heard the usual "if you eat after something-o'clock you'll gain X pounds!!!" but the way I look at it is a daily and weekly total. Say I burn 2000 calories a day and I eat 1500. It doesn't matter if I eat 500 of those calories at night, I've still got a deficit and I'll still lose weight. I think a BIG part of the…

I'd recommend adjusting your meals so you CAN snack. I can't handle three 400 calorie meals a day; I get so hungry in between meals! I ended up snacking on crap from vending machines at work because I didn't plan it into my day, so I switched things up. I have my three meals, about 200-300 cal each, and then snack away the…

If you enjoy it, stick with it. I haven't used Curves, but my sister lost about 60lbs combining a better diet and going to Curves.

I'd recommend drinking green tea over taking a pill for the simple fact that green tea is delicious, plus you get the warm-tea-belly feeling :) Like previous mentioned, don't pour boiling water onto your green (or other) tea. You'll burn it and it will taste awful. Boil the water, take it off the heat or unplug the kettle,…

I gained about 70lbs between my last year of high school and my last year of university. It's too easy to eat junk all the time, especially on campus. And, as a fellow Canadian, I am all to aware of how easy it is to spend 6 months of the year inside away from the snow hahaha. Add me if you'd like :)

I have general anxiety disorder, and went through a bit of a phase where I would get anxiety attacks to the point where I couldn't work my entire shift, had to leave classes early, and avoided going out whenever possible. I don't know what will work for you, but I devised a little system for myself that helped a lot. The…

I'm no expert on the subject, but one thing I've heard over and over again is that you shouldn't base your progress entirely off the scale. I've been told that muscle weights significantly more than fat, so it's entirely possible to lose fat and gain weight. I keep an eye on the scale, but I also use measurements of my…