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I'm also a daily coffee drinker. I always drink mine black which is probably not going to help you. I did read another post where a group of coffee drinkers generally agreed that the decrease in quality caused by using low cal substitutes for cream or sugar was not worth it. Can you use a little less cream or sugar to cut…

If I am unsure about the portion size of a restaurant meal I take home an easy to separate fraction (1/2, 1/3, or 1/4 ) and weigh it at home. Then I apply that to the amount I ate at the restaurant. I don't have to take a scale and I don't have to estimate as much. I usually bring home leftovers and need to weigh them…

When I look back at my highest calorie days, they are usually around 3500 calories. There are some outliers beyond that, but 3500 is most frequent for days when I let go but still managed to track. So that's my "I don't know how much I ate but it was a lot" number.

During a recent trip with too much going on and not enough time for myself, I allowed myself to stop logging. Besides breaking my streak (50 days!) I have no idea what I ate or how much for almost a week. It turns out that despite having company sponsored meals most if the time I managed to not gain anything. I expected to…

Name: Keith Height: 5'9 Starting Weight (1/2):231 Goal Weight (1/31):221 1/2:231 1/8:226 1/15: 1/22: 1/29: 1/31: Loss/gain for the week: -5 Loss/gain for the month so far: -5 Struggles or successes of your week: logged every day. Made or got close to calorie target everyday. Three times to the gym. This is higher than…

One of my goals this year is to be more interactive and less of a lurker. This should help Name: Keith Height: 5'9 Starting Weight (1/2):231 Goal Weight (1/31):221 1/2:231 1/8: 1/15: 1/22: 1/29: 1/31: Loss/gain for the week: n/a Loss/gain for the month so far: n/a Struggles or successes of your week: 5 days in and I have…

I'm exactly where you are plus one week. I lost 40 lbs in 2012 and 13. In the last 18 months I've gained back 30. In that time I almost never logged a complete day. I knew I needed to log, that it was the one thing that separated success from failure. But I was completely burned out on it. Then, one week ago, I logged a…

I didn't realize you could share between people. That's cool. You can change the meal names, up to six different fields, under the settings menu on the diary page. Or you could have just one big meal by leaving all but one field blank. Then you could copy that "meal" (really just the whole day) to someone else using the…

I use breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks categories for Meals. Besides being able to copy meals, the program also organizes your most used foods. So mine has bananas and cereal near the top of the list for breakfast, and chicken breast and wine for dinner. If you copy your wife's meals and it has things you don't need…

Welcome back! I just started posting again too after a long hiatus. Can I suggest a second goal for this first week? Post everyday, whether you make your calorie goal or not. By posting on the days you go over, you'll get valuable information about what times of the day or what kinds of foods are most difficult for you.…

I'm getting back on track now, after 18 months of not logging and gaining back 30 of the 40 lbs I lost with MFP. I'm on day 6 in a row of tracking. We know how to do it.The hard part is getting started again.

Every day, after I get up, if I remember. I also use the Libra app on my phone. For it to work I can't get excited about the daily fluctuations. It's just data. The longer term trends (>7 -10 days in my experience) are what matter. For daily motivation, the logging streak is most important for me.

I have the same problem. Sometimes I'm like a vacuum when I get home, sucking up anything that is easy to get to. Chips are the worst/best. On the days that I don't succumb it is usually because I was too busy to stop and snack. I just didn't think about it. If I get home after work and have nothing to do, that is when I…

For those interested in this topic, the cached page can be found here http://web.archive.org/web/20130829010149/http://dynamicduotraining.com/wordpress/15-experts-weigh-in-on-hiit-or-liss-cardio-for-optimal-fat-loss

Not to be too much of a downer, but you should prepare for some gain as you get healthier. Your body was using extra water while you were sick, so now it will probably start to replenish that water.

Grilled flat iron steak and mashed potatoes

The Intro forum isn't the most active for discussion. You'll find plenty of talky people on the others. Great progress so far, keep it up!

The MFP / Hacker's diet combo has worked for me as well. I am down 35 lbs. 50 is the goal. It has been a slower process than I would prefer, but only because my will power wanes occasionally and I get off track. I only have to start paying attention: weighing in every day, weighing all of my food, tracking everything I…

First of all, great work in losing those inches! It takes work and commitment to see results in just over a month. If counting calories is new for you, make sure that you are accurately measuring your food. All of it. Use a food scale and measuring cups. It's the only way to know you've got the right number. I measure food…

Great work!

^^This, but I use the Android app Libra. I weigh in every morning. More data is better when you are trending. And I look forward to being able to use it for maintenance one day.

Pre Fitbit I would have logged it as 1.5 or 2 hours of slow walking (2.0 mph). If the calories come out too high, I would have put in something lower. edited to fix a typo and to add this additional detail: I keep my activity level at sedentary because I basically have a desk job. I count any exercise that is at least as…

Getting off a daily soda (or two) took several years for me, mostly because I didn't start out with the goal of not drinking soda. I first made the switch from regular to diet because the regular was making my teeth hurt more often, and I thought it would help with losing weight. My teeth did hurt less, but I didn't really…

I only had one resolution. Figure out how to stick with a diet using my Christmas present: an Android smart phone. I found Libra to help track and smooth daily weigh in data. That tells me where I'm at and how I've done, but not what to do. I tried Noom Weight Loss Coach for food tracking. Fail. I need more more food…

I've never had chicken stuffed waffles, but I have had Fried Chicken and Waffles at a restaurant here in Tucson. They are served bones and all (photo 1), but you have to tear all the chicken off, add maple syrup and hot sauce. It was good. Not something I would get often. Photo 1, as served Photo 2, ready to eat

It's been over 100 for the last couple of weeks in Tucson. I see few people doing strenuous outdoor workouts during the day. It's all in the morning and in the evening. Even close to dark (dawn/dusk) is better than mid day, but I have to bring a flash light to watch for critters. Otherwise it's the pool, or an indoor work…

You aren't doing anything wrong. Weight loss can start fast, but for the most part is a grind. Before long, you'll be measuring change from week to week, rather than day to day. This post describes the process well. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/9433-expectations

You've been very successful so far. It would be a shame to loss the progress you've made. People lose weight differently, at different rates and in different ways. It can be motivating to compare, and maybe compete?, with your sister. But keep in mind that for the three months she's was away she was eating completely…

Moderation indeed. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16614865/ns/us_news-life/t/woman-dies-after-water-drinking-contest/#.T68GkVETtaU http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1770067/

Thank you for this review. Detailed and well written. Bump for later reference.