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oh honey, PLEASE don't try to set your goals on something as extreme as this. In general, you shouldn't compare your progress/goals to ANYTHING anyone posts in the "getting started" section. Most of these 5 pages of people probably won't even still be here come Christmas. Find yourself a few friends who have lost a LOT and…

Making claims and then refusing to back up what data you based them on isn't exactly something new either. ETA: OP I was losing way way faster than I expected (more than 2/week) and someone suggested I might be losing muscle alongside fat so to eat more. I hadn't thought of that so thought I would mention it to you cause I…

Yes, I do know that, sorry didn't make that more clear. I didn't mention exercise because I haven't been doing any since I got back a couple weeks ago. I do log exercise when I do any, even light walks because I have mine set at sedentary. (I don't have a job to go to, don't have kids, spend most time laying down on the…

well sheesh didn't expect that was anything that would continue once one is no longer obese. Says something for strength training I suppose!!

So you are really talking more like 10lbs right? (after you drop the water weight?)

Temple of Love and Juke Joint Jezebel come to mind

OMG I didn't even think of that- THANK YOU. Sheesh that's a little terrifying. I keep my deficit MFP goal at anywhere from 1.5 to .5. I'd never go to 2lb/wk cause that puts me at 1200 and there is no way I'm about to average per week that low. I will lose around 4/wk IF I eat consistently according to the .5-1.5 numbers.…

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I know right!?! Way back a few months ago when I started again and was worried about the same thing people told me it would slow down and it's cool with me that it hasn't yet but it's been like almost 40lbs lost now. Granted I am still obese but obviously a lot of obese people struggle to lose even 40lbs. Perhaps they also…

mine either predict way less than I will actually lose or way more than I will actually gain, but my intake numbers are all over the place and not only is every day not "like today" there is up to a 3000 calorie swing so they are especially useless for me.

you. are. awesome!!!! what an amazing job! I too am glad you have waited on the surgery. It makes me sad so many people seem to just jump into it, it seems such a permanent fix to a temporary problem. I know it takes a lot of mental work to get out of being morbidly obese but it's not like there is not a ton of mental work…

red skin and regular potatoes cook up differently and provide different experience in eating in texture, etc. And sweet potatoes have a totally different flavor profile. Different ones work for different purposes. For the 6-18 calorie difference does it really matter? Shouldn't you eat the one that most closely matches…

saying that medications themselves don't make you gain weight and saying it's simple to not gain weight while on certain meds isn't the same thing. Some meds to affect metabolism, etc. That still doesn't mean the med itself causes the weight gain.

some people find eating 1200/day easy, some find it impossible. I think some good advice has been offered here about other alternatives other than just starting right out of the gate to eat 1200/day. When I first started I set my loss at .5 per week just so I could get used to logging and weighing etc. The weight came of…

In general, probably if it seemed like something fun. But this place, IIRC, is downtown, which if you are staying on the strip to me it's not worth the time it takes to get downtown unless you are there for a week or more. Too many better things to see/do and better places to eat that are within walking distance.

People treat attractive individuals differently than they treat unattractive individuals. I have found that to be true from 118 lbs right up to 249. What makes you "attractive" varies by person, but there does seem to be more opportunity to fall into the attractive category when one is not overweight. But a well put…

If I understand what the previous posters said, we can easily see more than 10 pages worth of things if we select a category from the drop down where it says "Or, add your favorites for: All Meals" it will show the last 4 pages of food entered in that category only. I only have 3 categories but that's 12 pages of foods…

If you want to get yourself a few more calories in you could put 100 calories of nuts in your pocket (should be around 10-15 nuts) and eat one at a time throughout the day. Same can be done with an ounce of cheese for around the same calories. (Or fit them all in your mouth at once I am pretty sure I could do this LOL!!) I…

congrats on only having 8 to go, that's awesome! If you are eating 1500 and are good at sticking to do that then the pills that restrict your appetite probably won't do too much for you since you said you don't want to eat under I read through all the responses but forgot if anyone noticed maybe trying some new types of…

if it's one of those tiny sandwiches you get at a gas station with an invisible amount of meat/cheese and a tiny bun (in other words, not a real cheesesteak) then it's possible I suppose. What is the total weight on this package/alleged single serving?

what problem are you trying to correct exactly? Also you probably need to say how many cals are on a "binge" day. People call something a binge but that can mean anywhere from 2000 to 10000 calories.

you are so mean and unsupportive!

don't worry every body needs a "restart" now and again I'm sure it'll just kickstart your metabolism and it'll be fine. If you gain any weight it's probably just muscle cause muscle weighs more than fat. I'm not sure about the maltose but I hope not, but if you feel like it's being a problem just eat clean and that'll fix…

correct me if i am wrong here but wasn't it established several pages ago that OP did not deactivate, it's just that bug that makes it appear as much? Or are we just unsure if they deactivated or not?

But, you said you had an espresso? Shouldn't have any calories of course but to say you drink coffee then say you only drink water suggests there may be other things sneaking in that you are missing? For your original posts without the quantity of each of those things the information doesn't tell us how much you are…

how many more than 3k exactly? you should still be losing even at 3k/day walking 5 miles each day.

if there is an actual group I'd like an invite too

there are lots of great videos on youtube. is the weigh-in day supposed to be 11/16 on the spreadsheet? i went ahead and put mine in today- down another 2 whoo-hoo!

wow that is a massive difference for 10 lbs! looks like your exercise is really paying off. Slimming down is more important than scale numbers anyway!

Agreed with this and the other such comments. BV what's unattractive about you is your down on yourself attitude. You can fix that too. My husband was likely over 400 lbs when I met him. Never phased me because his personality was just so awesome (and my type has traditionally been tall and rail-thin, so it's not like I…