CaitlinW19 Member

A little more info would be good to help provide suggestions, but I would say for me I just took over the kitchen one day. I do basically all the cooking for my house now and my partner just eats what I make him :-) He's good about that at least. So I don't worry about what he eats or his choices affecting mine. I just…

Weekly! I am a convert big time...it gives me a concrete goal to work toward every week.

You can throw spinach in just about anything...I actually dehydrate veggies that are getting ready to turn and run them through a food processor...looks like weed sitting in my kitchen, but I just add a few scoops to any meals I feel like could use some more veggies. Pretty much everything is good roasted too in olive oil…

I don't really know what you are doing, but I've found a few things that have really helped me. 1. Weigh once a week. Not only is it good for your mental state and getting you to focus more on how great you feel and positive changes you can see with your own eyes, but it actually makes each week a mini goal. I'm constantly…

To some extent I agree. I just did a whole foods cleanse and I still want and enjoy things like gluten. I do notice when I'm eating healthy though (I eat very little processed foods in general) that I might crave something like a Big Mac and if I give in to the craving I'm always disappointed...the taste doesn't come close…

I agree that you may just plain not be eating enough calories during the day. Make sure you are getting a lot of protein...that really helps. Weight watchers used to use this analogy about hunger and eating...think of yourself like a balloon...when a balloon looses too much air it gets to that really shriveled state...if…

I'm sure you aren't the only one, but it's not exactly a healthy choice, which most people on MFP are striving to make. Personally, I do not drink to "blackout drunk", but I do find it good to only drink on the weekends. I enjoy having a glass of wine or two a night, but I don't need the calories, so I only partake on the…

A fruit smoothie with protein powder keeps me full so much longer than most other breakfast options. Also, greek yogurt pancakes on the weekends sometimes for a treat. Low cal but packed with protein, plus they just are the best pancakes. :-) Emilybites.com deep dish sloppy joe casserole is a fav that is filling. Comfort…

You might find it helpful to eat a little less during the week (like 100 or 200 hundred calories a day), then on the weekend when you splurge a little you sort of use those calories then...like a calories savings account :-) This works really well for me personally. Helps me keep my sanity and reach my goals.

Agree! I love bolthouse dressings. They are super creamy and don't taste healthy at all!

Wishbone. Even when I was way to old for it. lol.

Yoga doesn't burn a lot of calories, but weight loss is 90% diet. You can't out exercise a bad diet, so as long as you've got that part down you are on the right track. The exercise part is more like a bonus :-) so it's not really about it being "enough"...it's enhancing what you are doing diet wise. Yoga will tone your…

Might be worth your time to visit a chiropractor. I had chronic upper back and neck pain for years and migraines that just kept getting worse...a chiro made all the difference for me because all my problems were related to each other. Yoga also seems to help...I notice I have to adjust my rearview mirror in my car after…

If you aren't eating carbs, it's probably ketosis.

I find it really helpful to try to find something to take my mind off food. When I get home from work I usually feel like diving into a snack but I also have to walk my dog. Most days I make myself take the dog for a walk first...by the time I get home I am usually not hungry anymore (so clearly I really never was). My…

I took over the shopping and cooking...that helps for me. Maybe you could ask him to hide the treats he wants somewhere so you don't have to see them. Or try buying alternatives he might like just as well...fiber one bars instead of poptarts or something.

I try to. It's hard after the fact to remember everything and estimate amounts, but I think it's a good thing to try to do. I don't think about my success or failure as each day, but as a week...I might go crazy eating bad stuff Sunday night, but if I work hard the rest of the week I can even things out. That's a big part…

I'm sure this doesn't help right at this moment but there are speakers meant for attaching to a bike, if you are looking for another option.

A lot of people can't jog 3 miles...I know I can't! Most of the programs you see use intervals to build up to a distance like that...run 1 minute, walk 2...run 3 minutes walk 2...it get's progressively harder. It's not something people can usually do out of the gate, so I wouldn't worry about it at all! It takes time…

I try to find a distraction so I'll forget about it. I don't get too many...probably because I give myself lots of little snacks throughout the day. But if I am feeling an itch I don't think I should scratch I go for a walk, clean something up around my house, or run and errand...anything that will give me 15 minutes of…

I'm sorry hon. You have a tough challenge. Do you weigh your food? If you do not, I would start there to make sure you aren't eating more calories than you think. As the poster above notes, that 1,500 is what you should eat to maintain, so eating 1,200 is a 300 calories under a day, which should result in weight loss.…

I think this is easier said than done, especially for woman. I eat a really well balanced diet but my doctor still recommended I take calcium as a woman to guard against osteoporosis. And if I person is trying to lose weight and eating at a deficit (which probably 95 percent of the people on MFP), it's even harder to get…

It's not really unusual. I would say 4 lbs is on the higher side of a weigh flux, but nothing I haven't seen myself. I used to weigh every day and often several times a day...I MADE myself stop...I made it a goal that is just as important as my diet and excercise goals to me to stay off the scale except for Friday morning.…

Maybe post something on craigslist that you are looking for a furry running buddy and would be happy to run someone's dog at a particular time every day. I don't know. Maybe if you offered to meet a person for coffee and meet them and their dog in the park they would feel comfortable with this. If it was me, my only…

I would think very unlikely that you'd experience this with the amount of weight you are trying to lose. But would you honestly let that fear stop you from trying to lose weight? And even if you lose weight and discover you do have this problem...would you decide to put the weight back on? I'm guessing the answer is no to…

I think it helps to master one thing at a time too. Your goals listed above are all very reasonable. Don't get down on yourself though if you miss a step. You might figure out something that really works for you for, say, water intake, but have more trouble with sticking to exercise...whatever it may be...progress is…

If you like meat and don't want to give it up then don't. Whatever you do has to be sustainable for you. I love eating meatless a few times a week. It tends to be easy on the waistline and the wallet, which are both reasons I do this. I also think a lot of meat eaters don't give veg foods a chance though...sometimes the…

Check out Skinnytaste.com. On the far right of the blog she has links to different categories of food and there is a low carb link. All her recipes are already low calorie, so this should give you lots of ideas.

Nothing good. Your basic body functions need calories to function...your heart, lungs, liver, brain. If you deprive yourself of too much that is really dangerous and, ultimately, not worth any results you might see on the scale...what good would those be if you were dead? Sadly for us all, weight loss is a "slow and steady…

Close, but no. You should eat 1,200 a day minimum. MFP already did the math for you and subtracted those 500 calories for you, leaving you with a 1,200 calorie allowance daily (but before exercise, so eat at least 1/2 of those calories you earn back too!)