joannathechef Member

OMG - what a change - well done

SMILE - you look fantastic - keep it up you WILL get there

I probably will get some nasty replies on this answer but if you have tried boosting with some high density foods like nuts, avocado, protein shakes then I would not force yourself to eat. Eating well is sometime just too much bother and it does no harm to eat less than recommended whatever people say here. If you are…

Can I ask were you always like this? How did you get into postion of having to lose 175 Lbs? I presume this is recent....I would re-do your TDEE calculation and base it on the weight you would like to be and the weight you are now I find it instructive to see what I will be eating like if I ever get my goal. I use the…

OMG - what a change. Well done!

WHAT??? No this is not correct - gosh you are funny - it is joke right???:ohwell:

you can really see it! Well done

great job!

Amazing - you look so differnet! I am not sure when you start to really beleive you are that new person and finally 'see' yourself as you are now. Great story

Don't have rules

I am/was a chef - please do not do this it only takes 1 egg with Salmonella and you could get very seriously ill if you have healthy issues you could die.

I have the odd slice of white as in French or Italian when I eat out at a nice place but at home and in general I do not eat bread I am diabetic and find I get more carb buck for the bang out of veggies. LOL I have low carb pasta about every 2 weeks and eat Ole hig fiber low cartb tortillas when I need a sandwich or…

OMG - you look like a different person - well done!

Is that the same as homeopathy? or is it some other quackery

you can get diet tonic A vodka diet tonic witha lime twist for please

Sure I have not run one step - my knees are shot! Rowing, walking on a tread mill, swimming, hiking and weight training

you can get a rough body fat number with a tape measure and the right calculator - no need to spend money unless you want to... just saying

I feel sorry for the kids but what the hell are the parents doing - if you are that poor you should be on food stamps --- so are they trading them in for drugs....also make a hand out with the physical addresses of the food banks in your area and make sure kids can taken them home with out being noticed by the other kids.

I love veggies but some people just don't. Make home made Turkey tomato pasta sauce with finely chopped carrots and celery added in - that with the oinion garlic and tomatoes give you load of veggies that taste great - make a huge batch and freeze portions for other meals. If you are low carb - use shredded cooked cabbage…

how cool is that! You look beautiful

great job! way to go health benefits!

About 17 years ago I did lose all of the weight and spent about 2 years at my goal weight before it all started to get away from me and I ended up back where I started. I feel that in some strange way this inability to 'see' the new you is partially to blame for my weight re-gain so I feel it is important to address it…

great NSV!

I can not see your diary so take this with a pinch of salt (no insult to phoneman) - you should be losing if you are eating less calories than you burn. So possible causes 1. you are eating back your work out calories and taking MFP burn rates as a guide - they are about 30% over stating burn rates hence eating 30% more…

I can not see your diary so take this with a pinch of salt - you should be losing if you are eating less calories than you burn. So possible causes 1. you are eating back your work out calories and taking MFP burn rates as a guide - they are about 30% over stating burn rates hence eating 30% more than you really burnt 2.…

You ARE and WERE beautiful but now you healthy too! Yeah!

As you lose weight your TDEE Total daily energy expenditure shoulg go go down - I would if you have change the settings (current weight and body fat) in your device you may be giving your self too high a daily need hence the dcifcit is not as much as you think or not thre at all My REE or BMR is 1574 my REE at my level of…

Where are you getting the burbn rate on your workouts? This site gives nuch more (about 1/3) morec alories burnt than my HRM tell me - if you eat back ALL your claories you will be eating too much. Aim for eating back 20-30% only.

great job!

well done - you look amazing