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The good news is you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better. ++Track for a week or two before worrying about losing. This way you'll see where you really stand, odds are it is different than where you thought you were, which is actually good news... ++Be scrupulously honest... you can lie to your friends, you…

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By soda I assume you are drinking cola... with caffeine, which makes it much hard to give up. I drank diet soda since I was 10 or 11, back in the days of TAB. I'd tried several times to give it up,but wasn't successful until I replaced it with coffee. I didn't consider the caffeine in and of itself a problem, as much as…

What guidelines are you using for an appropriate amount of water?

All of your foods fall into 1 or more of 3 macro nutrient categories FATS • CARBS • PROTEINS ... I personally think it's unwise to severely restrict any one of these categories. Instead of eliminating or limiting quantity focus on the quality... HAPPY FATS (Plant and fish based) ---Good for brain, function, nerve function,…

1) don't go to the gym and get everyone else there sick. 2) If it's just a head cold and you feel up to I've read that a LIGHT workout will help your immune system. So maybe go for a walk, but not so fast that you;re breathing heavy

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The good news is you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better. ++Track for a week or two before worrying about losing. This way you'll see where you really stand odds are it is different than where you thought you were, which is actually good news... ++Be scrupulously honest... you can lie to your friends, you…

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Okay, I've a really hard time being consistent. I was feeling really horrible about my over days until I started keeping a spread sheet for 10-averages. I recognized that as long as I wasn't eating too much crap (sugar or processed foods) I tended to even out over a couple of days. I decided that if I was under by 500…

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I think shows like "the biggest loser" set folks up to have false expectations. But those folks are live breathing weightloss 24/7 and from what I read a lot of them end up gaining back the weight once they go back to their "real lives" I was happier once I gave myself a range: ROCK BOTTOM: 1200 cal TARGET: MFP Calories…

I prefer PIE and LATTES.

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Maybe it's time to tone 119 sound perfect. I always shave 10lbs off of the top & bottom of the BMI scale. I figure 10lbs from the top leaves me a little wiggle room if I get stressed or injured and can't be as active as I'd like. and 10ls from the bottom means that I'll have resources to sustain myself if I get sick. As…

Oops! ignore what I just said responded to the wrong post... sorry.

Pack up the leftovers for tomorrows lunch. put it in your insulated lunch bag or a brown paper bag... so it's not staring you in the face if you go into the frig to get a drink or fruit.

Aug 2010 Spring 2012 shortly before hitting my goal weight. Started maintenance in Jan 2012 and have been bumping around within 5 lbs. I keep 1 lb on my ticker to remind me not to get cocky

Long winded, I know... The good news is you don't have to be perfect, you just have to be better. ++Track for a week or two before worrying about losing. This way you'll see where you really stand odds are it is different than where you thought you were, which is actually good news... ++Be scrupulously honest... you can…

one of the best things I did for myself was to focus on what i SHOULD eat, not what I shouldn't . Pick 3 new things until they become habit then add one or two until they become habit and keep going with small sustainable changes. Here I my goals... haven't come close to hitting them consistently yet. EVERYDAY: a green…

I started with broad categories like MEAT, FISH, VEG, FRUIT, STARCH, GRAINS, DESERTS Then I made a list of all the foods I could think of, circled what I loved, put a line through things I hated. What was left were things I loved, liked or "could deal with' Then I looked at nutrition and picked the healthiest options from…

1) Slim fast doesn't last me long enough and I end up eating a meal in addition to it. 2) Plus these tend to have a fair amount of sugar in them and Sugar preventions the absorption of calcium and other nutrients. So even if it does contain nutrition, if your body can't access it it's not doing you any good. It's a…

BLTs were my down fall. On the surface my diet didn't seem that bad, but it was the little things that added up that killed me. First couple of days I was here I almost gave up. Then the next couple of weeks I didn't worry about losing. I just tracked EVERYTHING to get an honest assessment of what I was actually eating vs.…

One pound a week is great! I think shows like biggest loser give folks unrealistic expectations for how fast we should be losing. (I also read an article some time back about how many of the contestant gain back their weight.)

When I was a kid, if we complained at the breakfast table, my Mom always said "If we lived on a farm you'd be up at 5AM to do chores and wouldn't get your breakfast until 8AM, your so luck that you can get up at 7:30 and have breakfast at 8" Well, I'm not on a farm... and if I get up at 9AM and don't eat until Noon it's…

Full-fat Coke??? (when did they start putting fat in coke?) Am I being picky and mean... I'm sorry I couldn't resist.

Over 20 years a go I went to a nutritionist who told me that SUGAR AND ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS increase your appetite. The sugar thing I figured out (I was working on the M&M/Mars account working late, I grab a snickers for dinner and become ravenous) What stunned me was the ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS. Anyway, these can send you…

What it comes down to is what works for you... If you try an approach and it's not working or you can't stick to it, try something different. Personally, I believe that going hungry really just sets you up to fail. Making you more likely to end up over compensating. If you are hungry eat... I know people who swear by…

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