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I’ve lost a few pounds more. It’s the walking. I think that’s all that has changed.

I am just going to agree with what everyone said. This is a long term lifetime thing. Most people can lose weight on a diet but regain their weight. The hard part is integrating healthy eating and activity into your life so you can maintain a weight that is healthy for you. The research on maintenance says that while…

I so related to this. I have been in maintenance forever after losing 28 pounds maybe 10 years ago. I say maintenance, but first lost, then regained 15 pounds during the pandemic shut down. I'm still in the healthy BMI, but I felt better 15 pounds lighter - where I was. Unfortunately, I don't quite know what to do. I had…

I’ve done both. The weekly allows you to know where you are on Friday morning before you go into the weekend, when I tend to splurge the most. The rolling gives you a better sense of where you are for the graphs. I really like looking at how many days I’m over and under. My goal is always to be under for the week even if…

I think that’s an empirical question. When I was young I bounced around five pounds a day. Now I’m pretty stable plus or minus 2. I weigh daily and that gives me a sense of my bounce.

With an Apple Watch set it to minimum activities, link it to MFP, and let it take the calorie reduction from there. It is much more conservative than the Apple Watch but seems to work better for me in my calorie adjustment.

I’ve been here forever and just recommitting as well. This is a comfortable weight for me and I’m still in the ‘healthy’ BMI category. But I was a lot happier (and still in ‘healthy’) when I was 20 pounds down. I find analyzing my log really helpful. When I first lost weight, I realized milk, bread, and cheese added…

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It takes a lot of calories to heal and you tend to not absorb food well and often don’t eat as much. Your tastes change. Illness is a classic cause of weight loss, although most people experience an immediate rebound after recovery.

You’ve been here a long time too! I stop eating when I’m not hungry. I eat things I love first, eat smaller portions, and don’t eat things I don’t like. I don’t drink my calories. I avoid or eat small portions of foods that very calorie dense.

Have your kidneys been checked? I also have had a 10 pound gain I couldn’t shake when traveling by air (high salt and altitude) or summer travel when it’s really hot outside and I go from sedentary air conditioning in the car to hot humid air. Look at your ankles. Are they puffy? Is your guy kind of pillowy? That’s water…

I just found out they moved it to Premium sometime during the last few years. I had dropped my premium subscription early in the pandemic. Rejoined and it’s back where I remembered it.

A lot of that is water. You need the calories they give you to heal. Eat the healthiest food you can with no added sugar and lots of protein (nuts and eggs can be added to smoothies). And you will pee it out when you’re moving again.

Eating protein at night really helps me. So I actually eat a quarter cup of ice cream with nuts on a spoonful of plain yogurt on it. I like it. It's not that many calories. It's not too sweet. It cuts the craving. Boiled eggs are good too. Again, it's the protein. I also find that often I think I'm hungry but really I'm…

I really don't like it. Either in the app or online.

I focus on a few great things and watch my portion size. I pick the one or two things I really want to eat and put that on my plate, making that the centerpiece. I take a reasonable portion but don't worry much about the calories. If it's really caloric I might make it a small portion. But something special I don't…

My husband is generous and loves to cook. He makes great meals that are easy for me to hit my goals with. But then at 9 or 10 he'll wander by and hand me a plate of batter fried shrimp (he is having some too and also hands them to my son - it's not a sabotage move). But it's hard for me to say 'thanks, but no'. So, of…

You are fantastic at losing and not maintaining. I know macros (carbs below 40%) are critical for me maintaining. Otherwise my weight creeps up. That’s been especially true since the pandemic. I also had to start measuring again because my portion sizes creeped up. Not everything, but enough. Finally, exercising is…

Macros are important for me. More than 40% carbs and my weight creeps up.

Everyone works differently. When I make specific rules, I get frustrated. I love to eat and have a small bit of ice cream and nuts most days. If I really want to treat myself because it looks great, I do. Just not too often and not too much. I eat lots of good healthy food. And I always hit my weekly goal. That gives me…

It doesn't update well (and only does it accurately with a 10 point loss). I always reset manually because not having it accurate really messes up calorie calculations.

Congratulations! I've been here a LONG time (8 years?). Still plugging along. Took a 6 month hiatus from logging during the worst of the dark times (I thought I had this down). But logging is a good tool for me. At 62 I weigh what I did in my 30's although less than I have at other points in my life. I DO still fit my…

I realized that if I lost a pound a week I could hit my college weight on six months. That seemed doable. And would keep me from getting diabetes like the rest of my family. 12 years later I am the oldest and the only one without it. Best decision ever.

It’s been a rough few years. After 12 years maintaining and logging I stopped. And gained. I am back in the saddle again and losing. We can all do this.

After you use the calculator, keep weighing yourself and watching your macros. If I keep my carbs under 40% I can eat all my calories and exercise calories. If I go higher than that I'll slowly gain. So I can either watch carbs (I worry about the week not the day) or I can lower calories. Every body is different. They give…

I assume that’s net calories? Look at salt intake. How do your ankles look? When I travel on a plane or sit for a long time in car - particularly in air conditioning - I can gain 10 pounds overnight from water retention. It can take weeks to leave even though I am very active. My mom’s odd cure does help. Take a bath and…

Just keep logging. Focus on the foods you love and make sure you make room for those in your day. Watch sneak calories like extra butter or bread. Keep it up. Be mindful of what you eat and enjoy your food.

I find it easiest to adjust my calories and let my watch and MFP automatically adjust my daily alottment. I know that if I ate what MFP says I should I gain weight. So I tell it I want to lose half a pound a week and I maintain.

I always ate healthy. I snacked in smaller portions. I upped my daily exercise.

And, oddly have lost 5 pounds since beginning to log. Most must be water but significant nonetheless.