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Yes people think that. It's the plastic bag theory of the human body. Things go in one end, out the other, and there's a big bag inside you that holds it while there. Sometimes there are little holes in it. Not my son's problem. The name is just dumb. But he's just really sick.

Jakeburning - Binging like that simply is not healthy. Please get some help. In this case, your weight is irrelevant - it's simply not a healthy behavioral pattern. I don't have to list all the reasons it's not - you already know. It doesn't feel very good does it?

I'm so sorry. DO talk to your treatment team - they can give you better advice than anyone. When my dad was terminally ill, he had a serious problem with swallowing and had a really hard time getting enough calories. As someone else suggested, he did high calorie drinks. He also added fat to everything - the anti-MFP diet.…

What makes it a disorder is that it is (a) compulsive and (b) it interferes with normal life functioning. Yours doesn't sound that way. By compulsive I mean that you don't do it because it makes you happy. I mean that if you don't do it you get really really anxious. You can't stop yourself from doing it without causing…

I have been logging - I think accurately - for four years. I spent several years weighing and measuring. I wore a fitbit and now an Apple Watch. So for me, I think this is accurate. I also know that I have worked with two family members who were logging on MFP and couldn't lose anything despite hitting their numbers. But…

I would talk to your counselor. It may be that you're not ready to eat intuitively yet. You've been seriously ill and it's easy to fool yourself and ignore obvious signs that you're hungry, just like other people ignore obvious signs that they're full. If you don't think it's healthy to count or log, then eat by the book.…

Sometimes you just feel like eating more. Around 6 months ago I realized the 'temporary' weight gain I'd had (still within my range) wasn't. I dropped 250 calories/day and it came right off. I've stayed at that lower level since because it feels way too tempting to eat a lot right now and I wasn't as confident of my…

Congratulations. Just keep doing what you're doing. I lost slowly at the very end but didn't experience any gain. Four years and counting!

No. And my chronically ill son, who has the worst inflammation and has tested positive for food sensitivities, has none of them and no symptoms at all that his intestines have a problem. It was only because he was vomiting all the time (before his migraines started) that they scoped him. The inflammation causes all the…

I am still logging but it is very unusual that it makes any difference in my eating. I'm always under. Good habits are what you need to maintain.

Leaky gut is a bad name for chronic intestinal inflammation that causes a variety of real medical problems. I started in the same place you are. But getting my son scoped because he'd been vomiting for a year and SEEING the inflammation and, in a relative, the villi that were GONE because of autoimmune response (she has…

Get a fitbit. I move around a lot teaching and thought I was very active, but measure much lower than that. I have to actually exercise to hit my numbers.

I love maintenance. Every day I look in the mirror and am happy. My only regret losing weight is it took me so long to try to do it. It's been almost 4 years. Secret: Just keep doing it and find foods you love to eat.

Just keep going. Weight fluctuates.

My goal is to stay in the 150-155 range for the rest of my life. I'm 56 and 5'10". Same weight I was when I graduated from college. I've weighed less, but I get grumpy under 148.

Lifting does make a big difference. But it's also just must have to do with shape and preferred clothes fit and vanity sizing at different shops. I look slim - I KNOW I look slim. And I'm looking at these numbers and going WTF? What I'm noticing is that height makes a huge difference. Taller people with low BMIs are in…

You'll do better. It takes time. The skin is actually our largest organ and you're talking, sometimes, of getting rid of half of it. Be patient keep exercising and eating well.

This sounds dumb, but I'm going to just say this to make sure. You are logging all your exercise and talking about net surplus right? Because I have seen people doing it on just straight calories and this is a mistake.

YES! Eating should be ENJOYABLE. One of the nice benefits of MFP is I try hard to make sure everything I eat is something that tastes good. More mindful and fun eating.

Yes. I plateaued when I was on a deficit if my carbs were too high. Even if I was in a quite deep deficit - 700 calories/day for example. But if I was under 50% of my calories from carbs - especially under 40% - the weight would fall off at the same calorie level. That's not low carb at all. It's just higher protein and…

One of the nice things about having a goal RANGE is that you can celebrate when you hit the top of it, but keep losing until you hit the bottom. Mine was between 150-155 (I'm 5'10"). So I hit 155 in January but didn't hit 150 until May. I never did change my calorie strategy - it just took longer and longer to lose weight.…

And I always hit my numbers over time and never worry about daily fluctuations. I just find it odd that I will consistently get a drop after a big day of eating. Just like a consistently get a gain with a big day of salt (especially if I'm also flying). Since my weight is stable within a small range over time, I don't…

I think I have definitely decided from reading this that clothing size tells you nothing about how thin someone is, because height and where you put that weight - plus how tight you like to wear your clothes and how stretchy they are - seems to make a huge difference. One of my sisters is much taller than me (and I'm…

Congratulations! Real people will congratulate you instead of the app.

Ten pounds can take a long time to lose, as you slow down as you get closer to goal. It took me longer to lose the last 5 pounds than the first 30. Just keep at it.

I find this interesting because my measurements and your clothing sizes don't match. 5'10" 151 pounds. 38/29/39 Small or medium tops and medium bottoms if it's sized that way. Size 10 usually. Expensive clothes size 8. Old clothes size 12 (sizing has changed.

Essentially. But I'm going to qualify that. If over half my calories come from carbs I don't lose no matter what my calories. And if it's much more than that I can ever gain despite a deficit. So some candy and treats - sure, I have ice cream and chocolate almost every day. But that's not where most of my calories come…

500 calories over Christmas? Take a long walk the day before or after or just lighten up for the week. I always make my week goals because after a nice splurge I am not hungry the next few days. Or enjoy your week (but log everything) and drop down 250 calories for a week or two after New Years if you've gained. You need…

Yes, it is.

You are set to sedentary on MFP and the fitbit is syncing properly? You're not eating that much for maintenance. You shouldn't be gaining if you're accurate as you say you are. The other thing to check is the percent of calories with carbs. If mine go over 50%, I gain no matter what my net calories.