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What a totally unnecessary comment. Progress is progress. Anyways, OP, that's incredible -- good job + keep up the effort, don't let the holidays and progress trick you into slacking!

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The only thing that's ever worked for me: Just do it.

I think most of the issue lies in the fact that the food I like doesn't have a distinctive number of calories it's worth. If I eat out and get a slice of pizza, it's probably within in my calorie range. But I don't know if it has 150 calories or 500, and that throws me off. I feel like i've gone way over my calories even…

I read a study once that apparently concluded that most outside stores underestimate calories. BUT Subway had been the one store that overestimated, if that makes you feel better. Haha.

The only probably you're having right now is your mental outlook. Why are you dubbing food as the enemy? You love cookies and sugar and food? SO DO I! I love it, and I eat it. But I also eat fruits, vegetables, protein, etc etc. Focus on how much you're eating of everything and balance it out. If you eat healthy throughout…

Meiji chocolate -- anything from that company. Literally. Anything at all.

Well, women are generally much more vehement than men are, men are pretty passive when it comes to most things. (I'm a woman)

The Killing Jar, Exam, Passengers.

This may be the best and most accurate thing I've ever read on here.

I knew I was gaining weight but avoided the scale so it was easy to pretend it wasn't actually happening. Went to the doctor and I had gained 40 lbs. I had broken the 200 mark. That came as such a shock to me -- I didn't have a choice. I HAD to change.

No matter how thin you are, no matter how nice your skin is, no matter how perfect your teeth/hair are, there will always be someone who looks better. There will also be people who look worse. Beauty is subjective and what matters in the end is how you act. Your personality will alter the way people see you in…

These are all really good food ideas as well as good advice. Thanks guys, really needed this :)

I have (had?) the same exact issue, but I agree completely. To today :drinker:

I just said the exact same thing to myself this morning.

This is all REALLY awesome advice. I think I'm going to take all the main points and jot them down so I have no more excuses. Thanks so much guys, I really appreciate it!

I might start doing that cheat meal. Cheat days used to always throw me off but a moderated cheat meal sounds a lot more constricted. Thank you guys! Also, yes I think making a vision board might help too.

I'd love to join!

You give up now, you're never going to lose the weight. If you don't want it badly enough to keep getting up again, you don't deserve to lose it anyway.

I've always heard that it slows down your metabolism or that it isn't good to have an empty stomach early in the day or w/e. But thanks guys! This has reassured me, haha.

I LOVE the dried seaweed honestly. Acquired taste but SO good.

Followed! fitnesspacked.tumblr.com :)

I tried to make these and they ended up soggy and burnt :grumble: I think I had cut the slices too thick, haha.

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One month from now, I'm giving myself a cheat day if I reach the goal I set. Want to know why? BECAUSE I DESERVE TO PIG THE HELL OUT (yes, I mean ice cream, cookies, chocolate, pizza, etc) ONCE IN A WHILE. Occasional cheat days are fine imo, but having one once a week is excessive for me because I know it would throw me…

Would love to be at my goal weight and toning by then (about 25 lbs to go).

Hmm, never even considered that posture might be an issue. Thanks!

Custom, but it isn't very different than what MFP set for me. Only about 100 cal difference.

I actually never thought I was overweight (even though I had reached a point that I was 205 lbs at 5'5") until I started losing weight. I only began trying to lose weight because I physically felt unhealthy, not mentally. I was never insecure or anything of the sort, I genuinely thought my body was fine. Looking back at…

Ah, I love this. Congrats, you deserve it!