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I am at the top of my goal weight range (which I’ve been within for 3 years) so I’m working on losing 5 pounds between now and Thanksgiving to go back to the middle of the range, not worry/stress during the holidays, and reassess in January.

If I ate that much I’d be very bloated and yes over 2 days would gain a pound due to my BMR and activity level. It’s different for everyone.

I didn’t gain weight during or after having Covid. My father passed away from it right after so I didn’t feel much like eating at all.

Strange question! I never skip dinner. Sometimes I don’t eat a “breakfast” until lunchtime and then only eat two main meals but I eat according to the calories I have for the week. It’s important to stay satiated throughout the day so you don’t want to eat everything in sight because you get so hungry, at least that’s how…

Name: Christina Age: 36 Height: 5 ft 5 inches Total weight lost: 48 pounds Time it took to lose: 18 months How long in maintenance: 8 months Maintenance weight range: 125-135 (really would like to get down to 125 but last 5 pounds are vanity) Average weight recorded for 2020: 160 Average weight recorded for 2021: 145…

I did well on 1200 for awhile, now ~1500 that I’m close to maintenance. I’m pretty small and inactive to begin with so even eating 1200-1300 calories a day I drop about 20 pounds in a year (from 150—130). That’s about half a pound a week. I also take “diet breaks” every once in awhile where I eat at maintenance (~1600) for…

This year I didn’t track over a period of 3 weeks; more for my mental health. Sometimes it’s good to let go. I gained 1.5 pounds over holidays but now I’m tracking again. I’m about at maintenance so I only eat 100-150 calories under maintenance average currently. I lost 30 pounds over 2 years which is very slow but I…

Mine is very accurate.

I would take monthly pictures. It’s a bit different for everyone but tends to start to be noticeable once you’ve lost at least 10% of your body weight. Patience and perseverance are key. You’ve also gotta be ready for scale fluctuations…. they happen and that doesn’t mean you aren’t still losing weight. Water weight can…

I totally agree here!

I find that if I don’t eat breakfast I don’t get immediately hungry again. When I do eat breakfast before work within 2 hours I’m hungry again. I typically have just a coffee in the morning and then start eating at lunchtime. I have to time my hunger / eating schedule carefully due to being a teacher (I am not going to eat…

I am very busy at lunch time so I eat a protein bar with a banana and it works for me until I get home from work. I then have a small snack before dinner. The protein bar + banana combo has worked for me the entirety of losing weight and when I was keeping 1300 calories it was well within my dietary limit as it only…

I love my milky coffee and drank it the whole time I lost weight, at a low weight, and at a high weight. It’s a lifestyle decision I’m not going to change, those 300 calories are just going to go to that milk and sugar in my two cups of milky coffee each day. No regrets. You just have to make a decision on what’s worth the…

10 months. I’m okay with losing slow and don’t like to be hangry lol

It takes awhile to show on the scale since the scale shows everything including if you had a cup of water it will show half a pound heavier. What matters is fat loss… which takes time. If you give it more time the scale will eventually reflect your loss.

Yes it’s harder to lose weight when you are close to goal. I’m at 134 and 5 feet 5 inches and I estimate if I want to get to 125 it would take the rest of this year. I also lose slowly intentionally as to try to keep muscle as much as possible.

Yeah, it was not a good idea for me.

Not eating breakfast on weekdays, just coffee.

No carbs and no dairy? Ouch. I’m just going to put out there if your doctor hasn’t advised you to take such extremes then you don’t need to. It’s better to build sustainable habits so you don’t gain more when you’re done with your “diet”. Also, I notice that you also only want to lose 22 pounds. One month is not enough…

You lost weight fast for having so little to lose. Likely water weight is causing the scale not to show weight loss. You mentioned being frustrated… remember it is fat loss you are looking for, not weight loss. Losing at too fast of a rate you might lose more muscle than intended which is hard to build back. When you lose…

My mom didn’t know she was diabetic until she died from ketoacidosis from high blood sugar spike so I definitely empathize.

It can run in families. Sorry to hear about your struggle and that the doctors didn’t help earlier.

I’ve never heard that percentage breakdown with such low fat. Is there a medical reason you need it that low?

I agree with what has been said… especially if you don’t have that much to lose. Patience and accuracy logging are key. I’ve been back on MFP for about a year and lost 25 pounds. It comes off it just takes time to do it right.

I don’t really lose any faster than .5 pounds a week. The largest amount I’ve lost is like 0.75 pounds a week and that was when I had more to lose. I don’t like being hungry and just choose more nutrient dense foods now. It takes time to put it on and takes time to take it off. Good luck on your journey!

Last year I was in your position. I decided to wait and not track during the holidays and started tracking right around the new year. I’m 5-10 pounds away from my stretch goal and at the upper part of where I like my weight to be now (bmi currently 23). This next year I’m going to see about taking off those last 5-10…

My TSH levels were 3.3 last time they got checked last year. Should I get them checked again? I was also Vitamin D deficient. I'm not losing weight as easy this time as I did two years ago and I'm wondering if this is partially to blame.

First: face Last: thighs Thighs put on weight first too...

So I've been 140 range for the past year and want to go back down to 135 range... Feb. 27th - 143.0 (had Pizza Hut Sunday night... hoping it goes back down since I've averaged 1400 calories for the week and my TDEE is supposed to be 1750).

So for me... when I get to the bottom of my range I stop logging for awhile. It helps me psychologically to leave calorie counting for a bit. I still weigh on occasion and when my weight goes past the top of my range I log again. This has worked for me for 3 years of maintaining within 10 lbs.