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Try to stick to veggies and lean protein for dinner, maybe take a walk, and move on. One off day won't ruin your progress. The most effect it will have is to slow down that next lb. drop by however many calories you went over today. Just don't let your off day start to make buddies with the next few days.

Yes, if you like it enought to eat every day, and it fits your calorie allowance, go for it. Plus, that particular cereal has good fiber, low sodium, reasonable sugar. I have about 4 different breakfast standards. A little more variety than you, but still, pretty predictable. I do a smoothie, a piece of whole wheat toast…

When you do cook - make huge batches. Maybe a giant pot of vegetarian chili, or a pan or two of a veggie lasagna, so that you can eat out of it all week. If you took one weekend and made large batches of several dishes you like, you could portion and freeze them, and then just heat and eat throughout the week. Then you…

Quit drinking Get fit Get a Girl Have lots of sex. Orgasms > Alcohol.

Down 19 lbs in 12 weeks. My diary is open to the public.

Holy Cow! I DID IT!!!!!

You could up your exercise for the day to burn off some of the extra cals. Or perhaps look at your calorie distribution over the week - if you went over 600 calories today, you would only have to eat 100 under your goal for the other six days of the week to even out. One bad day, or indulgent isn't going to pack the pounds…

I love the Chili Lime Chicken burgers and some of their soups - Carrot Ginger and the Roasted Pepper Tomato..

I don't think it's ever a bad idea to skip the chemicals if you can. I stopped putting sweetener in my coffee, and now once I got used to it, I find I prefer it that way. Sometimes I do put a bit of cinnamon in the filter with my ground coffee, which gives a nice flavor and a hint of sweetness.

Fruit = Nomnomnomnom.

Probably 350 for an hour or an hour and 15, depending on how big your loaf is.

Love me some Brussels Sprouts. If you like them roasted, also try roasted cauliflower. Yum.

When I make tuna, I substitute half of the Mayo I would typically use with dijon mustard.

I started MFP on 6/3. Starting Weight: 185 Goal Weight: 167 (this is my first goal, I'll set a new one when I get there) CW: 170 I set my activity level as sedentary, and my goal for 1lb loss per week. MFP started me with 1480 cals / day. I've been exercising on average 4 - 5 times per week, about 30 minutes at a time. I…

It's just me and my husband. He's not a picky eater at all, and I just give him a bigger portion of whatever I'm having for dinner. He gets his junk food quota through snacking.

Usually wine. I also like dark rum in (the dreaded) Coke Zero. I'll do a beer here and there, but I stick with light beer, which I don't like nearly as much.

I measure pretty much everything I make in my own kitchen. My food scale stays on the counter for quick access, and my measuring cups get used every day.

If you are consuming exactly the same ingredients, it doesn't matter how you prepare them. You could knock back the oil from a shot glass, and chase it with the egg raw, and it would still have the same calories.

I personally don't worry at all about what time I eat my meals. Usually my dinner lands somewhere between 7 - 8, and bedtime lands somewhere between 11 - 12. I also typically have a snack/dessert somewhere between dinner and bed.

Shredded Wheat and Bran. I slice up some strawberries in it. It's not sexy, but I've always liked it, even as a kid. I like the sweeter cereals for a snack, but this for breakfast.

I don't know that I binge on weird stuff. I've definitely done whole packages of things - bag of chips or cheese doodles, bag of Oreos, bag of Pepperidge Farms Mint Milanos. And Cereal - I can mess up a box of Cinnamon Life or Cinnamon Toast Crunch. I think I have also done a whole pan of brownies in a day, and I…

I add a tsp of honey and generous shake of cinnamon to mine. I think the cinnamon really helps to offset the sour taste of the yogurt. So I do 1/3c each yogurt, coconut milk, and oats, 1/2 a mashed up banana, and the cinnamon and honey.

I do about 95% of the time. If I pop one cherry in my mouth as I walk past the bowl, or add 1 slice of tomato to my sandwich, I may not log those.

When I joined I listed my activity as sedentary, and my goal as a 1lb per week loss. MFP set my target calories to 1480, and then lowered them to 1440 after a 10lb loss. I manually adjusted them back up to 1500 and I usually net somewhere between 1400 and 1500. I've actually been losing a bit faster than 1lb per week, and…

I'm going to have to agree that whatever is driving your binges, it's not in your stomach. Finding someone who can help you identify what's going on, and work through it, is the best way to stop the cycle of self-sabotage.

Welcome! I think you've found a great tool - just sticking to the calorie and exercise goals that MFP set for me in the beginning has helped me make steady progress for two months. Stick with it.

Have you tried Mederma? It's an OTC cream - I've seen it work well on scars.

Of course I can see a difference - whole chunks of you disappeared around your belly, arms, hips, and thighs! Great Job! Slightly off topic - But I think I have those same underwear. LOL.

I don't know if I would say I eat "clean" - I guess it depends on how you define it. I buy and eat boxed pasta and bread and granola bars and marinades and salad dressings, so there are definitely processed foods in my diet. But the bulk of my diet is made up of fruits, veggies, whole grains, lean meat, and dairy products,…