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  • I've been on a turkey wrap kick: 90 calorie spinach wrap spread with Laughing Cow Cheese and sprinkled with a dill seasoning that I love. Turkey slices, broccoli slaw for crunch. Wrap it up and eat it. YUM
  • My daughter makes a peanut butter pie and a cinnamon roll cake that are to die for (two different desserts, not all rolled together in one :D ). I look forward to them all year long
  • I used to count my calories by the week but found it just didn't work for me. I got too loose on most days, which put me over. But a lot of people have success counting calories by the week. I wouldn't worry about sugar intake unless you are diabetic or have some other health issue where you need to watch it.
  • I have to have something sweet after lunch. I've tried to fight the urge, but its no use so I just go with it. I pack 2-3 Hershey Kisses in my lunch, and that does the trick. I also have dessert after dinner. I log and account for everything and am sticking to my calorie goal. 50+ pounds down and am in maintenance right…
  • Fill up with veggies. And I eat a macro based diet so I don't do cheat meals. I try to make everything fit.
  • Whatever works for you that you can do long term. Personally I couldn't do keto forever, but some people can.
  • Like you, OP, I can't eat a big meal then wait 4-5 hours to eat again. I also can't stand to be hungry. I lose control if I'm hungry. I eat 6 times a day and now I can't eat a big meal without feeling sick (which is a downside of this way of eating). I also bring all of my food to work. That, and eating the same thing…
  • Oatmeal Banana Cheese Greek Yogurt Protein Bar Turkey Wrap (my lunch every day) Creatine Multi-Vitamin Fish Oil Chocolate (this is a must have)
  • Bingo. You're eating more than you think. That's why you're not losing weight
  • Someone once told me that motivation is a feeling, just like joy and sadness and all of your other feelings. You don't feel happy all of the time, but you still keep going. You won't feel motivated all of the time, but you keep going. What worked for me was making this a routine, a habit. It takes at least 28 days to form…
  • Unless you have a medical reason, you don't need to eliminate sugar. You don't need to eliminate any food group to lose weight (again, unless you have a medical reason). However, if you want to do this you need to ask yourself if you can eat like this for the rest of your life. If not, then this isn't the way of eating for…
  • I don't track but I'm mindful and keep it at around maintenance
  • You're probably working out too much. Are you doing whole body? If so you should give yourself 2 days rest between workouts. Are you doing an upper/lower split? If so, then you should do upper/lower/rest/upper/lower/rest/rest and that will give you the recovery you need. Workouts break the muscle down. Recovery is where…
  • Remember Abs of Steel? :D I did that video religiously in the 90s LOL I don't work abs specifically. I just make sure my core is tight while I do my lifting and that has worked wonders. I have very strong abs.
  • I've been doing this long enough that I can eyeball and estimate. In the past I would take moderate portions of the foods I liked, leave the foods that I didn't care for, and only eat one serving of whatever I chose. It worked for me. I've never gained over the holidays. Also, during the week leading up to Thanksgiving I'm…
  • Me! I feel so much better. I have more energy. I don't like sitting around like I used to. I always want to be up and moving. ALL of my arthritis pain is gone. My husband and I do fun things together like hiking, instead of me saying I don't want to because I would get out of breath or simply couldn't keep up with him. I…
  • I just had cereal for dinner the other night :D
  • Not sure how well they freeze but I've been eating a turkey wrap: 1 tortilla wrap 1 wedge of Laughing Cow cheese seasoning of choice on top of the cheese spinach sliced turkey Calories are 187. Of course that will change depending on how much of each item you use
  • I have certain times that I allow myself to eat at work. If it's not that time, I don't eat. Breakfast at 9:30, snack at 11:30. Lunch at 1:00, snack at 3:30. I pack all the food I'm going to eat for the day so I know exactly what I'm eating. This has really kept me on track.
  • Go with trial and error. Up your calories by a few hundred. See how you feel. If it works, then stay there. If not, then adjust up or down depending on your goal and how you feel.
  • 2lbs. But I'm going into maintenance the week of Thanksgiving until the new year. Then I'm hoping to shed 10 more. After that I'm F-I-N-I-S-H-E-D! It's taken me 7 years to lose almost 50 pounds. There were lots of detours and dead ends along the way :D
  • I recomped for most of this year. I ate around maintenance (anywhere from 200 calories under to 200 over--I like having a calorie range instead of a hard and fast number). I did not gain or lose weight but I did go down 2 pants and 2 shirt sizes.
  • If we hit him with, stop eating fast food, eat only baked chicken, veggies and rice. Limit sodas and desserts. What do you think that will do? He'll look at that and think it's all impossible and he'll quit. We need to address the most immediate problem--incorrect logging and eating more than he thinks. Then, once that's…
  • Maintain until the beginning of 2020. Lose those last 10lbs from Jan 2 to the end of May. Maintenance at the end of May for my big European trip. After that, recomp. All while lifting very heavy weights.
  • Its not all that easy to calculate your own macros. I've done it and its a lot of math. There are a ton of macro calculators out there. Here are some good ones: https://www.iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ https://macrosinc.net/macro-calculator/
    in Macros Comment by Sharon_C November 2019
  • I love this thread! Here is what I do: -Have all of my workout clothes ready to go for when I wake up early in the morning. -Pack my lunch before I go to bed, which means weighing everything. Sometimes I log it too. If I don't log it, I write it on a post-it and log it at work the next day -Every night before I fall asleep…
  • You can eat a lot of veggies for very few calories. Lots of food that will keep you full longer
  • This is how I look at it: Is it going to hurt you to take a little more time off? No. Could it hurt you to go back to the gym to early? Possibly. If it were me I'd take a few days to a week off of lifting and just do something light
  • Yes, I lost weight. I ate in a deficit, met my macros and worked out. Anyone with a thyroid issue can lose weight. You just might have to go lower in calories than you used to. That wasn't the issue for me. I can easily lose at 1650 calories, which is what I always lose at. I had my thyroid removed last December and am on…
  • Work on getting more protein. Greek yogurt, nuts, cheese, chicken, pork, red meat, eggs are all good sources of protein. This will also help you meet your calorie goal and help maintain your muscle mass. Do not go too low on your fats, as that is what can cause hair loss, bad skin and hormone difficulties. Carbs are…
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