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Even if I weigh myself during the week my official weigh-in is always on Sunday morning before my shower or breakfast so I am rarely up over my weight from the previous week. (so far I've had good success overall)

It does seem to me that if you are losing fast you are just setting yourself up for the yo-yo diet thing. I too have over 150lbs to go for my total weight loss goal but I am trying to lose at 2-3lbs a week because I want to keep it off permanently. So far I've lost 35 this way in just over 70 days. I think you should cut…

for me MFP doesn't take much of my time because I don't spend much time on the forums etc. I focus on what I need to do for me and if I see a topic I like when i'm on my home page I will sometimes click and comment (like today) but I actually don't daily log like some do. I actually use this to plan my meals for the week…

Actually I would complain about them as well...Lane Bryant only carry large chest size their cup sizes don't go over DDD. I have to buy my bra's from Europe if I want something cute in my size... I have large cup size more than large around size. I can't buy a bra anywhere in the states if I want a color other than black…

I have 2 regulars now. Mochacino Iced Smoothie 1 medium banana 10 ice cubes 1/2- 3/4 cup milk (fat free to 2% your choice ... I use 2%) 2 Tbsp Hershey's Chocolate 1/2 Tbsp instant coffee granules This one is under 250 calories and really gets me past the whole I'm addicted to coffee or takes care of my sweet tooth…

I'm sure by now you've already had your grill out but if you are only going to drink 1 or 2 I would drink the ones you like since your calories would be under 400 for pretty much any of them. Just sacrifice eating things like the potato salad or pasta salad and stick to the lean proteins like chicken or shrimp. I took…

cherry/grape tomatoes are easy to snack on as well as celery with low fat cream cheese. You will need to prep it before hand but I have found that I can pack salads for a week if I don't use a knife to cut the lettuce. Also I have a portion of Snack Factory Pretzel crips. 11 of them are quite filling and really tasty as…

I'm thrilled that you can do this but I have to be like the dessert a month person. I have a smoothie every night that is banana and strawberries with ice and milk but no added sweetener or sugar and if I have a piece of cake or pie or a "real" dessert then I would fall off the wagon. for some of us no dessert is what we…

I would suggest looking at what foods affect you more than others. For me the more rice I eat the better it is so really I can eat more calories of rice and not keep on the weight than I can of say bread or potatoes. I also set my goals to healthy living and not weight loss (and trust me I'm sure I've got you beat in…

I can't imagine that see-sawing your daily intake would help. I think consistency is the key. Let your body eat what it needs and no more but make sure you eat every day and dont go under either. I use the log to meal plan for the week and then I prep all my foods for the week so that I don't have to think about "what i'm…

Actually I have always loved salads and I now eat one every day. My lunch consists of a whole head of red leaf lettuce and 3 oz of grape tomatoes and a small amount of natual salad dressing. I also discovered Pretzel Crisps from Snack factory are a great way to add crunch to my salad while still getting my salt and carb…

Well one reason I use ice is because for me this is about cutting calories and if I made a 16 oz shake with just fruit the calories would be around 400 and I try to keep my smoothies to around 250. This morning I made another one and I'm loving it. Ice, 1/2 cup 2% milk, a medium banana, a Tbsp of instant coffee (I thinki'm…

Explain why I would want to put flaxseed or flaxseed oil in a smoothie? wouldn't an oil have quite a few calories per tsp/Tbsp? My reasoning for not putting it in is because it isn't really a common food and I eat lots of veggies (I have a salad every day that is an entire head of red or green leaf lettuce and tomatoes,…

I have a cuisinart that is plastic that you can blend ice in but it tells you the max amount of ice in a blender cup so I think I'm ok. I couldn't eat carrots in a smoothie if I tried they are probably my least favorite vegetable due to the fact that in the 80's my mum was in to juicing and she made us drink carrot juice…

The big problem I have with things like Protein powders and the like is that I'm trying to live naturally. All those diet "shakes" and powders don't occur in nature and I'm not sure how good they are for us in the long run. I want to eat real food in proper quantities for long term weight loss and health. I am grossly…

The think is I like spinach as spinach. So I don't really want it in a smoothie cause I can eat it raw in a salad or cooked for dinner and really enjoy the flavour of it. For me I can ALWAYS taste veggies in smoothies and I just don't like them in a smoothie. I'm also the kind that never liked veggie juices but then I can…

I agree, I think OJ would have too much sugar/calories without the fiber as well. Maybe a whole orange though? And I don't use skim milk in mine I use 2% because I am a proper Wisconsin Dairy state girl and used to drink whole so I figure the downgrade to 2% is going to have to do for me!

My answer to that personally would be ooooooooh yeah it is soooooo tasty lol

I think that if you include your drinking in your daily calorie intake then it won't make a difference. I like cider personally and so about 3 times a week I include a pint of cider as my snack. It means I can't have other things that day but some days what I'm really craving is that cider. You will find that you won't…