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You're probably a whole lot lighter than the OP.

Weight Watchers and MFP are two different approaches. Many report WW works for them -- going by points, general principles, and having fruit and veg "free" (within reason, as too much fruit/vegetables would not be "balanced" any more, which is one of their general principles). With MFP, you track calories and nutrients,…

LW: 167.8 CW: 166.4 One way how daily weight tracking can be frustrating is when you see the "up" fluctuations. "BUT I WAS DOWN TO 165-point-something THREE DAYS AGO!" And the scales had a particularly hard time today giving me a clear result. First attempt was 166.0, then it went up to 166.8 and every value in-between.…

- Fewer sweets (1 piece of something high qualty such as dark chocolate, chocolate-covered coffee beans etc) - Nuts (15-20g - 100-130 cals) - Yogurt - Fruit (1 serving)

The accuracy of the tool for different activities and in different situations is what makes one way of using them superior to another way. These two questions are very closely related to each other. Me, I always advocate doing your research, reading up on every aspects of every tool you use so that you truly understand…

Um, I think what this poster has to say is extremely appropriate and helpful. Just like the OP's question. The trend here to blindly trust the readout of the HRM is worrying as it can induce very large errors. It is good to be aware that the HRM is a tool with strong and weak points, and that its calorie readout is a good…

I started at 227 pounds / 103 kg and started getting a flood of remarks once I'd gone down into the 190s (85-90 kg). Some colleagues and friends were telling me, too, they'd been wondering before that. But it became really obvious once I'd been down by 25-30 pounds and a solid pant size.

I'm German. I grew up with an abundance of bakery or home baked excellent breads and didn't even know how unusual those riches were. I then lived in France, where the offer is less broad but nonetheless divine. So yes, I eat bread. Much smaller portions than I used to, and usually only one slice (2-2.5 oz, ie, 55-70g) at a…

My tips would be: - Eat a smaller lunch so that you have maybe half your daily calories left for the evening. - Eat a high-protein (filling, low-calorie) snack right before so that you aren't famished. - At the event, eat like a thin, fit person would eat. That is, small portions, avoid or only sample the most high-caloric…

Milk, 2% milk fat. The second is milk, 1% milk fat. I don't log the coffee, but I log the milk that goes into it, the milk that goes into oatmeal, the milk that goes into omelets... you get the picture!

This is a lovely story. Thanks for posting, and hugs & congratulations!

Well, what's good is that you pay attention to fiber. Otherwise, what jumps out to me is: - Overall way too low calories. Keep your deficit more moderate for more sustainable loss (and sparing of your muscles). - Some have said "too many carbs", but I see it more as "not enough protein". You're eating less protein than I…

LW: 171.4 CW: 167.8 Holy cow! What happened is that my period started right on the day of the last weigh-in, which led to a bit water "woosh" during this and the last measurement. But still, I'm 30 pounds down since the start of the year (and the S2S challenge) and might even make the full 40 pounds by the end, which I…

You've accomplished so much -- it's very very impressive, and you can now just take your time figuring out where you want to take this! You can develop your muscles or increase your endurance, or just enjoy some of the activities that were inaccessible and see what your body needs to get good at them. Or simple shave off a…

You can do sit-ups on an exercise ball. I wear a 36F bra now (started more like 40G), so I know what's it like to have large breasts.

Chocolate-covered espresso beans. Ordered from Britt, together with chocolate-covered coconut. A small handful is 10-20g, which fits into my budget. Also, one or two Petit Ecolier or Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies or Girl Scouts Thin Mints.

Well, personally I think the BMR is a good though very rough lower limit on what you should eat to lose weight. Your calorie expenditure is composed of the BMR + the thermic effect of food (what your body expends to break down the food you eat -- roughly 10% of the total) + the thermic effect of activity (exercise, moving…

OK, folks, this little meme has run its course. What people mean when they say X is heavier than Y (*) is that equal VOLUMES of X weigh more (or better, have a higher mass) than THE SAME VOLUME of Y. Of course it doesn't mean that equal weights have different weights, which would be a very silly thing to think. Is diesel…

I think many of the Polar ones are waterproof or at least reasonably water-resistant. I know someone who uses one (F6? not sure!) in the pool. If I were you I'd look up the specs on Polar's site.

Ditto!

Wonderful achievement, congratulations!

Food scale. Bicycle.

Well, MPF only "says so" based on your goals. So a maybe better question is, are your goals optimal? MPF "strongly recommends" a 1 lb/week goal, which rarely gets people down to 1200 (the minimum MFP will give you, which is why there are so many members at 1200 calories: they go for really extreme goals). Another thing…

I've been on a target of between 1450 and 1500 calories a day since late October and have lost close as of this morning's weighing 58 lbs. Since the beginning of the year I've averaged more than 9 lbs/month lost. That is with a MFR-calculated "goal" of 1 lb or less a week, and that's with setting my activity level to…

Here's an interesting article on why more exercise + less calories does not necessary equal more fat loss: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/why-big-caloric-deficits-and-lots-of-activity-can-hurt-fat-loss.html .

Thank you so much for doing this. I'm the same! I used your new form for this and last week. Let me know if there's anything I can do to help with the sheets.

Most vegetables. Peas are traditional for fritatas in Italy. (Some need quick blanching in boiling water for 2 min before using them.) Mushrooms -- pan-fry in a bit of olive oil beforehand. Grated cheese (cheddar, feta, mozzarella, blue cheese -- anything that melts well). Cooked chicken or other meat. Onions. Potatoes.…

OK, wow, that's a sensitive topic. It's understandable that you wouldn't want to go into great detail. There are two issues here, which are intertwined: - Your currently low sex drive (for lack of a better term - that's how I'm understanding it), which is almost certainly temporary and/or fixable. It may be of…

When I started out, for the first 6 weeks, I didn't have my own scales, so the weigh-ins I did at the gym on 3 different scales at various times of the day were approximate and spaced at odd intervals. But I'm a nerd and like going about something methodically: since I got my own scales I've been weighting myself every…

LW: 173.8 CW: 171.4 The scales are trying to drive me mad, but I'm resisting and smiling and pretending it's one of the dogs misbehaving (I'm in charge of 10 dogs this week, as my partner's on a business trip). It kinda krept around last week's weight, dropping a little, then dropping 2 pounds in a day, and now hanging to…