csever82 Member

Hi there - I'm in Minneapolis! I have never tried anything but MFP and I've had great success with it - I've lost 36 pounds in 6 months. So, I can't speak from experience with the other plans out there, but in my opinion, they're a huge waste of money. People try everything to lose weight. The only thing that is…

Hey there! South Minneapolis here.

This is me at 194 pounds in July 2014, and then at 157 just a week ago. Still have 18 more to go!

I am 5'5" and currently 157 lbs. I have lost 37 pounds or so on MFP in 6 1/2 months and even at my height, I have rarely eaten less than 1400-1500 calories a day. I'm still losing. Please, please up your calorie intake. Unfortunately, fast results aren't usually the best. At your current height and weight, your metabolism…

Just think - this is the last time you will see this body! Congratulations on getting started!

You look great!

Well, at least I would have been giving the right advice if that HAD been her diary...? :\ capricorn - in that case, are you measuring/estimating and tracking accurately? I see that you had some pizza yesterday. Did you really only use 0.17 cups (less than 1/4 cup) of sauce? Little inaccuracies can be huge when counting…

Uh oh is it mine? If so, I feel stupid now.

Here's what I was looking at. It actually says your calorie goal is set at 1570.

Yep! October 21. A few other days have been 2000+.

Hi capricorn! I took a look at your diary and here's what I see... Two things stick out on your diary: 1) you may have mixed up your numbers - it looks like your goal is set at 1530 instead of the 1350 you mentioned. At your weight and height, 1530 calories is only very slightly lower than your maintenance level of 1580 or…

Exactly. I hit two weeks where I still lost, but very small amounts compared to prior weeks. I just stayed the course and the next week I dropped again. The other thing that seems to work for me if I feel like I'm not losing in any given week is to have a cheat day. NOT a go-crazy-and-eat-everything-on-the-planet day, but…

I weigh every Saturday morning, and I put the scale in a hard-to-reach place the rest of the week so as to make it a chore to do it any other day. I get up out of bed immediately upon waking (usually about 7:00), go to the bathroom, and then take off all clothes. I make sure the scale is in the same spot every time. I step…

I have to say I agree with vismal on most of his post...but I don't weigh anything. I eyeball it and overestimate if I'm not sure (e.g. at a restaurant). I've only weighed food for two weeks - the first time was the week before I started to track, and the second was the week after I hadn't lost much compared to previous…

That's what I think - I'm just getting started!

Very nice!