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I have successfully refrained from overeating at restaurants for 2 months now. It's deeply engrained in me to clear my plate, but really breaking that habit. I eat out a fair bit with work and not usually at places with nutritional info available. Some examples of success lately: - Eating half the serving of pasta (it was…

Roast carrot soup with feta cheese and pumpkin seeds. Bread roll with cream cheese on the side.

Most people are completely unable to estimate another person's weight. And most people are too polite to say "yeah you look it" if you tell them how much you weigh, or would never guess your weight (and tell you) without a margin of vanity, say less 5 kg or so.

It's all about moderation, drink and eat what fits your calories and macros. Personally I don't find alcohol worth the calories but then I've always been a small drinker. I would start by tracking for a week to see how much you eat every day at the weekend. Then you can start adjusting, if you like you can cycle some…

I usually have a green smoothie as an afternoon pick me up. I blend it in the morning and stick it in the office fridge until 3 pm in a travel cup. No caffeine, but plenty of nutrition (spinach, cucumber, almond milk, wheatgrass, pear and kiwi today)

I have similar challenges in that I travel a fair bit to our different offices (5+ days per month) and also have a lot of businesses lunches (1-2 per week). I try to have a similar breakfast to what I would at home. Luckily most hotels have an ample selection of fresh fruit and usually scrambled eggs even if some countries…

That's a lot of sugar in one go for someone who's pre diabetic. Try to find some alternative fruits with less sugar (blueberries/Raspberries are good) and consider if you'd be open to adding some veg. This is one of my favourite smoothie snacks: 50 g spinach 80 g cucumber 1-2 sprigs of fresh mint 50 g raspberries 50 g…

Plan your day and pre-log your calories. It will help you to think about how much you want to be eating at different points during the day. Also, if you are like me and happy to eat the same thing a few days running tracking can be a breeze! For example: Breakfast: I always have the same breakfast, sometimes the amount…

The most I eat in one sitting is for lunch, around 550 kcal on a regular day. It makes sense for me as I find I sleep better without a heavy meal in the evening and that also sets me up for eating on my regular schedule the next day. I tend to have a green smoothie (200sih kcal) for an afternoon snack, around 300-400 kcal…

I usually raid Tesco for hummus, carrots, ready-made sandwiches, fruit cups, anything really. Pretty low key if it's just me. The bigger problem are all of those client lunches at fancy restaurants...

I have oatmeal on weekdays with some diced fruit (usually apple) and milk. On weekends I loved a poached egg on top of some avocado toast with sriracha or some chanterelle toast. My nerves can't handle poaching eggs on a weekday.

I like to have a green smoothie as an afternoon pick-me-up around 3pm. Spinach, some sort of milk, cucumber, mint, a fruit and a handful of berries with 2 teaspoons of chia seeds. Usually comes to around 190-220 kcal and is enough to keep me going and remove any snack temptation or hunger crash on the way home.

Congratulations! Very inspiring! I don't think I have ever been in the green and I'm 26 years old. Next year will be my year!

I am also starting over, after successfully losing around 50kg a few years ago I'm now back where I was, wanting to lose in the region of 60kg... "Eat less - move more" is the only way for me. Feel free to add me, happy to cheer you on!!

I'm a veggie fan overall, although I don't really care for them by their own, I need a well composed recipe to be truly happy. I'm a huge fan of soups. I used to have soup every day for several years. 1 batch of soup will normally be around 5-6 servings, I would often freeze 1 or 2 servings to have ample variation…

I'm in Europe! Stockholm, Sweden to be exact and thrilled to meet a fellow Scandinavian!

Stockholm, Sweden these days. I used to be out of Edinburgh, Scotland and hopefully I'll bring MFP with me as I bounce around Europe!

I really want to start a MFP blog but can't seem to find the place to do it? Helpful hints welcome! I'm in the iPhone app right now, perhaps it can't be accessed from here?

@rsclause I used to run in the morning too, usually at 5 am in order to be able to get to work by 8. These days I struggle to get up at 7..! I believe anyone can be a morning person with the right mindset, and I want to be that person again

The food scale was a whole new world opening up, I use it for absolutely everything now. The stick blender is also essential as I only like smooth soups. Apart from that the cast iron skillet has always been my big love.

I would suggest that you try a new vegetable each week, and if possible try it in 2 or 3 different ways (totally possible from being 1 pack if there is only 1 of you). For example you might find a lot of vegetables palatable in a blended soup if you have issues with texture. I know the blender stick is my best friend for…

A great way to cut costs is to cut down on meat consumption. Buying frozen is also excellent. Try to grow some herbs on your windowsill. Basic ingredients for me are: Canned: Chickpeas Cannellini beans Chopped tomatoes Sweetcorn Dried: Red lentils Green lentils Flour Oats Chorizo sausage (a little goes a very long way)…

I swim 1000m in 25 minutes at my comfortable-rehab pace, I'm a strong swimmer and I don't really take breaks. I still log this as light/moderate effort as I'm by no means pushing it. I do select the freestyle entry as I can't bothered to log the mix I do on any given day.

In the fridge, probably the jar of goose fat and the brie. In the pantry I would say my stash of Lindt Dark Caramel Seasalt chocolate. I have 10 bars I think, but I'm pretty good at staying away from them.

So far this week 3079 kcal burned, over 7.5 hours of working out. I do about an hours worth of ashtanga yoga in the morning 6-days a week, and around 25-30 min of swimming in the evening 4 days a week. This is a typical week for me right now. For reference I'm 178 cm and weigh 92.5 kg.

I would like to reach 85 kg, which is probably a bit of a stretch. To do my physio knee-rehab exercise and continue to improve, hoping to get cleared for some light running by the end of the month.

I have a fair few, so here we go! - My BMI has solidly dropped into the "overweight" rather than "obese" category. - I tried on a bunch of stuff in the sale yesterday and my reaction when I looked in the dressing room mirrors is that I look really tiny! all is relative of course, but how often do you feel good about…

I agree with above posters, when you eat isn't a problem as long as you're meeting your calories. But if you would prefer not to snack in the evening my tip is to find an active hobby. By active I really just mean something that occupies your hands. If I watch TV/film I'm almost always fiddling with a Rubik's cube at the…

Not true. It's called discipline which over time turns into habit which over time turns into "the natural state of affairs". I'm actually a bit cross, I can rarely sleep past 6.30 regardless of how late last night was. On regular days I get up at 5am. 3 years ago I struggled to get up before 9 or 10am and would happily…

Exactly this. In other words the same way I would do everything else. The scale is your friend and ally!