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KtS mom - Congradulations on your impressive progress!

Wonderful loss - I feel like such a slacker, but I wish you would open your diary so I could see how you are eating!

For those of you asking about fasting - go to YouTube and watch the BBC video "Eat, fast, and live longer." Intermittent fasting has many health benifits and can also be used for weight loss. I actually find eating sugar makes me hungry. My sweet daughter gave me some peanut brittle which I was eating yesterday and it made…

I'm sorry, but I don't think it is physically possible to lose 150#s in 3 months! Oh I was looking at profile, lol. You profile says May 2012!

Does anybody else find that if they exercise too much their weight loss stops? I am not sure if because this makes me hungrier or what.

I've been swimming this summer and it makes me feel muscles in my butt that I didn't even know I had and overhead painting with a roller 3/4 hours at a time is killing my neck and shoulders.

I have been puttying and sanding walls and a ceiling. Painting with a roller and climbing up and down a ladder. I created an exercise called painting on MFP and gave it 300 calories, but really I have no idea how many calories I burn. All I know is after 4 hours of painting my back, arms, shoulders, and knees are totally…

Hi I've been doing EAT STOP EAT(2 - 24 hour fasts per week) 5 weeks and losing 1-2#s per week. One week ago I started alternate day fasting and lost 3#s. I'm eating 600-700 down days and eating my exercise calories because I am very active and about 1800 my up days (even though I'm allowed 2200) and not counting my…

Update - 1 week JUDD - 3#s lost!

I love the support of MFP. Great job everyone!

The more a person weighs, the higher his/her metabolism is. That's why MFP uses weight to show us our bmr. When we lose weight our metabolism goes down. So when we lose weight whether by fasting or calorie reduction, our metabolism slows. Gaining muscle is about the only thing we can do to offset this. It actually take 72…

Friday I switched to alternate day fasting which I think I prefer to ESE. Every other day goal calories are 6-700 calories (and yes I count my exercise calories on these days. I have been having a very active summer walking, swimming, and remodeling an old house) and alternate days are maintainance calories (about…

I experienced hair loss the last time I dieted continuously for 6 months. It is caused by not enough protein. On your goals, lower your carbohydrate percents and raise your fat and protein percents. You might also have low iron. I sometimes have whey protein shakes for a meal, so I have enough protein for the day. Protein…

Australian cattle ranchers began adding coconut oil to their cattle feed in the hope of quicker weight gain. However the cattle started losing weight! Unfortunately one tbl a day did not change my weight in either direction, but when I occasionally fry foods, it and butter are the only fats I use.

http://www.johnsonupdaydowndaydiet.com/html/how-to-do-the-diet.html

There are 2 alternate day diet groups at mfp based on Dr Johnson up down day diet. He is one of the Drs mentioned in the U of Il study. His website gives calorie calculations based on your weight. You can eat your 500/600 calories at any time.

I would strongly suggest fruit. Surgery and drugs can plug things up pretty bad. I wish my surgeon had warned me.

Hi All, I'm 56 and want to get to onderland. My young friends on mfp seem to be losing weight much faster than me. So I need some more mature friends who are struggling too. I'm trying intermittent fasting to lose weight.

I just finished State of Wonder by Ann Patchett - it's a wonderful novel about a scientist's adventure in the Amazon rain forest. I'm reading the Gospel of John for my daily bible reading.

Hi, my name is Valerie. I've been doing intermittent fasting for about a month. I think alternate day diet will fit in perfectly with if and give me a bit more structure that I need. Have any of you seen the BBC program on YouTube: eat, fast, and live longer. It includes an alternate day diet with scientific research. I…

I am very curious how many calories a day the over fifty year old women are eat ing a day to lose weight? Also how many people are eating their exercise calories. Thanks

Thank you so much for this link. You provide such good information on your posts. When I didn't,t lose any weight last week after averaging 1300 calories and 6 hours of exercise, I decided to stop my protein powder drinks and cut back on exercise. Most my friends here though that was crazy.

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Hi. I am 56 and from WA state too. I've lost 10 #s the last 5 weeks and would like to lose another 10#s in August. I'm already exercising a lot. I want to keep my calories 1200-1400 a day (and I don't count exercise calories unless I've blown it for the day already!)

Full fat is definitely traditional. Low fat usually has more artificial ingredients. However I eat both. I just eat less of full fat.

You can change your goals on mfp to losing 2#s a week: setting/update diet profile.

Thank you for sharing your food diary. I notice you are sort of earing every other day low calorie which I find myself doing too. I am curious how much weight loss you are averaging now, and how much you averaged at the beginning. And yes you do look wonderful. Thanks for the inspiration.

You can dramically raise your body's natural hgh: high intensity energy burst during exercise (see Dr. Mercola) and fasting 18-24 hours (no calories-see intermittent fasting). I've tried both and these methods give a great energy boost.

MFP uses how much you weigh for how many calories you burn. A 250# person burns many more calories than a 150# person. However I don't count my exercise calories and lose much more weight that way. 3 pounds last week not counting exercise calories than over 2 per week that I was burning the 3 weeks before.