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Actually calorie-for-calorie in a controlled environment, low fat is better than low carb at weight loss. http://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/fulltext/S1550-4131(15)00350-2 I say that not because I am pro-low-fat. But because there's a lot of info out there that disproves the pro-low-carb. Which is to say, you have to…

I stop logging, I regain weight. So for me, not gonna work. It's not even that I can't maintain my weight. It's that my loss stops somewhere on the way to my goal. I get complacent. I need to be vigilant. Both to reach my goal, and likely to maintain afterwards. I find it pretty easy/automatic now. Even weighing my food is…

That! Get in the habit of logging it. I log EVERYTHING. Sometimes my big overeating days turn out to only be a little over maintenance. Sometimes they are like 1/2 lb over maintenance. That's an important distinction.

I maxed out at around 1lb/week in January. In March I only lost around .5lb/week. I am also obese. I would prefer to be losing 1.5 lbs/week until I reach the border of obese and overweight, but I continue to eat too much on a consistent enough basis that I am not meeting my goals. However, even 2 lbs in a month is still…

Same boat. ~20lbs down and nothing in my abdomen. I measure every 1-3 months depending on when I remember. Weigh every morning. I use Libra now but also have an excel file that uses the morning weigh-ins for some analysis.

I do have a Kohl's near me and will definitely check it out! Probably not for a while though, I don't seem like I am moving down in sizes quite yet. I am only losing ~3 lbs a month right now, so expect I won't go down another size for 3+ months at this rate. Did you find your body evened out more after you got to…

Right. I mean, I am a not-real-runner in some circles because I pretty much HAVE to have music/podcast/audiobook going while I run. Just seems risky to go without a phone if you have the option. But I am anti-risk. I no longer run trails alone that are more than a half mile from a trailhead due to wildlife and human risks.…

20 lbs down from about 205 to 185. I don't even notice half the time. I was wearing pants that were too tight for me at 205. So I wear bigger pants now that fit, but they don't seem any looser than when I bought them. Sometimes I can wear my belt a notch tighter, but don't know how much of that is just the belt stretching…

Normally I would say go get some SuperFeet (or similar insoles) and put them in EVERY SHOE YOU OWN. Not just the shoes you walk in, but the ones you work in too. Um, foot pain that gets worse later sounds like something to do with blood pooling in your feet. Can you get your blood sugar tested? Rule out something diabetes…

I always think of Captain America and how (in the movie at least) they state his metabolism is 4x that of a normal person's. So if a normal sedentary guy is like, what, 2,200 calories? That's at least 8,800 calories, not accounting for his muscle mass and his non-sedentary lifestyle. How is the guy not eating all day?…

This! Was wearing probably a too-small size 16 at 200 lbs. After losing about 10 lbs I went out and bought new clothes...size 18. They are a little lose but definitely wasn't fitting into my 16s at that point. A lot of it also has to do with where you carry your weight. All mine is in my stomach/torso, and that will…

I find this happens because my body cools down after working out and then I'm sitting there at my desk not moving. Your body cooling down and not moving are normal signs that it's bed time. Maybe get a sweater/jacket for when you start to cool down. Maybe use a timer to get up and stretch every 30 minutes or so after you…

I am the same height as you OP and remember still feeling pretty overweight at the same weight as you. Unfortunately that's the lowest I got, so I did not experience getting into the healthy range. But 125 is my long term goal for that reason, sort of in the middle of the range. Once I get closer I may decide to focus on…

Same as you lovely ladies! I eat very little during the day (when I am not hungry and can control it better). Coffee for breakfast, protein bar/protein shake for lunch, and save 800-1000 calories for dinner. If I eat dinner to full I am less likely to overeat.

My friend with low thyroid has lost more weight this year than I have! And she was already at a healthy weight when she started! Sure it's taken a while for her to get her meds adjusted properly, she suffered through some VLCDs in the past when that was the only way she could lose weight, and works out like crazy for many…

What does this mean? Plenty of people on here with no thyroid issues find they will plateau because they aren't weighing and logging all their food. Past that, I'll say it doesn't necessarily matter what your dosage is so much as what your TSH levels are. In my experience with friends who have low thyroid, it can sometimes…

It seems pretty understandable to me to be frustrated at people that have had help but somehow criticize other people's slower success. But then, this is the American dream, right? We criticize people for not pulling themselves up by their own boostraps. Some of those criticizers inherited money from their parents.

I think about where I want to be in a year from now. If I stay on track I might lose 24 more lbs and not be obese anymore. If I do a half-*kitten* job I might lose 0 lbs and be the same. If I give up I'm just as likely to PUT ON 20 lbs.

I agree with this. I just made custom entries. The slowest pace is 12 min-miles. Going to take me a while before I will be that fast, like ever. I use the Runner's World numbers (based on a published study) of .63 x lbs x miles = calories for running. I find MFP, most online calculators, and even my HRM to be inflated.…

This. BUT...I still get most of my miles from walking. Requires no special clothes, I can just pop out and do it on breaks or lunch at work. I run mostly for mental health, it's not a miracle calorie-burner.

Respect all you running purists who run sans-phone, but I can't imagine not having one for emergencies. I was reading online a guy who tumbled and broke his ankle while on a run. He had to limp a half mile back to the nearest house and go bother the guy to use his phone so he could call his wife and get a ride home.…

This. Accurate-ish for running/walking/elliptical/treadmill type steady state cardio. Inaccurate for weight lifting/circuit training. My advice would be to stick to a particular system (i.e., just use the numbers your HRM gives you for now) for about a month and see what happens to your weight. I found my HRM to…

I agree weigh everything. I eat a lot of fast food (and still lose weight at the expected rate). I count a lot of my fast food items as 1.1 or 1.2. The calories given for that Big Mac were a Big Mac created in a lab, who knows if the one I am eating is the same. Oftentimes they are bigger. Sometimes they give you grams…

I tell myself I can have the "treat" I want later. Like, I don't need to have chocolate/ice cream/burrito/hamburger every single day. If it's Tuesday and I want something, I'll tell myself I can have it Saturday. Then I have something to look forward to. Obviously I still try to fit it in my calories, but since eating out…

Sedentary. I get between 15-20k steps per day. My actual weight loss compared to what I am eating show that I am still only ~100-200 above 'sedentary' TDEE. Lightly active would be ~300 above. I'd suggest you pick a method and take the time to see if it's working for you or not (give it at least a month). That's the only…

That's where my mind was going as well.

I used to use a spibelt (when phones were smaller). Now I use a Nathan 5k belt. It sort of looks like a little fanny pack. But I don't care. I listen to music/podcasts on my runs and have no shame. Sometimes I need to carry keys or my work badge too so it is a lifesaver for that. Armbands were always falling off my arm…

Just want to stress the importance of protein. There was a study recently in which some young men were able to lose body fat and gain muscle on a low calorie / high protein / high training regime. They had two groups, 1.2 g / lb / day and 2.4 g / lb / day. Both groups lost the same amount of weight, but the higher protein…

This for me. I am used to feeling stuffed/satiated. I had to realize that I was eating to point of "not-hunger" not eating to the point of "stuffed". Food should remove my hunger, not necessarily give me that stuffed/satiated feeling I would often seek in the past. I've learned to recognize this "not hungry" signal instead…