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I wish. It sure would be nice. The closest is to open your diary. Add a recipe to it, then tell a friend to go to your diary and copy the meal. I don’t think it gives them the actual recipe though.

Unfortunately, I think this is the right answer. We’ve become addicted to sugar. It takes several weeks to break a habit. Six weeks sounds like a long enough time to change your habits and kick the cravings. I think that I’d also have to give up even diet sodas. The sweetness would still leave me craving.

I’m assuming you looked up this sort of recipe. I’ve made chicken tortilla soup but never used a cheese sauce. In our house the only cheese involved is sprinkling shredded cheese on top. There are many ways to thicken a broth into a sauce. Corn starch is my go-to. https://elavegan.com/easy-vegan-cheese-sauce-recipe/

I agree. This app is very easy to use. Much easier than weight watchers, which is what my wife is doing. What she can’t do is share my meals. I entered a bunch of recipes that make adding my home cooked meals really easy. I divide it up into servings and get very accurate calorie counts. WW isn’t about calories. It…

What works best for you is best. The key to a very slow decline is being diligent in staying in decline. A smaller caloric deficit is easily defeated by break out days. I’m not going as low (fast) as the MyFitnessPal recommended intake to lose weight. 1250 calories for a man seems too low. I’m at 1500 and still losing. But…

Me too. Always has been. Track, and the weight comes off rather easily for me. When I stop is when trouble ensues. I slowly creep up my intake until I’m eating poorly again. I’ve done this pattern several times. I need to track the scale more after reaching goal weight as well, then act quicker to correct the problem…

I learned a long time ago that I simply cannot be trusted with my diet. I need to log my food even after reaching my goal weight. The problem is, I don’t do what I know I need to be doing, then end up back where I was.

I have two: Wasabi and Soy Triscuits. May still be sold but not at the two stores near me. I loved them. The other is Wow Doritos. That whole blow up about anal leakage was very exaggerated. They had all the flavor and texture of normal Doritos but at only 70 calories per ounce.

That can’t be the same person! Talk about a transformation....simply amazing.

I look for the items with check marks. Even then, I sometimes double check when things look wrong or I see a list of the same food that varies widely, I look further into it.

This has always been my philosophy as well. The only reason I gain weight is when I get lazy and stop paying attention to calories. I lost the most weight when I was single and found myself eating out a lot. I knew how to cook. Just didn’t feel like cooking for one all the time. How did I do it? I eliminated 1/3 to 1/2 of…

I’ve always freaked out when looking at how low I am. It seems to be really hard to hit that goal. I find it hard to hit all the RDA numbers and stay within my caloric budget. I’m pretty sure potassium is one of those things that can be fixed in supplement form.

I’ve seen what friends go through on Keto. It just isn’t a feasible diet for me. Any diet that requires me to jump through hoops to maintain is a recipe for failure for me. How do you folks do it?

Wow! What a life changing journey. That’s a massive amount of weight to lose. Looking at the after, I can’t fathom how you ever had over 200 more pounds on you. It just doesn’t seem possible, yet it was. The dedication it must take to transform that much is remarkable. Well done.

I don’t buy into that water makes you feel full stuff. It has never made me feel full. If anything, it seems to make me more hungry. Try going for walks or going to sleep. Do something to take your mind away from being hungry. I’ve stopped feeling hungry from dieting. I’m not on a crash diet. I don’t fret the scale as it…

Some solid advice right there. I’d also like to add that high fiber snacks tend to fill me up. Instead of eating a ton of Doritos, have a few and scoop up some fat free refried beans with them. I like to throw a few drops of hot sauce on them too. A hundred calories that way is much more satisfying than just 100 calories…

I used to really look at the scale. It was motivating. The problem for me was once I reached my goal, my motivation was taken away. I have since stopped worrying about the scale. I still check my weight every 10-14 days just to make sure I’m losing. My goal is now just my daily calorie intake, and I don’t fret when I go…

We deal with that too. Rather than completely denying ourselves, we’d eat one cookie and give the rest away. Our neighbors love us!

This is my second go-around with MFP. I can tell you unequivocally that it does work. It isn’t rocket science. Eating less causes us to lose weight. When I first started in 2013, I dropped from 222 to 185. I was really motivated as 222 was a good 17 lbs over my normal, but still too heavy weight. I came to the realization…

I can’t stick to a diet that deprived me of what I really like. I do devote too many of my calories to junk food, but I don’t go totally overboard. And I do like healthier foods. I eat lean meats and enjoy fruits and vegetables. The key to keeping from rebounding is portion size. Once at goal weight, portion size creeps up…

Most impressive isn't the weight you lost. It's the fact that you've kept it off for five years. A true success story.

I have a theory. If you were 264 lbs, that meant you were always lugging around a 264 lb body. Just getting up or walking up a flight of stairs with that kind of weight would require quite a bit of strength. I always wondered how extremely heavy people (400+ lbs) could even walk. If I put a 200+ lb suit on me, I'm not…

When people notice is a strange thing. If they see you every day, they won't say anything until one day it just hits them. My wife and I both didn't hear anyone say anything until we started buying new clothes. Also, a lot of people don't say anything to women about weight even if they're losing. People might not want to…

I'm no expert, but this sounds like very sound advice.

I agree. It is hard to maintain. I'm not sure about the not eating back the exercise calories. 1340 calories is a low calorie diet to begin with. You probably had it set there in order to lose weight. Why would you continue to eat in deficit if you're looking to maintain? Obviously, everyone is different, so there is no…

I'd like to add that if what you really want is way over your caloric budget, have them bring a to-go container with your meal and cut it in half. Now you've just taken something you probably wouldn't have ordered and turned it into something that you can eat. Just don't eat the rest until the next day or two.

Slow downs happen. I've lost about the same amount as you. The last 5 lbs or so have been really slow to come off. Frankly, I don't care. I know what I need to do next. I need to put some muscle on these bones with some heavy lifting. I have a feeling that along with the fat loss, I also lost muscle as I haven't been…

Look at you!!!!! You look fantastic!!!!!

My advice is to be failthful to the log. Log everything even if you know you're going to go over. At times, the logging gets tedious. But it's really important to be able to see the numbers. If I have a day where I'm 1000+ calories over, I still log. I also make my diary public. What's to hide? It also helps keep me in…

Soup is your friend. It's easy to make and large batches can get you through a week pretty easily. Start with chicken broth and diced skinless chicken. From there you just add whatever vegetables you want. Boil for a few hours and you'll have a satisfying, low calorie item to add to meals. Make a half sandwich and bowl of…