amykhughes Member

I finally stopped weighing because I have the same problem. What's helping me (since I'm still all about the numbers and keeping track) is tracking my calorie deficit instead. Each day I jot down the previous day's deficit (or surplus) and log it and keep a running tab. I find it motivating and mentally much more…

Get back on track immediately. And whatever you do, don't restrict or try to "make up for it". I struggle with binge eating too (ugh) and my weight and mental sanity return the quickest if I don't mess around. It's so tempting to eat really low calorie the next couple days after a binge, but it backfires on me every time…

Twizzlers. I thought they were a decent choice as far as candy calories are concerned but the package from the checkout lane was over 500 calories (it was king size, but seriously not a huge package). Um, no! If I'm going to blow 500 calories on candy, it will be chocolate!

I use weightgrapher.com

I'm 5'6", 140lbs. I set my calories to 1500 because it was the lowest I could go and still feel sane. I eat back every single exercise calorie too (sanity!). I lose about 3/4 of a pound per week. It's slow, but maintainable. I got tired of the restrict/binge cycle.

I consider it more of a fat source than a protein source. But it's delicious, and nothing is bad for you in moderation! I eat at least one serving of it per day. I am losing just fine (albeit slowly because I am working on the last 10 pounds).

Ditto what everyone else said. Also, I cut back on the low calorie volume eating. Now I eat foods with more calories, but less of them. It takes a little getting used to, but it's definitely saving me money because I'm buying less food overall.

Thank you for this! Awesome!!!

This is a total mind trick, but I now only buy nuts in the baking aisle (sliced almonds, diced walnuts, etc) because for some weird reason I don't overeat / binge on them if they're in tiny pieces. I use them in yogurt, oatmeal, etc. I can't snack on whole nuts though. I go nuts! :P

I walk to the beat of a metronome on my phone (free app). I'm doing it to make sure I keep a fast pace, but you could do the opposite.

You sound like me! I would buy them on the way to work and leave whatever I didn't plan on eating in the break room where they would disappear in 5 minutes. I couldn't trust myself with all those in the house!

I'm a fan of Sarah Lurie's Iron Core Kettlebell

I like weightgrapher.com. I'm sure there are similar sites, but it shows your trend. Even though my weight bounces around, I see my trend line going down and that keeps me motivated.

I'm going by my Fitbit burn. I realize it may not be 100% accurate (or even 85%), but I decided not to worry about it too much unless my loss stalls out.

I suspected that too. Right now I feel great, actually. I'm eating more than I have in the past when attempting to lose weight when I went too extreme which led to horrible cravings and binges. I have not had that issue this time around but I've only been serious again for about 3 weeks so it might be too soon to tell.

I'm losing an average of .5-1 lb per week or so. Thanks for the responses so far!

I'm set at 1lb per week loss. I am already in my healthy weight range and looking to lose those "last 10 pounds".

I walk at lunch every day (in the horribly humid south) and here's what works for me: - definitely bring clothes to change into to walk - if you can have a portable fan in your office, do it! When I get back, I turn it on full blast and wipe my body down with ice water so i can cool off quickly (obviously you need an…

I don't use mine much, but when I did, I burned a similar number of calories rebounding as I did walking about 4.5mph for the same amount of time (I was using an HRM). So now when I do use it (and my poor HRM is broken), I just log it as walking 4.5 in the database. Hope that makes sense and helps!