JoyousMN

I'd just like to add my two cents, because my husband and I dealt with his family early on in our relationship. They are all very good at talking about people to OTHER family members, but never to the person they are talking about. So after we'd been dating a while, I had something that was bothering me and it involved his…

I googled calories puffball mushrooms and found this site: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calories.asp?recipe=736546 It's a recipe that includes puffball mushrooms and they say this: 25 calories of Mushrooms, fresh, (112.50 grams) It sounds like lots of people eat these, I'm a morel hunter, but ONLY eat morels.…

Thanks! I'll check it out. I think the other thing I need to do is read more about the way MFP calculates calories. I think I don't understand it well enough yet.

Thanks all, for your helpful replies. I doubt I'm in ketosis. I've done very low carb dieting before and I had to keep carbs under 50g per day to stay in ketosis. I'm now eating 150g or so per day. But it feels a bit like ketosis in that I'm just not very hungry. When you say starvation mode is a myth....I'm not sure what…

I'm eating around 1200 calories (not net calories). I agree about not letting yourself get too hungry. I'm eating 6 meals a day and I think that helps me. I guess I was just wondering when you can tell it you are not eating enough calories, and if conservation mode also includes not feeling hungry?

I'm a 51 yo mom in MN. You can add me if you want. I'm tired of carrying around more and more weight every year since my last child was born. I've lost and gained my entire life, for mostly vain reasons, but this time I'm doing it because I'm getting older and I need to get healthy. I'm just looking to participate in a…

Me too. Just joined today. Feel free to friend me as well. I'm just looking for a nice supportive place to lose weight and to encourage others and get encouragement.