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Yes, cereal was my biggest eye-opener! omg... sheesh. No more cold cereal for breakfast! It doesn't hold me long anyway, and I'm starving my mid-morning. I still love my cold cereal so I've started eating it as an afternoon snack sometimes. I have a smaller bowl, my "snack bowl", and I put milk and fruit on it. So I figure…

There's a difference between "low carb" and "lower carb". And between "lower pasta/bread/potato chip carb" and "fruit/veggies carb". Well that last one is my own comparison, but it's what works for me. Salty crunch potato chips are impossible for me to eat just a few of, so it's best not to have them around at all.…

I cured my plantar fasciitis by wearing nothing but Crocs and Birkenstocks, nothing else. Nothing. (and I guess I should say "put it in remission" because are we ever cured of it?) I never walked barefoot, no slippers, nothing but Crocs and Birks. I also never let my foot rest flat when I was sitting anywhere, I propped up…

I personally have gone "lower carb" because it works for me. I've cut out most grain type carbs because I eat too many of them. It's easier for me to say "no more" than it is to moderate, because for some things -- like salty crunchy potato chips, for example -- I have no "off" button. ugh. But I still have to count…

I'm going to try the zip-front ones. I've never really paid attention and didn't even know they existed! lol. I bought mine (pull-on) at Target, Champion brand probably. Trying to get a pull-on sports bra on after a shower when ones skin is still damp could be a skit from Saturday Night Live. omg... However, for that…

About that Ben and Jerry's ice cream....I read something years and years ago about "visualizing" what we're eating in terms of something else that's not appetizing. One of the things it said was to picture eating that pint of premium ice cream as the same thing as drinking a juice glass of cooking oil. :o It was the fat…

Popcorn (but don't pour on the butter, obviously), 100-cal snack packs, string cheese with a few crackers, fruit...

I drink two cups in the morning with International Delights Pumpkin Spice or Peppermint Mocha creamer. Of course I log those calories. No I am not trying to give it up, no way. lol I probably do use it to replace the food I might eat in the morning (because the sweetener probably cuts any hunger I might have first thing)…

Ugh, I hate breakfast. lol At least any breakfast that occurs before like 10:00 a.m. That said, this morning I had leftover pizza. But it wasn't until about 10:45 so I guess that's "brunch". :)

Do not worry about it, just eat what you feel like eating, if anything. MFP annoys me with its "you are not eating enough" message (although I do understand the point of it). Because of course it can't distinguish between someone who is intentionally eating way below their calorie goal and someone who is ill and just…

When I first started counting calories and measuring/weighing everything I was SHOCKED to see how many calories I was drinking in alcohol. I'd have one or two glasses of wine every evening, and my glasses were much more than the one serving size that's recommended. omg. Plus, for my glass after dinner I had to have…

Yes, this. Anything that's ordinary, even if it's wrapped festively, I ignore. But someone's special pumpkin spice quick bread that only comes once a year ... well I'll have a piece definitely, especially if it's from one woman in particular who can bake. {drool}

Clothes motivate me! I just recently have been able to fit into my favorite workout pants -- they're not tight like leggings, they're a bit looser with a stripe down the side. Not sure what they're called exactly. Anyway, they USED to be tight light leggings because I was so overweight. Now that I've lost some I can wear…

Salty crunchy potato chips, the kind with ridges. If I bring a big bag home I will eat the bag in two days, even if I tell myself "you will portion these chips out". I won't. And I like wine with chips. So it's better just not to have them in the house. I'll eat them at church potlucks, or sometimes I'll buy a single bag,…

I usually take what my kids call a "little bits" lunch. This is my basic list, then I take three or four things from the list making sure I have enough protein.... -- hard boiled egg -- beans -- cheese -- I like to buy the light Baby Bel cheeses from Costco and then I can just toss one into my lunch box -- lunch meat (I…

Both. I do exercise because it's good for my heart/overall health. But I'd be lying if I didn't say that I also exercise so I can eat that mini-Snickers bar in the evening, or the pizza on the weekend. No, I don't get all the pizza calories back in exercise, but even adding in 200 gives me some wiggle room.

I enjoy that first week or two big loss because it's motivating. Whatever works to keep me going. But say you lose 7 pounds the first week, 1 the second week, and .5 the third week... You might think "omg what am I doing wrong??? I'm not losing!" -- But, if you add it all up you've lost 8.5 pounds in three weeks which is…

Ugh math. :open_mouth: lol. So I start with 1200 for the day. Then I exercise and get 100 calories from that (because remember I'm taking only half of what MFP says I've burned). At the end of the day I've eaten 1300. Is that what you mean by "1200 net"? Yeah, I'm dumb when it comes to math. [insert eye roll at me] So when…

I'm not sure I understand the net/gross thing when it comes to calories (although I do understand it when looking at my paycheck, lol)... But, MFP gave me 1200 per day so that's what I went with. I do manage it most days, but I also get some exercise calories to add in (I take half of what MFP gives me). I don't find it…

I have two Lindoor chocolate truffles on yesterday's diary. And pizza a few days before that. On pizza days I eat a big salad for lunch, pizza for dinner. It all balances. Mostly. lol. The secret -- for me -- to not having those junk food binges is not to buy the things that I'll eat too much of. So for me I can eat a…

Yes! omg... I can pass up cookies, especially store-bought ones because they're not really good. But bring in anything with a smell, especially pizza and all bets are off. Fortunately that doesn't happen often where I work, or it's pizza that other people ordered for their team or office so it isn't offered to me anyway.…

I have lost weight by cutting down/out most added sugar, pasta, bread, rice and most other grains, desserts such as cookies or cake or brownies, snacky stuff like chips, crackers, etc. I have not cut carbs such as fruits and vegetables, and I do use flavored coffee creamer. For me this keeps my blood sugar more even and I…

I don't know what "contrave" is so I'm not sure if my advice goes along with that... But as the previous person said, add in full-fat options -- milk, yogurt, cheese. Add some peanut butter (lots of calories for just a little pb). That alone would do it for me.

Yes you can just snack all day. Just be sure you're snacking on nutritious food. Sometimes I eat like this if I'm working all day then have a meeting or church activity or on-call hours (at a local hospital)... I pack stuff like: -- hard boiled egg -- raw veggies -- hummus -- guacamole (individual packs of Wholly…

"Alternatives" to coffee??? blasphemy! So no, I have no answer to your question. I'd never in my wildest dreams give up my morning coffee. With sweetener -- Pumpkin Pie at the moment, with Peppermint Mocha waiting in the back of my refrigerator (my grocery has skipped a season, lol).

It is if you eat a lot of it. For me, I find pasta not to be worth its calories. Same with rice. I'd rather spend those calories on other food.

I took that to mean "when you stop exercising to the extreme" or something like that. Kind of like not going on a weird/strict/restrictive "diet" but instead trying to change our way of eating to something that's sustainable. I think people -- I'd be one of those, because I hate to exercise -- might think "okay I'll…

Yes, I forgot to add potato chips to my list. Remember the old Lays (I think) commercial -- "Bet you can't eat just one"... Well as Kristen said, that's me too. Not just one or two or even twenty. More like one of those huge bags over two days. ugh. So they just don't come into my house.

I've totally cut out a lot of what I called the "mindless" eating. Like at work around the coffee pot -- oh, cookies you say? sure I'll have a couple with my coffee. But the thing is, I don't really like the cookies. I mean, they're okay but they are not a fabulous chocolate brownie or a decadent chocolate truffle. They're…

Actually I find it easier to be low calorie and lower carb because I don't eat any sweet baked goods, I don't eat all the potato chips I used to eat, and I don't eat bread with butter. So instead of eating a bagel with butter for breakfast I might eat one egg with egg whites and a ton of sauteed veggies. Or instead of…