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I do that! :) I budget my food in my head they way I budget money. It makes it SO much easier to eat healthier, especially when I'm trying to get past a bad craving.

I work at a grocery store, and we have a circular that comes out every Thursday night that shows all the items that will be on sale that week. I used to look for sales on Entenmann's cakes and candy, and today I caught myself looking for fruits and vegetables that would be at half price, and hoping a Greek yogurt brand…

I remember you from my post about this! :) Thanks for bringing this up, it's an issue that seriously needs to be addressed on here.

I say if you can do more, do it. It'll only benefit you in the end and make you stronger and more fit. I don't see the point in limiting yourself to walking if your capable of doing more. I think everybody should work to whatever their level of fitness is, and if they can, try to push beyond that. :)

I'm 5'3, 163 pounds, and I eat 1600 calories a day. I'm a firm believer in not eating drastically less just because you're shorter, and I've lost almost 10 pounds. :)

The only problem with that is that when you go on a specific "diet," especially if it's restrictive, you run a serious risk of gaining all of the weight you lose back again when it's over, because you still haven't learned how to eat properly and haven't made an eating goal you can maintain for life. Also, it's okay to eat…

It's not a specific diet plan exactly, but I suggest just focusing on eating lots of fruits, vegetables, and lean forms of protein. It's affordable and should keep you well within your calorie goals. :) On a side note though, if that's you in your profile pic, you look awesome already! You don't need to do anything…

Good point! I love fish, but I don't know if I want to eat it as my only source of protein. My favorite is actually red meat, but I know that can be really bad for you depending on where you get it and how often you eat it.

It depends on how you want to track things. If you're going to include exercise in your activity level, you shouldn't track it on here or eat back the exercise calories, because all of that is already included in the goal that's been set for you. I imagine this would work well for athletic people or just people who are…

If you honestly need someone to pick your op apart and break down all the reasons why they disagree with you, you either a) have a problem with admitting you're wrong even when multiple people tell you so, or b) this is your natural way of communicating with people and you can't understand why what you've said comes off as…

There needs to be a like button on here. <3

Yes. This. Thank you for summing up what half the people on here have been trying to say.

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Not entirely true. The way you phrased it and the way you've reacted to people who have disagreed with you was condescending. Acting like your way is the only way and you're God's gift to diet and fitness isn't going to get a lot of credit on here. I think if you had phrased the topic post differently and not been so rude,…

Great if that works for you, but don't assume it works for everyone. What's "not that hard" for you can be difficult for others. You come off as very condescending and dismissive of other people's needs and experiences. And for God's sake, people need to stop using being short as an excuse to eat drastically fewer calories…

Again, not true. When I hit a plateau during my weight loss last year, I increased my calories rather than lowered them, and started to lose again. I think I was eating 1800 at the time -- and I didn't drastically increase my physical activity, either. Why do you presume to know what my body needs or how it will react when…

If you're already exercising an hour or more a day, fitness isn't the issue. If your calories are right, you should be able to lose whether you're working out or not. So maybe upping your calories for a few weeks will work for you. :) It's worth a shot if what you're doing right now hasn't been working. It might also help…

If by "lower your calories' you mean lower them to 1200, that's not always true. I lost 20 pounds (went from 170 to 150) eating 1600 calories or more each day. I've never been terribly overweight and never had much to lose, but when I've wanted to lose weight, i didn't have to drastically lower my calories to do it.

Having a higher goal does make it a little easier to stay on track, because you're more satisfied throughout the day and won't crave the bad stuff as much. Don't get me wrong, I still have my days where I crave chocolate and soda, but not being hungry all the time and knowing I have meals I can replace that with are a big…

It's great that you can get full off 1200 calories, but many people cannot. I also don't understand why someone would set such a low goal if they can still lose eating more. I personally would not be even remotely satisfied with just 1200 calories -- if you're in your late teens to early 20's, it amounts to starving…

O.O Wow, that's amazing! I don't think I've ever seen someone our height on here who is able to eat that amount. Lucky you!!! :)

Maybe you could gradually up your calories and see if it helps? If eating at 1600 worked for you in the past, there's a good chance it can work for you again. You may see a slight uptick on the scale at first, but after that there should be a steady loss again. :)

I can eat 1600 a day with no exercise and lose each week. If I exercise, I eat back at least half of my exercise calories, so on those days I'm eating 1700-1800 calories depending on how much I'm burning.

You're welcome! Try upping it in small increments and see what happens...maybe do 1300 calories consistently for a few weeks, and then if you're still not seeing results, make it 1400. Often when weight loss stalls, the problem is that we're eating too little rather than too much.

In a way, you've answered your own question -- you have very low self esteem. When you're in a place like that emotionally, it's hard to see other people being attracted to you or loving you, even though you can have those things at ANY size. I don't know you personally, but judging by your profile pic, you have nothing to…

By itself it wouldn't be too filling, but if I mix it with other things I find it fills me up quickly. And I stay full, or at least satisfied, for a long time afterward. I do agree that whole grain bread can be just as filling as white.

I care because I already have a lot of self esteem issues, and some of it is tied to food choices. I got bullied enough in real life, I'm not going to open myself up to criticism and bullying on here, too.

Okay, I see where you're coming from, and I understand that you have to change your overall approach to food -- I know because I've done it before. But I didn't "gorge myself" on anything. I'm not even that overweight -- I'm 167 lbs and shooting for 140.

I don't see myself as being on a diet, to be honest. I'm trying to make little changes to the way I eat that will add up to a decent difference on the scale. My goal is not to be restrictive.

Well I lost 20 pounds eating those foods at least twice a week, so they can't be that bad. :) I also think how you much you exercise and what you do are factors. I have friends who are much more fit than I am who can basically eat whatever they like because they put in the work every day to burn it off.